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We present a numerical solver for plasma dynamics simulations in Hall magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD) approximation in one, two and three dimensions. We consider both isotropic and anisotropic thermal pressure cases, where a general gyrotropic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Marek Strumik , Krzysztof Stasiewicz

We assemble the equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in 3+1 form. These consist of the complete coupled set of Maxwell equations for the electromagnetic field, Einstein's equations for the gravitational field, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas W. Baumgarte , Stuart L. Shapiro

This paper investigates the non-resistive compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We establish the global existence and stability of classical solutions for initial data sufficiently close to a constant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Yi Zhu

In this work, we design an entropy stable, finite volume approximation for the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. The method is novel as we design an affordable analytical expression of the numerical interface flux function that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-01 Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner

This work presents the publicly available moving-mesh magnetohydrodynamics code DISCO. DISCO is efficient and accurate at evolving orbital fluid motion in two and three dimensions, especially at high Mach number. DISCO employs a moving-mesh…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Paul C. Duffell

The new code for numerical simulation of magnetic hydrodynamical astrophysical flows with consideration of chemical reactions is given in the paper. At the heart of the code - the new original low-dissipation numerical method based on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-01 Igor Kulikov , Igor Chernykh , Viktor Protasov

In this paper, we prove the energy conservation for the weak solutions to the three-dimensional equations of compressible magnetohydrodynamic flows (MHD) under certain conditions only about density and velocity. This work is inspired by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Tingsheng Wang , Xinhua Zhao , Yingshan Chen , Mei Zhang

Recent years have seen a significant progress in the development of general relativistic codes for the numerical solution of the equations of magnetohydrodynamics in spacetimes with high and dynamical curvature. These codes are valuable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-23 Yosuke Mizuno , Luciano Rezzolla

A numerical scheme is developed for systems of conservation laws on manifolds which arise in high speed aerodynamics and magneto-aerodynamics. The systems are presented in an arbitrary coordinate system on the manifold and involve source…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Ian Holloway , Sivaguru S. Sritharan

We present the new general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) capabilities of the Einstein Toolkit, an open-source community-driven numerical relativity and computational relativistic astrophysics code. The GRMHD extension of the…

We present a new code designed to solve the equations of classical ideal magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) in three dimensions, submitted to a constant gravitational field. The purpose of the code centers on the analysis of solar phenomena within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-22 J. J. Gonzalez-Aviles , A. Cruz-Osorio , F. D. Lora-Clavijo , F. S. Guzman

In this paper, an energy-consistent finite difference scheme for the compressible hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations is introduced. For the compressible magnetohydrodynamics, an energy-consistent finite difference…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Haruhisa Iijima

In this paper we show how the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can be written in conservation form with the positivity of the dissipation guaranteed. We call the resulting algorithm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D. J. Price , J. J. Monaghan

We report a new finite-difference scheme for two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations, with and without rotation, in unstructured grids with quadrilateral cells. The new scheme is implemented within the code VULCAN/2D, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eli Livne , Luc Dessart , Adam Burrows , Casey A. Meakin

Simulations of decaying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence are performed with a fluid and a kinetic code. The initial condition is an ensemble of long-wavelength, counter-propagating, shear-Alfv\'{e}n waves, which interact and rapidly…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 K. D. Makwana , V. Zhdankin , H. Li , W. Daughton , F. Cattaneo

We employ simulations of supersonic super-Alfvenic turbulence decay as a benchmark test problem to assess and compare the performance of nine astrophysical MHD methods actively used to model star formation. The set of nine codes includes:…

We develop a numerical scheme for solving a fully special relativistic resistive radiation magnetohydrodynamics. Our code guarantees conservations of total mass, momentum and energy. Radiation energy density and radiation flux are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-19 Hiroyuki R. Takahashi , Ken Ohsuga

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

We present a new numerical code, X-ECHO, for general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) in dynamical spacetimes. This is aimed at studying astrophysical situations where strong gravity and magnetic fields are both supposed to play an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 N. Bucciantini , L. Del Zanna

Designing efficient and high-accuracy numerical methods for complex dynamic incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations remains a challenging problem in various analysis and design tasks. This is mainly due to the nonlinear coupling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Xiaofei Guan , Boya Hu , Shipeng Mao , Xintong Wang , Zihao Yang