DiRAC2: 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster procurement
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leicester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This award covers the capital cost of procuring a 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster to be hosted at University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC2 facility.
Planned Impact
The pathways to impact for the project are as agreed at the DiRAC PMB meeting on 21 November 2011.
Publications
Justtanont K
(2015)
Herschel observations of extreme OH/IR stars The isotopic ratios of oxygen as a sign-post for the stellar mass??
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ziampras A
(2023)
Hydrodynamic turbulence in disks with embedded planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Drummond B
(2018)
The effect of metallicity on the atmospheres of exoplanets with fully coupled 3D hydrodynamics, equilibrium chemistry, and radiative transfer
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Xia Q
(2020)
Particle acceleration in coalescent and squashed magnetic islands II. Particle-in-cell approach
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Antoja T
(2014)
Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wilkinson M
(2013)
DiRAC Day 2013
in Astronomy & Geophysics
Harries T
(2019)
The TORUS radiation transfer code
in Astronomy and Computing
Ratnasingam R. P.
(2024)
On the Geometry of the Near-core Magnetic Field in Massive Stars
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Dehnen W
(2014)
A fast multipole method for stellar dynamics
in Computational Astrophysics and Cosmology
Abhishek
(2024)
The TDHF code Sky3D version 1.2
in Computer Physics Communications
Lee J
(2022)
Composite dynamics in Sp(2 N ) gauge theories
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lawlor D
(2022)
Thermal Transitions in Dense Two-Colour QCD
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Umurhan O
(2013)
Breathing Life Into Dead-Zones
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Mason D
(2022)
The density of states method in Yang-Mills theories and first order phase transitions
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Zharkova V
(2021)
Kinetic Plasma Turbulence Generated in a 3D Current Sheet With Magnetic Islands
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Somà V
(2020)
Self-Consistent Green's Function Theory for Atomic Nuclei
in Frontiers in Physics
Stevenson P
(2022)
Mean-field simulations of Es-254 + Ca-48 heavy-ion reactions
in Frontiers in Physics
Currie L
(2018)
Convection-driven kinematic dynamos with a self-consistent shear flow
in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Mason S
(2022)
Magnetoconvection in a rotating spherical shell in the presence of a uniform axial magnetic field
in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Tsang Y
(2024)
Scaling of the geomagnetic secular variation timescale
in Geophysical Journal International
Davison T
(2022)
Complex Crater Formation by Oblique Impacts on the Earth and Moon
in Geophysical Research Letters
Sergeev D
(2023)
Simulations of idealised 3D atmospheric flows on terrestrial planets using LFRic-Atmosphere
in Geoscientific Model Development
Halim S
(2021)
Assessing the survivability of biomarkers within terrestrial material impacting the lunar surface
in Icarus
Srinivasan S
(2021)
Cosmological gravity on all scales. Part II. Model independent modified gravity N-body simulations
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
De Jong E
(2023)
Spinning primordial black holes formed during a matter-dominated era
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Srinivasan S
(2024)
Cosmological gravity on all scales. Part III. Non-linear matter power spectrum in phenomenological modified gravity
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Gingell P
(2015)
The impact of a hot sodium ion population on the growth of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in Mercury's magnetotail
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Sundberg T
(2015)
Properties and origin of subproton-scale magnetic holes in the terrestrial plasma sheet
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Cheung G
(2016)
Excited and exotic charmonium, D s and D meson spectra for two light quark masses from lattice QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Cheung G
(2017)
Tetraquark operators in lattice QCD and exotic flavour states in the charm sector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Banfi A
(2024)
Higgs interference effects in top-quark pair production in the 1HSM
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Frederix R
(2016)
Extending the Minlo method
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Cheung G
(2016)
Excited and exotic charmonium, D s and D meson spectra for two light quark masses from lattice QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Ceuster F
(2022)
3D Line Radiative Transfer & Synthetic Observations with Magritte
in Journal of Open Source Software
Andrade T
(2021)
GRChombo: An adaptable numerical relativity code for fundamental physics
in Journal of Open Source Software
Pastore A
(2017)
A new statistical method for the structure of the inner crust of neutron stars
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Hebborn C
(2023)
Optical potentials for the rare-isotope beam era
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
McNally C
(2018)
Low mass planet migration in Hall-affected disks
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Barbieri C
(2018)
Recent Applications of Self-Consistent Green's Function Theory to Nuclei
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Agudelo Rueda J
(2021)
Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in particle-in-cell simulations of anisotropic plasma turbulence
