The muphyII Code: Multiphysics Plasma Simulation on Large HPC Systems
Abstract
Collsionless astrophysical and space plasmas cover regions that typically display a separation of scales that exceeds any code's capabilities. To help address this problem, the muphyII code utilizes a hierarchy of models with different inherent scales, unified in an adaptive framework that allows stand-alone use of models as well as a model-based dynamic and adaptive domain decomposition. This requires ensuring excellent conservation properties, careful treatment of inner-domain model boundaries for model coupling, and robust time stepping algorithms, especially with the use of electron subcycling. This multi-physics approach is implemented in the muphyII code, tested on different scenarios of space plasma reconnection and evaluated against space probe data and higher-fidelity simulation results from literature. Adaptive model refinement is highlighted in particular, and a hybrid model with kinetic ions, pressure-tensor fluid electrons, and Maxwell fields is appraised.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2305.01487,
title = {The muphyII Code: Multiphysics Plasma Simulation on Large HPC Systems},
author = {Florian Allmann-Rahn and Simon Lautenbach and Magnus Deisenhofer and Rainer Grauer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.01487},
year = {2024}
}