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We present a high-order radial basis function finite difference (RBF-FD) framework for the solution of advection-diffusion equations on time-varying domains. Our framework is based on a generalization of the recently developed Overlapped…

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In the past few years wide-field optical and UV transient surveys as well as X-ray telescopes have allowed us to identify a few dozen candidate tidal disruption events (TDEs). While in theory the physical processes in TDEs are expected to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 Lixin Dai , Jonathan C. McKinney , Nathaniel Roth , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , M. Coleman Miller

Tidal disruption event (TDE) rates in active galactic nuclei (AGN) consistently exceed predictions from two-body relaxation, particularly in post-starburst and green valley galaxies. We explain this excess with a new mechanism: a sweeping…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Xiaochen Zheng , Morgan MacLeod , Douglas N. C. Lin , Yi Yang , Zhenzhen Shao

Stream-stream collision may be an important pre-peak energy dissipation mechanism in tidal disruption events (TDEs). We perform local three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations in a wedge geometry including the gravity to study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-16 Xiaoshan Huang , Shane W. Davis , Yan-fei Jiang

While binary merger events have been an active area of study in both simulations and observational work, the formation channels by which a high-mass star extends from Roche lobe overflow (RLO) in a decaying orbit of a black-hole (BH)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-12 David Dickson

In this paper, the general procedure to solve the General Relativistic Hydrodynamical(GRH) equations with Adaptive-Mesh Refinement (AMR) is presented. In order to achieve, the GRH equations are written in the conservation form to exploit…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Orhan Donmez

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

We present a new approach to Eulerian computational fluid dynamics that is designed to work at high Mach numbers encountered in astrophysical hydrodynamic simulations. The Eulerian fluid conservation equations are solved in an adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hy Trac , Ue-Li Pen

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), now with its first ever image of the photon ring around the supermassive black hole of M87, provides a unique opportunity to probe the physics of supermassive black holes through Very Long Baseline…

We implement general relativistic hydrodynamics in the moving-mesh code AREPO. We also couple a solver for the Einstein field equations employing the conformal flatness approximation. The implementation is validated by evolving isolated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 Georgios Lioutas , Andreas Bauswein , Theodoros Soultanis , Rüdiger Pakmor , Volker Springel , Friedrich K. Röpke

We study the emission properties of thermonuclear explosions in a helium white dwarf (WD) tidal disruption event (TDE). We consider a TDE where a 0.2 $M_{\odot}$ helium WD is disrupted by a $10^{2.5}\,M_{\odot}$ intermediate-mass black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-24 Kojiro Kawana , Keiichi Maeda , Naoki Yoshida , Ataru Tanikawa

This paper presents an enhanced version of the subgroup method for resonance self-shielding treatment, termed the robust subgroup method, which integrates Robust Estimation (RE) with a Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm. The RE approach…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Beichen Zheng , Ying Chen , Lili Wen , Xiaofei Wu

Thermal radiative transfer (TRT) is an essential piece of physics in inertial confinement fusion, high-energy density physics, astrophysics etc. The physical models of this type of problem are defined by strongly coupled differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Dmitriy Y. Anistratov , Terry S. Haut

By performing 2.5-dimensional special relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations, we study the super-critical accretion disks and the outflows launched via the radiation force. We find that the outflow is accelerated by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Hiroyuki R. Takahashi , Ken Ohsuga

A new class of multiscale scheme is presented for micro-hydrodynamic problems based on a dual representation of the fluid observables. The hybrid model is first tested against the classical flow between two parallel plates and then applied…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-29 Andrea Montessori , Adriano Tiribocchi , Marco Lauricella , Fabio Bonaccorso , Sauro Succi

Disc winds play a crucial role in many accreting astrophysical systems across all scales. In accreting white dwarfs (AWDs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN), radiation pressure on spectral lines is a promising wind-driving mechanism.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Amin Mosallanezhad , Christian Knigge , Nicolas Scepi , James H. Matthews , Knox S. Long , Stuart A. Sim , Austen Wallis

The recurrent outbursts that characterise low-mass binary systems reflect thermal state changes in their associated accretion discs. The observed outbursts are connected to the strong variation in disc opacity as hydrogen ionises near 5000…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Henrik N. Latter , John C. B. Papaloizou

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 investigate the pre-disruption gravitational dynamics and post-disruption hydrodynamics of the tidal disruption of stars by supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries. We focus on binaries with relatively low mass primaries…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Eric R. Coughlin , Philip J. Armitage , Chris Nixon , Mitchell C. Begelman

Hypergraph neural networks (HGNNs) have demonstrated strong capabilities in modeling complex higher-order relationships. However, existing HGNNs often suffer from over-smoothing as the number of layers increases and lack effective control…

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