Aim of the lectures is to guide attendants to active using of the
PLUTO code for star-planet magnetospheric interaction computations.
We will start with a brief astrophysical motivation on magnetospheric
star-planet interaction, followed by an introduction to the PLUTO code.
After a short description of numerical methods employed in the code, we
will proceed with the code installation, testing and initial visualization
of the results with gnuplot.
Next we will set a standard Orszag-Tang test in 2D and 3D and learn to use
more advanced visualization tools like Paraview. I will also show
the use of Python code for visualization and analysis.
I will show how to use a Linux cluster queuing systems for simulations.
Prerequisites: Free download of the latest version of PLUTO (current version is 4.4.2)
is on
PLUTO webpage.
Minimal working knowledge of Linux will be useful, on the level of using the
terminal in a Linux system like Ubuntu, Fedora or any other version.
Login in a Linux system or a laptop
with Linux partition, with access to C compiler and working Python (version
3.5), or equivalent in MS Win/MacOS environment will be needed.
Visualization tools like gnuplot and Paraview will be needed for easy
visualization and animation of the results-I will show the basics of
the use.
References: Mignone
et al., 2007, Varela et al. 2018.
After you download and unpack PLUTO from the above page, it will be in the
PLUTO directory. A manual is in the Doc directory.
Sod shock setups are in PLUTO/Test_Problems/HD/Sod
Orszag-Tang setups are in PLUTO/Test_Problems/MHD/Orszag_Tang
Link to code setup in link below is not working by default, please ask by email for the
correct path-this is for traceablity reasons, to know who is using it.
Star-planet interaction setup template for exoplanets is in SPI setup template.
If you use the above template in your work, remember that it took
considerable time--and tax-payers funding--to develop them, so please make a reference
to the PLUTO code, and the Jacobo Varela's paper mentioned above.
We will start with a brief astrophysical motivation on magnetospheric star-planet interaction, followed by an introduction to the PLUTO code. After a short description of numerical methods employed in the code, we will proceed with the code installation, testing and initial visualization of the results with gnuplot.
Next we will set a standard Orszag-Tang test in 2D and 3D and learn to use more advanced visualization tools like Paraview. I will also show the use of Python code for visualization and analysis.
I will show how to use a Linux cluster queuing systems for simulations.
Login in a Linux system or a laptop with Linux partition, with access to C compiler and working Python (version 3.5), or equivalent in MS Win/MacOS environment will be needed.
Star-planet interaction setup template for exoplanets is in SPI setup template.
