The Generation of Random Variates from a Relativistic Maxwellian Distribution

Phys. Plasmas 20, 062110 (2013)https://ireap.umd.edu/10.1063/1.48124592013Journal ArticlePlasma, Accelerator, and Nuclear Physics

A procedure for generating random variates from a relativistic Maxwellian distribution with arbitrary temperature and drift velocity is presented. The algorithm is based on the rejection method and can be used to initialize particle velocities in kinetic simulations of plasmas and gases.