Numerical simulation code for self-gravitating Bose-Einstein condensates

被引:26
作者
Madarassy, Eniko J. M. [1 ]
Toth, Viktor T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Uppsala Univ, Div Astron & Space Phys, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
关键词
Gravity; Poisson's equation; Gross-Pitaevskii equation; Dark matter; Galaxy rotation; DISORDERED VORTEX ARRAYS; TIME PHASE-TRANSITION; GALACTIC HALO;
D O I
10.1016/j.cpc.2012.12.024
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
We completed the development of simulation code that is designed to study the behavior of a conjectured dark matter galactic halo that is in the form of a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC). The BEC is described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, which can be solved numerically using the Crank-Nicholson method. The gravitational potential, in turn, is described by Poisson's equation, that can be solved using the relaxation method. Our code combines these two methods to study the time evolution of a self-gravitating BEC. The inefficiency of the relaxation method is balanced by the fact that in subsequent time iterations, previously computed values of the gravitational field serve as very good initial estimates. The code is robust (as evidenced by its stability on coarse grids) and efficient enough to simulate the evolution of a system over the course of 10(9) years using a finer (100 x 100 x 100) spatial grid, in less than a day of processor time on a contemporary desktop computer. Program summary Program title: bec3p Catalogue identifier: AEOR_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEOR_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 5248 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 715402 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: C++ or FORTRAN. Computer: PCs or workstations. Operating system: Linux or Windows. Classification: 1.5. Nature of problem: Simulation of a self-gravitating Bose-Einstein condensate by simultaneous solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii and Poisson equations in three dimensions. Solution method: The Gross-Pitaevskii equation is solved numerically using the Crank-Nicholson method; Poisson's equation is solved using the relaxation method. The time evolution of the system is governed by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation; the solution of Poisson's equation at each time step is used as an initial estimate for the next time step, which dramatically increases the efficiency of the relaxation method. Running time: Depends on the chosen size of the problem. On a typical personal computer, a 100 x 100 x 100 grid can be solved with a time span of 10 Gyr in approx. a day of running time. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1339 / 1343
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