Title :
3-dimensional hydrodynamic interaction of a supernova remnant shock with an isolated cloud
Author :
Orlando, Salvatore ; Peres, Giovanni ; Reale, Fabio
Author_Institution :
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Italy
Abstract :
We report on a computational key-project in astrophysics. The project is aimed at studying the interaction of a supernova shock wave with interstellar clouds. We describe the numerical code used, namely FLASH, a multi-dimensional astrophysical hydrodynamics code for parallel computers developed at the FLASH center (The University of Chicago); our team collaborates with, and contributes to, the FLASH project. We discuss the resources required for the whole project, the I/O management, the performance and the scalability of the code on IBM/Sp4 at CINECA. Finally, we present a selection of results.
Keywords :
astronomy computing; hydrodynamics; numerical analysis; parallel programming; supernovae; 3-dimensional hydrodynamic interaction; CINECA; FLASH; FLASH center; I/O management; IBM/Sp4; astrophysics; interstellar clouds; isolated cloud; multi-dimensional astrophysical hydrodynamics code; numerical code; parallel computers; supernova remnant shock; supernova shock wave; Astrophysics; Clouds; Collaboration; Concurrent computing; Electric shock; Hydrodynamics; Project management; Resource management; Scalability; Shock waves;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Architecture for Machine Perception, 2005. CAMP 2005. Proceedings. Seventh International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2255-6
DOI :
10.1109/CAMP.2005.55
