ENZO parameter list

The following is a largely complete list of the parameters that enzo understands, and a brief description of what they mean. They are grouped roughly by meaning; an alphabetical list is also available. Parameters for individual test problems are also listed here.

This parameter list has two purposes. The first is to describe and explain the parameters that can be put into the initial parameter file that begins a run. The second is to provide a comprehensive list of all parameters that the code uses, including those that go into an output file (which contains a complete list of all parameters), so that users can better understand these output files.

The parameters fall into a number of categories:

Generally the external parameters are the only ones that are modified or set, but the internal parameters can provide useful information and can sometimes be modified so I list them here as well. Some parameters are true/false or on/off boolean flags. Eventually, these may be parsed, but in the meantime, I use the common convention of 0 meaning false or off and 1 for true or on.

This list includes parameters for current version as of February 2004 (the revision number v1_0_0).

Contents

  1. Stopping Parameters
  2. Initialization Parameters
  3. I/O Parameters
  4. Hierarchy Control Parameters
  5. Hydrodynamic Parameters
  6. Cosmology Parameters
  7. Gravity Parameters
  8. Particle Parameters
  9. Parameters for Additional Physics
  10. Test Problem Parameters
  11. Other external Parameters
  12. Other internal Parameters
  13. Parameters to be Described

Stopping Parameters

Initialization Parameters

I/O Parameters

There are three ways to specify the frequency of outputs: time-based, cycle-based (a cycle is a top-grid timestep), and, for cosmology simulations, redshift-based. There is also a shortened output format intended for visualization (movie format).

Hierarchy Control Parameters

Hydrodynamic Parameters

Cosmology Parameters

Gravity Parameters

Particle Parameters

Parameters for Additional Physics

Test Problem Parameters

Other External Parameters

Other Internal Parameters

Parameters to be Described

 

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last modified February 2004
by B.W. O'Shea