Speaker
Andrea Mignone
(U Turin)
Description
Recent advancements in the state-of-the-art modelling of relativistic astrophysical plasma via numerical simulations are presented. In particular, I will focus on a novel implementation of a genuinely 4th-order accurate finite volume scheme for the solution of the relativistic MHD equations in the presence of a finite conductivity. The method has been successfully implemented and validated in the upcoming GPU version of the PLUTO code using either constant and effective resistivity models. Preliminary results and applications to relativistic magnetic reconnection in 2D and 3D will be discussed.
Primary author
Andrea Mignone
(U Turin)
