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*Basiliscus basiliscus* is the latin name of the extraordinary [Jesus
Christ lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_basilisk), famous
for its ability to run on the surface of water, a characteristic it
shares with another well-known water-walker [*Gerris
lacustris*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerris_lacustris).

Basilisk is also the name of a [Free
Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) program for the
solution of 
[partial differential equations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_differential_equation)
on adaptive Cartesian meshes. It is the successor of [Gerris](http://gerris.dalembert.upmc.fr) and is
developed by the same [authors](src/AUTHORS).

If you want to find out more about Basilisk see:

* [Tutorial]()
* [Installation instructions](src/INSTALL)
* [Basilisk C]()
* [Solvers and functions](src/README)
* [Examples](src/examples/README)
* [Tests](src/test/README)
* [More documentation](sandbox/documentation)

## Picture of the month

<div class="figure">
<video controls="" preload="metadata" width="75%">
+<source src="/sandbox/nlemoine/groundwater/Meuvaines/meuvaines/gw_levels.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<p class="caption">
[Groundwater modelling of the Meuvaines coastal wetland](/sandbox/nlemoine/groundwater/Meuvaines/meuvaines.c) by [Nicolas Lemoine](/sandbox/nlemoine/README)
</p>
</div>

See also the [POM Gallery]().

## News

* Next [Basilisk Monthly Meeting](BMM/README): TBA

* **Dimensional Analysis** in the latest release: see the new
    [Tutorial](Tutorial.dimensions)

* Recent publications (see [Bibliography]() for more)

~~~bib
@article{harispe2024,
title = {Accurate numerical prototypes of microfluidic droplet generators with open source tools},
journal = {Computers & Fluids},
pages = {106366},
year = {2024},
issn = {0045-7930},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2024.106366},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045793024001981},
author = {David Gabriel Harispe and Pablo A. Kler}
}

@article{pan2024,
  title={An edge-based interface tracking ({EBIT}) method for multiphase-flow simulation with surface tension},
  author={Pan, Jieyun and Long, Tian and Chirco, Leonardo and Scardovelli, Ruben and Popinet, St\'{e}phane and Zaleski, St\'{e}phane},
  journal={Journal of Computational Physics},
  volume={508},
  pages={113016},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Elsevier},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113016},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021999124002651},
  pdf = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.00338}
}

@article{miller2024,
  title = {Gyre turbulence: Anomalous dissipation in a two-dimensional ocean model},
  author = {Miller, Lennard and Deremble, Bruno and Venaille, Antoine},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Fluids},
  volume = {9},
  issue = {5},
  pages = {L051801},
  numpages = {8},
  year = {2024},
  month = {May},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.L051801},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02187}
}


@article{saini2024b, title={Direct numerical simulations of microlayer formation during heterogeneous bubble nucleation}, volume={984}, author={Saini, M. and Chen, X. and Zaleski, S. and Fuster, D.}, year={2024}, pages={A70},doi={10.1017/jfm.2024.236}, journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08377},
pdf={https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.08377.pdf}
}
~~~