Conservative semi-Lagrangian schemes for Vlasov equations

Conservative methods for the numerical solution of the Vlasov equation are developed in the context of the one-dimensional splitting. In the case of constant advection, these methods and the traditional semi-Lagrangian ones are proven to be equivalent, but the conservative methods offer the possibility to add adequate filters in order to ensure the positivity. In the non-constant advection case, they present an alternative to the traditional semi-Lagrangian schemes which can suffer from bad mass conservation, in this time splitting setting.