Gizmo

This guide walks you through Gizmo in four progressive chapters:

1. Overview (this page)
2. Quickstart
3. Simulation Blueprint
4. Production Run

Code Profile

• Method: Mesh-free finite-volume / finite-mass hydrodynamics
• Core traits: MFM/MFV hydro on moving particles + gravity modules
• Typical usage: Galaxy-scale and cosmological hydro with Lagrangian adaptivity
• Example Workflow: official hydro sanity case

Official Documentation & Source

• GIZMO official page
• GIZMO public source (GitHub)

Academic References (NASA ADS)

• Hopkins (2015), A new class of accurate, mesh-free hydrodynamic simulation methods
• Hopkins (2017), GIZMO methods paper (ADS query)

Next Chapters

• Quickstart
• Simulation Blueprint
• Production Run