A smoothed particle hydrodynamics algorithm for multigrain dust with separate sets of particles

Abstract

We present a method for simulating the dynamics of a mixture of gas and multiple species of large Stokes number dust grains, typical of evolved protoplanetary discs and debris discs. The method improves upon earlier methods, in which only a single grain size could be represented, by capturing the differential backreaction of multiple dust species on the gas. This effect is greater for large dust-to-gas ratios that may be expected in the later stages of the protoplanetary disc life. We benchmark the method against analytic solutions for linear waves, drag and shocks in dust-gas mixtures, and radial drift in a protoplanetary disc showing that the method is robust and accurate.

13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, update to corrected version

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