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We describe an implicit general relativistic hydrodynamics code. The evolution equations are formulated in comoving coordinates. A conservative finite differencing of the Einstein equations is outlined, and artificial viscosity and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-12 Matthias Liebendoerfer , Stephan Rosswog , Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

Hydrodynamics And Radiation Diffusion} (HARD) is an open-source application for high-performance simulations of compressible hydrodynamics with radiation-diffusion coupling. Built on the FleCSI (Flexible Computational Science…

We describe the special relativistic extension of the CRONOS code, which has been used for studies of gamma-ray binaries in recent years. The code was designed to be easily adaptable, allowing the user to easily change existing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-29 David Huber , Ralf Kissmann

We introduce AREPO-RT, a novel radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) solver for the unstructured moving-mesh code AREPO. Our method solves the moment-based radiative transfer equations using the M1 closure relation. We achieve second order…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Rahul Kannan , Mark Vogelsberger , Federico Marinacci , Ryan McKinnon , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel

We have developed a three-dimensional radiative transfer method designed specifically for use with parallel adaptive mesh refinement hydrodynamics codes. This new algorithm, which we call hybrid characteristics, introduces a novel form of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Erik-Jan Rijkhorst , Tomasz Plewa , Anshu Dubey , Garrelt Mellema

We have developed a new massively-parallel radiation-hydrodynamics code (Cosmos) for Newtonian and relativistic astrophysical problems that also includes radiative cooling, self-gravity, and non-equilibrium, multi-species chemistry. Several…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Peter Anninos , P. Chris Fragile , Stephen D. Murray

Solar flares involve complex processes that are coupled and span a wide range of temporal, spatial, and energy scales. Modeling such processes self-consistently has been a challenge in the past. Here we present results from simulations that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Fatima Rubio da Costa , Wei Liu , Vahe' Petrosian , Mats Carlsson

We present a new code, CASTRO, that solves the multicomponent compressible hydrodynamic equations for astrophysical flows including self-gravity, nuclear reactions and radiation. CASTRO uses an Eulerian grid and incorporates adaptive mesh…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. S. Almgren , V. E. Beckner , J. B. Bell , M. S. Day , L. H. Howell , C. C. Joggerst , M. J. Lijewski , A. Nonaka , M. Singer , M. Zingale

Here we report the development of SPRAY, a massively parallel GPU accelerated, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)-based, radiation hydrodynamics (RHD) code designed specifically for simulating high intensity laser-plasma interactions.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Min Ki Jung , Hakhyeon Kim , Su-San Park , Eung Soo Kim , Yong-Su Na , Sang June Hahn

We describe a new, faster implicit algorithm for solving the radiation hydrodynamics equations in the flux-limited diffusion approximation for smoothed particle hydrodynamics. This improves on the method elucidated in Whitehouse & Bate by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stuart C. Whitehouse , Matthew R. Bate , Joe J. Monaghan

We have developed a new computer code, RAM, to solve the conservative equations of special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) using adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) on parallel computers. We have implemented a characteristic-wise, finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Weiqun Zhang , Andrew I. MacFadyen

We present Guangqi, a new two-dimensional, finite-volume radiation hydrodynamics code designed for high-performance astrophysical simulations. The code simultaneously resolves the hydrodynamic equations for complex equations of state (EoS)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Zhuo Chen , Xue-Ning Bai

Solving the Euler equations of ideal hydrodynamics as accurately and efficiently as possible is a key requirement in many astrophysical simulations. It is therefore important to continuously advance the numerical methods implemented in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-02 Kevin Schaal , Andreas Bauer , Praveen Chandrashekar , Rüdiger Pakmor , Christian Klingenberg , Volker Springel

Recent three-dimensional radiative hydrodynamics simulations of protoplanetary disks report disparate disk behaviors, and these differences involve the importance of convection to disk cooling, the dependence of disk cooling on metallicity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Aaron C. Boley , Richard H. Durisen , Aake Nordlund , Jesse Lord

We propose a novel Skew Gradient Embedding (SGE) framework for systematically reformulating thermodynamically consistent partial differential equation (PDE) models-capturing both reversible and irreversible processes-as generalized gradient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Xuelong Gu , Qi Wang

The spectacular recent development of modern high-energy density laboratory facilities which concentrate more and more energy in millimetric volumes allows the astrophysical community to reproduce and to explore, in millimeter-scale targets…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-17 Emeric Falize , Claire Michaut , Serge Bouquet

A possible inconsistency arising when a radiative cooling term is incorporated in a finite resolution self-gravitating hydrodynamic code is discussed. The inconsistency appears when the heating-cooling balance within the cooling and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Nickolay Y. Gnedin

We present in this paper a multigroup model for radiation hydrodynamics to account for variations of the gas opacity as a function of frequency. The entropy closure model (M1) is applied to multigroup radiation transfer in a radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 N. M. H. Vaytet , E. Audit , B. Dubroca , F. Delahaye

To facilitate the study of black hole fueling, star formation, and feedback in galaxies, we outline a method for treating the radial forces on interstellar gas due to absorption of photons by dust grains. The method gives the correct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 G. S. Novak , J. P. Ostriker , L. Ciotti

A module for the ZEUS-2D code is described which may be used to solve the equations of radiation hydrodynamics to order unity in v/c, in the flux-limited diffusion (FLD) approximation. In this approximation, the tensor Eddington factor f…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 N. J. Turner , J. M. Stone