Magnetohydrodynamics in full general relativity: Formulation and tests Export

@misc{citeulike:553451, abstract = {A new implementation for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations in full general relativity (involving dynamical spacetimes) is presented. In our implementation, Einstein's evolution equations are evolved by a BSSN formalism, MHD equations by a high-resolution central scheme, and induction equation by a constraint transport method. We perform numerical simulations for standard test problems in relativistic MHD, including special relativistic magnetized shocks, general relativistic magnetized Bondi flow in stationary spacetime, and a longterm evolution for self-gravitating system composed of a neutron star and a magnetized disk in full general relativity. In the final test, we illustrate that our implementation can follow winding-up of the magnetic field lines of magnetized and differentially rotating accretion disks around a compact object until saturation, after which magnetically driven wind and angular momentum transport inside the disk turn on.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Shibata, Masaru and Sekiguchi, Yu-Ichiou}, citeulike-article-id = {553451}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507383}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0507383}, day = {16}, eprint = {astro-ph/0507383}, keywords = {gr, mhd, simulation}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2006-03-15 21:50:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Magnetohydrodynamics in full general relativity: Formulation and tests}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507383}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:553451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:553451 N2 - A new implementation for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations in full general relativity (involving dynamical spacetimes) is presented. In our implementation, Einstein's evolution equations are evolved by a BSSN formalism, MHD equations by a high-resolution central scheme, and induction equation by a constraint transport method. We perform numerical simulations for standard test problems in relativistic MHD, including special relativistic magnetized shocks, general relativistic magnetized Bondi flow in stationary spacetime, and a longterm evolution for self-gravitating system composed of a neutron star and a magnetized disk in full general relativity. In the final test, we illustrate that our implementation can follow winding-up of the magnetic field lines of magnetized and differentially rotating accretion disks around a compact object until saturation, after which magnetically driven wind and angular momentum transport inside the disk turn on. TI - Magnetohydrodynamics in full general relativity: Formulation and tests KW - gr KW - mhd KW - simulation AU - Shibata, Masaru AU - Sekiguchi, Yu-Ichiou PY - 2005/Jul/16/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507383 ER -