Kinematic dynamos using constrained transport with high order Godunov schemes and adaptive mesh refinement

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-67

  Teyssier, Romain ^a,b   Fromang, Sébastien ^c   Dormy, Emmanuel ^b,d,e  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Finite difference methods; Godunov scheme; Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems; Induction equation; Magnetohydrodynamics; Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics; Numerical schemes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; KINEMATICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; CONSTRAINED TRANSPORTS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; GODUNOV SCHEME; HYDRODYNAMIC AND HYDROMAGNETIC PROBLEM; INDUCTION EQUATIONS; KINEMATIC DYNAMO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS AND ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL SCHEME;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 33644903113     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.01.042     Document Type: Article

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