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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

We present a new algorithm for the identification and physical characterization of current sheets and reconnection sites in 2D and 3D large scale relativisticmagnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations. This has been implemented in the PLUTO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-29 Matteo Nurisso , Annalisa Celotti , Andrea Mignone , Gianluigi Bodo

We present a new numerical algorithm for the solution of coupled collisional and collisionless systems, based on the block structured adaptive mesh and time refinement strategy (AMR). We describe the issues associated with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Francesco Miniati , Phillip Colella

We have developed a new computer code, RELDAFNA, 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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-05 Ygal Y. Klein

Many astrophysical phenomena are highly subsonic, requiring specialized numerical methods suitable for long-time integration. In a series of earlier papers we described the development of MAESTRO, a low Mach number stellar hydrodynamics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Nonaka , A. S. Almgren , J. B. Bell , M. J. Lijewski , C. M. Malone , M. Zingale

We present a new implementation of the SFUMATO code, called SFUMATO#, for solving self-gravitational radiation hydrodynamics problems using adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) with the CUDA/HIP programming frameworks. The code incorporates a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-22 Hajime Fukushima , Tomoaki Matsumoto

A description is given of the algorithms implemented in the AstroBEAR adaptive mesh refinement code for ideal magnetohydrodynamics. The code provides several high resolution, shock capturing schemes which are constructed to maintain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Andrew J. Cunningham , Adam Frank , Peggy Varniere , Sorin Mitran , Thomas W. Jones

Multiphase flows are an important class of fluid flow and their study facilitates the development of diverse applications in industrial, natural, and biomedical systems. We consider a model that uses a continuum description of both phases…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-04 Bindi M. Nagda , Aaron Barrett , Boyce E. Griffith , Aaron L. Fogelson , Jian Du

Computational studies that use block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) approaches suffer from unnecessarily high mesh resolution in regions adjacent to important solution features. This deficiency limits the performance of AMR…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Brandon Gusto , Tomasz Plewa

The paper describes an explicit multi-dimensional numerical scheme for Special Relativistic Two-Fluid Magnetohydrodynamics of electron-positron plasma and a suit of test problems. The scheme utilizes Cartesian grid and the third order WENO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Maxim Barkov , Serguei S. Komissarov , Vitaly Korolev , Andrey Zankovich

Modeling the dynamics of most astrophysical structures requires an adequate description of the radiation-matter interaction. Several numerical (magneto)hydrodynamics codes were upgraded with a radiation module to fulfill this request.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Salvatore Colombo , Laurent Ibgui , Salvatore Orlando , Raphael Rodriguez , Guadalupe Espinosa , Matthias González , Chantal Stehlé , Giovanni Peres

Obtainable computational efficiency is evaluated when using an Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) strategy in time accurate simulations governed by sets of conservation laws. For a variety of 1D, 2D, and 3D hydro- and magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Keppens , M. Nool , G. Toth , J. P. Goedbloed

The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations are continuum models used in the study of a wide range of plasma physics systems, including the evolution of complex plasma dynamics in tokamak disruptions. However, efficient numerical solution…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 Qi Tang , Luis Chacon , Tzanio V. Kolev , John N. Shadid , Xian-Zhu Tang

The use of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques is crucial for accurate and efficient simulation of higher dimensional spacetimes. In this work we develop an adaptive algorithm tailored to the integration of finite difference…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Frans Pretorius , Luis Lehner

In an effort to study the applicability of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques to atmospheric models an interpolation-based spectral element shallow water model on a cubed-sphere grid is compared to a block-structured finite volume…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Amik St-Cyr , Christiane Jablonowski , John M. Dennis , Henry M. Tufo , Stephen J. Thomas

This paper describes the open-source code Enzo, which uses block-structured adaptive mesh refinement to provide high spatial and temporal resolution for modeling astrophysical fluid flows. The code is Cartesian, can be run in 1, 2, and 3…

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 finite-volume, genuinely 4th-order accurate numerical method for solving the equations of resistive relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (Res-RMHD) in Cartesian coordinates. In our formulation, the magnetic field is evolved in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Andrea Mignone , Vittoria Berta , Marco Rossazza , Matteo Bugli , Giancarlo Mattia , Luca Del Zanna , Lorenzo Pareschi

We describe a new hybrid framework to model non-thermal spectral signatures from highly energetic particles embedded in a large-scale classical or relativistic MHD flow. Our method makes use of \textit{Lagrangian} particles moving through…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Bhargav Vaidya , Andrea Mignone , Gianluigi Bodo , Paola Rossi , Silvano Massaglia

We compare two different codes for simulations of cosmological structure formation to investigate the sensitivity of hydrodynamical instabilities to numerics, in particular, the hydro solver and the application of adaptive mesh refinement…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-27 W. Schmidt , J. Schulz , L. Iapichino , F. Vazza , A. S. Almgren