Ramses

This guide walks you through Ramses in four progressive chapters:

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

Code Profile

• Method: Eulerian AMR finite-volume hydrodynamics
• Core traits: AMR + N-body gravity + optional RT/MHD modules
• Typical usage: Cosmological and ISM simulations with adaptive grid refinement
• Example Workflow: RAMSES shock-tube style sanity case

Official Documentation & Source

• RAMSES documentation
• RAMSES User Guide (PDF)
• RAMSES source (GitHub)

Academic References (NASA ADS)

• Teyssier (2002), Cosmological hydrodynamics with adaptive mesh refinement
• Rosdahl et al. (2013), RAMSES-RT: radiation hydrodynamics in the cosmological context

Next Chapters

• Quickstart
• Simulation Blueprint
• Production Run