A new class of accurate, mesh-free hydrodynamic simulation methods

PF Hopkins - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present two new Lagrangian methods for hydrodynamics, in a systematic comparison
with moving-mesh, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), and stationary (non-moving) …

FORGE'd in FIRE: Resolving the End of Star Formation and Structure of AGN Accretion Disks from Cosmological Initial Conditions

PF Hopkins, MY Grudic, KY Su, S Wellons… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
It has recently become possible to zoom-in from cosmological to sub-pc scales in galaxy
simulations to follow accretion onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs). However, at some …

Global radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of sub-Eddington accretion disks around supermassive black holes

YF Jiang, O Blaes, JM Stone… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct global three-dimensional radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the
inner regions of accretion flows around a 5× 10 8 M⊙ black hole, with mass accretion rates …

Simulations of magnetic fields in isolated disc galaxies

R Pakmor, V Springel - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic fields are known to be dynamically important in the interstellar medium of our own
Galaxy, and they are ubiquitously observed in diffuse gas in the haloes of galaxies and …

Local study of accretion disks with a strong vertical magnetic field: Magnetorotational instability and disk outflow

XN Bai, JM Stone - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform three-dimensional, vertically-stratified, local shearing-box ideal MHD
simulations of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) that include a net vertical magnetic flux …

Magnetized accretion onto and feedback from supermassive black holes in elliptical galaxies

M Guo, JM Stone, E Quataert… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the fueling of supermassive black
holes in elliptical galaxies from a turbulent cooling medium on galactic scales, taking M87 …

FORGE'd in FIRE II: The Formation of Magnetically-Dominated Quasar Accretion Disks from Cosmological Initial Conditions

PF Hopkins, J Squire, KY Su, UP Steinwandel… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In a companion paper, we reported the self-consistent formation of quasar accretion disks
with inflow rates $\sim 10\,{\rm M_ {\odot}\, yr^{-1}} $ down to< 300 Schwarzschild radii from …

Trinity I: self-consistently modelling the dark matter halo–galaxy–supermassive black hole connection from z = 0–10

H Zhang, P Behroozi, M Volonteri, J Silk… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present Trinity, a flexible empirical model that self-consistently infers the statistical
connection between dark matter haloes, galaxies, and supermassive black holes (SMBHs) …

Accurate, meshless methods for magnetohydrodynamics

PF Hopkins, MJ Raives - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Recently, we explored new meshless finite-volume Lagrangian methods for hydrodynamics:
the 'meshless finite mass'(MFM) and 'meshless finite volume'(MFV) methods; these capture …

Accretion disc dynamo activity in local simulations spanning weak-to-strong net vertical magnetic flux regimes

G Salvesen, JB Simon, PJ Armitage… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Strongly magnetized accretion discs around black holes have attractive features that may
explain enigmatic aspects of X-ray binary behaviour. The structure and evolution of these …