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Table 1

Numerical viscosity vnum with one standard deviation errors in code units for different grid types and resolutions.

Code Grid Resolution αnum at R0
PLUTO Cartesian 256 × 256 (4.68 ± 0.19) × 10−6 (1.87 ± 0.08) × 10−3
PLUTO Cartesian 512 × 512 (1.48 ± 0.01) × 10−6 (5.92 ± 0.04) × 10−4
PLUTO Cartesian 1024 × 1024 (4.16 ± 0.03) × 10−7 (1.67 ± 0.01) × 10−4
PLUTO Cartesian 2048 × 2048 (9.45 ± 0.11) × 10−8 (3.78 ± 0.04) × 10−5
PLUTO Cartesian 4096 × 4096 (1.32 ± 0.08) × 10−8 (5.29 ± 0.31) × 10−6
PLUTO Polar 465 × 256 (3.89 ± 0.94) × 10−15 (1.56 ± 0.38) × 10−12
Athena++ Cartesian 256 × 256 (7.31 ± 0.22) × 10−6 (2.92 ± 0.08) × 10−3
Athena++ Cartesian 512 × 512 (2.04 ± 0.05) × 10−6 (8.16 ± 0.19) × 10−4
Athena++ Cartesian 1024 × 1024 (4.26 ± 0.11) × 10−7 (1.70 ± 0.04) × 10−4
Athena++ Cartesian 2048 × 2048 (1.11 ± 0.02) × 10−7 (4.44 ± 0.08) × 10−5

Notes. An equivalent αnum at R0 and a realistic h = 0.05 is also listed.

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