README

COPTIC   Cartesian-coordinate Oblique-boundary Particles and Thermals in Cell

This code is for computational simulation of flowing plasma interacting
with objects of various specifiable geometries. It is extensively documented
in the Reference Manual.

Quick-start: 
	     $ cd COPTIC
	     $ make

If that works you are up and running. The first time, some code tests
will be run in the background after the make process has finished.
If checksums don't match, an error will be reported. However, don't be
too alarmed if that happens, since different compilers might give 
different results.


License: 
	 COPTIC is copyright Ian H Hutchinson 2018. 

Permission is granted freely to use this code for scholarly research
provided that any scientific publication incorporating results
from the code cites as reference: I H Hutchinson ``Nonlinear
collisionless plasma wakes of small particles'' Physics of Plasmas,
vol 18, article 032111 (2011). No warranty of fitness for any task is
offered or implied. Use at your own risk.