Gasoline: An adaptable implementation of TreeSPH
Abstract
The key algorithms and features of the Gasoline code for parallel hydrodynamics with self-gravity are described. Gasoline is an extension of the efficient Pkdgrav parallel N-body code using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Accuracy measurements, performance analysis and tests of the code are presented. Recent successful Gasoline applications are summarized. These cover a diverse set of areas in astrophysics including galaxy clusters, galaxy formation and gas-giant planets. Future directions for gasdynamical simulations in astrophysics and code development strategies for tackling cutting edge problems are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0303521,
title = {Gasoline: An adaptable implementation of TreeSPH},
author = {James Wadsley and Joachim Stadel and Thomas Quinn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0303521},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
30 pages, 11 figures, submitted to New Astronomy. Movies and high resolution images are available at http://imp.mcmaster.ca/images