Relativistic MHD and excision: formulation and initial tests

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/16/S12MaRDI QIDQ5486413zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David Neilsen, Eric W. Hirschmann, R. Steven Millward

Publication date 6 September 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0512147

zbMATH Keywords

algorithm for solving the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics equationsblack hole excision with smooth boundariesfinite difference convex ENO methodnumerical results of standard test problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

Abstract: A new algorithm for solving the general relativistic MHD equations is described in this paper. We design our scheme to incorporate black hole excision with smooth boundaries, and to simplify solving the combined Einstein and MHD equations with AMR. The fluid equations are solved using a finite difference Convex ENO method. Excision is implemented using overlapping grids. Elliptic and hyperbolic divergence cleaning techniques allow for maximum flexibility in choosing coordinate systems, and we compare both methods for a standard problem. Numerical results of standard test problems are presented in two-dimensional flat space using excision, overlapping grids, and elliptic and hyperbolic divergence cleaning.

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