Advances in Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical and Space Plasmas |
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Authors: | Anthony L Peratt |
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Institution: | (1) United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, U.S.A.;(2) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Advances in the simulation of astrophysical and cosmic plasmas are the direct result of advances in computational capabilities, today consisting of new techniques such as multilevel concurrent simulation, multi-teraflop computational platforms and experimental facilities for producing and diagnosing plasmas under extreme conditions for the benchmarking of simulations. Examples of these are the treatment of mesoscalic plasma and the scaling to astrophysical and cosmic dimensions and the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative whose goal is to construct petaflop (1015 floating operations per second) computers, and pulsed power and laser inertial confinement plasmas where megajoules of energy are delivered to highly-diagnosed plasmas. This paper concentrates on the achievements to date in simulating and experimentally producing plasmas scaled to both astrophysical and cosmic plasma dimensions. A previous paper (Part I, Peratt, 1997) outlines the algorithms and computational growth. |
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Keywords: | Numerical modeling numerical simulation electric space plasma universe cosmology galaxies filamentation electrical currents quasars double radio galaxies |
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