[tel-01098173] Résolution numérique de l'opérateur de gyromoyenne, schémas d'advection et couplage. Applications à l'équation de Vlasov.

This thesis proposes and analyzes numerical methods for solving the Vlasov equation. This equation models the evolution of a species of charged particles under the effet of an electromagnetic field. The first part is devoted to a mathematical analysis of semi-Lagrangian schemes solving the linear transport equation which is the basic building block of directional splitting methods.Solving methods for the Vlasov equation coupled to the Poisson equation, in the case where only the electric field is considered, are optimized in the second part. This optimization relates to the time of calculation by the use of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and the use of an inhomogeneous mesh.In the third and final part, we study a numerical method for calculating the gyroaverage operator involved in gyrokinetic theory. This method will be applied to solve the quasi-neutrality equation.



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