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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

This review discusses Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) in the astrophysical context, with a focus on inviscid gas dynamics. The particle-based SPH technique allows an intuitive and simple formulation of hydrodynamics that has excellent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 Volker Springel

There have been some issues in the past in attempts to simulate magnetic fields using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. SPH is well suited to star formation problems because of its Lagrangian nature. We present new, stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. J. Price , J. J. Monaghan

(Abridged) We describe a new algorithm for solving the coupled frequency-integrated transfer equation and the equations of magnetohydrodynamics when the light-crossing time is only marginally shorter than dynamical timescales. The transfer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-24 Yan-Fei Jiang , James M. Stone , Shane W. Davis

We present a novel implementation of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPHS) that uses the spatial derivative of the velocity divergence as a higher order dissipation switch. Our switch -- which is second order accurate -- detects flow…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. I. Read , T. Hayfield

We present an implementation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) with improved accuracy for simulations of galaxies and the large-scale structure. In particular, we combine, implement, modify and test a vast majority of SPH improvement…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 A. M. Beck , G. Murante , A. Arth , R. -S. Remus , A. F. Teklu , J. M. F. Donnert , S. Planelles , M. C. Beck , P. Foerster , M. Imgrund , K. Dolag , S. Borgani

We present a new approach to numerically model continuum radiative transfer based on the Optically Thin Variable Eddington Tensor (OTVET) approximation. Our method insures the exact conservation of the photon number and flux (in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Nickolay Y. Gnedin , Tom Abel

This paper proposes a novel numerical method based on Godunov Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for special relativistic fluid dynamics. Our method utilizes a Riemann solver to describe shock, enhancing accuracy in strong shock waves. The…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Kanta Kitajima , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Izumi Seno

The development and implementation of GEAR-RT, a radiative transfer solver using the M1 closure in the open source code SWIFT, is presented, and validated using standard tests for radiative transfer. GEAR-RT is modeled after RAMSES-RT…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-14 Mladen Ivkovic

This work presents efficient solution techniques for radiative transfer in the smoothed particle hydrodynamics discretization. Two choices that impact efficiency are how the material and radiation energy are coupled, which determines the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Brody R. Bassett , J. Michael Owen , Thomas A. Brunner

The method of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is developped appropriately for the study of relativistic heavy ion collision processes. In order to describe the flow of a high energy but low baryon number density fluid, the entropy is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 C. E. Aguiar , T. Kodama , T. Osada , Y. Hama

We summarize the ideas that led to the Adaptive Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (ASPH) algorithm, with anisotropic smoothing and shock-tracking. We then identify a serious new problem for SPH simulations with shocks and radiative cooling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hugo Martel , Paul R. Shapiro

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a ubiquitous numerical method for solving the fluid equations, and is prized for its conservation properties, natural adaptivity, and simplicity. We introduce the Sphenix SPH scheme, which was…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Josh Borrow , Matthieu Schaller , Richard G. Bower , Joop Schaye

We present a radiation-hydrodynamics (RHD) scheme that enables 3D simulations resolving both protostellar interiors and their surrounding accretion flows within a single framework, to clarify how a protostar evolves while interacting with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Kazutaka Kimura , Kazuyuki Sugimura , Takashi Hosokawa , Hajime Fukushima , Kazuyuki Omukai

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new computational fluid dynamics method to be called unsmoothed particle hydrodynamics SPH$-i$ which makes few assumptions and makes no assumption beyond the Navier-Stokes equations. The most…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-01 Kalale Chola

We present the results from a two-day study in which we discussed various implementations of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), one of the leading methods used across a variety of areas of large-scale astrophysical simulations. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Piet Hut , Lars Hernquist , George Lake , Jun Makino , Steve McMillan , Thomas Sterling

Transport and mixing of gas species are of particular interest in planetary environments, where interactions among multiple species can occur within confined or porous media. In this work, we present a novel Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-09 Luca Maggioni , Matteo Teodori , Gianfranco Magni , Michelangelo Formisano , Maria Cristina De Sanctis , Francesca Altieri

In this paper, we present a new formulation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), which, unlike the standard SPH (SSPH), is well-behaved at the contact discontinuity. The SSPH scheme cannot handle discontinuities in density (e.g. the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Satoko Yamamoto , Takayuki R. Saitoh , Junichiro Makino

We investigate a new implementation of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics technique (SPH) designed to improve the realism with which galaxy formation can be simulated. In situations where cooling leads to the coexistence of phases of very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 S. Marri , S. D. M. White

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method has been increasingly used for simulating fluid flows, however its ability to simulate evaporating flow requires significant improvements. This paper proposes an SPH method for evaporating…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 Xiufeng Yang , Song-Charng Kong