Acquisition of a PC Cluster for Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz

加州大学圣克鲁兹分校将开发必要的超级计算资源，以研究天体物理学和行星科学中的几个重大挑战问题。超级计算能力将提供给所有系的教师和学生。学生中有50%是女性。在基础物理问题上有广泛的公众影响的巨大潜力，特别是与可视化实验室的合作。这项新功能支持的研究活动包括行星对流和磁场的模拟，用光滑粒子流体动力学的行星碰撞建模，星系形成和宇宙的大规模结构，以及超新星和伽马射线爆发的建模。＊＊＊

GlatzmaierMRI0079757AbstractThe necessary supercomputing resources to study several grand challenge problems in astrophysics and planetary science will be developed at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The supercomputing capability will be available to all department faculty and students. The student body has 50% women. There is great potential for a broad public impact on fundamental physics issues, especially in collaboration with the Visualization lab. Research activities enabled by this new capability include simulations of planetary convection's and magnetic fields, planetary collisional modeling with smooth particle hydrodynamics, galaxy formation and large-scale structure of the Universe, and modeling of supernova and gamma ray bursts. ***