Numerical models of the interstellar and intergalactic media: non-equilibrium chemical kinetics in gas dynamics

E. O. Vasilyev ; M. A. Eremin ; V. V. Korolev

Matematičeskaâ fizika i kompʹûternoe modelirovanie, no. 6 (2014), pp. 6-17

Résumé

The advances and current problems in the numerical simulations of chemical processes in the interstellar and intergalactic medium are described. The special attention is paid to coupled simulation of non-equilibrium chemical kinetics and gas dynamics. The code for self-consistent simulation of dynamical and chemical processes in the interstellar medium is presented.

Détail

Keywords: interstellar medium, intergalactic medium, chemical kinetics, gas dynamics, numerical methods, molecules
Mots-clés : ions.

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