Jets from young stars V : high performance computing and applications / J. Gracia, F. De Colle, T. Downes (eds.).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars : High Performance Computing in Astrophysics, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Gracia, J. (Jose)

De Colle, F. (Fabio)

Downes, T. (Turlough)

Conference Name:

JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars: High Performance Computing in Astrophysics (2008 : Galway, Ireland)

JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars : High Performance Computing in Astrophysics

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 791.

Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 791

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysical jets--Mathematical models--Congresses.

Astrophysical jets.

Stellar dynamics--Congresses.

Stellar dynamics.

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities--Congresses.

Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 227 p. 88 illus.)

Other Title:

Jets from young stars 5

Jets from young stars five

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; London : Springer, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

I High Performance Computing

to Message-Passing Interface

An Introduction to Grid Computing Using EGEE

AstroGrid and the Virtual Observatory

II Applications in Astrophysics

Three Dimensional Continuum Radiative Transfer

Large-Scale Jet Simulations

Modeling Accretion and Ejection Phenomena Around Young Stars: A Numerical Perspective

Jet Stability: A Computational Survey

Jets and Outflows from Collapsing Objects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783642033704

3642033709