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Very high order $$P_NP_M$$ schemes on unstructured meshes for the resistive relativistic MHD equations. (English) Zbl 1261.76028
Summary: We propose the first better than second order accurate method in space and time for the numerical solution of the resistive relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RRMHD) equations on unstructured meshes in multiple space dimensions. The nonlinear system under consideration is purely hyperbolic and contains a source term, the one for the evolution of the electric field, that becomes stiff for low values of the resistivity.For the spatial discretization we propose to use high order $$P_NP_M$$ schemes as introduced in Dumbser et al. [M. Dumbser, D. Balsara, E. F. Toro, C. D. Munz, A unified framework for the construction of one-step finite volume and discontinuous Galerkin schemes, J. Comput. Phys. 227, No. 18, 8209–8253 (2008; Zbl 1147.65075)] for hyperbolic conservation laws and a high order accurate unsplit time-discretization is achieved using the element-local space-time discontinuous Galerkin approach proposed in Dumbser et al. [M. Dumbser, C. Enaux, E.F. Toro, Finite volume schemes of very high order of accuracy for stiff hyperbolic balance laws, J. Comput. Phys. 227, No. 8, 3971–4001 (2008; Zbl 1142.65070)] for one-dimensional balance laws with stiff source terms. The divergence-free character of the magnetic field is accounted for through the divergence cleaning procedure of Dedner et al. [A. Dedner, F. Kemm, D. Kröner, C.-D. Munz, T. Schnitzer, M. Wesenberg, Hyperbolic divergence cleaning for the MHD equations, J. Comput. Phys. 175, No. 2, 645–673 (2002; Zbl 1059.76040)]. To validate our high order method we first solve some numerical test cases for which exact analytical reference solutions are known and we also show numerical convergence studies in the stiff limit of the RRMHD equations using $$P_NP_M$$ schemes from third to fifth order of accuracy in space and time. We also present some applications with shock waves such as a classical shock tube problem with different values for the conductivity as well as a relativistic MHD rotor problem and the relativistic equivalent of the Orszag-Tang vortex problem. We have verified that the proposed method can handle equally well the resistive regime and the stiff limit of ideal relativistic MHD. For these reasons it provides a powerful tool for relativistic astrophysical simulations involving the appearance of magnetic reconnection.

##### MSC:
 76M25 Other numerical methods (fluid mechanics) (MSC2010) 65M60 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 76W05 Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics 85A30 Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics
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