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Direct gravitational simulations of n-body systems have a time complexity O(n^2), which gets computationally expensive as the number of bodies increases. Distributing this workload to multiple cores significantly speeds up the computation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-30 Dhananjay Saikumar

Context. Simulating stellar dynamics in a molecular cloud environment is numerically challenging due to the strong coupling between young stars and their surrounding gas, and the large range of length and time scales. Aims. This paper is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 Yann Bernard , Estelle Moraux , Daniel J. Price , Frédérique Motte , Fabien Louvet , Isabelle Joncour

We present an efficient open-source implementation of the multiparticle collision dynamics (MPCD) algorithm that scales to run on hundreds of graphics processing units (GPUs). We especially focus on optimizations for modern GPU…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-08-01 Michael P. Howard , Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos , Arash Nikoubashman

In this paper a new scalable hydrodynamic code GPUPEGAS (GPU-accelerated PErformance Gas Astrophysic Simulation) for simulation of interacting galaxies is proposed. The code is based on combination of Godunov method as well as on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-06 Kulikov Igor

The introduction of accelerator devices such as graphics processing units (GPUs) has had profound impact on molecular dynamics simulations and has enabled order-of-magnitude performance advances using commodity hardware. To fully reap these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Szilárd Páll , Artem Zhmurov , Paul Bauer , Mark Abraham , Magnus Lundborg , Alan Gray , Berk Hess , Erik Lindahl

Resolving the most fundamental questions in cosmology requires simulations that match the scale, fidelity, and physical complexity demanded by next-generation sky surveys. To achieve the realism needed for this critical scientific…

We present and test a code for two-fluid simulations of galaxy formation, one of the fluids being collision-less. The hydrodynamical evolution is solved through the SPH method while gravitational forces are calculated using a tree method.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Hultman , Daniel Kaellander

The effect of gas ejection on the structure and binding energy of newly formed stellar clusters is investigated. The star formation efficiency (SFE), necessary for forming a gravitationally bound stellar cluster, is determined. Two sets of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Michael P. Geyer , Andreas Burkert

We present an account of the state of the art in the fields explored by the research community invested in 'Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems'. For this purpose, we take as a basis the activities of the MODEST-17 conference,…

Influenced by the advances in data and computing, the scientific practice increasingly involves machine learning and artificial intelligence driven methods which requires specialized capabilities at the system-, science- and service-level…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Ilkay Altintas , Ismael Perez , Dmitry Mishin , Adrien Trouillaud , Christopher Irving , John Graham , Mahidhar Tatineni , Thomas DeFanti , Shawn Strande , Larry Smarr , Michael L. Norman

This review discusses Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) in the astrophysical context, with a focus on inviscid gas dynamics. The particle-based SPH technique allows an intuitive and simple formulation of hydrodynamics that has excellent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 Volker Springel

The gravitational $N$-body problem is a nearly universal problem in astrophysics which, despite its deceptive simplicity, still presents a significant computational challenge. For collisional systems such as dense star clusters, the need to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-03 Kerwann Tep , Brian T. Cook , Carl L. Rodriguez , Jiya Jolly , Eddie Sawin , Michael S. Petersen , Christoph Gaffud

The time evolution of initially balanced, rapidly rotating models for an isolated disk of highly flattened galaxies of stars is calculated. The method of direct integration of the Newtonian equations of motion of stars over a time span of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny Griv , Michael Gedalin , Edward Liverts , David Eichler , Yehoshua Kimhi , Chi Yuan

We report first results of an implementation of a chemical model in a cosmological code, based on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) technique. We show that chemical SPH simulations are a promising tool to provide clues for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. A. Cora , M. B. Mosconi , P. B. Tissera , D. G. Lambas

An interaction between a star-disc system and another star will perturb the disc, possibly resulting in a significant modification of the disc structure and its properties. It is still unclear if such an encounter can trigger fragmentation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Duncan Forgan , Ken Rice

A new Chemo - Dynamical Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (CD - SPH) code is presented. The disk galaxy is described as a multi - fragmented gas and star system, embedded in a cold dark matter halo. The star formation (SF) process, SNII, SNIa…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Peter Berczik

We systematically investigate how cloud-cloud collisions influence star formation, emphasizing the roles of collision velocity, magnetic field orientation, and radiative feedback. Using the first cloud-cloud collision simulations that model…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-13 Tabassum S. Tanvir , Michael Y. Grudić

We examine the conditions under which binary and multiple stars may form out of turbulent molecular cloud cores using high resolution 3-D, adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) hydrodynamics (Truelove et al., 1997, 1998; Klein, 1999). We argue…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. I Klein , R. T. Fisher , C. F. McKee

We use a series of idealized, numerical SPH simulations to study the formation and evolution of galactic, gas-rich disks forming from gas infall within dark matter halos. The temperature and density structure of the gas is varied in order…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Michael Aumer , Andreas Burkert , Peter H. Johansson , Reinhard Genzel

In this thesis, we aim to further elucidate the phenomenon of galaxy evolution in the environment of galaxy clusters using the methodology of numerical simulations. For that, we have developed hydrodynamic models in which idealized gas-rich…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-15 Rafael Ruggiero