Implicit hydrodynamic simulations of stellar interiors

Maxime Viallet, Isabelle Baraffe, Cedric Mulet-Marquis, Emmanuel Leveque, Rolf Walder, Bernd Freytag, Christophe Winisdoerffer

Published 2010-03-29Version 1

We report on the development of an implicit multi-D hydrodynamic code for stellar evolution. We present two test-cases relevant for the first scientific goal of the code: the simulation of convection in pulsating stars. First results on a realistic stellar model are also presented.