AsterX

AsterX is a new open-source GRMHD code based on the CarpetX infrastructure. The source code for AsterX can be found here.

Feature Requirements

• Flux Solvers
  • Lax-Friedrichs (completed)
  • HLLE 3rd order (completed)
  • HLLE 4th order (TODO)
  • HLLE 6th order (TODO)
  • HLLD (TODO)

• Reconstruction
  • MinMod (completed)
  • PPM (completed)
  • WENO (TODO)

• Con2Prim
  • 2D Noble (completed)
  • 1D Palenzuela (completed)
  • 1D Newmann-Hamlin (TODO: Jay)
  • 3D NR (TODO)

• EOS Framework
  • Ideal Gas (completed)
  • Polytropic (TODO: Jay)
  • Piecewise-polytropic (TODO)
  • Hybrid (TODO)
  • Finite temperature tabulated (TODO)

• Vector Potential evolution
  • Flux CT (completed)
  • Upwind CT (TODO)

Tests

• 1D tests
  • Balsara testsuite low resolution (completed)
  • Balsara testsuite high resolution (TODO: Jay)

• 2D tests
  • Cylindrical Explosion (TODO: Jay)
  • Magnetic Rotor (TODO)
  • Loop Advection (TODO)
  • Kelvin Helmholtz Instability (TODO: Jay)
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability (TODO)

• 3D tests
  • Magnetized TOV (TODO)

• Profiling
  • Using TOV tests

• Scaling Tests
  • Weak Scaling (TODO)
  • Strong Scaling (TODO)