Achieving Extreme Resolution in Numerical Cosmology Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement: Resolving Primordial Star Formation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 13-

  Bryan, Greg L ^a   Abel, Tom ^b   Norman, Michael L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive mesh refinement; numerical cosmology; parallel algorithms

Indexed keywords

MESH GENERATION; STARS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT CODES; COSMOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MULTI-PHYSICS; NUMERICAL COSMOLOGY; PRECISION ARITHMETIC; STARS FORMATION; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; SUB-GRIDS;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84897988044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/582034.582047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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