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of mathematicians,
computer scientists, and computational
physicists with varying expertise (oceanography, geophysics, astrophysics,
and plasma physics). The areas listed above were at the core
of this effort and are again at the base of the present project.
The group is a leading player in
computational research aimed at nonlinear plasma dynamics. To that end, the
members continue to develop and exploit the Versatile Advection Code
[see http://www.phys.uu.nl/toth ]
which incorporates a wide variety of finite volume spatial and temporal
discretization schemes for any set of (near) conservation laws.
The FOM group recently applied a combined theoretical
and numerical viewpoint in stationary and time-dependent stellar wind
modeling and will further develop large-scale 3D MHD simulations
of the solar wind and CMEs in this project.
Thereby, the expertise in linear (wave) analysis of various
MHD equilibria - static and stationary -, together with the
available package of MHD spectral codes exploiting state-of-the-art solvers,
will be an invaluable asset to the present collaboration. In general,
the group has benefited greatly from likewise extensive collaborations
with both plasma and astrophysical institutes on
equilibrium, waves, and instabilities in plasmas with large background
flows.