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
Young A
(2018)
What can the SEDs of first hydrostatic core candidates reveal about their nature?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wakelam V
(2020)
Influence of galactic arm scale dynamics on the molecular composition of the cold and dense ISM III. Elemental depletion and shortcomings of the current physico-chemical models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aumer M
(2016)
Age-velocity dispersion relations and heating histories in disc galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2021)
Do we need non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic to model protostellar discs?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dymott R
(2023)
Linear and non-linear properties of the Goldreich-Schubert-Fricke instability in stellar interiors with arbitrary local radial and latitudinal differential rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ali A
(2018)
Modelling massive star feedback with Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: photoionization and radiation pressure in a turbulent cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mak M
(2024)
3D simulations of TRAPPIST-1e with varying CO2, CH4, and haze profiles
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Orkney M
(2022)
EDGE: the puzzling ellipticity of Eridanus II's star cluster and its implications for dark matter at the heart of an ultra-faint dwarf
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Buckle J
(2015)
The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: SCUBA-2 observations of circumstellar discs in L 1495
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fancher J
(2023)
On the relative importance of shocks and self-gravity in modifying tidal disruption event debris streams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Meiksin A
(2017)
Gas around galaxy haloes - III: hydrogen absorption signatures around galaxies and QSOs in the Sherwood simulation suite
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Currie L
(2020)
Convection with misaligned gravity and rotation: simulations and rotating mixing length theory
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Harries T
(2017)
Radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of massive star formation using Monte Carlo radiative transfer - II. The formation of a 25 solar-mass star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Curtis M
(2015)
Resolving flows around black holes: numerical technique and applications
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ayliffe B
(2012)
The growth and hydrodynamic collapse of a protoplanet envelope Hydrodynamic collapse models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rieder S
(2022)
The formation and early evolution of embedded star clusters in spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2014)
Dancing in the dark: galactic properties trace spin swings along the cosmic web
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura M
(2013)
Herschel SPIRE and PACS observations of the red supergiant VY CMa: analysis of the molecular line spectra?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bisbas T
(2014)
A photodissociation region study of NGC 4038
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acreman D
(2015)
Modelling multiwavelength observational characteristics of bow shocks from runaway early-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kacharov N
(2017)
Prolate rotation and metallicity gradient in the transforming dwarf galaxy Phoenix
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Aumer M
(2017)
The structural evolution of galaxies with both thin and thick discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2015)
The interstellar medium and star formation on kpc size scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Battino U
(2019)
NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z= 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cui W
(2016)
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations - IV. Quantifying the influence of baryons on halo properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kaviraj S
(2015)
Galaxy merger histories and the role of merging in driving star formation at z > 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christie D
(2022)
The impact of phase equilibrium cloud models on GCM simulations of GJ 1214b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astoul A
(2022)
The effects of non-linearities on tidal flows in the convective envelopes of rotating stars and planets in exoplanetary systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dehnen W
(2023)
Measuring bar pattern speeds from single simulation snapshots
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Goater A
(2024)
EDGE: The direct link between mass growth history and the extended stellar haloes of the faintest dwarf galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Grand R
(2015)
Impact of radial migration on stellar and gas radial metallicity distribution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Turpin G
(2024)
Orbital evolution of close binary systems: comparing viscous and wind-driven circumbinary disc models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bate M
(2023)
The statistical properties of stars at redshift, z = 5, compared with the present epoch
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zubovas K
(2016)
A simple way to improve AGN feedback prescription in SPH simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ragusa E
(2021)
Circumbinary and circumstellar discs around the eccentric binary IRAS 04158+2805 - a testbed for binary-disc interaction
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Riols A
(2017)
Gravitoturbulence and the excitation of small-scale parametric instability in astrophysical discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Assmann P
(2013)
A possible formation scenario for dwarf spheroidal galaxies - I. Fiducial model
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2016)
What can simulated molecular clouds tell us about real molecular clouds?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Assmann P
(2013)
A possible formation scenario for dwarf spheroidal galaxies - II. A parameter study
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sembolini F
(2016)
nIFTy galaxy cluster simulations - I. Dark matter and non-radiative models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Di Cintio A
(2014)
The dependence of dark matter profiles on the stellar-to-halo mass ratio: a prediction for cusps versus cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rogers J
(2023)
Exoplanet atmosphere evolution: emulation with neural networks
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Katz H
(2019)
Probing cosmic dawn with emission lines: predicting infrared and nebular line emission for ALMA and JWST
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2021)
The properties of clusters, and the orientation of magnetic fields relative to filaments, in magnetohydrodynamic simulations of colliding clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dehnen W
(2017)
Symplectic fourth-order maps for the collisional N -body problem
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hu S
(2018)
Impact of cosmological satellites on stellar discs: dissecting one satelliteat a time
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ayliffe B
(2012)
On the accumulation of planetesimals near disc gaps created by protoplanets Planetesimal accumulation near gaps
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2024)
Star-forming environments in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics simulations II: re-simulating isolated clumps to determine equivalence of extracted clumps and parent simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rodríguez Montero F
(2024)
The impact of cosmic rays on the interstellar medium and galactic outflows of Milky Way analogues
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Petkova M
(2021)
Modelling of ionizing feedback with smoothed particle hydrodynamics and Monte Carlo radiative transfer on a Voronoi grid
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 |