Helmholtz Institute for Supercomputational Physics
Sixth Summer School (2006): Supercomputational Cosmology
Unifying theme of the school is the evolution of structures in the expanding Universe: from clusters of galaxies to galaxies and their satellites.

We will learn how to develop numerical algorithms and to write codes to simulate and analyze formation of different objects in the Universe. Among different projects, the students will write their own N-body code, which will allow them to study formation of superclusters and giant voids. They will also learn how to use existing modern cosmological codes and will have access to the most advanced simulations made with largest existing supercomputers. The students will be able to use the simulations to "observe" the formation of first objects in the universe and to measure physical properties of forming galaxies and dark matter halos hosting them.

Location and Date

The summer school 2006 on "Computational Cosmology" will be hold from July 17 to August 11 at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP).

Preliminary list of topics:

  • Growth of fluctuations in the expanding universe.
  • Zeldovich approximation: setting initial conditions and formation of superclusters.
  • Dark matter halos: finding the beast.
  • Constructing merging trees using semi-analytical codes.
  • Structure of halos at different redshifts.
  • Particle-Mesh code for evolution of fluctuations: building the code.
  • Review of different cosmological codes: TREE and Adaptive Mesh codes.
  • Using Gadget and ART cosmological codes.
  • Programming languages: FORTRAN and C
  • Parallelization: OpenMP and MPI
  • Computer graphics: how to visualize different structures.
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Address

Helmholtz Institute for Supercomputational Physics
c/o Andre Giesecke
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
D-14482 Potsdam

Last modified: May 23, 2006, Andre Giesecke