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    <p>Hi Dongwook,</p>
    <p>I'm using cfl=0.8. I've used first, second, and third order
      reconstruction with no luck. These are 3D simulations, the figures
      I attached are 2D slices through the central plane.</p>
    <p>Thanks,</p>
    <p>Rukmani<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/09/2017 12:07 AM, Dongwook Lee
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      <div dir="ltr">Dear Rukmani,
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        <div>It looks to me that they may come from numerical
          instability, although it could be an issue related to the use
          of AMR. What reconstruction scheme and CFL number are you
          using? Is this 2D or 3D?</div>
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        <div>Best,</div>
        <div>Dongwook</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 12:59 PM,
          Rukmani Vijayaraghavan <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            everyone,<br>
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            I get a strange, unphysical feature in the magnetic field
            structure with the USM solver, seen in the attached slices
            of B_z and the magnetic pressure. These features, as you can
            see, track the block boundaries and look like a checkerboard
            of varying magnetic field strength (and sign?) in individual
            grid cells. I've tried modifying every possible USM solver
            switch, including the Riemann solver, order, slope limiter,
            prolongation method, steepening, etc. Using Riemann Solver =
            HLLC instead of HLLD makes things a little better, since
            HLLC is more diffusive, but the feature still eventually
            appears. Any advice on solving this or even minimizing its
            effects would be helpful!<br>
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            Thanks,<br>
            <br>
            Rukmani<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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                Rukmani Vijayaraghavan<br>
                NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
                University of Virginia<br>
                <a href="mailto:rukmani@virginia.edu" target="_blank"
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Rukmani Vijayaraghavan
NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Virginia
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rukmani@virginia.edu">rukmani@virginia.edu</a></pre>
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