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Building a numerical relativistic non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysical applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

S. Miranda Aranguren
Affiliation:
Departament d'Astronomia i AstrofisicaUniversitat de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia)Spains email: sergio.miranda@uv.es
M. A. Aloy
Affiliation:
Departament d'Astronomia i AstrofisicaUniversitat de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia)Spains email: sergio.miranda@uv.es
Carmen. Aloy
Affiliation:
Departament d'Astronomia i AstrofisicaUniversitat de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia)Spains email: sergio.miranda@uv.es
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Abstract

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Including resistive effects in relativistic magnetized plasmas is a challenging task, that a number of authors have recently tackled employing different methods. From the numerical point of view, the difficulty in including non-ideal terms arises from the fact that, in the limit of very high plasma conductivity (i.e., close to the ideal MHD limit), the system of governing equations becomes stiff, and the standard explicit integrating methods produce instabilities that destroy the numerical solution. To deal with such a difficulty, we have extended the relativistic MHD code MR-GENESIS, to include a number of Implicit Explicit Runge-Kutta (IMEX-RK) numerical methods. To validate the implementation of the IMEX-RK schemes, two standard tests are presented in one and two spatial dimensions, covering different conductivity regimes.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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