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Electrostatic Particle in Cell Calculation


pic, a MATLAB program which uses the Particle In Cell (PIC) method to simulate the motion of electrically charged particles past a plate.

The particle in cell method is appropriate for modeling the behavior of a low-density plasma. Plasmas at high density are modeled using magnetohydrodynamics instead.

This program is intended as a starting point for making a parallel version.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

pic is available in a MATLAB version.

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Source Code:


Last revised on 25 February 2019.