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Webpage for the paper:

Universality in the run-up of shock waves to the surface of a star
by C. Gundlach and R.J. LeVeque, J. Fluid Mech., 676 (2011), pp. 237 - 264

Preprint: arXiv:1008.2834v1 [astro-ph.SR]

Codes to accompany this paper:

README file and links to annotated source code.
shockvacuum.tar.gz

This code was developed using Clawpack 4.5 and also runs with Clawpack 4.6.
Clawpack 4.6.0 and all the dependencies (e.g Python plotting modules) are encapsulated in the Virtual Machine VirtualClaw-4.6.0.

Figures and Animations:

Figure 7: Polytropic gas with n = 1.0, with M = 4800 grid cells.... Plot index
Figure 8: Ideal gas with n = 1.0 and nstar = 1.0, with M = 1200 grid cells.... Plot index
Figure 9: Ideal gas with n = 1.5 and nstar = 1.5, with M = 1200 grid cells.... Plot index
Figure 10: Ideal gas with n = 1.0 and nstar = 1.5, with M = 1200 grid cells.... Plot index