Particles

In addition to the tools for working with mesh data described in previous chapters, AMReX also provides data structures and iterators for performing data-parallel particle simulations. Our approach is particularly suited to particles that interact with data defined on a (possibly adaptive) block-structured hierarchy of meshes. Example applications include Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations, Lagrangian tracers, or particles that exert drag forces onto a fluid, such as in multi-phase flow calculations. The overall goals of AMReX’s particle tools are to allow users flexibility in specifying how the particle data is laid out in memory and to handle the parallel communication of particle data. In the following sections, we give an overview of AMReX’s particle classes and how to use them.

• The Particle
• The ParticleContainer
• Initializing Particle Data
• Adding particle components at runtime
• Iterating over Particles
• Passing particle data into Fortran routines
• Interacting with Mesh Data
• Short Range Forces
• Particle IO
• Inputs parameters