============================================== Hydrodynamic Equations in Comoving Coordinates ============================================== Conservative Form ----------------- We solve the equations of gas dynamics in a coordinate system that is comoving with the expanding universe, with expansion factor, :math:`a,` related to the redshift, :math:`z`, by :math:`a = 1 / (1 + z).` The continuity equation is written, .. math:: \label{eq:dens} \frac{\partial \rho_b}{\partial t} = - \frac{1}{a} \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U}) , \\ where :math:`\rho_b` is the comoving baryonic density, related to the proper density by :math:`\rho_b = a^3 \rho_{proper},` and :math:`{\bf U}` is the proper peculiar baryonic velocity. The momentum evolution equation can be expressed as .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (\rho_b {\bf U})}{\partial t} &=& \frac{1}{a} \left( - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} {\bf U}) - \nabla p + \rho_b {\bf g} + {\bf S}_{\rho {\bf U}} - \dot{a} \rho_b {\bf U} \right) , \end{aligned} or equivalently, .. math:: \begin{aligned} \label{eq:momt} \frac{\partial (a \rho_b {\bf U})}{\partial t} &=& - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} {\bf U}) - \nabla p + \rho_b {\bf g} + {\bf S}_{\rho {\bf U}} , \end{aligned} where the pressure, :math:`p`, that appears in the evolution equations is related to the proper pressure, :math:`p_{proper},` by :math:`p = a^3 p_{proper}.` Here :math:`{\bf g} = - \nabla \phi` is the gravitational acceleration vector, and :math:`{\bf S}_{\rho {\bf U}}` represents any external forcing terms. The energy equation can be written, .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (\rho_b E)}{\partial t} &=& \frac{1}{a} \left[ - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} E + p {\bf U}) + ( \rho_b {\bf U} \cdot {\bf g} + S_{\rho E} ) - \dot{a} ( 3 (\gamma - 1) \rho_b e + \rho_b ( {\bf U} \cdot {\bf U}) ) \right] . \end{aligned} or equivalently, .. math:: \begin{aligned} \label{eq:energy} \frac{\partial (a^2 \rho_b E)}{\partial t} &=& a \left[ - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} E + p {\bf U}) + \rho_b {\bf U} \cdot {\bf g} + S_{\rho E} + \dot{a} ( \; ( 2 - 3 (\gamma - 1) ) \; \rho_b e ) \right] . \end{aligned} Here :math:`E = e + {\bf U} \cdot {\bf U} / 2` is the total energy per unit mass, where :math:`e` is the specific internal energy. :math:`S_{\rho E} = S_{\rho e} + {\bf U} \cdot {\bf S}_{\rho {\bf U}}` where :math:`S_{\rho e} = \Lambda^H - \Lambda^C` represents the heating and cooling terms, respectively. Additionally, :math:`{\bf S}_{\rho {E}}` may include any external forcing terms on the total energy, for example as in the stochastic forcing application. We can write the evolution equation for internal energy as .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (\rho_b e)}{\partial t} &=& \frac{1}{a} \left[ - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} e) - p \nabla \cdot {\bf U} - \dot{a} ( 3 (\gamma - 1) \rho_b e ) + S_{\rho e} \right] . \end{aligned} or equivalently, .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (a^2 \rho_b e)}{\partial t} &=& a \left[ - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} e) - p \nabla \cdot {\bf U} + S_{\rho e} + \dot{a} ( \; ( 2 - 3 (\gamma - 1) ) \; \rho_b e ) \right] . \end{aligned} Note that for a gamma-law gas with :math:`\gamma = 5/3,` we can write .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (a^2 \rho_b E)}{\partial t} &=& a \left[ -\nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} E + p {\bf U}) + \rho_b {\bf U} \cdot {\bf g} + S_{\rho e} \right] . \end{aligned} and .. math:: \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial (a^2 \rho_b e)}{\partial t} &=& a \left[ - \nabla \cdot (\rho_b {\bf U} e) - p \nabla \cdot {\bf U} + S_{\rho e} \right] . \end{aligned}