I will describe the numerical methods of the GR hydrodynamics portion of thornado, a code under development designed to simulate core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe). I will describe our implementation of the DG method, why we think it will be advantageous in CCSN simulations, and show some results of test problems. I will also discuss our coupling with AMReX (https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex), a software package designed to give codes the ability to run in parallel and with adaptive mesh refinement.
Name of software library or topic
thornado
URL to software repository
https://github.com/endeve/thornado
Name of person who will give the talk
Samuel J. Dunham (Sam)
Brief abstract
I will describe the numerical methods of the GR hydrodynamics portion of thornado, a code under development designed to simulate core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe). I will describe our implementation of the DG method, why we think it will be advantageous in CCSN simulations, and show some results of test problems. I will also discuss our coupling with AMReX (https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex), a software package designed to give codes the ability to run in parallel and with adaptive mesh refinement.