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We report on the development of an implicit multi-D hydrodynamic code for stellar evolution. We present two test-cases relevant for the first scientific goal of the code: the simulation of convection in pulsating stars. First results on a…

We present 2D local box simulations of near-surface radiative magneto-convection with prescribed magnetic flux, carried out with the MHD version of the CO5BOLD code for the Sun and a solar-like star with a metal-poor chemical composition…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Steffen , H. -G. Ludwig , O. Steiner

We present multidimensional modeling of convection and oscillations in main-sequence stars somewhat more massive than the Sun, using three separate approaches: 1) Using the 3-D planar StellarBox radiation hydrodynamics code to model the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-17 Joyce A. Guzik , T. H. Morgan , N. J. Nelson , C. Lovekin , K. Kosak , I. N. Kitiashvili , N. N. Mansour , A. Kosovichev

Context. The He i 1083 nm is a powerful diagnostic for inferring properties of the upper solar chromosphere, in particular for the magnetic field. The basic formation of the line in one-dimensional models is well understood, but the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Jorrit Leenaarts , Thomas Golding , Mats Carlsson , Tine Libbrecht , Jayant Joshi

Characterizing stellar convection in multiple dimensions is a topic at the forefront of stellar astrophysics. Numerical simulations are an essential tool for this task. We present an extension of the existing numerical tool-kit A-MaZe that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 M. V. Popov , R. Walder , D. Folini , T. Goffrey , I. Baraffe , T. Constantino , C. Geroux , J. Pratt , M. Viallet

Condensable species are crucial in shaping planetary climate. A wide range of planetary climate systems involve understanding non-dilute condensable substances and their influence on climate dynamics. There has been progress on large-scale…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Xianyu Tan , Maxence Lefevre , Raymond Pierrehumbert

We present a numerical code to simulate maps of Galactic emission in intensity and polarization at microwave frequencies, aiding in the design of Cosmic Microwave Background experiments. This Python code builds on existing efforts to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 Ben Thorne , Jo Dunkley , David Alonso , Sigurd Naess

A massively parallel simulation code, called \textit{dHybrid}, has been developed to perform global scale studies of space plasma interactions. This code is based on an explicit hybrid model; the numerical stability and parallel scalability…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 L. Gargaté , R. Bingham , R. A. Fonseca , L. O. Silva

We explore the relationship between stellar surface density and gas surface density (the star-gas or S-G correlation) in a 20,000 M$_{\odot}$ simulation from the STAR FORmation in Gaseous Environments (STARFORGE) Project. We create…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-19 Samuel Millstone , Robert Gutermuth , Stella S. R. Offner , Riwaj Pokhrel , Michael Y. Grudić

The inclusion of convection in stellar evolution models lacks realism, especially near convective-radiative interfaces. Furthermore, the interaction of convection with oscillations prevent us from accurately predicting seismic frequencies,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-31 J. Philidet , K. Belkacem

(Abridged) We use the statistical tool known as the ``Spectral Correlation Function" [SCF] to intercompare simulations and observations of the atomic interstellar medium. The simulations considered mimic three distinct sets of physical…

The numerical simulation of turbulence in stars has led to a rich set of possibilities regarding stellar pulsations, asteroseismology, thermonuclear yields, and formation of neutron stars and black holes. The breaking of symmetry by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 W. David Arnett , Casey Meakin

I present a numerical package (CosmoTransitions) for analyzing finite-temperature cosmological phase transitions driven by single or multiple scalar fields. The package analyzes the different vacua of a theory to determine their critical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Carroll L. Wainwright

Ambipolar diffusion is a process occurring in partially ionised astrophysical systems that imparts a complicated mathematical and physical nature to Ohm's law. The numerical codes that solve the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations have to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-15 F. Moreno-Insertis , D. Nóbrega-Siverio , E. R. Priest , A. W. Hood

Collimated supersonic flows in laboratory experiments behave in a similar manner to astrophysical jets provided that radiation, viscosity, and thermal conductivity are unimportant in the laboratory jets, and that the experimental and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 P. Hartigan , J. M. Foster , B. H. Wilde , R. F. Coker , P. A. Rosen , J. F. Hansen , B. E. Blue , R. J. R. Williams , R. Carver , A. Frank

The quality of today's research is often tightly limited to the available computing power and scalability of codes to many processors. For example, tackling the problem of heating the solar corona requires a most realistic description of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-26 Philippe-A. Bourdin

The importance of understanding the current and historical galactic environments of cool stars is discussed. The penetration of interstellar gas into a stellar astrosphere is a function of the interaction of the star with the interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Priscilla C. Frisch

One may consider cross-correlation routines applied to stellar spectra as a way to determine not only the radial velocities but also to assess the properties of stellar atmospheres. We show that this is not the case. High value of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomaz Zwitter , Ulisse Munari , Arnaud Siebert

We devise a physical model of formation and distribution of molecular gas clouds in galaxies. We use the model to predict the intensities of rotational transition lines of carbon monoxide (CO) and the molecular hydrogen (H$_{\rm 2}$)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Shigeki Inoue , Naoki Yoshida , Hidenobu Yajima

We present a suite of high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations to $z=4$ of a $10^{12}\,{\rm M}_{\odot}$ halo at $z=0$, obtained using seven contemporary astrophysical simulation codes widely used in the numerical galaxy formation…