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Publications [#246946] of Jian-Guo Liu

Papers Published

  1. Degond, P; Liu, JG; Vignal, MH, Analysis of an asymptotic preserving scheme for the Euler-Poisson system in the quasineutral limit, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, vol. 46 no. 3 (November, 2008), pp. 1298-1322, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM), ISSN 0036-1429 [doi]
    (last updated on 2024/03/29)

    Abstract:
    In a previous work [P. Crispel, P. Degond, and M.-H. Vignal, J. Comput. Phys., 223 (2007), pp. 208-234], a new numerical discretization of the Euler-Poisson system was proposed. This scheme is "asymptotic preserving" in the quasineutral limit (i.e., when the Debye length ε tends to zero), which means that it becomes consistent with the limit model when ε → 0. In the present work, we show that the stability domain of the present scheme is independent of ε. This stability analysis is performed on the Fourier transformed (with respect to the space variable) linearized system. We show that the stability property is more robust when a space-decentered scheme is used (which brings in some numerical dissipation) rather than a space-centered scheme. The linearization is first performed about a zero mean velocity and then about a nonzero mean velocity. At the various stages of the analysis, our scheme is compared with more classical schemes and its improved stability property is outlined. The analysis of a fully discrete (in space and time) version of the scheme is also given. Finally, some considerations about a model nonlinear problem, the Burgers-Poisson problem, are also discussed. © 2008 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

    Keywords:
    stiffness • Debye length • electron plasma period • Burgers-Poisson • sheath problem • Klein-Gordon

 

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