Smedt, KrisKrisSmedtRuprecht, DanielDanielRuprechtNiesen, JitseJitseNiesenTobias, Steven M.Steven M.TobiasNättilä, JoonasJoonasNättilä2021-10-212021-10-212023-04-01Applied Mathematics and Computation 442: 127706 (2023-04-01)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/10564The paper investigates two new use cases for the Boris Spectral Deferred Corrections (Boris-SDC) time integrator for plasma simulations. First, we show that using Boris-SDC as a particle pusher in an electrostatic particle-in-cell (PIC) code can, at least in the linear regime, improve simulation accuracy compared with the standard second order Boris method. In some instances, the higher order of Boris-SDC even allows a much larger time step, leading to modest computational gains. Second, we propose a modification of Boris-SDC for the relativistic regime. Based on an implementation of Boris-SDC in the runko PIC code, we demonstrate for a relativistic Penning trap that Boris-SDC retains its high order of convergence for velocities ranging from 0.5c to >0.99c. We also show that for the force-free case where acceleration from electric and magnetic field cancel, Boris-SDC produces less numerical drift than Boris.en0096-30032023Elsevierhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Mathematics - Numerical AnalysisMathematics - Numerical AnalysisComputer Science - Numerical AnalysisMathematikJournal Article10.15480/882.492110.1016/j.amc.2022.12770610.15480/882.49212110.08024v1Journal Article