Dear Colleague,
Good Day,
The particle-in-cell (PIC) method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method, individual particles (or fluid elements) in a Lagrangian frame are tracked in continuous phase space, whereas moments of the distribution such as densities and currents are computed simultaneously on Eulerian (stationary) mesh points.
PIC methods were already in use as early as 1955, even before the first Fortran compilers were available. The method gained popularity for plasma simulation in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Buneman, Dawson, Hockney, Birdsall, Morse and others. In plasma physics applications, the method amounts to following the trajectories of charged particles in self-consistent electromagnetic (or electrostatic) fields computed on a fixed mesh. attached are some articles , please, seem them, hope you find them interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle-in-cell
Parisa
If I were you I would start with the videos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKQm2d5xklM
or if you want to do some reading you can read this publication
http://www.picmicros.org.uk/Interfacing/TUTORIAL.htm
Trust it will help, Gerro
Hello,
Thanks for your responses.
I was wondering if an algorithm is solved by using Monte Carlo Simulation, can I examine it via PIC Simulation? I mean are there any limitations?
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