Parallel, grid-adaptive approaches for relativistic hydro and magnetohydrodynamics

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 718-744

  Keppens, R ^a,b,c   Meliani, Z ^a   van Marle, A J ^a   Delmont, P ^a   Vlasis, A ^a   van der Holst, B ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

AMR; Relativistic HD; Relativistic MHD; Shock capturing schemes

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MAGNETOPLASMA; MESSAGE PASSING; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; AMR; MESSAGE-PASSING; PARALLEL GRIDS; RELATIVISTIC HD; RELATIVISTIC MHD; RELATIVISTICS; SHOCK CAPTURING SCHEME;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 82455218936     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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