Rarefaction shocks, shock errors, and low order of accuracy in ZEUS

Falle, S.A.E.G. (2002) Rarefaction shocks, shock errors, and low order of accuracy in ZEUS. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 577 (2). L123-L126. ISSN 0004-637X

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Abstract

We show that there are simple one-dimensional problems for which the MHD code, ZEUS, generates significant errors, whereas upwind conservative schemes perform very well on these problems.

Item Type:	Article
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2002 The American Astronomical Society
Keywords:	hydrodynamics, methods, numerical, MHD
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mathematics (Leeds) > Applied Mathematics (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Repository Assistant
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2013 17:02
Published Version:	http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issue...
Status:	Published
Publisher:	The University of Chicago Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1265

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