High-resolution simulations and visualization of protoplanetary disks
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A problem of mass flow in the immediate vicinity of a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disk is studied numerically in two dimensions. Large differences in temporal and spatial scales involved suggest that a specialized discretization method for solution of hydrodynamical equations may offer great savings in computational resources, and can make extensive parameter studies feasible. Preliminary results obtained with help of Adaptive Mesh Refinement technique and high-order explicit Eulerian solver are presented. This combination of numerical techniques appears to be an excellent tool which allows for direct simulations of mass flow in vicinity of the accretor at moderate computational cost. In particular, it is possible to resolve the surface of the planet and to model the process of planet growth with minimal set of assumptions. Some issues related to visualization of the results and future prospects are discussed briefly.
6 pages, tex, uses newpasp.sty, 4 figures (included at much reduced resolution; hi-resolution figures available at http://www.camk.edu.pl/~pci/AVS/pdisk.html; b&w versions to appear in print) To appear in F. Garzon, C. Eiroa, D. de Winter, and T. J. Mahoney, eds., ASP Conf. Series, Proceedings of "Disks, Planetesimals and Planets", conference held in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, January 24th - 28th 2000 Revised version: URL and publication series title corrected
6 pages, tex, uses newpasp.sty, 4 figures (included at much reduced resolution; hi-resolution figures available at http://www.camk.edu.pl/~pci/AVS/pdisk.html; b&w versions to appear in print) To appear in F. Garzon, C. Eiroa, D. de Winter, and T. J. Mahoney, eds., ASP Conf. Series, Proceedings of "Disks, Planetesimals and Planets", conference held in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, January 24th - 28th 2000 Revised version: URL and publication series title corrected