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In certain astrophysical systems the commonly employed ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation breaks down. Here, we introduce novel explicit and implicit numerical schemes of ohmic resistivity terms in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-09 Federico Marinacci , Mark Vogelsberger , Rahul Kannan , Philip Mocz , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel

In this work, we present MHDEnzo, the extension of the cosmological code Enzo to include the effects magnetic fields through the ideal MHD approximation. We use a higher order Godunov Riemann solver for the computation of interface fluxes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-04 David C. Collins , Hao Xu , Michael L. Norman , Hui Li , Shengtai Li

Code comparisons are a valuable tool for the verification of supernova simulation codes and the quantification of model uncertainties. Here we present a first comparison of axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) supernova simulations with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 Vishnu Varma , Bernhard Mueller , Martin Obergaulinger

The nonlinear evolution of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is a popular test for code verification. To date, most Kelvin-Helmholtz problems discussed in the literature are ill-posed: they do not converge to any single solution with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-28 Daniel Lecoanet , Michael McCourt , Eliot Quataert , Keaton J. Burns , Geoffrey M. Vasil , Jeffrey S. Oishi , Benjamin P. Brown , James M. Stone , Ryan M. O'Leary

Cylindrical coordinates are often used in computational fluid dynamics, in particular, when one considers gas flow accreting onto a central object. Although the cylindrical coordinates have several advantages in describing rotation, they…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Tomoyuki Hanawa , Yosuke Matsumoto

A cosmological multidimensional hydrodynamic code is described and tested. This code is based on modern high-resolution shock-capturing techniques. It can make use of a linear or a parabolic cell reconstruction as well as an approximate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 Vicent Quilis , Jose Ma. Ibanez , Diego Saez

Physical problems with a solution that can be expressed analytically are scarce; this holds even more true for problems set in a cosmological context. Such solutions are, however, invaluable tools for making comparisons between theory,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-13 Orestis A. Karapiperis , Matthieu Schaller

We present new analytical three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations, which are applicable to the co-rotating frame of reference outside a rigidly rotating cylindrical body, and have potential applications to planetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-13 Fiona Wilson , Thomas Neukirch

We describe a numerical code to solve the equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It is based on an explicit finite difference scheme on an Eulerian grid, called the Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) scheme, which is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones

We present Phantom, a fast, parallel, modular and low-memory smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code developed over the last decade for astrophysical applications in three dimensions. The code has been developed with a…

A new code and methodology are introduced for solving the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) equations in fixed background spacetimes using time-explicit, finite-volume discretization. The code has options for solving the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Anninos , P. Chris Fragile , Jay D. Salmonson

We present the AGATE simulation code, a Python-based framework developed primarily for solving the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations while maintaining adaptability to other equation sets. The code employs a modular, object-oriented…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Chris Bard , John Dorelli

We present a new numerical code, PLUTO, for the solution of hypersonic flows in 1, 2 and 3 spatial dimensions and different systems of coordinates. The code provides a multi-physics, multi-algorithm modular environment particularly oriented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Mignone , G. Bodo , S. Massaglia , T. Matsakos , O. Tesileanu , C. Zanni , A. Ferrari

The constrained transport (CT) method reflects the state of the art numerical technique for preserving the divergence-free condition of magnetic field to machine accuracy in multi-dimensional MHD simulations performed with Godunov-type, or…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Andrea Mignone , Luca Del Zanna

Numerical solutions of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are reported for the interior of a rotating, perfectly-conducting, rigid spherical shell that is insulator-coated on the inside. A previously-reported spectral…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. D. Mininni , D. C. Montgomery , L. Turner

We describe a high-order numerical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) solver built upon a novel non-linear entropy stable numerical flux function that supports eight travelling wave solutions. By construction the solver conserves mass, momentum,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-13 Dominik Derigs , Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch

We present a new numerical algorithm to solve the recently derived equations of two-moment cosmic ray hydrodynamics (CRHD). The algorithm is implemented as a module in the moving mesh Arepo code. Therein, the anisotropic transport of cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-24 Timon Thomas , Christoph Pfrommer , Rüdiger Pakmor

We present a novel method of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) within the smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme using the Geometric Density average force expression (GDSPH). GDSPH has recently been shown to reduce the leading order errors and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-31 Robert Wissing , Sijing Shen

We formulate spin magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) by including the magnetic-flux and total angular momentum conservation laws in the hydrodynamic framework. To specify the local angular momentum conservation, we choose the totally antisymmetric…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-16 Zhe Fang , Koichi Hattori , Jin Hu

Large-scale magnetic fields play a vital role in determining the angular momentum transport and generating jets/outflows in the accreting systems, yet their origin remains poorly understood. We focus on radiatively inefficient accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Prasun Dhang , Xue-Ning Bai , Christopher J. White
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