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In this work we present a proof of concept of CUDA-capable, resistive, multi-fluid models of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD). Resistive and multi-fluid codes for simulating models of RMHD suffer from stiff source terms, so it is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Alex James Wright , Ian Hawke

The JOREK extended magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) code is a widely used simulation code for studying the non-linear dynamics of large-scale instabilities in divertor tokamak plasmas. Due to the large scale-separation intrinsic to these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 I Holod , M Hoelzl , P S Verma , GTA Huijsmans , R Nies , JOREK Team

We present a multi-dimensional numerical code to solve isothermal magnetohydrodynamic (IMHD) equations for use in modeling astrophysical flows. First, we have built a one-dimensional code which is based on an explicit finite-difference…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jongsoo Kim , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones , S. S. Hong

This paper describes the design and implementation of our new multi-group, multi-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics (RHD) code Fornax and provides a suite of code tests to validate its application in a wide range of physical regimes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 M. Aaron Skinner , Joshua C. Dolence , Adam Burrows , David Radice , David Vartanyan

Efficient simulation of plasmas in various contexts often involves the use of meshes that conform to the intrinsic geometry of the system under consideration. We present here a description of a new magnetohydrodynamic code, Gamera (Grid…

We present the FARGO3D code, recently publicly released. It is a magnetohydrodynamics code developed with special emphasis on protoplanetary disks physics and planet-disk interactions, and parallelized with MPI. The hydrodynamics algorithms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-06 Pablo Benítez-Llambay , Frédéric Masset

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

We present our implementation of non-reflecting boundary conditions in the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code LaRe3D. This implementation couples a characteristics-based boundary condition with a Lagrangian remap code, demonstrating the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-31 N. Dylan Kee , Lucas A. Tarr , Peter W. Schuck , Mark G. Linton , James E. Leake

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

3D non-LTE radiative transfer problems are computationally demanding, and this sets limits on the size of the problems that can be solved. So far Multilevel Accelerated Lambda Iteration (MALI) has been to the method of choice to perform…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Johan P. Bjørgen , Jorrit Leenaarts

Radiative cooling plays a crucial role in the dynamics of many astrophysical flows, and is particularly important in the dense shocked gas within Herbig-Haro (HH) objects and stellar jets. Simulating cooling processes accurately is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-19 E. C. Hansen , P. Hartigan , A. Frank. A. Wright , J. C. Raymond

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 magnetic confinement fusion research, the achievement of high plasma pressure is key to reaching the goal of net energy production. The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model is used to self-consistently calculate the effects the plasma…

Context. Relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei are known for their exceptional energy output, and imaging the synthetic synchrotron emission of numerical jet simulations is essential for a comparison with observed jet polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-11 Joana A. Kramer , Nicholas R. MacDonald , Georgios F. Paraschos , L. Ricci

We describe a Godunov-type magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code based on the Miyoshi and Kusano (2005) solver which can be used to solve various astrophysical hydrodynamic and MHD problems. The energy equation is in the form of entropy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-16 A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , P. S. Lii , M. L. Comins , S. Dyda , M. M. Romanova , R. V. E. Lovelace

The numerical study of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) plays a crucial role in high-energy astrophysics, but unfortunately is computationally demanding, given the complex physics involved (high Lorentz factor flows, extreme…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-09 Luca Del Zanna , Simone Landi , Lorenzo Serafini , Matteo Bugli , Emanuele Papini

Simulating plasmas in the Hall-MagnetoHydroDynamics (Hall-MHD) regime represents a valuable {approach for the investigation of} complex non-linear dynamics developing in astrophysical {frameworks} and {fusion machines}. Taking into account…

This paper introduces the Sheffield Magnetohydrodynamics Algorithm Using GPUs (SMAUG+), an advanced numerical code for solving magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) problems, using multi-GPU systems. Multi-GPU systems facilitate the development of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-12-01 N. Gyenge , M. K. Griffiths , R. Erdélyi

Resonance spectral lines such as H I Ly {\alpha}, Mg II h&k, and Ca II H&K that form in the solar chromosphere are influenced by the effects of 3D radiative transfer as well as partial redistribution (PRD). So far no one has modeled these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Andrii V. Sukhorukov , Jorrit Leenaarts

In certain astrophysical systems the commonly employed ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation breaks down. Here, we introduce novel explicit and implicit numerical schemes of ohmic resistivity terms in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-09 Federico Marinacci , Mark Vogelsberger , Rahul Kannan , Philip Mocz , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel