Modelling astrophysical fluids with particles
Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics is a crucial tool to theoretically explore the cosmos. In the last decade, we have seen a substantial methodological diversification with a number of cross-fertilizations between originally different methods. Here we focus on recent developments related to the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. We briefly summarize recent technical improvements in the SPH-approach itself, including smoothing kernels, gradient calculations and dissipation steering. These elements have been implemented in the Newtonian high-accuracy SPH code MAGMA2 and we demonstrate its performance in a number of challenging benchmark tests. Taking it one step further, we have used these new ingredients also in the first particle-based, general-relativistic fluid dynamics code that solves the full set of Einstein equations, SPHINCS_BSSN. We present the basic ideas and equations and demonstrate the code performance at examples of relativistic neutron stars that are evolved self-consistently together with the spacetime.
- Publication:
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The Predictive Power of Computational Astrophysics as a Discover Tool
- Pub Date:
- January 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921322001600
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2201.05896
- Bibcode:
- 2023IAUS..362..382R
- Keywords:
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- hydrodynamics;
- relativity;
- stars: neutron;
- black hole physics;
- methods: numerical;
- shock waves;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Physics - Computational Physics
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 7 figures