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most citedMPI-AMRVAC 3.0: updates to an open-source simulation framework

117 citations · 550 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Astrophysics on GPUs: introducing AGILE 1.0

Oliver Porth, Adrian Kelly, Olaf Willocx +10

We present AGILE, a GPU-enabled adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) framework for the solution of (near-) conservation laws which occur in astro- and solar-physical applications. AGILE…

physics.comp-ph2026

foap4: Adaptive mesh refinement with OpenACC, MPI, and p4est

Jannis Teunissen, Héctor R. Olivares Sánchez, Jesse Vos +10

GPUs and other accelerators are increasingly used for scientific computing. In the future, we want to add GPU support to parallel adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) codes written in Fo…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

On the dynamics, thermodynamics and fine structure of virtual erupting filaments

Dion Donné, Yuhao Zhou, Hebe Cremades +1

It is not fully understood why some solar filaments erupt while others do not. Those that do typically undergo a slow rise followed by an acceleration phase, though this transition…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Formation of Solar Prominences: Plasma Origin and Mechanisms

Yuhao Zhou

Solar prominences, or solar filaments, are cool and dense plasma structures in the hot solar corona, whose formation mechanisms have remained a fundamental challenge in solar physi…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Modeling multiphase plasma in the corona: prominences and rain

Rony Keppens, Yuhao Zhou, Chun Xia

We review major achievements in our understanding of multiphase coronal plasma, where cool-dense and hot-tenuous matter coexists, brought about by advances in modeling and theory,…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 7 cited

Response of the solar atmosphere to flux emergence: With emergence-driven prominence formation

Xiaohong Li, Yuhao Zhou, Rony Keppens

Flux emergence is crucial for the formation of solar active regions and triggering of various eruptions. However, the detailed mechanisms by which flux emergence drives these erupt…

astro-ph.SR2024

Frozen-field Modeling of Coronal Condensations with MPI-AMRVAC II: Optimization and application in three-dimensional models

Yuhao Zhou, Xiaohong Li, Jack M. Jenkins +2

The frozen-field hydrodynamic (ffHD) model is a simplification of the full magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) equations under the assumption of a rigid magnetic field, which significantly…

astro-ph.SR2024

Frozen-field Modeling of Coronal Condensations with MPI-AMRVAC I: Demonstration in two-dimensional models

Yuhao Zhou, Xiaohong Li, Rony Keppens

Large-scale coronal plasma evolutions can be adequately described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. However, full multi-dimensional MHD simulations require substantial compu…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

Winking filaments due to cyclic evaporation-condensation

Yuhao Zhou, Xiaohong Li, Jie Hong +1

Observations have shown that some filaments appear and disappear in the H line wing images periodically. There have been no attempts to model these "winking filaments" thus far.…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Transverse vertical oscillations during the contraction and expansion of coronal loops

Qingmin Zhang, Yuhao Zhou, Chuan Li +5

In this paper, we carry out a detailed analysis of the M1.6 class eruptive flare occurring in NOAA active region 13078 on 2022 August 19. The flare is associated with a fast corona…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 19 cited

Multi-thermal jet formation triggered by flux emergence

Xiaohong Li, Rony Keppens, Yuhao Zhou

Flux emergence is responsible for various solar eruptions. Combining observation and simulations, we investigate the influence of flux emergence at one footpoint of an arcade on co…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 117 cited

MPI-AMRVAC 3.0: updates to an open-source simulation framework

Rony Keppens, Beatrice Popescu Braileanu, Yuhao Zhou +5

Computational astrophysics routinely combines grid-adaptive capabilities with modern shock-capturing, high resolution spatio-temporal schemes on multi-dimensional hydro- and magnet…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 12 cited

Rapid Rotation of an Erupting Prominence and the Associated Coronal Mass Ejection on 13 May 2013

Yuhao Zhou, Haisheng Ji, Qingmin Zhang

In this paper, we report the multiwavelength observations of an erupting prominence and the associated CME on 13 May 2013. The event occurs behind the western limb in the field of…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 43 cited

Coronal rain in randomly heated arcades

Xiaohong Li, Rony Keppens, Yuhao Zhou

Adopting the MPI-AMRVAC code, we present a 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation, which includes thermal conduction and radiative cooling, to investigate the formati…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 25 cited

When hot meets cold: post-flare coronal rain

Wenzhi Ruan, Yuhao Zhou, Rony Keppens

Most solar flares demonstrate a prolonged, hourlong post-flare (or gradual) phase, characterized by arcade-like, post-flare loops (PFLs) visible in many extreme ultraviolet (EUV) p…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 64 cited

Simulations of solar filament fine structures and their counterstreaming flows

Y. H. Zhou, P. F. Chen, J. Hong +1

Solar filaments, also called solar prominences when appearing above the solar limb, are cold, dense materials suspended in the hot tenuous solar corona, consisting of numerous long…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 38 cited

Transition region adaptive conduction (TRAC) in multidimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations

Yu-Hao Zhou, Wen-Zhi Ruan, Chun Xia +1

In solar physics, a severe numerical challenge for modern simulations is properly representing a transition region between the million-degree hot corona and a much cooler plasma of…

astro-ph.SR2020

Modeling the IRIS Lines During a Flare. I. The Blue-Wing Enhancement in the Mg II k Line

Jie Hong, Ying Li, M. D. Ding +1

The IRIS Mg II k line serves as a very good tool to diagnose the heating processes in solar flares. Recent studies have shown that apart from the usual red asymmetries which are in…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 63 cited

Three-dimensional MHD Simulations of Solar Prominence Oscillations in a Magnetic Flux Rope

Yu-Hao Zhou, C. Xia, R. Keppens +2

Solar prominences are subject to all kinds of perturbations during their lifetime, and frequently demonstrate oscillations. The study of prominence oscillations provides an alterna…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 35 cited

Solar Filament Longitudinal Oscillations along a Magnetic Field Tube with Two Dips

Yu-Hao Zhou, Li-Yue Zhang, Y. Ouyang +2

The large-amplitude longitudinal oscillations of solar filaments have been observed and explored for more than ten years. Previous studies are mainly based on the one-dimensional r…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 14 cited

MHD Seismology of a loop-like filament tube by observed kink waves

V. Pant, A. K. Srivastava, D. Banerjee +4

We report and analyze the observational evidence of global kink oscillations in a solar filament as observed in H alpha by National Solar Observatory (NSO)/Global Oscillation Netwo…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 31 cited

Dependence of the Length of Solar Filament Threads on the Magnetic Configuration

Y. H. Zhou, P. F. Chen, Q. M. Zhang +1

High-resolution H observations indicate that filaments consist of an assembly of thin threads. In quiescent filaments, the threads are generally short, whereas in active region…