Numerical viscosity in hydrodynamics simulations in general relativity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/20/205012zbMATH Open1202.83060arXiv0912.1774OpenAlexW3098168773MaRDI QIDQ3058009FDOQ3058009

Authors: Pablo Cerdá-Durán 

Publication date: 18 November 2010

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an alternative method to estimate the numerical viscosity in simulations of astrophysical objects, which is based in the damping of fluid oscillations. We apply the method to general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations using a spherical coordinates. We perform 1D-spherical and 2D- axisymmetric simulations of radial oscillations in spherical systems. We calibrate first the method with simulations with added bulk viscosity and study the differences between different numerical schemes. We apply the method to radial oscillations of neutron stars and we conclude that the main source of numerical viscosity in this case is the surface of the star. We expect that this method could be useful to compute the resolution requirements and limitations of the numerical simulations in different astrophysical scenarios in the future.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.1774

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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