DocumentCode
586490
Title
A case study: Tracking and visualizing the evolution of dark matter halos and groups of satellite halos in cosmology simulations
Author
Takle, Jay ; Silver, Deborah ; Heitmann, Katrin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
14-19 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
243
Lastpage
244
Abstract
In this poster, we track the evolution of cosmic structures and higher level host structures in cosmological simulation as they interact with each other. The structures found in these simulations are made up of groups of dark matter tracer particles called satellite halos and groups of satellite halos called host halos. We implement a multilevel tracking model to track dark matter tracer particles, satellite halos and host halos to understand their behaviour and show how the different structures are formed over time. We also represent the evolution of halos in the form of merger trees for detailed analysis by cosmologists.
Keywords
astronomy computing; cosmology; dark matter; cosmic structure evolution; cosmological simulation; dark matter halo evolution; dark matter tracer particle tracking; host halos; host structures; merger trees; multilevel tracking model; satellite halos; Computational modeling; Corporate acquisitions; Merging; Physics; Satellites; Silver; Visualization; Group tracking; merger tree; multi-level tracking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2012 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-4752-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VAST.2012.6400532
Filename
6400532
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