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We introduce a new method to mitigate numerical diffusion in adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) simulations of cosmological galaxy formation, and study its impact on a simulated dwarf galaxy as part of the 'EDGE' project. The target galaxy has…

We present a detailed study of the collapse of molecular cloud cores using high resolution 3D adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) numerical simulations. In this first in a series of investigations our initial conditions consists of spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz , Lindsay Holmes

I consider techniques for Berger-Oliger adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) when numerically solving partial differential equations with wave-like solutions, using characteristic (double-null) grids. Such AMR algorithms are naturally recursive,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-13 Jonathan Thornburg

There is mounting evidence for the coevolution of galaxies and their embedded massive black holes (MBHs) in a hierarchical structure formation paradigm. To tackle the nonlinear processes of galaxy-MBH interaction, we describe a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-12 Ji-hoon Kim , John H. Wise , Marcelo A. Alvarez , Tom Abel

Current Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) simulations require algorithms that are highly parallelized and manage memory efficiently. As compute engines grow larger, AMR simulations will require algorithms that achieve new levels of efficient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Jonathan J. Carroll-Nellenback , Brandon Shroyer , Adam Frank , Chen Ding

The design and implementation of a new framework for adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) calculations is described. It is intended primarily for applications in astrophysical fluid dynamics, but its flexible and modular design enables its use…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 James M. Stone , Kengo Tomida , Christopher J. White , Kyle G. Felker

Computationally solving the equations of elasticity is a key component in many materials science and mechanics simulations. Phenomena such as deformation-induced microstructure evolution, microfracture, and microvoid nucleation are examples…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-12-08 Brandon Runnels , Vinamra Agrawal , Weiqun Zhang , Ann Almgren

Efforts to achieve better accuracy in numerical relativity have so far focused either on implementing second order accurate adaptive mesh refinement or on defining higher order accurate differences and update schemes. Here, we argue for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Luis Lehner , Steven L. Liebling , Oscar Reula

Parallel implementation of numerical adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)strategies for solving 3D elastostatic contact mechanics problems is an essential step toward complex simulations that exceed current performance levels. This paper…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Alexandre Epalle , Isabelle Ramière , Guillaume Latu , Frédéric Lebon

In recent years the technique of Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) has been successfully applied to several astrophysical problems. This method should also allow a consistent multi-dimensional modelling of supernova explosions. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 K. Kifonidis , T. Plewa , E. Mueller

In an effort to study the applicability of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) techniques to atmospheric models an interpolation-based spectral element shallow water model on a cubed-sphere grid is compared to a block-structured finite volume…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Amik St-Cyr , Christiane Jablonowski , John M. Dennis , Henry M. Tufo , Stephen J. Thomas

In this paper, we describe a method designed to add precision to radiation simulations in the adaptive mesh refinement cosmological hydrodynamics code ENZO. We build upon the geometric correction factor described in \textit{ENZO+MORAY:…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-24 Collin Cunningham

General-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations have revolutionized our understanding of black hole accretion. Here, we present a graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated GRMHD code \hammer{} with multi-faceted optimizations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-06 M. T. P. Liska , K. Chatterjee , D. Issa , D. Yoon , N. Kaaz , A. Tchekhovskoy , D. van Eijnatten , G. Musoke , C. Hesp , V. Rohoza , S. Markoff , A. Ingram , M. van der Klis

We present a description of the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) implementation of the PLUTO code for solving the equations of classical and special relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD and RMHD). The current release exploits, in addition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Mignone , C. Zanni , P. Tzeferacos , B. van Straalen , P. Colella , G. Bodo

Variational inequalities play a pivotal role in a wide array of scientific and engineering applications. This project presents two techniques for adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) in the context of variational inequalities, with a specific…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Giuliano Stefano Fochesatto

A new N-body and hydrodynamical code, called RAMSES, is presented. It has been designed to study structure formation in the universe with high spatial resolution. The code is based on Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) technique, with a tree…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Romain Teyssier

Block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) provides the basis for the temporal and spatial discretization strategy for a number of ECP applications in the areas of accelerator design, additive manufacturing, astrophysics, combustion,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Weiqun Zhang , Andrew Myers , Kevin Gott , Ann Almgren , John Bell

Performing a stable, long duration simulation of driven MHD turbulence with a high thermal Mach number and a strong initial magnetic field is a challenge to high-order Godunov ideal MHD schemes because of the difficulty in guaranteeing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Pak Shing Li , Daniel F. Martin , Richard I. Klein , Christopher F. McKee

When numerically solving partial differential equations, for a given problem and operating condition, adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) has proven its efficiency to automatically build a discretization achieving a prescribed accuracy at low…

Today's scientific simulations require a significant reduction of data volume because of extremely large amounts of data they produce and the limited I/O bandwidth and storage space. Error-bounded lossy compression has been considered one…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Daoce Wang , Jesus Pulido , Pascal Grosset , Sian Jin , Jiannan Tian , James Ahrens , Dingwen Tao