CASTRO: A New Compressible Astrophysical Solver. I. Hydrodynamics and Self-Gravity

Authors :: Almgren, A. S.
Beckner, V. E.
Bell, J. B.
Day, M. S.
Howell, L. H.
Joggerst, C. C.
Lijewski, M. J.
Nonaka, A.
Singer, M.
Zingale, M.
Almgren, A. S.
Beckner, V. E.
Bell, J. B.
Day, M. S.
Howell, L. H.
Joggerst, C. C.
Lijewski, M. J.
Nonaka, A.
Singer, M.
Zingale, M.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: We present a new code, CASTRO, that solves the multicomponent compressible hydrodynamic equations for astrophysical flows including self-gravity, nuclear reactions and radiation. CASTRO uses an Eulerian grid and incorporates adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). Our approach to AMR uses a nested hierarchy of logically-rectangular grids with simultaneous refinement in both space and time. The radiation component of CASTRO will be described in detail in the next paper, Part II, of this series.<br />Comment: accepted to Astrophysical Journal Suppliment (http://iop.org), 52 pages, 16 figures

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