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Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim)

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Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim). / Gonzalez-Herrero, Diego; Boella, Elisabetta; Lapenta, Giovanni.
In: Computer Physics Communicationios, Vol. 229, 01.08.2018, p. 162-169.

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Gonzalez-Herrero, D, Boella, E & Lapenta, G 2018, 'Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim)', Computer Physics Communicationios, vol. 229, pp. 162-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.03.020

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Gonzalez-Herrero, D., Boella, E., & Lapenta, G. (2018). Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim). Computer Physics Communicationios, 229, 162-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.03.020

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Gonzalez-Herrero D, Boella E, Lapenta G. Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim). Computer Physics Communicationios. 2018 Aug 1;229:162-169. Epub 2018 Mar 27. doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2018.03.020

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Gonzalez-Herrero, Diego ; Boella, Elisabetta ; Lapenta, Giovanni. / Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim). In: Computer Physics Communicationios. 2018 ; Vol. 229. pp. 162-169.

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