Mapping Initial Hydrostatic Models in Godunov Codes
| Autor: | L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, Andrew R. Siegel, A. Caceres, Tomasz Plewa, Francis Timmes, Michael Zingale, Alan C. Calder, James W. Truran, John ZuHone, Robert Rosner, Natalia Vladimirova, Katherine Riley, Paul M. Ricker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 143:539-565 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4365 0067-0049 |
| Popis: | We look in detail at the process of mapping an astrophysical initial model from a stellar evolution code onto the computational grid of an explicit, Godunov type code while maintaining hydrostatic equilibrium. This mapping process is common in astrophysical simulations, when it is necessary to follow short-timescale dynamics after a period of long timescale buildup. We look at the effects of spatial resolution, boundary conditions, the treatment of the gravitational source terms in the hydrodynamics solver, and the initialization process itself. We conclude with a summary detailing the mapping process that yields the lowest ambient velocities in the mapped model. Comment: 59 pages, 21 figures, accepted to ApJS. Some figures are degraded for size constraints |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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