Validating astrophysical simulation codes

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 10-20

  Calder, Alan ^a   Dursi, Jonathan ^a   Fryxell, Bruce ^a   Plewa, Tomek ^a,j   Weirs, Greg ^a   Dupont, Todd ^a   Robey, Harry ^b   Kane, Jave ^b   Remington, Bruce ^b   Timmes, Frank ^c   Dmonte, Guy ^c   Hayes, John ^d   Zingale, Mike ^e   Drake, Paul ^f   Ricker, Paul ^g   Stone, Jim ^h   Olson, Kevin ^i,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^j NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^l NASA/Goddard Space Flight C   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL SIMULATION; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SUBRIGID MODELS; SUPERNOVAE;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHOCK TUBES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 4644334283     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2004.44     Document Type: Article

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