Index:
- 1. Spherical-shell simulations of magnetoconvection
- 2. Numerical Simulations of linear waves/modes in complex media
- 3. Box simulations of compressible magnetoconvection
1. Spherical-shell simulations of magnetoconvection
| Names | Link/Contact person | Comments and References |
|---|---|---|
| ASH (anelastic spherical harmonic) simulation | website Contact: S. Brun (CEA)  | 3D anelastic HD and MHD simulations, shell up to 0.98 Rsun, full sphere (r=0) now possible. Availability: Data available on demand (Any of Sacha Brun's 2-D or 3-D data are available on demand, HD or MHD). Contact Sacha Brun. References: e.g.,Brun, Miesch & Toomre 2004 ApJ more reference info |
| MagIC | website Contact: Johannes Wicht  Thomas Gastine  Ankit Barik  | Anelastic stellar simulation. Availability: Can be used, modified and redistributed under the terms of the GPL v3 licence (see here ) References: (see the website for more details) e.g., Wicht 2002 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors , Gastine and Wicht 2012 Icarus |
| MHD EULAG | Contact: Charbonneau (Universite de Montreal | Global MHD simulation of convection zone (Anelastic simulation). References: e.g. Cossette, Charbonneau, Smolarkiewicz 2013, ApJL |
| AMaTeRAS (AMR Magnetohydrodynamics code with Technique of RSS for Astro- and Solar physics) | Contacts: Hotta (Chiba Univ.)  M. Rempel (HAO)  | Simulation with reduced sound speed. References: e.g., Hotta et.al. 2012 A&A |
| Pencil Code | website Contacts: Petri Käpylä (Univ. of Helsinki)  Jörn Warnecke (MPS)  Axel Brandenburg (NORDITA)  | Compressible HD and MHD simulations in spherical wedges where polar regions are omitted. Also possible to add a coronal layer. Availability: Open source licensed under GPL3, freely expandable (http://pencil-code.googlecode.com/) Data available on demand, please contact Petri Käpylä References: e.g. Käpylä et al. 2011, Käpylä et al. 2012, Käpylä et al. 2013, Warnecke et al. 2013 |
2. Numerical Simulations of linear waves/modes in complex media
| Names | Link/Contact person | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| SPARC and Glass | website Contact: S. Hanasoge  E. Papini (MPS)  | SPARC : Linear HD, plane-parallel geometry Glass : Linear HD, 3D spherical geometry - full sphere Availability: SPARC codes can be downloaded from the website |
| SLiM (Semi-spectral Linear MHD) code | Internal Link Contact: R.Cameron (MPS)  H. Schunker (MPS)  | Simulation of wave propagation through an inhomogeneous, magnetised solar atmosphere Cameron et al. 2007 AN Availability: Older version is available on the web. For newer version contact Cameron. |
| IAC MHD Mancha code | website Contact: T. Felipe(NWRA)  E. Khomenko(IAC)  | The current working version of the code is 2.5D/3D magnetohydrodynamical code with hyper diffusion algorithms and Cartesian grid written in Fortran 90 (2.5D means that all vector quantities are in three dimensions, while the derivatives are only done in two dimensions). Availability: Contact Felipe or Khomenko for current version data. Newer version will be available at the webapge around later 2014. |
| SAC code | Sheffield group | Reference: Shelyag et al. 2008 A&A, Shelyag et al. 2009 A&A |
| Pencil Code | website Contact: Axel Brandenburg (NORDITA) | Codes for high-order finite-difference code for compressible hydrodynamic flows with magnetic fields. Availability: open, extendable code |
| Artificial helioseismology data by Thomas Hartlep | website Contact: Thomas Hartlep (see website) | Numerical simulations of helioseismic oscillations in a 3D full sphere Sun. Several datasets with different setups are available. Availability: Datasets are downloadable from the website |
| Artificial helioseismology data by K. Parchevsky | Contact: K. Parchevsky | 3D simulation of acoustic waves in the solar upper convection zone. Reference: e.g., Parchevsky & Kosovichev 2007 ApJ |
3. Box simulations of compressible magnetoconvection
| Names | Link/Contact person | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| MURaM | website Contact: M. Rempel (HAO) R. Cameron (MPS) | 3D MHD simulation including radiative transfer Reference: Voegler et al. 2005 A&A Availability: Will be open on their website Currently no documents for users yet. Some snapshots and shorter time series (1-2hr) are available at MPS. For this, contact R. Cameron. For sunspot data and longer (1day - ) data, contact M. Rempel. |
| STAGGER | website Contact: Bob Stein (Michigan State Univ.)  | 3D MHD convection simulation. Reference:e.g., Stein et al. 2009 AIPC, Stein et al.2009 ASPC, Stein 2012 LRSP Availability: Some datacubes are available on the website. Selected datacubes (96Mmx96Mmx20Mm, ~5hr) of Quiet Sun (with weak magnetic field) are available at MPS. For this, contact: K. Nagashima (MPS)  |
| Bifrost | Research Group in Oslo | Stellar atmosphere simulation from the convection zone to the upper atmosphere (corona). Reference: Gudikson et al. 2011, A&A |
| CO5BOLD | website | 3D radiative hydrodynamics simulation Reference: Freytaget al. 2012 ; Nutto, Steiner, Roth 2012 A&A |
| Pencil Code | website Contact persons: Petri Käpylä (Univ. of Helsinki) Axel Brandenburg (NORDITA) | Availability: Codes are open and extendable References: Käpylä et al. 2008, Käpylä et al. 2009 |