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Burgess D
(2016)
Microstructure in two- and three-dimensional hybrid simulations of perpendicular collisionless shocks
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Iršic V
(2016)
The Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dunhill A
(2015)
Precession and accretion in circumbinary discs: the case of HD 104237
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Humphries R
(2018)
Changes in the metallicity of gas giant planets due to pebble accretion
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richardson M
(2020)
Simulating gas kinematic studies of high-redshift galaxies with the HARMONI integral field spectrograph
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lewis B
(2015)
Smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamic simulations of protostellar outflows with misaligned magnetic field and rotation axes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rogers J
(2021)
Photoevaporation versus core-powered mass-loss: model comparison with the 3D radius gap
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cummins D
(2022)
Extreme pebble accretion in ringed protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Elsender D
(2024)
An implicit algorithm for simulating the dynamics of small dust grains with smoothed particle hydrodynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ziampras A
(2023)
Modelling planet-induced gaps and rings in ALMA discs: the role of in-plane radiative diffusion
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | Many new results about black holes, galaxy formation and evolution, star formation and evolution have been made possible by the grant. |
| Exploitation Route | Many academic collaborations are supported by the HPC resources of DiRAC. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Financial Services and Management Consultancy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://www.dirac.ac.uk |
| Description | The DiRAC facility is being widely used by researchers across the UK. We are working closely with industrial partners to design our future systems - this interaction is expected to lead to collaborative technical projects. A significant fractino of our graduating PhD students have gone into many branches of industry, including aerospace, defence and the games industry. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | DiRAC2: Recurrent Costs for 100 Tflop/s HPC cluster |
| Amount | £391,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/K003259/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 01/2016 |
| Description | Royal Astronomical Society's Undergraduate Research Bursary |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | DiRAC |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Department | Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am the PI for two research grants for the procurement and running of the Complexity@DiRAC High Performance Computing cluster at the University of Leicester. This cluster is now in active operation as a national HPC facility. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DiRAC is the facility which provides HPC resources for the theoretical astrophysics and particle physics communities within STFC. |
| Impact | The establishment and running of a new HPC cluster at the University of Leicester as part of the DiRAC national facility. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Astronomy Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to about 100 people at the Astronomy Ireland meeting in November 2013 in Trinity College Dublin. My talk was very well received and I have been invited to give another talk to this audience at a later date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture201311.php |
| Description | BBC Stargazing Live |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentations as part of the BBC Stargazing Live at the National Space Centre and at the University of Leicester, attended by approximately 50 people (2011), 50 people (2012), 300 people (2013), 100 people (2014). The presentation generated lots of questions and discussion from the audience. Local schools had an opportunity to visit the University which is good for inclusivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Cafe Scientifique |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to the Nottingham Cafe Scientifique about various aspects of the research that myself and others are doing with DiRAC. About 40 people attended. I gave a 25 minute presentation which was followed by more than an hour of questions and discussion. One audience member wrote a blog piece about my talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://nottinghamscience.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/talk-building-galaxies-in-office.html |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over the course of the four day, more than 600 people attended my talks. The Friday evening presentation was followed by more than an hour of audience questions. Several audience members contacted me to ask additional questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | School Visit (Dublin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 90 primary school students (3 classes) aged 8-12 years old attended my talks in Rathfarnham Parish National School. Following my visit, a number of students expressed interest in pursuing a career in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Secular Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Spoke to about 50 members of the Leicester Secular Society. My talk generated considerable discussion among the members of the LSS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.leicestersecularsociety.org.uk/calendar/view_entry.php?id=1145&date=20121209 |