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conditions. The type of boundary condition at a physical domain
boundary is characterized by a single capital letter. It are
grouped in a 6-letters word with the individual letter
representing, from left to right, the lower-
$x$
(`_C.bc[0]`),
upper-
$x$
(`_C.bc[1]`), lower-
$y$
(`_C.bc[2]`), upper-
$y$
(`_C.bc[3]`), lower-
$z$
(`_C.bc[4]`) and upper-
$z$
(`_C.bc[5]`)
representing, from left to right, the lower-
**x**
(`_C.bc[0]`),
upper-
**x**
(`_C.bc[1]`), lower-
**y**
(`_C.bc[2]`), upper-
**y**
(`_C.bc[3]`), lower-
**z**
(`_C.bc[4]`) and upper-
**z**
(`_C.bc[5]`)
domain boundary. Possible boundary condition types are
($u_{i/o}$: inner/outer-domain boundary values of a variable
$u$):
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$u_o=u_i$ for the perpendicular magnetic field component.
- `R`: reflection-on-axis (only of relevance in cylindrical
geometry at the
$y$
-lower boundary at $R=0$ or in
spherical geometry at the
$y$
-lower/upper boundaries at
geometry at the
**y**
-lower boundary at $R=0$ or in
spherical geometry at the
**y**
-lower/upper boundaries at
$\theta =0,\pi$) - reflecting conditions at the geometric
axis. Same as M except for the azimutal magnetic field
component for which $u_o=-u_i$.
- `C`: reflection-at-center (only of relevance in spherical
geometry at the
$x$
-lower boundary at $r=0$) - reflecting
geometry at the
**x**
-lower boundary at $r=0$) - reflecting
conditions at the coordinate center. Same as M except for
the non-radial magnetic field components for which
$u_o=-u_i$.
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(pseudo-vacuum condition) for the magnetic field.
- `F`: free boundary (only of relevance in cylindrical
geometry at the
$y$
-lower boundary at $R=0$ or in
spherical geometry at the
$y$
-lower/upper boundaries at
$\theta =0,\pi$ and
$x$
-lower boundary at $r=0$) -
geometry at the
**y**
-lower boundary at $R=0$ or in
spherical geometry at the
**y**
-lower/upper boundaries at
$\theta =0,\pi$ and
**x**
-lower boundary at $r=0$) -
'natural' boundary condition at the geometric axis. Boundary
values are not set explictely but are implicitly given by
$\pi$-shifted values. Note that when a `F`-type boundary
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