We present a finite element analogue to the second-order, finite difference scheme for the solution of the heat diffusion equation in strongly magnetised plasmas given in Günter et al. [S. Günter et al., J. Comp. Phys. 209 (2005) 354]. Compared to standard finite element or finite difference formulations it strongly reduces the pollution of perpendicular heat fluxes by parallel ones even withou...
