How to get Whisky

There is a yet unannounced, but public version of Whisky. At the moment, you can only get a tar ball from here, later you should be able to get it from a Subversion repository. The public version is dual-licensed under the GNU General Public License versions 2 and 3. It would be nice to tell us who you are when you download it. This is not a requirement, but would help us to have an overview of how widely Whisky is used. If nevertheless you do not want to give information here, please do not insert bogus data, simply leave the fields blank. Please also consider joining the Whisky users mailing list.

We also request that proper credits are given when using this code and specifically that the two following papers are always cited:

• Baiotti et al 2005 "Three-dimensional relativistic simulations of rotating neutron-star collapse to a Kerr black hole" Phys. Rev. D71 024035
• Giacomazzo and Rezzolla 2007 "WhiskyMHD: a new numerical code for general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics" Class. Quant. Grav. 24: S235-S258

Information on how to download and compile Cactus/Carpet/Whisky together with some simple parameter files can be found here.

The development version of Whisky is not completely public domain, although many of the components that make it works are. In order for the instructions to work you will need a SVN login to the SVN server at least, and for some thorns (such as BSSN) to the AEI server. If you need a login and don't have one, contact the developers mailing list. If you run into problems, check the FAQ before contacting the developers.

Impressum.