Application of the DSMC method to astrophysical flows
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The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, developed originally to calculate rarefied gas dynamical problems, is applied to continuous flow including shocks assuming that the Knudsen number is sufficiently small. In particular, we study the formation of spiral shocks in the accretion disc of a close binary system. The method involves viscosity and thermal conduction automatically, and can thus simulate turbulent viscosity.
2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the IAU Symp. 208, "Astrophysical Supercomputing Using Particles", eds. J. Makino & P. Hut
2 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the IAU Symp. 208, "Astrophysical Supercomputing Using Particles", eds. J. Makino & P. Hut