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Parameters

courant_fac Scope: private  REAL
Description: The courant timestep condition dt = courant_fac*max(delta_space)/speed/sqrt(dim)  
Range    Default: 0.9
0:*
For positive timestep  
*:0
For negative timestep  



dtfac Scope: private  REAL
Description: The standard timestep condition dt = dtfac*max(delta_space)  
Range    Default: 0.5
0:*
For positive timestep  
*:0
For negative timestep  



timestep Scope: private  REAL
Description: Absolute value for timestep  
Range    Default: 0.0
*:*
Could be anything  



timestep_outevery Scope: private  INT
Description: How often to output courant timestep  
Range    Default: 1
1:*
Zero means no output  



verbose Scope: private  BOOLEAN
Description: Give selective information about timestep setting  
     Default: no



timestep_method Scope: restricted  KEYWORD
Description: Method for calculating timestep  
Range    Default: courant_static
given
Use given timestep  
courant_static
Courant condition at BASEGRID (using dtfac)  
courant_speed
Courant condition at POSTSTEP (using wavespeed and courant_fac)  
courant_time
Courant condition at POSTSTEP (using min time and courant_fac)  



timestep_outonly Scope: restricted  BOOLEAN
Description: Don't set a dynamic timestep, just output what it would be  
     Default: no



cctk_final_time Scope: shared from CACTUS  REAL



terminate Scope: shared from CACTUS  KEYWORD




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