Journal article
The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment
Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), v 557, pp np-np
Sep 2013
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Abstract
We present the open source Astrophysical Multi-purpose Software Environment (AMUSE), a component library for performing astrophysical simulations involving different physical domains and scales. It couples existing codes within a Python framework based on a communication layer using MPI. The interfaces are standardized for each domain and their implementation based on MPI guarantees that the whole framework is well-suited for distributed computation. It includes facilities for unit handling and data storage. Currently it includes codes for gravitational dynamics, stellar evolution, hydrodynamics and radiative transfer. Within each domain the interfaces to the codes are as similar as possible. We describe the design and implementation of AMUSE, as well as the main components and community codes currently supported and we discuss the code interactions facilitated by the framework. Additionally, we demonstrate how AMUSE can be used to resolve complex astrophysical problems by presenting example applications.
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- Title
- The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment
- Creators
- F. I. Pelupessy - Leiden UniversityA. van Elteren - Leiden UniversityN. de Vries - Leiden UniversityS. L. W. McMillan - Drexel UniversityN. Drost - Netherlands eScience CenterS. F. Portegies Zwart - Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Publication Details
- Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin), v 557, pp np-np
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000325211900048
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84883773558
- Other Identifier
- 991019170537804721
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics