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Direct Monte Carlo simulations of accretion discs

Takuya Matsuda, Hiromi Mizutani, Henri M. J. Boffin

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0110199

Abstract

We apply the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, developed originally to calculate rarefied gas dynamical problems, to study the gas flow in an accretion disc in a close binary system. The method involves viscosity and thermal conduction automatically, and can thus simulate turbulent viscosity (alpha viscosity).

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