material properties:
$\epsilon =$ material permittivity, in $\frac{C^2 \cdot s^2}{kg \cdot m^3}$
$\mu =$ material permeability, in $\frac{kg \cdot m}{C^2}$
$v_p = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\mu \epsilon} } =$ phase velocity through medium
electromagnetic properties:
$E_i =$ electric field, in $\frac{kg \cdot m}{C \cdot s^2}$
$D_i = \epsilon E =$ displacement field, in $\frac{C}{m^2}$
$B_i =$ magnetic field, in $\frac{kg}{C \cdot s}$
$H_i = \frac{1}{\mu} B = $ magnetizing field, in $\frac{C}{m \cdot s}$
$\rho_{charge} = (\hat{\lambda}_D^2 \hat{r}_L)^{-1} (r_{ion} \rho_{ion} + r_{elec} \rho_{elec}) =$ charge density, in $\frac{C}{m^3}$
$J_i = ( \hat{\lambda}_D^2 \hat{r}_L )^{-1} (r_{ion} \rho_{ion} v_{ion}^i + r_{elec} \rho_{elec} v_{elec}^i) =$ current density, in $\frac{C}{m^2 \cdot s}$
(TODO why the extra Larmor / Debye variables? Do the units of $( \hat{\lambda}_D^2 \hat{r}_L )^{-1}$ cancel?)
GLM variables:
$\phi =$ electric divergence potential, in $\frac{C}{m^2}$
$\xi =$ speed of propagation of electric divergence, in $\frac{m}{s}$
$\psi =$ magnetic divergence potential, in $\frac{kg}{C \cdot s}$
$\kappa =$ speed of propagation of magnetic divergence, in $\frac{m}{s}$
GLM-GEM variables:
$\phi_g =$ gravito-electric divergence potential, in $\frac{kg}{m^2}$
$\xi_g =$ speed of propagation of gravito-electric divergence, in $\frac{m}{s}$
$\psi_g =$ gravito-magnetic divergence potential, in $\frac{1}{s}$
$\kappa_g =$ speed of propagation of gravito-magnetic divergence, in $\frac{m}{s}$
Decomposed into individual matrices:
Let $U = \left[\begin{matrix}
(D_g)_i \\ (B_g)_i \\ \phi \\ \psi
\end{matrix}\right],
S = \left[\begin{matrix}
-(J_g)_i \\ 0 \\ \xi_g \rho_g \\ 0
\end{matrix}\right]$
the system becomes:
$\partial_t U + A^j \nabla_j U = S$
The eigen decomposition of the GLM GEM system is similar to that of the GLM Maxwell system above.
fluid properties (for $\alpha = \{ ion, elec\}$):
$\rho_\alpha = $ ion and electron density, in $\frac{kg}{m^3}$
$v_\alpha = $ ion and electron velocity, in $\frac{m}{s}$
$P_\alpha = $ ion and electron pressure, in $\frac{kg}{m \cdot s^2}$
$\mathcal{E}_{\alpha,int} = \frac{P_\alpha}{\Gamma - 1} = $ densitized internal energy, related to the pressure by the ideal gas law, in $\frac{kg}{m \cdot s^2}$
for $\Gamma = \frac{5}{3} = $ the heat capacity ratio, in units $[1]$
$\mathcal{E}_{\alpha,kin} = \frac{1}{2} \rho_\alpha |v_\alpha|^2 = $ densitized kinetic energy, in $\frac{kg}{m \cdot s^2}$
$\mathcal{E}_{\alpha,total} = \mathcal{E}_{\alpha,int} + \mathcal{E}_{\alpha,kin} = $ densitized total energy, in $\frac{kg}{m \cdot s^2}$
$r_\alpha = \frac{q_\alpha}{m_\alpha}$ = charge/mass ratio of the particle of the species, in $\frac{C}{kg}$
$m_\alpha = $ ion or electron mass, in $kg$. In the simulation we set $m_{ion} = 1$. (TODO more on normalizing units.)
$v_{th,\alpha} = $ reference thermal velocity, in units of $[\frac{m}{s}]$.
Defined in 2003 Loverich as $v_{th,\alpha} = \sqrt{\frac{2 P_\alpha}{\rho_\alpha}}$
No mention of it in 2014 Abgrall, Kumar ... is it set to a constant? 2014 Abgrall, Kumar do use it for normalizing speed of light, etc (whereas 2003 Loverich uses a separate $U_0$).
If it isn't constant in 2014 Abgrall, Kumar, then neither would other constants (like the speed of light) be constant.
Reference lengths:
$x_0 = $ reference length.
$v_0 = $ reference speed, in units of $[\frac{m}{s}]$. 2014 Abgrall, Kumar uses $v_{th,\alpha}$ in place of this (which I think it fixes to be a constant?).
$B_0 = $ reference magnetic field, in units of $[\frac{kg}{C \cdot s}]$. This is not the 0'th component of B, the magnetic field (which has a value of zero).
$W = $ Lorentz boost, in units of $[1]$. 2014 Abgrall, Kumar sets $W = 1$
$\omega_{L,\alpha} = r_\alpha B = \frac{q_\alpha B}{m_\alpha} =$ gyrofrequency, or Larmor frequency, in units of $[\frac{1}{s}]$. (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroradius).
$r_L =$ Larmor radius, in units of $[m]$.
$r_L = \frac{W m_{ion} v_{th,ion}}{q_{ion} B_0} =$ according to 2014 Abgrall, Kumar.
$r_L = \frac{v_{th,ion} m c^2}{e |B|}$ according to this page: https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Larmor_radius.
$r_L = \frac{m_\alpha v_\perp}{|q_\alpha| B} = \frac{v_\perp}{\omega_{L,\alpha}}$ according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroradius
$\lambda_D = $ ion Debye length
$\lambda_D = \sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_0 (v_{th,ion})^2}{ n_0 q_{ion}}}$ in 2014 Abgrall, Kumar... and I don't think they define $n_0$, but other papers do as number density ... and the units are messed up, in $m \cdot \sqrt{\frac{C}{kg}}$... if we square the charge (like everyone else does) then all we seem to be missing is the mass of the particle ... inserting that brings us to units of $m$.
$\lambda_D = \sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_0 v_0^2 m_0}{n_0 q_0^2}}$ in another source (?), which is in units of $m$. Seems to be the corrected source from above.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debye_length:
$\lambda_D = \sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_0 k_B / q_e^2}{n_e / T_e + \Sigma_j z_j^2 n_j / T_i}}$, for $z_j = q_j / q_{electron}$, in units of $m$
$\lambda_D = \sqrt{\frac{\epsilon_0 k_B T_e}{n_e q_e^2}}$ for isothermal cold plasma ... if $q_e$ is in $C$ and $n_e$ is in $\frac{1}{m^3}$ then this is in units of $m$.
$\hat{r}_L = \frac{r_L}{x_0} =$ normalized ion Larmor radius, in units of $[1]$
$\hat{c} = \frac{c}{v_0}$ = normalized speed of light, in units of $[1]$
$\hat{\lambda}_D = \frac{\lambda_D}{r_L} =$ ion Debye length in units of the Larmor radius.