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We present the formulation and optimization of a Runge-Kutta-type time-stepping scheme for solving the shallow water equations, aimed at substantially increasing the effective allowable time-step over that of comparable methods. This…
We developed a new general-relativistic quantum-kinetics neutrino transport code, GRQKNT, for numerical studies of quantum kinetics of non-equilibrium neutrinos in six-dimensional phase space. This code is intended for use in both local and…
Since the early 1970s, inversion techniques have become the most useful tool for inferring the magnetic, dynamic, and thermodynamic properties of the solar atmosphere. The intrinsic model dependence makes it necessary to formulate specific…
The dynamics of open quantum systems is governed by the Lindblad master equation, which provides a consistent framework for incorporating environmental effects into the evolution of the system. Since exact solutions are rarely available,…
The thermal radiative transfer (TRT) equations form an integro-differential system that describes the propagation and collisional interactions of photons. Computing accurate and efficient numerical solutions TRT are challenging for several…
Explicit Runge-Kutta schemes become impractical when a stiff linear operator is present in the dynamics. This failure mode is quite common in numerical simulations of fluids and plasmas. Lawson proposed Generalized Runge-Kutta Processes for…
This companion paper to [D. Picconi et al., J. Chem. Phys. 150 (2019)] presents quantum dynamical simulations, using the Gaussian-based multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree (G-MCTDH) method, of time-resolved coherent Raman…
Radiation is crucial not only for observing astrophysical objects, but also for transporting energy and momentum. However, accurate on-the-fly radiation transport in astrophysical simulations is challenging and computationally expensive.…
An additive Runge-Kutta method is used for the time stepping, which integrates the linear stiff terms by an explicit singly diagonally implicit Runge-Kutta (ESDIRK) method and the nonlinear terms by an explicit Runge-Kutta (ERK) method. In…
This paper describes the first steps of development of a new multidimensional time implicit code devoted to the study of hydrodynamical processes in stellar interiors. The code solves the hydrodynamical equations in spherical geometry and…
A realistic and detailed description of neutrinos in binary neutron star (BNS) mergers is essential to build reliable models of such systems. To this end, we present BNS_NURATES, a novel open-source numerical library designed for the…
We study the conservation properties of the Hermite-discontinuous Galerkin (Hermite-DG) approximation of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. In this semi-discrete formulation, the total mass is preserved independently for every plasma species.…
We analyze the stability and accuracy (up to third order) of a new family of implicit-explicit Runge-Kutta (IMEX RK) methods. This analysis expedites development of methods with various balances in the number of explicit stages and implicit…
A space-time fully adaptive multiresolution method for evolutionary non-linear partial differential equations is presented introducing an improved local time-stepping method. The space discretisation is based on classical finite volumes,…
Thermochemistry, ray-tracing radiation, and radiation-matter interactions are important processes which are computationally difficult to model in astrophysical simulations, addressed by introducing novel algorithms optimized for…
This article extends the theory of dual-consistent summation-by-parts (SBP) and generalized SBP (GSBP) time-marching methods by showing that they are implicit Runge-Kutta schemes. Through this connection, the accuracy theory for the…
We study the merger of black hole-neutron star binaries by fully general-relativistic neutrino-radiation-hydrodynamics simulations throughout the coalescence, particularly focusing on the role of neutrino irradiation in dynamical mass…
We consider new implicit-explicit (IMEX) Runge-Kutta methods for hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with stiff relaxation terms. The explicit part is treated by a strong-stability-preserving (SSP) scheme, and the implicit part is…
A new scheme for incorporating radiative cooling in hydrodynamical codes is presented, centered around exact integration of the governing semi-discrete cooling equation. Using benchmark calculations based on the cooling downstream of a…
Radiation flow through an inhomogeneous medium is critical in a wide range of physics and astronomy applications from transport across cloud layers on the earth to the propagation of supernova blast-waves producing UV and X-ray emission in…