283 citations · 440 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
astro-ph2008★ 283 cited
Star Formation in Disk Galaxies. I. Formation and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds via Gravitational Instability and Cloud Collisions
Elizabeth J. Tasker, Jonathan C. Tan
We investigate the formation and evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a Milky-Way-like disk galaxy with a flat rotation curve. We perform a series of 3D adaptive mesh refi…
astro-ph2008★ 157 cited
A test suite for quantitative comparison of hydrodynamics codes in astrophysics
Elizabeth J. Tasker, Riccardo Brunino, Nigel L. Mitchell +5
We test four commonly used astrophysical simulation codes; Enzo, Flash, Gadget and Hydra, using a suite of numerical problems with analytic initial and final states. Situations sim…