A multidimensional hydrodynamic code for structure evolution in cosmology

Abstract

A cosmological multidimensional hydrodynamic code is described and tested. This code is based on modern high-resolution shock-capturing techniques. It can make use of a linear or a parabolic cell reconstruction as well as an approximate Riemann solver. The code has been specifically designed for cosmological applications. Two tests including shocks have been considered: the first one is a standard shock tube and the second test involves a spherically symmetric shock. Various additional cosmological tests are also presented. In this way, the performance of the code is proved. The usefulness of the code is discussed; in particular, this powerful tool is expected to be useful in order to study the evolution of the hot gas component located inside nonsymmetric cosmological structures.

34 pages , LaTex with aasms4.sty, 7 postscript figures, figure 4 available by e-mail, tared , gziped and uuencoded. Accepted ApJ

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