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We describe and implement an adaptive particle-mesh algorithm to solve the Poisson equation for grid-based hydrodynamics codes with nested grids. The algorithm is implemented and extensively tested within the astrophysical code Enzo against…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Jean-Claude Passy , Greg L. Bryan

Fully realizing the potential of multigrid solvers often requires custom algorithms for a given application model, discretizations and even regimes of interest, despite considerable effort from the applied math community to develop fully…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 Mark F. Adams , Matthew K. Knepley

We describe the implementation of sophisticated numerical techniques for general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulations in the Athena++ code framework. Improvements over many existing codes include the use of advanced Riemann solvers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-25 Christopher J. White

We present the development and benchmarking of Poisson solvers for graphics processing units (GPUs). Implemented in the Astaroth platform, the solvers feature high computational efficiency. We present novel combinations of discretizations…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Touko Puro , Wei-Wen Li , Hsien Shang , Miikka S. Väisälä , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Matthias Rheinhardt , Maarit Korpi-Lagg

We describe a grid-based numerical method for 3D hydrodynamic cosmological simulations which is adaptive in space and time and combines the best features of higher order--accurate Godunov schemes for Eulerian hydrodynamics with adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Michael L. Norman , Greg L. Bryan

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

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

This work presents a high-order finite-difference adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) framework for robust simulation of shock-turbulence interaction problems. A staggered-grid arrangement, in which solution points are stored at cell centers…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Yuqi Wang , Yadong Zeng , Ralf Deiterding , Jinhui Yang , Jianhan Liang

We extend the co-scaling formalism of Habegger & Heitsch (2021) implemented in Athena++ to magneto-hydrodynamics. The formalism relies on flow symmetries in astrophysical problems involving expansion, contraction, and center-of-mass motion.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-24 Fabian Heitsch , Roark Habegger

We present a matrix-free GPU multigrid preconditioner with algebraically consistent coarsening for solving Poisson equations on adaptive octree grids with irregular domains. Within uniform-resolution regions, the coarsening satisfies the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Mengdi Wang , Yuchen Sun , Bo Zhu

Implicit solvers present strong limitations when used on supercomputing facilities and in particular for adaptive mesh-refinement codes. We present a new method for implicit adaptive time-stepping on adaptive mesh refinement-grids. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Benoit Commercon , Vincent Debout , Romain Teyssier

Multigrid solvers are among the most efficient methods for solving the Poisson equation, which is ubiquitous in computational physics. For example, in the context of incompressible flows, it is typically the costliest operation. The present…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Gilles Poncelet , Jonathan Lambrechts , Thomas Gillis , Philippe Chatelain

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

We present a description of the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) implementation of the PLUTO code for solving the equations of classical and special relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD and RMHD). The current release exploits, in addition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Mignone , C. Zanni , P. Tzeferacos , B. van Straalen , P. Colella , G. Bodo

Elliptic equations play a crucial role in turbulence models for magnetic confinement fusion. Regardless of the chosen modeling approach - whether gyrokinetic, gyrofluid, or drift-fluid - the Poisson equation and Amp\`{e}re's law lead to…

We extend the general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) capabilities of Athena++ to incorporate radiation. The intensity field in each finite-volume cell is discretized in angle, with explicit transport in both space and angle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 Christopher J. White , Patrick D. Mullen , Yan-Fei Jiang , Shane W. Davis , James M. Stone , Viktoriya Morozova , Lizhong Zhang

We propose an adaptive multigrid preconditioning technology for solving linear systems arising from Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) discretizations. Unlike standard multigrid techniques, this preconditioner involves only trace spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-15 Socratis Petrides , Leszek Demkowicz

We introduce a family of implementations of low order, additive, geometric multilevel solvers for systems of Helmholtz equations. Both grid spacing and arithmetics may comprise complex numbers and we thus can apply complex scaling…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2017-06-28 Bram Reps , Tobias Weinzierl

A new code and methodology are introduced for solving the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) equations in fixed background spacetimes using time-explicit, finite-volume discretization. The code has options for solving the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Anninos , P. Chris Fragile , Jay D. Salmonson

Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) methods are state-of-the-art algebraic solvers for partial differential equations. Still, their efficiency depends heavily on the choice of suitable parameters and/or ingredients. Paradigmatic examples include the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Paola F. Antonietti , Matteo Caldana , Lorenzo Gentile , Marco Verani