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| -rw-r--r-- | Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Source/WarpX.cpp | 1 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst index 526c0749c..f28b88a1c 100644 --- a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst +++ b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst @@ -1036,12 +1036,11 @@ Numerics and algorithms The conductivity, permittivity, and permeability of the computational medium, respectively. If ``algo.em_solver_medium`` is set to macroscopic, then these properties must be provided. -* ``interpolation.nox``, ``interpolation.noy``, ``interpolation.noz`` (`integer`) +* ``interpolation.nox``, ``interpolation.noy``, ``interpolation.noz`` (`1`, `2`, or `3` ; default: 1) The order of the shape factors for the macroparticles, for the 3 dimensions of space. Lower-order shape factors result in faster simulations, but more noisy results, - Note that the implementation in WarpX is more efficient when these 3 numbers are equal, - and when they are between 1 and 3. + Note that in the current implementation in WarpX these 3 numbers must be equal. * ``warpx.do_dive_cleaning`` (`0` or `1` ; default: 0) Whether to use modified Maxwell equations that progressively eliminate diff --git a/Source/WarpX.cpp b/Source/WarpX.cpp index c9ea8bb94..e4ac79cec 100644 --- a/Source/WarpX.cpp +++ b/Source/WarpX.cpp @@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ WarpX::ReadParameters () AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE( nox == noy and nox == noz , "warpx.nox, noy and noz must be equal"); AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE( nox >= 1, "warpx.nox must >= 1"); + AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE( nox <= 3, "warpx.nox must <= 3"); } { |