Dedalus: A flexible framework for numerical simulations with spectral methods

KJ Burns, GM Vasil, JS Oishi, D Lecoanet… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Numerical solutions of partial differential equations enable a broad range of scientific
research. The Dedalus project is a flexible, open-source, parallelized computational …

MPI-AMRVAC 3.0: Updates to an open-source simulation framework

R Keppens, BP Braileanu, Y Zhou, W Ruan… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Computational astrophysics nowadays routinely combines grid-adaptive
capabilities with modern shock-capturing, high resolution spatio-temporal integration …

The Athena++ adaptive mesh refinement framework: design and magnetohydrodynamic solvers

JM Stone, K Tomida, CJ White… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The design and implementation of a new framework for adaptive mesh refinement
calculations are described. It is intended primarily for applications in astrophysical fluid …

Multiphase gas and the fractal nature of radiative turbulent mixing layers

DB Fielding, EC Ostriker, GL Bryan… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A common situation in galactic and intergalactic gas involves cold dense gas in motion
relative to hot diffuse gas. Kelvin–Helmholtz instability creates a turbulent mixing layer and …

A characteristic scale for cold gas

M McCourt, SP Oh, R O'Leary… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We find that clouds of optically thin, pressure-confined gas are prone to fragmentation as
they cool below∼ 106 K. This fragmentation follows the lengthscale∼ cst cool, ultimately …

[HTML][HTML] Multidimensional simulations of core convection

D Lecoanet, PVF Edelmann - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The cores of main sequence intermediate-and high-mass stars are convective. Mixing at the
radiative–convective boundary, waves excited by the convection, and magnetic fields …

Phantom: A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics

DJ Price, J Wurster, TS Tricco, C Nixon… - Publications of the …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present Phantom, a fast, parallel, modular, and low-memory smoothed particle
hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code developed over the last decade for …

The black hole accretion code

O Porth, H Olivares, Y Mizuno, Z Younsi… - Computational …, 2017 - Springer
We present the black hole accretion code (BHAC), a new multidimensional general-
relativistic magnetohydrodynamics module for the MPI-AMRVAC framework. BHAC has …

FORNAX: a flexible code for multiphysics astrophysical simulations

MA Skinner, JC Dolence, A Burrows… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes the design and implementation of our new multigroup,
multidimensional radiation hydrodynamics code F ornax and provides a suite of code tests …

The impact of star formation feedback on the circumgalactic medium

D Fielding, E Quataert, M McCourt… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We use idealized 3D hydrodynamic simulations to study the dynamics and thermal structure
of the circumgalactic medium (CGM). Our simulations quantify the role of cooling, stellar …