Astrophysical smooth particle hydrodynamics Export

@article{citeulike:4240497, abstract = {The paper presents a detailed review of the smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method with particular focus on its astrophysical applications. We start by introducing the basic ideas and concepts and thereby outline all ingredients that are necessary for a practical implementation of the method in a working SPH code. Much of SPH's success relies on its excellent conservation properties and therefore the numerical conservation of physical invariants receives much attention throughout this review. The self-consistent derivation of the SPH equations from the Lagrangian of an ideal fluid is the common theme of the remainder of the text. We derive a modern, Newtonian SPH formulation from the Lagrangian of an ideal fluid. It accounts for changes of the local resolution lengths which result in corrective, so-called ``grad-h-terms''. We extend this strategy to special relativity for which we derive the corresponding grad-h equation set. The variational approach is further applied to a general-relativistic fluid evolving in a fixed, curved background space-time. Particular care is taken to explicitly derive all relevant equations in a coherent way.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {{Rosswog}, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {4240497}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5075}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0903.5075}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2009.08.007}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2009arXiv0903.5075R}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1016/j.newar.2009.08.007}, eprint = {0903.5075}, journal = {New Astronomy Review}, keywords = {numerical, review, sph}, month = {April}, pages = {78--104}, posted-at = {2009-04-04 03:35:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Astrophysical smooth particle hydrodynamics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2009.08.007}, volume = {53}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4240497 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4240497 N2 - The paper presents a detailed review of the smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method with particular focus on its astrophysical applications. We start by introducing the basic ideas and concepts and thereby outline all ingredients that are necessary for a practical implementation of the method in a working SPH code. Much of SPH's success relies on its excellent conservation properties and therefore the numerical conservation of physical invariants receives much attention throughout this review. The self-consistent derivation of the SPH equations from the Lagrangian of an ideal fluid is the common theme of the remainder of the text. We derive a modern, Newtonian SPH formulation from the Lagrangian of an ideal fluid. It accounts for changes of the local resolution lengths which result in corrective, so-called ``grad-h-terms''. We extend this strategy to special relativity for which we derive the corresponding grad-h equation set. The variational approach is further applied to a general-relativistic fluid evolving in a fixed, curved background space-time. Particular care is taken to explicitly derive all relevant equations in a coherent way. JF - New Astronomy Review EP - 104 TI - Astrophysical smooth particle hydrodynamics VL - 53 SP - 78 KW - numerical KW - review KW - sph AU - {Rosswog}, S PY - 2009/April/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2009.08.007 ER -