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+# problem name and parameters
+#
+problem              = "gem"
+
+# diffusion coefficients
+#
+viscosity            = 1.00d-03
+resistivity          = 1.00d-03
+glm_source_terms     = "kepes"
+
+# physics
+#
+equation_system      = "mhd"
+equation_of_state    = "iso"
+
+# methods
+#
+time_advance         = "ssprk3(2)4"
+riemann_solver       = "kepes"
+reconstruction       = "ocmp5"
+
+# mesh parameters
+#
+xblocks              =  2
+yblocks              =  1
+xmin                 = -1.28d+01
+xmax                 =  1.28d+01
+ymin                 = -6.40d+00
+ymax                 =  6.40d+00
+
+# refinement control
+#
+ncells               = 16
+maxlev               = 8
+refinement_variables = "vort jabs"
+currmin              = 5.0d-02
+currmax              = 2.0d-01
+vortmin              = 5.0d-02
+vortmax              = 2.0d-01
+
+# boundary conditions
+#
+xlbndry              = "periodic"
+xubndry              = "periodic"
+ylbndry              = "user"
+yubndry              = "user"
+
+# runtime control parameters
+#
+tmax                 = 2.0d+02
+cfl                  = 5.0d-01
+
+# data output control
+#
+snapshot_interval    = 1.0d+00
+compression_format   = "zstd"
+compression_level    = 19
+restart_number       = -1