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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his leading role in the development of tools for computational magnetohydrodynamics and in advancing our understanding of the physics of accretion disks, the dynamics of disk driven winds, and the dynamics of molecular clouds
  • 2011 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society

Overview

James M. Stone is affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on the subfield of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work extends to allied subfields such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main research topics include a range of astrophysical and cosmic phenomena. These topics are:

  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

James M. Stone has authored numerous papers published in prominent scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Cosmological simulations of quasar fueling to sub-parsec scales using Lagrangian hyper-refinement," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Global 3D radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations for FU Ori's accretion disc and observational signatures of magnetic fields," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Parthenon-a performance portable block-structured adaptive mesh refinement framework," 2022, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • "A global 3D simulation of magnetospheric accretion - I. Magnetically disrupted discs and surface accretion," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Turbulent Magnetic Field Amplification by the Interaction of a Shock Wave and Inhomogeneous Medium," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

The most frequent publication venues for Stone's work are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James M. Stone include:

  • Minghao Guo
  • Eliot Quataert
  • Yan-Fei Jiang
  • Chang-Goo Kim
  • Patrick D. Mullen

James M. Stone has been recognized with professional awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2013, for leadership in computational magnetohydrodynamics and studies of accretion disks, disk-driven winds, and molecular clouds
  • Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society, 2011

Best Publications

  • ZEUS-2D: A radiation magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysical flows in two space dimensions. I - The hydrodynamic algorithms and tests. II - The magnetohydrodynamic algorithms and tests

    James M. Stone;Michael L. Norman

  • ATHENA: A NEW CODE FOR ASTROPHYSICAL MHD

    James M. Stone;Thomas A. Gardiner;Peter Teuben;John F. Hawley

  • DENSITY, VELOCITY, AND MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE IN TURBULENT MOLECULAR CLOUD MODELS

    Eve Charis Ostriker;Eve Charis Ostriker;James McLellan Stone;Charles F. Gammie

  • ZEUS-2D : a radiation magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysical flows in two space dimensions. II : The magnetohydrodynamic algorithms and tests

    James McLellan Stone;Michael L. Norman

  • Dissipation in Compressible MHD Turbulence

    James M. Stone;Eve C. Ostriker;Charles F. Gammie

  • Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods

    Oscar Agertz;Ben Moore;Joachim Stadel;Doug Potter

  • Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations of vertically stratified accretion disks

    James M. Stone;John F. Hawley;Charles Forbes Gammie;Steven A. Balbus

  • Dissipation in compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

    James McLellan Stone;Eve Charis Ostriker;Charles F. Gammie

  • Wind-driven Accretion in Protoplanetary Disks. I. Suppression of the Magnetorotational Instability and Launching of the Magnetocentrifugal Wind

    Xue-Ning Bai;Xue-Ning Bai;James M. Stone

  • Hydrodynamical non-radiative accretion flows in two dimensions

    James McLellan Stone;James E. Pringle;Mitchell C. Begelman;Mitchell C. Begelman;Mitchell C. Begelman

  • The Athena++ Adaptive Mesh Refinement Framework: Design and Magnetohydrodynamic Solvers

    James M. Stone;Kengo Tomida;Christopher J. White;Kyle G. Felker;Kyle G. Felker

  • DYNAMICS OF SOLIDS IN THE MIDPLANE OF PROTOPLANETARY DISKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANETESIMAL FORMATION

    Xue Ning Bai;James M. Stone

  • ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSPORT BY MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE IN ACCRETION DISKS: GAS PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF THE SATURATION LEVEL OF THE MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY

    Takayoshi Sano;Takayoshi Sano;Shu-ichiro Inutsuka;Neal J. Turner;Neal J. Turner;James M. Stone;James M. Stone

  • Nonlinear Stability, Hydrodynamical Turbulence, and Transport in Disks

    Steven A. Balbus;John F. Hawley;James M. Stone

  • SUSTAINED MAGNETOROTATIONAL TURBULENCE IN LOCAL SIMULATIONS OF STRATIFIED DISKS WITH ZERO NET MAGNETIC FLUX

    Shane W. Davis;James M. Stone;Martin E. Pessah

  • The Effect of Resistivity on the Nonlinear Stage of the Magnetorotational Instability in Accretion Disks

    Timothy P. Fleming;James M. Stone;James M. Stone;John F. Hawley

  • A piecewise parabolic method for cosmological hydrodynamics

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;James M. Stone;Renyue Cen

  • Buoyant radio lobes in a viscous intracluster medium

    Christopher S. Reynolds;Barry McKernan;Andrew C. Fabian;James McLellan Stone

  • Kinetic and Structural Evolution of Self-gravitating, Magnetized Clouds: 2.5-Dimensional Simulations of Decaying Turbulence

    Eve Charis Ostriker;Charles F. Gammie;Charles F. Gammie;James McLellan Stone

  • LOCAL STUDY OF ACCRETION DISKS WITH A STRONG VERTICAL MAGNETIC FIELD: MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY AND DISK OUTFLOW

    Xue-Ning Bai;James M. Stone

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher S. Reynolds
Christopher S. Reynolds University of Cambridge
Philip J. Armitage
Philip J. Armitage Stony Brook University
Charles F. Gammie
Charles F. Gammie University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Annick Pouquet
Annick Pouquet National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lee G. Mundy
Lee G. Mundy University of Maryland, College Park
Hantao Ji
Hantao Ji Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Axel Brandenburg
Axel Brandenburg Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics
William H. Matthaeus
William H. Matthaeus University of Delaware
Lee Hartmann
Lee Hartmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bing Zhang
Bing Zhang University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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