This page provides references for the code and the algorithm along with some references to applications that have made use of either version of Athena.

References:

1. Gardiner, T, and Stone, J. M., J. Comp. Phys, 205, 509 (2005).
2. A New Godunov Scheme for MHD, with Application to the MRI in disks, Stone, James M. and Gardiner, Thomas A., in MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE UNIVERSE: From Laboratory and Stars to Primordial Structures. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 784, pp. 16-26 (2005).
3. Multidimensional MHD Algorithms in Athena, Gardiner, T. A. and Stone, J. M., Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: Astronum-2006 ASP Conference Series, Volume 359, Proceedings of the Conference Held 26-30 March, 2006, in Palm Springs, California, USA. Edited by G.P. Zank and N.V. Pogorelov. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific., p.143 (2006).
4. Gardiner, T, and Stone, J. M., J. Comp. Phys, submitted (2006).
5. Stone, J. M., Gardiner, T, Teuben, P, Hawley, J. F., Simon, J. B., ApJS, submitted (2007).

Applications:

1. Nonlinear Evolution of the Magnetothermal Instability in Two Dimensions by I. Parrish, and J. Stone, ApJ, 633, 334 (2005)
2. Three Dimensional Compressible Hydrodynamic Simulations of Vortices in Disks by Y. Shen, J. Stone, and T. Gardiner, ApJ 653, 513 (2006).
3. An Exact, Three-dimensional, Time-dependent Wave Solution in Local Keplerian Flow, S.~A. Balbus and J.~F. Hawley, ApJ, 652, 1020 (2006).
4. Effect of the Coriolis Force on the Hydrodynamics of Colliding Wind Binaries by N. Lemaster, J. Stone, and T. Gardiner, ApJ 662, 582 (2007).
5. Saturation of the Magnetothermal Instability in Three Dimensions by I. Parrish, and J. Stone, ApJ 664, 135 (2007).

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