- Paperback: 504 pages
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (Oct 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0750310251
- ISBN-13: 978-0750310253
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #821,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Divided into three main parts, the book guides the reader to an understanding of the basic concepts in this fascinating field of research. Part 1 introduces you to the fundamental concepts of simulation. It examines one-dimensional electrostatic codes and electromagnetic codes, and describes the numerical methods and analysis. Part 2 explores the mathematics and physics behind the algorithms used in Part 1. In Part 3, the authors address some of the more complicated simulations in two and three dimensions. The book introduces projects to encourage practical work Readers can download plasma modeling and simulation software — the ES1 program — with implementations for PCs and Unix systems along with the original FORTRAN source code. Now available in paperback, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation is an ideal complement to plasma physics courses and for self-study.
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Printing quality very poor,
This review is from: Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation (Paperback)
The printing quality of this paperback version is unbelievably poor in comparison to the quality of the book itself. The first four pages of the contents are in wrong order. The fonts are light and faint, sometimes illegible. The book margins are rather small. Very disappointing.
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Basics of Computer Simulation of Plasmas,
By George Stanton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation (Paperback)
I've never done any computer simulation for plasmas before and was looking for a good introduction to how to go about it. I found this book to be an excellent introduction. Much better than any of the review articles I found on the subject, which tend to be terse. This book goes step by step and walks you through everything that goes into a very basic 1-D electrostatic code. It then tells you how to turn the electrostatic code into an electromagnetic one. The middle section of the book deals with the numerical methods used from a more mathematical standpoint (convergence & stability) and the last part goes into making 2D and 3D codes. I have to admit that I've only read the first part and glanced at the later sections for reference, but so far it's been an excellent reference.My only complaint is that I wish there were a newer edition. The computational power the book assumes is much less than is currently available and in some ways that complicates the methods that are used. It does, however, teach you to be more efficient. I also found it annoying that the example code is in Fortran. I find it hard to understand Fortran code given the (necessarily) cryptic variable names and weird syntax.
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Classic for PIC researchers,
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This textbook is classic for particle-in-cell method users. The included FORTRAN code is extremely helpful if you want construct your own simulation code.
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Welcome to plasma simulation world!,
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I think this book is famous enough among plasma simulation communities, so obviously doesn't need my review.It's just great :) |
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