Planet-disk-wind interaction: The magnetized fate of protoplanets

G Wafflard-Fernandez, G Lesur - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Models of a planet-disk interaction are mainly based on 2D and 3D viscous
hydrodynamic simulations. In such models, accretion is classically prescribed by an α v …

General non-linear fragmentation with discontinuous Galerkin methods

M Lombart, CE Bréhier, M Hutchison… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Dust grains play a significant role in several astrophysical processes, including gas/dust
dynamics, chemical reactions, and radiative transfer. Replenishment of small-grain …

A GPU-Accelerated Modern Fortran Version of the ECHO Code for Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics

L Del Zanna, S Landi, L Serafini, M Bugli, E Papini - Fluids, 2024 - mdpi.com
The numerical study of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) plays a crucial role in high-
energy astrophysics but unfortunately is computationally demanding, given the complex …

Dynamical properties and detectability of the magneto-thermal instability in the intracluster medium

JM Kempf, F Rincon, N Clerc - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Amongst the many plasma processes potentially relevant to the dynamics of the
intracluster medium (ICM), turbulence driven at observable scales by internal magnetised …

Planetesimal gravitational collapse in a gaseous environment: Thermal and dynamic evolution

P Segretain, H Méheut, M Moreira, G Lesur… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Planetesimal formation models often invoke the gravitational collapse of pebble clouds to
overcome various barriers to grain growth and propose processes to concentrate particles …

Convective vortices in collapsing stars

Y Telman, E Abdikamalov… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies show that non-radial structures arising from massive star shell convection
play an important role in shaping core-collapse supernova explosions. During the collapse …

Non-linear saturation and energy transport in global simulations of magneto-thermal turbulence in the stratified intracluster medium

JM Kempf, F Rincon - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16242, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The magneto-thermal instability (MTI) is one of many possible drivers of stratified
turbulence in the intracluster medium (ICM) outskirts of galaxy clusters, where the …

Amplification and Dissipation of Magnetic Fields in Accreting Compact Objects

M Bugli, J Guilet, L Del Zanna, A Mignone… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic fields play a crucial role in shaping the dynamics of accreting compact objects.
Whether we consider the formation of a proto-neutron star during the gravitational collapse …

Toward an efficient second‐order method for computing the surface gravitational potential on spherical‐polar meshes

O Gressel, U Ziegler - Astronomische Nachrichten, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Astrophysical accretion discs that carry a significant mass compared with their central object
are subject to the effect of self‐gravity. In the context of circumstellar discs, this can, for …

Tackling exascale systems for astrophysics

L Roussel-Hard, É Audit, L Dessart… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Exascale systems are now appearing in the US, Japan, in Europe with two exascale
procurements in the coming years and very likely in China. These systems offer great …