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A semi-lagrangian relativistic Vlasov model is described for a hierarchy of applications of increasing complexity, in one and two dimensions. Attention is focused on its accuracy, stability, efficiency properties and implementation facilities on massively parallel computers. Such a code provides good resolution all over phase space, including very low density regions where Particles-In-Cell PIC codes simply run out of particles for which to compute. Recent developments in applying semi-lagrangian Vlasov codes to 1D and 2D problems in an electromagnetic regime (including Forward Raman Scattering and Relativistic Modulational Instability) are then reviewed.
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Ghizzo, A., Bertrand, P., Bégué, ML. (1999). Plasma accelerator simulations using semi-lagrangian 1D and 2D Vlasov code. In: Leach, P.G.L., Bouquet, S.E., Rouet, JL., Fijalkow, E. (eds) Dynamical Systems, Plasmas and Gravitation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 518. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105910
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