Title :
PIC/MC Code BIT1 for Plasma Simulations on HPC
Author :
Tskhakaya, D. ; Schneider, R. ; Borchardt, M. ; Soba, A. ; Yurtesen, E. ; Westerholm, J.
Author_Institution :
Assoc. EURATOM-OEAW, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Abstract :
In this work we describe an optimization technique for PIC/MC modeling of the plasma edge using High Performance Computing. The developed code BIT1 can be used for 1D3V plasma and 2D3V neutral particle modeling with a reasonable scaling up to 1000 and more processors.
Keywords :
plasma applications; HPC; PIC-MC code BIT1; high performance computing; neutral particle modeling; optimization technique; plasma simulations; Computational modeling; Electrostatics; High performance computing; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle collisions; Physics; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma simulation; HPC; MC; PIC; SOL; plasma edge;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing (PDP), 2010 18th Euromicro International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5672-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1066-6192
DOI :
10.1109/PDP.2010.47