Modeling and Simulation of Circumstellar Disks with the Next Generation of Hydrodynamic Solvers

Description

This thesis is a computational study of circumstellar gas disks, with a special focus on modeling techniques and on numerical methods not only as scientific tools but also as a target of study. In particular, in-depth discussions are included on the main numerical strategy used, namely the moving-mesh method for astrophysical hydrodynamics. In this work, the moving-mesh approach is used to simulate circumstellar disks for the first time. / Astronomy

Links & Downloads

1. Munoz, Diego Jose. 2013. Modeling and Simulation of Circumstellar Disks with the Next Generation of Hydrodynamic Solvers. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
2. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11151
3. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181673

Tags

Astrophysics

Physics

Astronomy

Circumstellar Disks

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Gas Dynamics

Numerical Methods

Planet Formation

Protoplanetary Disks

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11181673
Date	10 April 2014
Creators	Munoz, Diego Jose
Contributors	Hernquist, Lars Eric
Publisher	Harvard University
Source Sets	Harvard University
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis or Dissertation
Rights	open