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Extragalactic jets

Mimica, P., Aloy., M.A., Agudo, I., Martí, J.M., Gómez, J.L., Miralles, J.A., "Spectral evolution of superluminal components in parsec scale jets", Astrophys. J., vol. 696, 1142 (2009)

Perucho, M., Hanasz, M., Martí, J.M., Miralles, J.A., "Resonant Kelvin-Helmholtz modes in sheared relativistic flows", Phys. Rev. E, vol. 75, 056312 (2007)

Perucho, M., Martí, J.M., "A numerical simulation of the evolution and fate of a Fanaroff-Riley Type I jet. The case of 3C31", MNRAS, vol. 382, 526 (2007)

Perucho, M., Martí, J.M., Hanasz, M., "Nonlinear stability of relativistic sheared planar jets", Astron. Astrophys., vol. 443, 863 (2005)

Leismann, T., Antón, L., Aloy, M.A., Müller, E., Martí, J.M., Miralles, J.A., Ibáńez, J.M., "Relativistic MHD simulations of extragalactic jets", Astron. Astrophys., vol. 436, 503 (2005)

Aloy, M.A., Martí, J.M., Gómez, J.L., Agudo, I., Müller, E., Ibáńez, J.M., "Three-dimensional simulations of relativistic precessing jets probing the structure of superluminal components", Astrophys. J., vol. 585, L109 (2003)

Scheck, L., Aloy, M.A., Martí, J.M., Gómez, J.L., Müller, E., "Does the plasma composition affect the long term evolution of relativistic jets?", MNRAS, vol. 331, 615 (2002)

Perucho, M., Martí, J.M., "Physical parametres in the hot spots and jets of compact symmetric objects", Astrophys. J., vol. 568, 639 (2002)

Agudo, I., Gómez, J.L., Martí, J.M., Ibáńez, J.M., Marscher, A.P., Alberdi, A., Aloy, M.A., Hardee, P.E., "Jet stability and the generation of superluminal and stationary components", Astrophys. J., vol. 549, L183 (2001)

Aloy, M.A., Gómez, J.L., Ibáńez, J.M., Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "Radio emission from 3D relativistic hydrodynamic jets: Observational evidence of jet stratification", Astrophys. J., vol. 528, L85 (2000)

Gómez, J.L., Martí, J.M., Marscher, A.P., Ibáńez, J.M., Alberdi, A., "Hydrodynamical models of superluminal sources", Astrophys. J., vol. 482., L33 (1997)

Martí, J.M., Müller, E., Font, J.A., Ibáńez, J.M., Marquina, A., "Morphology and dynamics of relativistic jets", Astrophys. J., vol. 479, 151 (1997)

Martí, J.M., Müller, E. Ibáńez, J.M., "Hydrodynamical simulations of relativistic jets", Astron. Astrophys., vol. 281, L9 (1994)

Progenitors of gamma- ray bursts

Physics of compact stars and dense matter

Gravitational radiation

Accurate evolutions of unequal-mass neutron-star binaries: properties of the torus and short GRB engines
L. Rezzolla, L. Baiotti, B. Giacomazzo, D. Link, and J.A. Font
CQG, accepted (2010)

Gravitational waves from galaxy encounters
V. Quilis, A.C. González-García, D. Sáez, and J.A. Font
Physical Review D, 75, 104008 (2007); Physical Review D, 75, 109901 (2007)

CFC+: Improved dynamics and gravitational waveforms from relativistic core collapse simpulations
P. Cerdá-Durán, G. Faye, H. Dimmelmeier, J.A. Font, J.M. Ibánez, E. Müller, and G. Schaefer
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 439, 1033-1055 (2005)

Gravitational waves from oscillating accretion tori: Comparison between different approaches
A. Nagar, J.A. Font, O. Zanotti, and R. De Pietri
Physical Review D, 72, 024007 (2005)

Accretion-driven gravitational radiation from non-rotating compact objects. I. Radially infalling quadrupolar shells
A. Nagar, G. Diaz, J.A. Pons and J.A. Font
Physical Review D, 69, 124028 (2004)

Quasi-periodic accretion and gravitational waves from oscillating "toroidal neutron stars" around a Schwarzshild black hole
O. Zanotti, L. Rezzolla and J.A. Font
MNRAS, 341, 832-848 (2003)

Relativistic simulations of rotational core collapse. II. Collapse dynamics and gravitational radiation
H. Dimmelmeier, J.A. Font and E. Müller
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 393, 523-542 (2002)

Gravitational waves from relativistic rotational core collapse
H. Dimmelmeier, J.A. Font and E. Müller
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 560, L163-L166 (2001)

Imprints of accretion on gravitational waves from black holes
P. Papadopoulos and J.A. Font
Physical Review D, 63, 044016 (2001)

Numerical RHD and RMHD

Antón, L., Miralles, J.A., Martí, J.M., Ibáńez, J.M., Aloy, M.A., Mimica, P., "Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics: renormalized eigenvectors and full wave decomposition Riemann solver", 2009arXiv0912.4692A (2009)

