more updates to CI tests and checksum benchmarks

Examples/Tests/ohm_solver_EM_modes/PICMI_inputs.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class EMModes(object):
     # Plasma resistivity - used to dampen the mode excitation
     eta = [[1e-7, 1e-7], [1e-7, 1e-5], [1e-7, 1e-4]]
     # Number of substeps used to update B
-    substeps = [[250, 500], [250, 750], [250, 1000]]
+    substeps = 20
 
     def __init__(self, test, dim, B_dir, verbose):
         """Get input parameters for the specific case desired."""
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ def get_simulation_parameters(self):
 
         self.NPPC = self.NPPC[self.dim-1]
         self.eta = self.eta[self.dim-1][idx]
-        self.substeps = self.substeps[self.dim-1][idx]
 
     def get_plasma_quantities(self):
         """Calculate various plasma parameters based on the simulation input."""

Examples/Tests/ohm_solver_EM_modes/PICMI_inputs_rz.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class CylindricalNormalModes(object):
     # Plasma resistivity - used to dampen the mode excitation
     eta = 5e-4
     # Number of substeps used to update B
-    substeps = 250
+    substeps = 20
 
     def __init__(self, test, verbose):
         """Get input parameters for the specific case desired."""

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 = 20
+    substeps = 10
 
     # Beam parameters
     n_beam = [0.02, 0.1]
@@ -95,10 +95,9 @@ def __init__(self, test, dim, resonant, verbose):
         diag_period = 1 / 4.0 # Output interval (ion cyclotron periods)
         self.diag_steps = int(diag_period / self.DT)
 
-        # if this is a test case run for only 25 cyclotron periods and use
-        # fewer substeps to speed up the simulation
+        # if this is a test case run for only 25 cyclotron periods
         if self.test:
-            self.LT = 30.0
+            self.LT = 25.0
 
         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 (3d) had the following errors when ran on 1 V100:
+    # At creation, the full test (3d) had the following errors (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
+    assert m4_rms_error < 0.8
+    assert m5_rms_error < 1.4
+    assert m6_rms_error < 0.8
 
     # checksum check
     import os

Regression/Checksum/benchmarks_json/Python_ohms_law_solver_landau_damping_2d.json

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 {
   "lev=0": {
     "Bx": 0.0,
-    "By": 9.85331786235039e-06,
+    "By": 7.079679609748623e-06,
     "Bz": 0.0,
-    "Ex": 2477786.0791638982,
+    "Ex": 2726044.0536666242,
     "Ey": 0.0,
-    "Ez": 4017759.2140356353,
-    "jx": 170946239.13826403,
-    "jy": 163716416.89360982,
-    "jz": 848613192.8323679
+    "Ez": 4060168.6414095857,
+    "jx": 177543428.8941278,
+    "jy": 187432087.03814715,
+    "jz": 594259755.4658135
   },
   "ions": {
-    "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_momentum_x": 9.141594694084731e-17,
+    "particle_momentum_y": 9.135546407258978e-17,
+    "particle_momentum_z": 9.137866220861254e-17,
+    "particle_position_x": 1197.3344862524336,
+    "particle_position_y": 153269.17690371818,
     "particle_weight": 8.032598963696067e+16
   }
 }