Book chapter
A Multiphysics and Multiscale Software Environment for Modeling Astrophysical Systems
Computational Science – ICCS 2008
2008
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Abstract
We present MUSE, a software framework for tying together existing computational tools for different astrophysical domains into a single multiphysics, multiscale workload. MUSE facilitates the coupling of existing codes written in different languages by providing inter-language tools and by specifying an interface between each module and the framework that represents a balance between generality and computational efficiency. This approach allows scientists to use combinations of codes to solve highly-coupled problems without the need to write new codes for other domains or significantly alter their existing codes. MUSE currently incorporates the domains of stellar dynamics, stellar evolution and stellar hydrodynamics for a generalized stellar systems workload. MUSE has now reached a “Noah’s Ark” milestone, with two available numerical solvers for each domain. MUSE can treat small stellar associations, galaxies and everything in between, including planetary systems, dense stellar clusters and galactic nuclei. Here we demonstrate an examples calculated with MUSE: the merger of two galaxies. In addition we demonstrate the working of MUSE on a distributed computer. The current MUSE code base is publicly available as open source at http://muse.li.
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- Title
- A Multiphysics and Multiscale Software Environment for Modeling Astrophysical Systems
- Creators
- Simon Portegies Zwart - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSteve McMillan - Drexel UniversityBreanndán Ó Nualláin - University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the NetherlandsDouglas Heggie - University of EdinburghJames Lombardi - Allegheny CollegePiet Hut - Institute for Advanced StudySambaran Banerjee - Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchHouria Belkus - Vrije Universiteit BrusselTassos Fragos - Northwestern UniversityJohn Fregeau - Northwestern UniversityMichiko Fuji - University of TokyoEvghenii Gaburov - University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the NetherlandsEvert Glebbeek - Utrecht UniversityDerek Groen - University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the NetherlandsStefan Harfst - University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the NetherlandsRob Izzard - Utrecht UniversityMario Jurić - Institute for Advanced StudyStephen Justham - University of OxfordPeter Teuben - University of Maryland, College ParkJoris van Bever - Saint Mary's UniversityOfer Yaron - Tel Aviv UniversityMarcel Zemp - University of California, Santa Cruz
- Publication Details
- Computational Science – ICCS 2008
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000256933800023
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-47749105749
- Other Identifier
- 991019173782904721
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