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The relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) set of equations has recently seen increased use in astrophysical computations. Even so, RMHD codes remain fragile. The reconstruction can sometimes yield superluminal velocities in certain parts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Dinshaw S. Balsara , Jinho Kim

We developed a one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation code to investigate the long-term evolution of protoplanetary disks with low computational cost. In this simulation code, the physical processes necessary for protostellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 Yudai Kobayashi , Daisuke Takaishi , Yusuke Tsukamoto , Shantanu Basu

We describe and test an updated version of radiation-hydrodynamics (RHD) in the RAMSES code, that includes three new features: i) radiation pressure on gas, ii) accurate treatment of radiation diffusion in an unresolved optically thick…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Rosdahl , R. Teyssier

We propose an explicit-implicit scheme for numerically solving Special Relativistic Radiation Hydrodynamic (RRHD) equations, which ensures a conservation of total energy and momentum (matter and radiation). In our scheme, 0th and 1st moment…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Hiroyuki R. Takahashi , Ken Ohsuga , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Kengo Tomida

Astrophysical relativistic flow problems require high resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations. In this paper, we describe a new parallel three-dimensional code for simulations of special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peng Wang , Tom Abel , Weiqun Zhang

We present in this paper the numerical treatment of the coupling between hydrodynamics and radiative transfer. The fluid is modeled by classical conservation laws (mass, momentum and energy) and the radiation by the grey moment $M_1$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Audit , P. Charrier , J. -P. Chièze , B. Dubroca

We present 3-D hydrodynamical simulations of core convection with a stably stratified envelope of a \unit{25}{\Msun} star in the early phase of the main-sequence. We use the explicit gas-dynamics code \code{PPMstar} which tracks two fluids…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-13 Huaqing Mao , Paul Woodward , Falk Herwig , Pavel A. Denissenkov , Simon Blouin , William Thompson , Benjamin McDermott

Numerical radiation-hydrodynamics (RHD) for non-relativistic flows is a challenging problem because it encompasses processes acting over a very broad range of timescales, and where the relative importance of these processes often varies by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-29 Chong-Chong He , Benjamin D. Wibking , Mark R. Krumholz

Radiative transfer plays a key role in the star formation process. Due to a high computational cost, radiation-hydrodynamics simulations performed up to now have mainly been carried out in the grey approximation. In recent years,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Matthias González , Neil Vaytet , Benoît Commerçon , Jacques Masson

Red supergiants are massive evolved stars that contribute extensively to the chemical enrichment of our Galaxy. It has been shown that convection in those stars gives rise to large granules that cause surface inhomogeneities and shock waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Chiavassa , B. Freytag , T. Masseron , B. Plez

Large-scale stellar surveys, such as SDSS-V, 4MOST, WEAVE, and PLATO, require accurate atmospheric models and synthetic spectra of stars for accurate analyses of fundamental stellar parameters and chemical abundances. The primary goal of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-15 Philipp Eitner , Maria Bergemann , Richard Hoppe , Åke Nordlund , Bertrand Plez , Jonas Klevas

We describe a module for the Athena code that solves the gray equations of radiation hydrodynamics (RHD), based on the first two moments of the radiative transfer equation. We use a combination of explicit Godunov methods to advance the gas…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-06 M. Aaron Skinner , Eve C. Ostriker

The ionising feedback of young massive stars is well known to influence the dynamics of the birth environment and hence plays an important role in regulating the star formation process in molecular clouds. For this reason, modern…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-30 Maya A. Petkova , Bert Vandenbroucke , Ian A. Bonnell , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen

Aims. We present a new radiation hydrodynamics code, called "ARK-RT" which uses a two-moment model with the M1 closure relation for radiative transfer. This code aims at being ready for high-performance computing, on exascale architectures.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 H. Bloch , P. Tremblin , M. González , T. Padioleau , E. Audit

We present a new three-dimensional general-relativistic hydrodynamic evolution scheme coupled to dynamical spacetime evolutions which is capable of efficiently simulating stellar collapse, isolated neutron stars, black hole formation, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-23 C. Reisswig , R. Haas , C. D. Ott , E. Abdikamalov , P. Moesta , D. Pollney , E. Schnetter

Context: Radiative feedback plays a crucial role in the formation of massive stars. The implementation of a fast and accurate description of the proceeding thermodynamics in pre-stellar cores and evolving accretion disks is therefore a main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Rolf Kuiper , Hubert Klahr , Cornelis Dullemond , Wilhelm Kley , Thomas Henning

Radiation hydrodynamics describes the interaction between high-temperature hypersonic plasmas and the radiation they emit or absorb, a coupling that plays a central role in many astrophysical phenomena related to accretion and ejection…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Gonzague Radureau

Recent observations of the HDO/H$_2$O ratio toward protostars in isolated and clustered environments show an apparent dichotomy, where isolated sources show higher D/H ratios than clustered counterparts. Establishing which physical and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-12 S. S. Jensen , J. K. Jørgensen , K. Furuya , T. Haugbølle , Y. Aikawa

The transport of energy through radiation is very important in many astrophysical phenomena. In dynamical problems the time-dependent equations of radiation hydrodynamics have to be solved. We present a newly developed…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stefan M. Kolb , Matthias Stute , Wilhelm Kley , Andrea Mignone

Recent observations have detected excess H$\alpha$ emission from young stellar systems with an age of several Myr such as PDS 70. One-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic models of shock-heated flows that we developed previously demonstrate…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-12 Shinsuke Takasao , Yuhiko Aoyama , Masahiro Ikoma