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title: Finite element Particle Kinetic Code
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type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Jorge
    family-names: Gonzalez
    email: jorge.gonzalez@upm.es
    affiliation: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7905-5001'
repository-code: 'https://gitlab.com/JorgeGonz/fpakc'
abstract: >-
  Welcome to fpakc (Finite element PArticle Kinetic Code), a
  modern object oriented Fortran open-source code for
  particle simulations of plasma and gases. This code works
  by simulating charged and neutral particles, following
  their trajectories, collisions and boundary conditions
  imposed by the user.

  One of our aims is to make a code easy to maintain as well
  as easy to use by a variety of reserchers and students.

  This code is currenlty in very early steps of development.

  The code aims to be easy to maintain and easy to use,
  allowing its application from complex problems to easy
  examples that can be used, for example, as teaching
  exercises.

  Parallelization techniques such as OpenMP, MPI will be
  used to distribute the cpu load. We aim to make fpakc GPU
  compatible in the future.

  The codefpakc makes use of finite elements to generate
  meshes in complex geometries. Particle properties are
  deposited in the nodes and cells of the mesh. The
  electromagnetic field, with the boundary conditions
  imposed by the user, is solved also in this mesh.
keywords:
  - particle-in-cell
  - plasma
  - finite elements
license: GPL-3.0
version: beta
date-released: '2025-10-01'