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astrophysical systems. Such systems include gravitational wave | astrophysical systems. Such systems include gravitational wave | ||
space-times, collisions of compact objects such as black holes or | space-times, collisions of compact objects such as black holes or | ||
neutron stars, accretion onto compact objects, core collapse | neutron stars, accretion onto compact objects, core collapse | ||
supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts. | supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts. | ||
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astrophysics. Our aim is to provide the core computational tools that | astrophysics. Our aim is to provide the core computational tools that | ||
can enable new science, broaden our community, facilitate | can enable new science, broaden our community, facilitate | ||
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relativity courses, and can help "getting started" in numerical | relativity courses, and can help "getting started" in numerical | ||
relativity research. | relativity research. | ||
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numerical relativity community including CactusEinstein, Whisky, and | numerical relativity community including CactusEinstein, Whisky, and | ||
Carpet. The Einstein Toolkit currently uses the Cactus Framework as | Carpet. The Einstein Toolkit currently uses the Cactus Framework as | ||
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parallelization, general computational components, and a model for | parallelization, general computational components, and a model for | ||
collaborative, portable code development. | collaborative, portable code development. | ||
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state, and show examples of scientific results obtained by various | state, and show examples of scientific results obtained by various | ||
research groups employing this toolkit as basis of their research | research groups employing this toolkit as basis of their research | ||
Revision as of 20:13, 20 August 2010
Title: The Einstein Toolkit
Abstract:
We introduce the Einstein Toolkit, a collection of software
components and tools for simulating and analyzing general relativistic
astrophysical systems. Such systems include gravitational wave
space-times, collisions of compact objects such as black holes or
neutron stars, accretion onto compact objects, core collapse
supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts.
This toolkit is developed as open software for relativistic
astrophysics. Our aim is to provide the core computational tools that
can enable new science, broaden our community, facilitate
interdisciplinary research and take advantage of emerging petascale
computers and advanced cyberinfrastructure. We believe that this
toolkit can also be constructively used in teaching numerical
relativity courses, and can help "getting started" in numerical
relativity research.
The Einstein Toolkit builds on numerous software efforts in the
numerical relativity community including CactusEinstein, Whisky, and
Carpet. The Einstein Toolkit currently uses the Cactus Framework as
the underlying computational infrastructure that provides large-scale
parallelization, general computational components, and a model for
collaborative, portable code development.
We give a brief overview over the toolkit, its goals, and its current
state, and show examples of scientific results obtained by various
research groups employing this toolkit as basis of their research
codes.
Date: Friday, Aug. 27th, 2010. Time: 2pm-3pm. Room: 78-2240. Speaker: Erik Schnetter (LSU).
