On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > > MEEP does not simulate motion. In MEEP, all objects are fixed, and > only > the electromagnetic field can change with time. Therefore, there is > no > such thing as mass. You cannot use MEEP to simulate plasma, only > immobile > objects. To simulate plasma you require a plasma magnetohydrodynamic > simulation program, which is far more complex and difficult.
Well, I should clarify that it is possible, in Meep, to specify structures that change as a function of time---in principle, you could redefine the dielectric function arbitrarily after every time step. However, any such motion is completely imposed by the user; you're correct in that Meep itself will not compute any dynamical motion of objects. Steven _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
