Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-16
Astrophys.J.597:878-892,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
36 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/378629
We describe DEVA, a multistep AP3M-like-SPH code particularly designed to study galaxy formation and evolution in connection with the global cosmological model. This code uses a formulation of SPH equations which ensures both energy and entropy conservation by including the so-called $\bn h$ terms. Particular attention has also been paid to angular momentum conservation and to the accuracy of our code. We find that, in order to avoid unphysical solutions, our code requires that cooling processes must be implemented in a non-multistep way. We detail various cosmological simulations which have been performed to test our code and also to study the influence of the $\bn h$ terms. Our results indicate that such correction terms have a non-negligible effect on some cosmological simulations, especially on high density regions associated either to shock fronts or central cores of collapsed objects. Moreover, they suggest that codes paying a particular attention to the implementation of conservation laws of physics at the scales of interest, can attain good accuracy levels in conservation laws with limited computational resources.
Domínguez-Tenreiro Rosa
Saiz Alejandro
Serna Ainhoa
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