Modelling low Mach number stellar hydrodynamics with MAESTROeX
Autor: | M. P. Katz, Alice Harpole, Duoming Fan, Michael Zingale, Andrew Nonaka, D. E. Willcox |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Convection
History Work (thermodynamics) astro-ph.SR Computer science FOS: Physical sciences Rotation Atomic Education symbols.namesake Particle and Plasma Physics Code (cryptography) Nuclear Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) Advection Molecular Mechanics Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) Condensed Matter Physics Computer Science Applications Other Physical Sciences Stars Mach number Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics physics.comp-ph symbols Compressibility Physics - Computational Physics |
Zdroj: | Journal of Physics Conference Series, vol 1623, iss 1 Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol 1623, iss 1 |
Popis: | Modelling long-time convective flows in the interiors of stars is extremely challenging using conventional compressible hydrodynamics codes due to the acoustic timestep limitation. Many of these flows are in the low Mach number regime, which allows us to exploit the relationship between acoustic and advective time scales to develop a more computationally efficient approach. MAESTROeX is an open source low Mach number stellar hydrodynamics code that allows much larger timesteps to be taken, therefore enabling systems to be modelled for much longer periods of time. This is particularly important for the problem of convection in the cores of rotating massive stars prior to core collapse. To fully capture the dynamics, it is necessary to model these systems in three dimensions at high resolution over many rotational periods. We present an overview of MAESTROeX's current capabilities, describe ongoing work to incorporate the effects of rotation and discuss how we are optimising the code to run on GPUs. 9 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings for the "ASTRONUM 2019" conference, July 2019, Paris, France |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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