DocumentCode
12074
Title
Petascale Cosmology: Simulations of Structure Formation
Author
Croft, Rupert ; Di Matteo, Tiziana ; Khandai, Nishikanta ; Yu Feng
Volume
17
Issue
2
fYear
2015
fDate
Mar.-Apr. 2015
Firstpage
40
Lastpage
46
Abstract
Simulations of the entire universe are by definition models of the largest and most complex physical system that exists. In carrying them out, simulators seek to discretize the matter (and radiation) in a model universe and follow their evolution from the Big Bang to the present day.
Keywords
cosmology; Big Bang; Universe; complex physical system; model universe; petascale cosmology; structure formation; Computational modeling; Gravity; High performance computing; Hydrodynamics; Instruction sets; Message systems; Scientific computing; Solid modeling; HPC; cosmology; high-performance computing; scientific computing; supercomputer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computing in Science & Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1521-9615
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCSE.2015.5
Filename
7006381
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