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We discuss the physics of stochastic particle acceleration in relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, combining numerical simulations of test-particle acceleration in synthetic wave turbulence spectra with detailed analytical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-06 Camilia Demidem , Martin Lemoine , Fabien Casse

The nonlinear dynamics of a bundle of magnetic flux ropes driven by stationary fluid motions at their endpoints is studied, by performing numerical simulations of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The development of MHD turbulence is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Pablo Dmitruk , Daniel O. Gomez , William H. Matthaeus

We present a new formulation of the equations of motion used in smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). The spatial resolution in SPH is determined by the smoothing length, $h$, and it has become common practice for each particle to be given…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Richard P. Nelson , John C. B. Papaloizou

We present for astrophysical use a multi-dimensional numerical code to solve the equations for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It is based on an explicit finite difference method on an Eulerian grid, called the Total Variation Diminishing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones , Adam Frank

In order to solve the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations with a $\mathbf{\mathcal{H}}(\mathbf{div})$-conforming element, a novel approach is proposed to ensure the exact divergence-free condition on the magnetic field. The idea is to add…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-01 Wei Cai , Jian Wu , Jianguo Xin

We present a new computational method for smoothly matching general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) to its force-free limit. The method is based on a flux-conservative formalism for MHD and its force-free limit, and a vector…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Vasileios Paschalidis , Stuart L. Shapiro

In this paper, we present an explicit scheme for Ohmic dissipation with smoothed particle magneto-hydrodynamics (SPMHD). We propose a SPH discretization of Ohmic dissipation and solve Ohmic dissipation part of induction equation with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yusuke Tsukamoto , Kazunari Iwasaki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We study a regularised version of the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations, the tamed MHD (TMHD) equations. They are a model for the flow of electrically conducting fluids through porous media. We prove existence and uniqueness of TMHD on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-16 Andre Schenke

Magnetic fields play an important role in many astrophysical systems and a detailed understanding of their impact on the gas dynamics requires robust numerical simulations. Here we present a new method to evolve the ideal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Philip Mocz , Mark Vogelsberger , Lars Hernquist

The magnetic fields can change their topology through a process known as magnetic reconnection. This process in not only important for understanding the origin and evolution of the large-scale magnetic field, but is seen as a possibly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Grzegorz Kowal , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , A. Lazarian

This paper focuses on the 3D incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with mixed partial dissipation and magnetic diffusion. Our main result assesses the global stability of perturbations near the steady solution given by a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-13 Jiahong Wu , Yi Zhu

In this study we investigated the capabilities of the mesh-free, Lagrangian particle method (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH) to simulate the detailed hydrodynamic processes generated by both spilling and plunging breaking waves within…

Collisionless, magnetized turbulence offers a promising framework for the generation of non-thermal high-energy particles in various astrophysical sites. Yet, the detailed mechanism that governs particle acceleration has remained subject to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Virginia Bresci , Martin Lemoine , Laurent Gremillet , Luca Comisso , Lorenzo Sironi , Camilia Demidem

We present numerical simulations of driven magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence with weak/moderate imposed magnetic fields. The main goal is to clarify dynamics of magnetic field growth. We also investigate the effects of the imposed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Cho , E. Vishniac , A. Beresnyak , A. Lazarian , D. Ryu

We have performed Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations to study the time evolution of one and two protoplanets embedded in a protoplanetary accretion disc. We investigate accretion and migration rates of a single protoplanet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Schaefer , R. Speith , M. Hipp , W. Kley

We present 2D MHD numerical simulations of tearing-unstable current sheets coupled to a population of non-thermal test-particles, in order to address the problem of numerical convergence with respect to grid resolution, numerical method and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-10-15 Eleonora Puzzoni , Andrea Mignone , Gianluigi Bodo

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

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-09-24 Andrew R. Winters , Gregor J. Gassner

The unavailability of accurate boundary treatment methods for compressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) severely limits its ability to simulate flows in and around bodies. To this end, challenges specific to compressible flows with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-08-27 Navaneet Villodi , Prabhu Ramachandran

In recent years, forest fires and maritime accidents have occurred frequently, which have had a bad impact on human production and life. Thus, the development of seaplanes is an increasingly urgent demand. It is important to study the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-22 Yang Xu , Peng-Nan Sun , Xiao-Ting Huang , Salvatore Marrone , Lei-Ming Geng

The use of adaptive spatial resolution to simulate flows of practical interest using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is of considerable importance. Recently, Muta and Ramachandran [1] have proposed an efficient adaptive SPH method…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-17 Asmelash Haftu , Abhinav Muta , Prabhu Ramachandran