Antón, L., Zanotti, O., Miralles, J.A., Martí, J.M., Ibáńez, J.M., Font, J.A., Pons, J.A., "Numerical 3+1 general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics: A local characteristic approach", Astrophys. J., vol. 637, 296 (2006)

Romero, R., Martí, J.M., Pons, J.A., Ibáńez, J.A., Miralles, J.A., "The exact solution of the Riemann problem in relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with tangential magnetic fields", J. Fluid Mech., vol. 544, 323 (2005)

Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "Numerical hydrodynamics in special relativity", Liv. Rev. Relat., http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2003-7/ (2003)

Pons, J.A., Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "The exact solution of the Riemann problem with non-zero tangential velocities in relativistic hydrodynamics", J. Fluid Mech., vol. 422, 125 (2000)

Aloy, M.A., Ibáńez, J.M., Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "GENESIS: A high-resolution code for three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamics", Astrophys. J. Suppl., vol. 122, 151 (1999)

Pons, J.A., Font, J.A., Ibáńez, J.M., Martí, J.M., Miralles, J.A., "General relativistic hydrodynamics with special relativistic Riemann solvers", Astron. Astrophys., vol. 339, 638 (1998)

Banyuls, F., Font, J.A., Ibáńez, J.M., Martí, J.M., Miralles, J.A., "Numerical 3+1 general relativistic hydrodynamics: A local characteristic approach", Astrophys. J., vol. 476, 221 (1997)

Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "Extension of the Piecewise-Parabolic Method to one-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamics", J. Comput. Phys., vol. 123, 1 (1996)

Martí, J.M., Müller, E., "Analytical solution of the Riemann problem in relativistic hydrodynamics", J. Fluid Mech., vol. 258, 317 (1994)

Martí, J.M., Ibáńez, J.M., Miralles, J.A., "Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics: Local characteristic approach", Phys. Rev. D., vol. 43, 3794 (1991)

Numerical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics in general relativity
J.A. Font
Living Reviews in Relativity, 11, 7 (2008)

Numerical Relativity (Formulations Einstein Equations)

Nada: A new code for studying self-gravitating tori around black holes
P. Montero, J.A. Font, and M. Shibata
Physical Review D, 78, 064037 (2008)

A new general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code for dynamical spacetimes
P. Cerdá-Durán, J.A. Font, L. Antón, and E. Müller
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 492, 937-953 (2008)

Three-dimensional relativistic simulations of rotating neutron star collapse to a Kerr black hole
L. Baiotti, I. Hawke, P.J. Montero, F. Loeffler, L. Rezzolla, N. Stergioulas, J.A. Font, and E. Seidel
Physical Review D, 71, 024035 (2005)

Towards a stable numerical evolution of strongly gravitating systems in general relativity: The conformal treatments
M. Alcubierre, B. Brügmann, Th. Dramlitsch, J.A. Font, P. Papadopoulos, E. Seidel, N. Stergioulas and R. Takahashi
Physical Review D, 62, 044034 (2000)

Three Dimensional Numerical General Relativistic Hydrodynamics I: Formulations, Methods, and Code Tests
J.A. Font, M. Miller, W.-M. Suen and M. Tobias
Physical Review D, 61, 044011 (2000)

Relativistic hydrodynamics on spacelike and null surfaces: Formalism and computations of spherically symmetric spacetimes
P. Papadopoulos and J.A. Font
Physical Review D, 61, 024015 (2000)

Numerical evolution of matter in dynamical axisymmetric black hole spacetimes: I. Methods and tests
Steve Brandt, J.A. Font, J.M. Ibánez, J. Massó and Ed Seidel
Computer Physics Communications, 124, 169-196 (2000)

Cordero-Carrión, I., Ibáñez, J.M., Gourgoulhon, E., Jaramillo, J.L., Novak, J., "Mathematical issues in a fully constrained formulation of the Einstein equations", Phys. Rev. D, vol. 77, 084007 (2008).

Cordero-Carrión, I., Cerdá-Durán, P., Dimmermeier, H., Jaramillo, J.L., Novak, J., Gourgoulhon, E., "Improved constrained scheme for the Einstein equations: An approach to the uniqueness issue", Phys. Rev. D, vol. 79, 024017 (2009).

Jaramillo, J.L., Gourgoulhon, E., Cordero-Carrión, I., Ibáñez, J.M., "Trapping horizons as inner boundary conditions for black hole spacetimes", Phys. Rev. D, vol. 77, 047501 (2008).

Cordero-Carrión, I., Ibáñez, J.M., Morales-Lladosa, J.A., "On the local existence of maximal slicings in spherically symmetric spacetimes", 2010arXiv1003.1014C (2010).

Cordero-Carrión, I., Cerdá-Durán, P., Ibáñez, J.M., "Dynamical spacetimes and gravitational radiation in a Fully Constrained Formulation", 2010arXiv1003.0868C (2010).