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We solve Einstein's field equations coupled to relativistic hydrodynamics in full 3+1 general relativity to evolve astrophysical systems characterized by strong gravitational fields. We model rotating, collapsing and binary stars by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Matthew D. Duez , Pedro Marronetti , Stuart L. Shapiro , Thomas W. Baumgarte

This paper describes the development and testing of a general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) code to study ideal MHD in the fixed background of a Kerr black hole. The code is a direct extension of the hydrodynamic code of Hawley,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jean-Pierre De Villiers , John F. Hawley

We present SphericalNR, a new framework for the publicly available Einstein Toolkit that numerically solves the Einstein field equations coupled to the equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) in a 3+1 split of…

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

The force-free limit of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is often a reasonable approximation to model black hole and neutron star magnetospheres. We describe a general relativistic force-free (GRFFE) formulation that allows general relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jonathan C. McKinney

We describe a novel splitting approach to numerical relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) designed to expand its applicability to the domain of ultra-high magnetisation (high-$\sigma$). In this approach, the electromagnetic field is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-18 Serguei Komissarov , David Phillips

Observations are providing increasingly detailed quantitative information about the accretion flows that power such high energy systems as X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei. Analytic models of such systems must rely on assumptions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. F. Hawley , J. -P. De Villiers

Recent developments in compact object astrophysics, especially the discovery of merging neutron stars by LIGO, the imaging of the black hole in M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and high precision astrometry of the Galactic Center at…

Despite the fact that the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions for the Einstein equations, when written in standard Schwarzschild and Boyer-Lindquist coordinates, present coordinate singularities, all numerical studies of accretion flows onto…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Philippos Papadopoulos , Jose A. Font

The paper describes an explicit multi-dimensional numerical scheme for Special Relativistic Two-Fluid Magnetohydrodynamics of electron-positron plasma and a suit of test problems. The scheme utilizes Cartesian grid and the third order WENO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Maxim Barkov , Serguei S. Komissarov , Vitaly Korolev , Andrey Zankovich

The paradigm in which magnetic fields play a crucial role in launching/collimating outflows in many astrophysical objects continues to gain support. However, semi-analytical models including the effect of magnetic fields on the dynamics and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Chiara Ceccobello , Yuri Cavecchi , Martin H. M. Heemskerk , Sera Markoff , Peter Polko , David L. Meier

We present 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic(GRMHD) simulations of zero angular momentum accretion around a rapidly rotating black hole, modified by the presence of initially uniform magnetic fields. We consider serveral angles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Sean M. Ressler , Eliot Quataert , Christopher J. White , Omer Blaes

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

General relativistic Riemann solvers are typically complex, fragile and unwieldy, at least in comparison to their special relativistic counterparts. In this paper, we present a new high-resolution shock-capturing algorithm on curved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-29 Jonathan Gorard , Ammar Hakim , James Juno , Jason M. TenBarge

A recent paper by Lucas-Serrano et al. indicates that a high-resolution central (HRC) scheme is robust enough to yield accurate hydrodynamical simulations of special relativistic flows in the presence of ultrarelativistic speeds and strong…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Masaru Shibata , José A. Font

In this paper we present a major update to the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) code cuHARM, which adds fully covariant treatment of radiation transport and the subsequent radiation backreaction on the dynamics of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-22 John Wallace , Damien Bégué , Asaf Pe'er

We present a new numerical method of special relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics with scalar resistivity that can treat a range of phenomena, from nonrelativistic to relativistic (shock, contact discontinuity, and Alfv\'en wave).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Makoto Takamoto , Tsuyoshi Inoue

We present a new numerical implementation of the general-relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations within the Whisky code. The numerical method adopted exploits the properties of implicit-explicit Runge-Kutta numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-23 Kyriaki Dionysopoulou , Daniela Alic , Carlos Palenzuela , Luciano Rezzolla , Bruno Giacomazzo

We present a new special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) code capable of handling coexisting ultra-relativistically hot and non-relativistically cold gases. We achieve this by designing a new algorithm for conversion between primitive and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Po-Hsun Tseng , Hsi-Yu Schive , Tzihong Chiueh

Recent observations by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of supermassive black holes M87* and Sgr A* offer valuable insights into their spacetime properties and astrophysical conditions. Utilizing a library of model images (~2 million for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-25 A. I. Yfantis , S. Zhao , R. Gold , M. Mościbrodzka , A. E. Broderick