On Symmetrical Methods for Charged Particle Dynamics

Abstract

In this paper, we use the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach to rewrite the charged particle dynamics as a new family of ODE systems. The systems own a conserved energy. It is shown that a family of symmetrical methods is energy-conserving for a new ODE system but may not be for the original systems. Moreover, the methods have high-order accuracy. Numerical results are given to confirm the theoretical findings.