From 3c5293a85a852b28266cc6d551a74ccbd2ff8637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MaxThevenet Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 16:26:01 -0700 Subject: add doc entry for override_sync_int --- Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Docs/source/running_cpp') diff --git a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst index ea681470e..0e2866f58 100644 --- a/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst +++ b/Docs/source/running_cpp/parameters.rst @@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ Numerics and algorithms See `this section of the FFTW documentation `__ for more information. +* ``warpx.override_sync_int`` (`integer`) optional (default `10`) + Number of time steps between synchronization of sources (`rho` and `J`) on + grid nodes at box boundaries. Since the grid nodes at the interface between + two neighbor boxes are duplicated in both boxes, an instability can occur + if they have too different values. This option makes sure that they are + synchronized periodically. + Boundary conditions ------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3