%0 Nanopartikel unedler Metalle (Mg0, Al0, Gd0, Sm0) %A Shoucri, M. %E Gerhauser, H. %E Finken, K. H. %I North Holland Publ. Co. %D 2003 %C Amsterdam %G Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 %B Computer Physics Communications %@ 0010-4655 %T Integration of the Vlasov equation along characteristics in one and two dimensions %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-4655(03)00281-9 %X Methods of integration of the Vlasov equation along characteristics in one and two dimensions are discussed, in connection with the problem of the formation of a charge separation at a plasma edge. Application of these methods to the problem in which the Vlasov equation is integrated in a cylindrical geometry to calculate the electric field at a plasma edge, is presented. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.