Domain cloning for a particle-in-cell (PIC) code on a cluster of symmetric-multiprocessor (SMP) computers

Parallel Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Hatzky, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster of symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) computers; Parallelisation; Particle in cell; Plasma simulation

Indexed keywords

CLONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLASMA SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

CLUSTER OF SYMMETRIC-MULTIPROCESSOR (SMP) COMPUTERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; PARALLELISATION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745203284     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parco.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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