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Table 2

Energy conservation for simulations of a thermal plasma with no background magnetic field.

n t n x ρ sp vth,e/c

500 to 2000 10 16 0.04 0.4 1.6    ×    10-4
′′ 10 16 0.10 1 5.8    ×    10-5
′′ 14 16 0.07 1 3.5    ×    10-5
′′ 18 16 0.04 0.7 5.3    ×    10-5
300 to 2000 25 4 0.04 1 1.0    ×    10-4
′′ 25 16 0.04 1 2.5    ×    10-5
′′ 25 32 0.04 1 1.3    ×    10-5

Notes. The energy increase rate is measured on the total energy normalized by the total initial energy, while time is again normalized with the electron plasma pulsation Tpe. Here, mi/me = 49 and Ti = Te.

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