From 92cea4607f40d770a487d8069a12a2e71244f992 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Remi Lehe Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:24:58 -0800 Subject: Update default deposition algorithm --- Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Docs/source/running_cpp') diff --git a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst index 597d36996..08804bb9b 100644 --- a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst +++ b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst @@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ Numerics and algorithms - ``direct``: simpler current deposition algorithm, described in the section :doc:`../theory/picsar_theory`. Note that this algorithm is not strictly charge-conserving. + If ``algo.current_deposition`` is not specified, the default is + ``esirkepov`` (unless WarpX is compiled with ``USE_PSATD=TRUE``, in which + case the default is ``direct``). + * ``algo.charge_deposition`` (`string`, optional) The algorithm for the charge density deposition. Available options are: -- cgit v1.2.3