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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 876, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab18f9
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methods: numerical; radiation: dynamics; radiative transfer
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- University of Chicago, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [B523820]
- U.S. DOE NNSA-ASC through the Argonne Institute for Computing in Science [57789]
- National Science Foundation [AST-0909132]
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We present the newly incorporated gray radiation hydrodynamics capabilities of the FLASH code based on a radiation flux-limiter-aware hydrodynamics numerical implementation designed specifically for applications in astrophysical problems. The implemented numerical methods consist of changes in the unsplit hydrodynamics solver and adjustments in the flux-limited radiation diffusion unit. Our approach can handle problems in both the strong and weak radiation-matter coupling limits, as well as transitions between the two regimes. Appropriate extensions in the Helmholtz equation of state are implemented to treat two-temperature astrophysical plasmas involving the interaction between radiation and matter and the addition of a new opacity unit based on the OPAL opacity database, commonly used for astrophysical fluids. A set of radiation-hydrodynamics test problems is presented aiming to showcase the new capabilities of FLASH and to provide direct comparison to other similar software instruments available in the literature. To illustrate the capacity of FLASH to simulate phenomena occurring in stellar explosions, such as shock breakout, radiative precursors, and supernova ejecta heating due to the decays of radioactive Ni-56 and Co-56, we also present 1D supernova simulations and compare the computed light curves to those of the SNEC code. The latest public release of FLASH with these enhanced capabilities is available for download and use by the broader astrophysics community.
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