A relativistic canonical symplectic particlein-cell method for energetic plasma analysis

摘要

A relativistic canonical symplectic particle-in-cell(RCSPIC)method for simulating energetic plasma processes is established.By use of the Hamiltonian for the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system,we obtain a discrete relativistic canonical Hamiltonian dynamical system,based on which the RCSPIC method is constructed by applying the symplectic temporal discrete method.Through a 106-step numerical test,the RCSPIC method is proven to possess long-term energy stability.The ability to calculate energetic plasma processes is shown by simulations of the reflection processes of a high-energy laser(1?×?1020 W cm-2)on the plasma edge.