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3D MHD Simulations of Disk Accretion onto Magnetized Stars: Numerical Approach and Sample Simulations

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2009-01-28 v1

Abstract

We present results of global 3D MHD simulations of disk accretion to a rotating star with dipole and more complex magnetic fields using a Godunov-type code based on the "cubed sphere" grid developed earlier in our group. We describe the code and the grid and show examples of simulation results.

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@article{arxiv.0901.4269,
  title  = {3D MHD Simulations of Disk Accretion onto Magnetized Stars: Numerical Approach and Sample Simulations},
  author = {Marina M. Romanova and Alexander V. Koldoba and Galina V. Ustyugova and Akshay K. Kulkarni and Min Long and Richard V. E. Lovelace},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4269},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 3RD International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2008), June 8-13, 2008, St. John, U.S.V.I