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We derived one-fluid equations based on a relativistic two-fluid approximation of e$^\pm$ pair plasma and electron-ion plasma to reveal the specific relativistic nature of their behavior. Assuming simple condition on the relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-11 Shinji Koide

The magnetically polarized matter in astrophysical systems may be relevant in some magnetically dominated regions. For instance, the funnel that is generated in some highly magnetized disks configurations whereby relativistic jets are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-25 Oscar M. Pimentel , F. D. Lora-Clavijo , Guillermo A. González

The paper describes a new upwind conservative numerical scheme for special relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics with scalar resistivity. The magnetic field is kept approximately divergence free and the divergence of the electric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. S. Komissarov

We present ECHO-QGP, a numerical code for $(3+1)$-dimensional relativistic viscous hydrodynamics designed for the modeling of the space-time evolution of the matter created in high energy nuclear collisions. The code has been built on top…

Astrophysical plasmas in relativistic spacetimes, such as black hole accretion flows, are often weakly collisional and require kinetic modeling to capture non-local transport and particle acceleration. However, the extreme scale separation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-17 Tyler Trent , Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Özel

Many astrophysical systems of interest to numerical relativity-such as rapidly rotating stars, black hole accretion disks, and core-collapse supernovae-exhibit near-symmetries. These systems generally consist of a strongly gravitating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-20 Terrence Pierre Jacques , Samuel Cupp , Leonardo R. Werneck , Samuel D. Tootle , Maria C. Babiuc Hamilton , Zachariah B. Etienne

We present new analytical three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations, which are applicable to the co-rotating frame of reference outside a rigidly rotating cylindrical body, and have potential applications to planetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-13 Fiona Wilson , Thomas Neukirch

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) couples the Navier--Stokes and Maxwell equations into a nonlinear system of partial differential equations governing stellar interiors, astrophysical jets, fusion plasmas, and space weather. Numerical advances,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 E. A. Huerta

Relativistic strongly magnetized plasmas are produced in laboratories thanks to state-of-the-art laser technology but can naturally be found around compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. Detailed studies of the behaviour of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 J. Pétri

Solving the problem of fast eruptive events in magnetically dominated astrophysical plasmas requires the use of particularly well adapted numerical tools. Indeed, the central mechanism based on magnetic reconnection is determined by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Hubert Baty

Conservative numerical schemes for general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) require a method for transforming between ``conserved'' variables such as momentum and energy density and ``primitive'' variables such as rest-mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Scott C. Noble , Charles F. Gammie , Jonathan C. McKinney , Luca Del Zanna

We describe the details of 3+1 dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic code for the simulations of quark-gluon/hadron matter expansion in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. The code solves the equations of relativistic viscous…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-09-08 Iu. Karpenko , P. Huovinen , M. Bleicher

General relativistic force-free electrodynamics is one possible plasma-limit employed to analyze energetic outflows in which strong magnetic fields are dominant over all inertial phenomena. The amazing images of black hole shadows from the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-03-09 J. F. Mahlmann , M. A. Aloy , V. Mewes , P. Cerdá-Durán

A new implementation for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations in full general relativity (involving dynamical spacetimes) is presented. In our implementation, Einstein's evolution equations are evolved by a BSSN formalism, MHD equations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masaru Shibata , Yu-ichiou Sekiguchi

Magnetohydrodynamics is an important tool to study the dynamics of plasma Space Physics. In this context, we introduce a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic solver with divergence-cleaning in the adaptive multiresolution CARMEN code. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-18 Anna Karina Fontes Gomes , Margarete Oliveira Domingues , Odim Mendes , Kai Schneider

The new era of multimessenger astrophysics requires the capability of studying different aspects of the evolution of compact objects. In particular, the merger of neutron star binaries is a strong source of gravitational waves and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-16 Federico Cipolletta , Jay Vijay Kalinani , Bruno Giacomazzo , Riccardo Ciolfi

We construct a relativistic resistive magneto-hydrodynamic (RRMHD) numerical simulation code for high-energy heavy-ion collisions. We split the system of differential equations into two parts, a non-stiff and a stiff part. For the non-stiff…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-05 Kouki Nakamura , Takahiro Miyoshi , Chiho Nonaka , Hiroyuki R. Takahashi

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

We construct a new Godunov type relativistic hydrodynamics code in Milne coordinates, using a Riemann solver based on the two-shock approximation which is stable under the existence of large shock waves. We check the correctness of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-18 Kazuhisa Okamoto , Yukinao Akamatsu , Chiho Nonaka

A numerical scheme is developed for systems of conservation laws on manifolds which arise in high speed aerodynamics and magneto-aerodynamics. The systems are presented in an arbitrary coordinate system on the manifold and involve source…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Ian Holloway , Sivaguru S. Sritharan