Flash code: studying astrophysical thermonuclear flashes
Rosner, R.
Calder, A.
Dursi, J.
Fryxell, B.
Lamb, D.Q.
Niemeyer, J.C.
Olson, K.
Ricker, P.
Timmes, F.X.
Truran, J.W.
Tueo, H.
Yuan-Nan Young
Zingale, M.
Lusk, E.
Stevens, R.
Chicago Univ., IL;
This paper appears in: Computing in Science & Engineering
Publication Date: Mar/Apr 2000
Volume: 2,
Issue: 2
On page(s): 33-41
ISSN: 1521-9615
References Cited: 11
CODEN: CSENFA
INSPEC Accession Number: 6540199
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/5992.825747
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
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The Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes is constructing
a new generation of codes designed to study runaway thermonuclear
burning on the surface or in the interior of evolved compact stars. The
center has completed the first version of Flash, Flash-1, which
addresses various astrophysics problems. Flash-1 represents a major
advance toward a fully flexible code for solving general astrophysical
fluid dynamics problems. Flash-1 is modular and adaptive and operates in
parallel computing environments. It was designed to let users configure
initial and boundary conditions, change algorithms, and add new physical
effects with minimal effort. It uses the Paramesh library to manage a
block-structured adaptive grid, placing resolution elements only where
needed most. It also uses the message passing interface (MPI) library to
achieve portability and scalability on a variety of different message
passing parallel computers
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