Tutorial

Documentation/Tutorial

Use this Tutorial as a basic introduction to the code.

• Quick Start
• 1D Hydrodynamics: The Sod Shocktube
• 2D MHD: The Orszag-Tang Vortex
• Changing Parameters by Modifying the Input File
• Changing Parameters Through the Command Line Interface
• 3D MHD: The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
• Running on Parallel Processors with MPI
• Running Problems with Static Mesh Refinement

Much of the functionality of Athena is not covered in this Tutorial.
So once the basics are mastered, consult the User Guide for all the details, including learning how to run new problems.