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We present $\texttt{Abacus}$, a fast and accurate cosmological $N$-body code based on a new method for calculating the gravitational potential from a static multipole mesh. The method analytically separates the near- and far-field forces,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-25 Lehman H. Garrison , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Douglas Ferrer , Nina A. Maksimova , Philip A. Pinto

Cosmological N-body simulations aim to calculate the non-linear gravitational growth of structures via particle dynamics. A crucial problem concerns the setting-up of the initial particle distribution, as standard theories of galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 Thierry Baertschiger , Francesco Sylos Labini

We present results of tests of the evolution of small ``fluid elements'' in cosmological N--body simulations, to examine the validity of their treatment as particles. We find that even very small elements typically collapse along one axis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 B. Kuhlman , A. L. Melott , S. F. Shandarin

We describe an application of Berger and Colella's structured adaptive mesh refinement algorithm to the field of cosmological astrophysics. Simulations in this area must include not just a gaseous component which follows the hyperbolic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. L. Bryan , M. L. Norman

We present the first detailed comparison between million-body globular cluster simulations computed with a H\'enon-type Monte Carlo code, CMC, and a direct $N$-body code, NBODY6++GPU. Both simulations start from an identical cluster model…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Carl L. Rodriguez , Meagan Morscher , Long Wang , Sourav Chatterjee , Frederic A. Rasio , Rainer Spurzem

N-body simulations of star cluster evolution have reached a high degree of realism, by incorporating more and more elements of stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, and hydrodynamics. At the end of this conference, six participants discussed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Piet Hut , Adrienne Cool , Charles Bailyn , Steve McMillan , Mario Livio , Mike Shara

Constraining neutrino mass remains an elusive challenge in modern physics. Precision measurements are expected from several upcoming cosmological probes of large-scale structure. Achieving this goal relies on an equal level of precision…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-31 J. D. Emberson , Hao-Ran Yu , Derek Inman , Tong-Jie Zhang , Ue-Li Pen , Joachim Harnois-Deraps , Shuo Yuan , Huan-Yu Teng , Hong-Ming Zhu , Xuelei Chen , Zhi-Zhong Xing

We describe a new hybrid N-body/hydrodynamical code based on the particle-mesh (PM) method and the piecewise-parabolic method (PPM) for use in solving problems related to the evolution of large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. M. Ricker , S. Dodelson , D. Q. Lamb

Algorithms are described for efficiently simulating quantum mechanical systems on quantum computers. A class of algorithms for simulating the Schrodinger equation for interacting many-body systems are presented in some detail. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bruce M. Boghosian , Washington Taylor

There are many astrophysical and laboratory scenarios where kinetic effects play an important role. These range from astrophysical shocks and plasma shell collisions, to high intensity laser-plasma interactions, with applications to fast…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. A. Fonseca , S. F. Martins , L. O. Silva , J. W. Tonge , F. S. Tsung , W. B. Mori

The use of graphics processing units for scientific computations is an emerging strategy that can significantly speed up various different algorithms. In this review, we discuss advances made in the field of computational physics, focusing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-03-07 Ari Harju , Topi Siro , Filippo Federici-Canova , Samuli Hakala , Teemu Rantalaiho

Cosmological $N$-body simulations are typically purely run with particles using Newtonian equations of motion. However, such simulations can be made fully consistent with general relativity using a well-defined prescription. Here, we extend…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Thomas Tram , Jacob Brandbyge , Jeppe Dakin , Steen Hannestad

Star formation in molecular clouds is clumpy, hierarchically subclustered. Fractal structure also emerges in hydro-dynamical simulations of star-forming clouds. Simulating the formation of realistic star clusters with hydro-dynamical…

In the last decades cosmological N-body dark matter simulations have enabled ab initio studies of the formation of structure in the Universe. Gravity amplified small density fluctuations generated shortly after the Big Bang, leading to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-18 Ralf Kaehler , Oliver Hahn , Tom Abel

Newtonian N-body simulations have been employed successfully over the past decades for the simulation of the cosmological large-scale structure. Such simulations usually ignore radiation perturbations (photons and massless neutrinos) and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-07 Julian Adamek , Jacob Brandbyge , Christian Fidler , Steen Hannestad , Cornelius Rampf , Thomas Tram

The conservation of energy, linear momentum and angular momentum are important drivers for our physical understanding of the evolution of the Universe. These quantities are also conserved in Newton's laws of motion under gravity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Simon Portegies Zwart , Tjarda Boekholt

Simulating the dynamics of non-equilibrium matter under extreme conditions lies beyond the capabilities of classical computation alone. Remarkable advances in quantum information science and technology are profoundly changing how we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Martin J. Savage

We compare the performance of two very different parallel gravitational $N$-body codes for astrophysical simulations on large GPU clusters, both pioneer in their own fields as well as in certain mutual scales - NBODY6++ and Bonsai. We carry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Siyi Huang , Rainer Spurzem , Peter Berczik

We present a numerical code for multi-component simulation of the galactic evolution. Our code includes the following parts: $N$-body is used to evolve dark matter, stellar dynamics and dust grains, gas dynamics is based on TVD-MUSCL scheme…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-02-11 S. A. Khoperskov , E. O. Vasiliev , A. V. Khoperskov , V. N. Lubimov

Models of galaxy formation ultimately aim at reproducing the _observed_ properties of galaxies. We report on work in progress to predict luminosities, colours and morphologies of field objects of various masses through N-body + Smoothed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Gelato , Fabio Governato