update some of the CI tests

Examples/Tests/ohm_solver_ion_Landau_damping/PICMI_inputs.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class IonLandauDamping(object):
     # Plasma resistivity - used to dampen the mode excitation
     eta = 1e-7
     # Number of substeps used to update B
-    substeps = 100
+    substeps = 10
 
 
     def __init__(self, test, dim, m, T_ratio, verbose):
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self, test, dim, m, T_ratio, verbose):
         self.total_steps = int(np.ceil(self.LT / self.DT))
         # if this is a test case run for only 100 steps
         if self.test:
-            self.total_steps = 100
+            self.total_steps = 150
 
         self.dt = self.DT / self.w_ci # self.DT * self.t_ci
 

Examples/Tests/ohm_solver_ion_beam_instability/PICMI_inputs.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class HybridPICBeamInstability(object):
     # Plasma resistivity - used to dampen the mode excitation
     eta = 1e-7
     # Number of substeps used to update B
-    substeps = 400
+    substeps = 20
 
     # Beam parameters
     n_beam = [0.02, 0.1]
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ def __init__(self, test, dim, resonant, verbose):
         # if this is a test case run for only 25 cyclotron periods and use
         # fewer substeps to speed up the simulation
         if self.test:
-            self.LT = 25.0
-            self.substeps = 100
+            self.LT = 35.0
 
         self.total_steps = int(np.ceil(self.LT / self.DT))
 

Examples/Tests/ohm_solver_ion_beam_instability/analysis.py

@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@
     # assert's fail, the full benchmark should be rerun (same as the test but
     # without the `--test` argument) and the growth rates (up to saturation)
     # compared to the theoretical ones to determine if the physics test passes.
-    # At creation, the full test had the following errors when ran on 8 procs:
-    # m4_rms_error = 4.476; m5_rms_error = 9.211; m6_rms_error = 3.252
-    assert m4_rms_error < 1.55
-    assert m5_rms_error < 0.75
-    assert m6_rms_error < 0.40
+    # At creation, the full test (3d) had the following errors when ran on 1 V100:
+    # m4_rms_error = 3.329; m5_rms_error = 1.052; m6_rms_error = 2.583
+    assert m4_rms_error < 1.5
+    assert m5_rms_error < 0.4
+    assert m6_rms_error < 1.25
 
     # checksum check
     import os

Regression/Checksum/benchmarks_json/Python_ohms_law_solver_ion_beam_1d.json

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 {
   "lev=0": {
-    "Bx": 5.334191428317849,
-    "By": 5.304367780440314,
+    "Bx": 27.864884714606287,
+    "By": 27.512065552904964,
     "Bz": 256.0,
-    "Ex": 4.023743699806469e+05,
-    "Ey": 3.989324532762268e+05,
-    "Ez": 2.281344128344855e+04,
-    "jx": 1.525180463636894e+11,
-    "jy": 1.541352360760910e+11,
-    "jz": 3.182915979017075e+10
+    "Ex": 1814830.0899118558,
+    "Ey": 1807490.954696831,
+    "Ez": 481172.9611816857,
+    "jx": 686892027617.7311,
+    "jy": 688159642665.3784,
+    "jz": 100142185494.34584
   },
   "beam_ions": {
-    "particle_momentum_x": 1.267740609380299e-18,
-    "particle_momentum_y": 1.274270632846882e-18,
-    "particle_momentum_z": 1.391082122553233e-17,
-    "particle_position_x": 4.598149111137194e+03,
+    "particle_momentum_x": 4.457531098465277e-18,
+    "particle_momentum_y": 4.473403768918693e-18,
+    "particle_momentum_z": 1.0898804348671991e-17,
+    "particle_position_x": 4771.045393185418,
     "particle_weight": 2.1101256751388695e+20
   },
   "ions": {
-    "particle_momentum_x": 1.619717848597040e-18,
-    "particle_momentum_y": 1.619530182887040e-18,
-    "particle_momentum_z": 1.673190364768869e-18,
-    "particle_position_x": 9.193260427295945e+03,
+    "particle_momentum_x": 1.7363382576743058e-18,
+    "particle_momentum_y": 1.7349619341342414e-18,
+    "particle_momentum_z": 1.6420833334404384e-18,
+    "particle_position_x": 9199.410918598116,
     "particle_weight": 1.0550628375694317e+22
   }
 }

Regression/Checksum/benchmarks_json/Python_ohms_law_solver_landau_damping_2d.json

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 {
   "lev=0": {
     "Bx": 0.0,
-    "By": 7.079680412579356e-06,
+    "By": 9.85331786235039e-06,
     "Bz": 0.0,
-    "Ex": 2726044.053666623,
+    "Ex": 2477786.0791638982,
     "Ey": 0.0,
-    "Ez": 4060168.641409589,
-    "jx": 177543428.8941277,
-    "jy": 187432087.03814715,
-    "jz": 594259755.4658134
+    "Ez": 4017759.2140356353,
+    "jx": 170946239.13826403,
+    "jy": 163716416.89360982,
+    "jz": 848613192.8323679
   },
   "ions": {
-    "particle_momentum_x": 9.141594694084731e-17,
-    "particle_momentum_y": 9.135546407258978e-17,
-    "particle_momentum_z": 9.137866220861256e-17,
-    "particle_position_x": 1197.3344862524336,
-    "particle_position_y": 153269.17690371818,
+    "particle_momentum_x": 9.137211831335653e-17,
+    "particle_momentum_y": 9.137639968843743e-17,
+    "particle_momentum_z": 9.135355423932005e-17,
+    "particle_position_x": 1197.4950421919652,
+    "particle_position_y": 153274.8576288179,
     "particle_weight": 8.032598963696067e+16
   }
 }