Phantom: A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics
Abstract
We present Phantom, a fast, parallel, modular and low-memory smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code developed over the last decade for astrophysical applications in three dimensions. The code has been developed with a focus on stellar, galactic, planetary and high energy astrophysics and has already been used widely for studies of accretion discs and turbulence, from the birth of planets to how black holes accrete. Here we describe and test the core algorithms as well as modules for magnetohydrodynamics, self-gravity, sink particles, H_2 chemistry, dust-gas mixtures, physical viscosity, external forces including numerous galactic potentials as well as implementations of Lense-Thirring precession, Poynting-Robertson drag and stochastic turbulent driving. Phantom is hereby made publicly available.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1702.03930,
title = {Phantom: A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics},
author = {Daniel J. Price and James Wurster and Terrence S. Tricco and Chris Nixon and Stéven Toupin and Alex Pettitt and Conrad Chan and Daniel Mentiplay and Guillaume Laibe and Simon Glover and Clare Dobbs and Rebecca Nealon and David Liptai and Hauke Worpel and Clément Bonnerot and Giovanni Dipierro and Giulia Ballabio and Enrico Ragusa and Christoph Federrath and Roberto Iaconi and Thomas Reichardt and Duncan Forgan and Mark Hutchison and Thomas Constantino and Ben Ayliffe and Kieran Hirsh and Giuseppe Lodato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.03930},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
88 pages, 60 figures, accepted to PASA. Code available from https://phantomsph.bitbucket.io/