Overview
- Provides an introduction to modern high-performance computational methods
- Reviews state-of-the-art results on jet and star formation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 791)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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High Performance Compuding
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Front Matter
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Part I High Performance Computing
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Applications in Astrophysics
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Studying the complex physical systems of stellar jets necessitates the incorporation of nonlinear effects which occur on a wide variety of length and timescales. One of the primary methods used to study the physics of jets is numerical simulations that apply high performance computing techniques. Such techniques are also required for analysing the huge modern astrophysical datasets.
This book examines those computing techniques. It is a collection of the lectures from the fifth and final school of the JETSET network, "Jets From Young Stars V: High Performance Computing in Astrophysics." It begins with an introduction to parallel programming techniques, with an emphasis on Message Passing Interface (MPI), before it goes on to review grid technology techniques and offer a practical introduction to Virtual Observatory. The second half of the book, then, is devoted to applications of high performance computing techniques, including 3D radiation transfer, to jet and star formation processes.
Aimed at graduate students in astrophysics, this book presents state-of-the-art methods, thereby offering interesting new insights to researchers in the field.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jets From Young Stars V
Book Subtitle: High Performance Computing and Applications
Editors: José Gracia, Fabio Colle, Turlough Downes
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03370-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-03369-8Published: 11 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26130-5Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-03370-4Published: 30 October 2009
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 227
Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation