splitting distance depends on ppc only if uniform per cell

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp b/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
index d5c08074a..de0f0a813 100644
--- a/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Particles/PhysicalParticleContainer.cpp
@@ -1431,15 +1431,19 @@ PhysicalParticleContainer::SplitParticles(int lev)
     {
         pti.GetPosition(xp, yp, zp);
 
-        // offset for split particles is computed as a function of cell size
-        // and number of particles per cell, so that a uniform distribution
-        // before splitting results in a uniform distribution after splitting
         const amrex::Vector<int> ppc_nd = plasma_injector->num_particles_per_cell_each_dim;
         const std::array<Real,3>& dx = WarpX::CellSize(lev);
         amrex::Vector<Real> split_offset = {dx[0]/2._rt/ppc_nd[0],
                                             dx[1]/2._rt/ppc_nd[1],
                                             dx[2]/2._rt/ppc_nd[2]};
-
+        if (ppc_nd[0] > 0){
+            // offset for split particles is computed as a function of cell size
+            // and number of particles per cell, so that a uniform distribution
+            // before splitting results in a uniform distribution after splitting
+            split_offset[0] /= ppc_nd[0];
+            split_offset[1] /= ppc_nd[1];
+            split_offset[2] /= ppc_nd[2];
+        }
         // particle Array Of Structs data
         auto& particles = pti.GetArrayOfStructs();
         // particle Struct Of Arrays data