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In this paper we explicate a method of magneto quantum hydrodynamics (MQHD) for the study of the quantum evolution of a system of spinning fermions in an external electromagnetic field. The fundamental equations of microscopic quantum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-20 Mariya Ivanovna Trukhanova

We describe the initial implementation of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in our astrophysical simulation code \genasis. Then, we present MHD simulations exploring the capacity of the stationary accretion shock instability (SASI) to generate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 E Endeve , C Y Cardall , R D Budiardja , A Mezzacappa

A multi-symplectic formulation of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is developed based on a Clebsch variable variational principle in which the Lagrangian consists of the kinetic minus the potential energy of the MHD fluid modified by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 G. M. Webb , J. F. McKenzie , G. P. Zank

We present a dynamical spectral model for Large Eddy Simulation of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations based on the Eddy Damped Quasi Normal Markovian approximation. This model extends classical spectral Large Eddy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Baerenzung , H. Politano , Y. Ponty , A. Pouquet

The current status of numerical solutions for the equations of ideal general relativistic hydrodynamics is reviewed. With respect to an earlier version of the article the present update provides additional information on numerical schemes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-19 Jose A. Font

A new code and methodology are introduced for solving the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) equations in fixed background spacetimes using time-explicit, finite-volume discretization. The code has options for solving the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Anninos , P. Chris Fragile , Jay D. Salmonson

We address the compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and establish a blow-up criterion for the local strong solutions in terms of the density only. Namely, if the density is away from vacuum ($\rho= 0$) and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Anthony Suen

We present a new, completely Lagrangian magnetohydrodynamics code that is based on the SPH method. The equations of self-gravitating hydrodynamics are derived self-consistently from a Lagrangian and account for variable smoothing length…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 S. Rosswog , D. Price

The work extends the computational model EULAG-MHD to include Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD)---important to explore physical systems undergoing fast magnetic reconnection at the order of the ion inertial length scale. Examples include…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Kamlesh Bora , Ramit Bhattacharyya , Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz

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

Accretion of magnetized gas on compact astrophysical objects such as black holes has been successfully modeled using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations. These simulations have largely been performed in the Kerr…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-07 Prashant Kocherlakota , Ramesh Narayan , Koushik Chatterjee , Alejandro Cruz-Osorio , Yosuke Mizuno

The coupled motion between the hydrodynamic flow and magnetic field introduces significant complexity into the structure of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A key factor contributing to this complexity is the presence of Alfv\'en…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Shangkun Weng , Wengang Yang

We report a new implementation for axisymmetric simulation in full general relativity. In this implementation, the Einstein equations are solved using the Nakamura-Shibata formulation with the so-called cartoon method to impose an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Masaru Shibata

In this work we numerically test a model of Hall magnetohydrodynamics in the presence of a strong mean magnetic field, the reduced Hall MHD model (RHMHD) derived by Gomez et al., with the addition of weak compressible effects. The main…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 L. N. Martin , P. Dmitruk , D. O. Gomez

Due to the prevalence of magnetic fields in astrophysical environments, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation has become a basic tool for studying astrophysical fluid dynamics. To further advance the precision of MHD simulations, we have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-09 Jeongbhin Seo , Dongsu Ryu

We are on the cusp of detecting gravitational waves (GWs) from individual massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna and pulsar-timing arrays. These MBHBs may be surrounded by circumbinary disks and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-07 Chi-Ho Chan , Vishal Tiwari , Tamara Bogdanović , Yan-Fei Jiang , Shane W. Davis

The Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) system of equations governs viscous fluids subject to a magnetic field and is derived via a coupling of the Navier-Stokes equations and Maxwell's equations. Recently it has become common to study…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Lorenzo Riva , Nathan Pennington

The applicability of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) and its generalization to two-fluid models (including the Hall and inertial effects) is systematically investigated by using the method of dominant balance in the two-fluid…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Shuntaro Yoshino , Makoto Hirota , Yuji Hattori

Using relativistic, steady, axisymmetric, ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) we analyze the super-Alfvenic regime of a pulsar wind by means of solving the momentum equation along the flow as well as in the transfield direction. Employing a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nektarios Vlahakis

We prove the global-in-time existence of H^2 solutions of the equations of compressible magnetohydrodynamics with zero magnetic resistivity in three space dimensions. Initial data are taken to be small in H^2 modulo a constant state and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-16 Anthony Suen