Modifications to Swisdak (2013)'s rejection sampling algorithm for a Maxwell–Jüttner distribution in particle simulations
Modifications to Swisdak's [Phys. Plasmas 20, 062110 (2013)] rejection sampling algorithm for drawing a Maxwell–Jüttner distribution in particle simulations are presented. Handy approximations for e-folding points and a linear slope in the envelope function are proposed, to make the algorithm self-contained and more efficient.
Authors
- Seiji Zenitani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-1815)
Institutions
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
- Space Research Institute (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics of Plasmas
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226859
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.56