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We describe a version of an algorithm for evolving self-gravitating collections of particles that should be nearly ideal for parallel architectures. Our method is derived from the ``self-consistent field'' (SCF) approach suggested…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Lars Hernquist , Steinn Sigurdsson , Greg L. Bryan

Spectral methods are well suited for solving hydrodynamic problems in which the self-gravity of the flow needs to be considered. Because Poisson's equation is linear, the numerical solution for the gravitational potential for each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chi-kwan Chan , Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Ozel

This paper presents an efficient parallel direct algorithm with near-optimal complexity for the compact fourth and sixth-order approximation of the three-dimensional Helmholtz equations [1] with the problem coefficient depending on only one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Ronald Gonzales , Yury Gryazin , Yun Teck Lee

We examine the effect of self-gravity in a rotating thick-disk equilibrium in the presence of a dipolar magnetic field. In the first part, we find a self-similar solution for non-self-gravitating disks. The solution that we have found shows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Ghanbari , S. Abbassi

By using various properties of the complete elliptic integrals, we have derived an alternative expression for the gravitational potential of axially symmetric bodies, which is free of singular kernel in contrast with the classical form.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Trova , J. M. Huré , F. Hersant

To improve the computational efficiencies of the real-space orbital-free density functional theory, this work develops a new single-grid solver by directly providing the closed-form solution to the inner iteration and using an improved…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-05-16 Ling-Ze Bu , Wei Wang

A new computationally efficient method has been introduced to treat self-gravity in mesh based hydrodynamical simulations. It is applied simply by slightly modifying the Poisson equation into an inhomogeneous wave equation. This roughly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Ryosuke Hirai , Hiroki Nagakura , Hirotada Okawa , Kotaro Fujisawa

A new approximation method for inverting the Poisson's equation is presented for a continuously distributed and finite-sized source in an unbound domain. The advantage of this image multipole method arises from its ability to place the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 James H. H. Chan , Tzihong Chiueh

Iterative multiscale methods for electronic structure calculations offer several advantages for large-scale problems. Here we examine a nonlinear full approximation scheme (FAS) multigrid method for solving fixed potential and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Nimal Wijesekera , Guogang Feng , Thomas L. Beck

The solution of the Poisson equation is a ubiquitous problem in computational astrophysics. Most notably, the treatment of self-gravitating flows involves the Poisson equation for the gravitational field. In hydrodynamics codes using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Bernhard Müller , Conrad Chan

Planet-forming discs often contain structures like spiral arms, typically linked to the disc's gravitational forces. In 2D models, an ad hoc softening prescription is commonly used for self-gravity, but this overlooks the vertical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 S. Rendon Restrepo , T. Rometsch , U. Ziegler , O. Gressel

We have established the exact expression for the gravitational potential of a homogeneous polar cell - an elementary pattern used in hydrodynamical simulations of gravitating discs. This formula, which is a closed-form, works for any…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jean-Marc Huré

We introduce an accurate and efficient method for a class of nonlocal potential evaluations with free boundary condition, including the 3D/2D Coulomb, 2D Poisson and 3D dipolar potentials. Our method is based on a Gaussian-sum approximation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-12-09 Lukas Exl , Norbert J. Mauser , Yong Zhang

We developed fast direct solver for 3D Helmholtz and Maxwell equations in layered medium. The algorithm is based on the ideas of cyclic reduction for separable matrices. For the grids with major uniform part (within the survey domain in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Vladimir Druskin , Mikhail Zaslavsky

We investigate the gravitational potentials generated by axisymmetric, razor-thin disks. Within certain limitations, the potential on one side of the disk is shown to be equivalent to the potential produced by a linear mass distribution…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 J. An

Gravitational polarization is examined for equilibrium self-gravitating polytropic sheets perturbed by gravitational field due to test mass sheet. We find equilibrium solutions to the corresponding perturbed Lane-Emden equations for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-28 Yuta Ito

In this work, exact solutions of static and spherically symmetric space-times are analyzed in f(R) modified theories of gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics. Firstly, we restrict the metric fields to one degree of freedom,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-06-22 Lukas Hollenstein , Francisco S. N. Lobo

By solving analytically the various types of Lane-Emden equations with rotation, we have discovered two new coupled fundamental properties of rotating, self-gravitating, gaseous disks in equilibrium: Isothermal disks must, on average,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-31 Dimitris M. Christodoulou , Demosthenes Kazanas

This work introduces a systematic method for identifying analytical and semi-analytical solutions of force-free magnetic fields with plane-parallel and axial symmetry. The method of separation of variables is used, allowing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

We present a new systematic way of setting up galactic gas disks based on the assumption of detailed hydrodynamic equilibrium. To do this, we need to specify the density distribution and the velocity field which supports the disk. We first…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Hsiang-Hsu Wang , Ralf S. Klessen , Cornelis P. Dullemond , Frank C. van den Bosch , Burkhard Fuchs