Supercomputer support for the Astrophysics Group at the University of Exeter
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The Astrophysics Group in the School of Physics at the University of Exeter urgently requires access to supercomputer time in order to conduct its numerical research. This research includes magnetohydrodynamical and radiation hydrodynamical modelling of star and planet formation and the interstellar medium and radiative transfer modelling of young stars and protoplanetary discs. In this application, we request STFC funding to purchase three years of computing resource on the Exeter supercomputer. We believe that providing funding for access charges to Exeter's local machine is the most cost-effective and rapid way for STFC to provide the Astrophysics Group with the supercomputer access and programming support it requires.
Organisations
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
Duarte-Cabral A
(2016)
What can simulated molecular clouds tell us about real molecular clouds?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mayne N
(2014)
Using the UM dynamical cores to reproduce idealised 3-D flows
in Geoscientific Model Development
Lorén-Aguilar P
(2014)
Two-fluid dust and gas mixtures in smoothed particle hydrodynamics: a semi-implicit approach
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lorén-Aguilar P
(2015)
Two-fluid dust and gas mixtures in smoothed particle hydrodynamics II: an improved semi-implicit approach
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Amundsen D
(2017)
Treatment of overlapping gaseous absorption with the correlated- k method in hot Jupiter and brown dwarf atmosphere models
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lorén-Aguilar P
(2016)
Toroidal vortices as a solution to the dust migration problem
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Lorén-Aguilar P
(2015)
Toroidal vortices and the conglomeration of dust into rings in protoplanetary discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Rundle D
(2010)
Three-dimensional molecular line transfer: a simulated star-forming region Three-dimensional molecular line transfer
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Browning M
(2016)
THEORETICAL LIMITS ON MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS IN LOW-MASS STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mayne N
(2013)
The unified model, a fully-compressible, non-hydrostatic, deep atmosphere global circulation model, applied to hot Jupiters ENDGame for a HD 209458b test case
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Amundsen D
(2016)
The UK Met Office global circulation model with a sophisticated radiation scheme applied to the hot Jupiter HD 209458b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Weber M
(2017)
The Suppression and Promotion of Magnetic Flux Emergence in Fully Convective Stars
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Acreman D
(2012)
The structure of H i in galactic discs: simulations versus observations The structure of H i in galactic discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bate M
(2014)
The statistical properties of stars and their dependence on metallicity: the effects of opacity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rey-Raposo R
(2017)
The roles of stellar feedback and galactic environment in star-forming molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2017)
The properties, origin and evolution of stellar clusters in galaxy simulations and observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pettitt A
(2015)
The morphology of the Milky Way - II. Reconstructing CO maps from disc galaxies with live stellar distributions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pettitt A
(2014)
The morphology of the Milky Way - I. Reconstructing CO maps from simulations in fixed potentials
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Helling C
(2016)
The mineral clouds on HD 209458b and HD 189733b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Currie L
(2017)
The Magnitude of Viscous Dissipation in Strongly Stratified Two-dimensional Convection
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Dobbs C
(2015)
The interstellar medium and star formation on kpc size scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2017)
The impact of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics on binary star formation
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
Dobbs C
(2015)
The frequency and nature of 'cloud-cloud collisions' in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2013)
The exciting lives of giant molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2017)
The evolution of giant molecular filaments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Drummond B
(2016)
The effects of consistent chemical kinetics calculations on the pressure-temperature profiles and emission spectra of hot Jupiters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Vorobyov E
(2013)
The effect of episodic accretion on the phase transition of CO and CO 2 in low-mass star formation
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dobbs C
(2013)
The dependence of stellar age distributions on giant molecular cloud environment
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Lewis B
(2017)
The dependence of protostar formation on the geometry and strength of the initial magnetic field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2018)
The collapse of a molecular cloud core to stellar densities using radiation non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haworth T
(2012)
Testing diagnostics of triggered star formation Triggered star formation diagnostics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acreman D
(2010)
Synthetic H i observations of a simulated spiral galaxy Synthetic observations of a spiral galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duarte-Cabral A
(2015)
Synthetic CO, H2 and H i surveys of the second galactic quadrant, and the properties of molecular gas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bate M
(2012)
Stellar, brown dwarf and multiple star properties from a radiation hydrodynamical simulation of star cluster formation Stellar and multiple star properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pratt J
(2016)
Spherical-shell boundaries for two-dimensional compressible convection in a star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Patience J
(2011)
Spatially resolved submillimeter imaging of the HR 8799 debris disk
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Baraffe I
(2016)
Self-consistent evolution of accreting low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mayne N
(2017)
Results from a set of three-dimensional numerical experiments of a hot Jupiter atmosphere
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Harries T
(2015)
Radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of massive star formation using Monte Carlo radiative transfer - I. Algorithms and numerical methods
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haworth T
(2012)
Radiation hydrodynamics of triggered star formation: the effect of the diffuse radiation field Radiation hydrodynamics of star formation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monnier J
(2017)
Polarized Disk Emission from Herbig Ae/Be Stars Observed Using Gemini Planet Imager: HD 144432, HD 150193, HD 163296, and HD 169142
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ayliffe B
(2010)
Planet migration: self-gravitating radiation hydrodynamical models of protoplanets with surfaces Planetary migration and growth
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haworth T
(2015)
On the relative importance of different microphysics on the D-type expansion of galactic H ii regions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mayne N
(2010)
On the properties of discs around accreting brown dwarfs Brown dwarf discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Meru F
(2011)
On the fragmentation criteria of self-gravitating protoplanetary discs Fragmentation criteria in discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bate M
(2017)
On the dynamics of dust during protostellar collapse
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | This grant provided funding for research into star and planet formation. |
| Exploitation Route | Via refereed journal articles. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education |
| Description | Findings were published in refereed journal papers. Animations and images provided at http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/mbate |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | ERC Advanced Grant |
| Amount | € 1,706,418 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | No. 339248 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | STFC Consolidated Grant |
| Amount | £1,734,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/J001627/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Animations of some of my star formation calculations were placed on the web in 2008. These were used in: a movie to introduce the Nobeyama Observatory in 2009, a public television science programme called Newslight on Vara in the Netherlands in 2009, and a TV series "From the Big Bang to Life" produced in Canada in 2010. Animations placed on the web before 2006 have been used during the period 2006-present in the following ways: 4 different Planetarium shows in France (2), Germany, Newcastle; two books, a presentation at Singleton Hospital, Swansea NHS Trust, the `Universe Awareness' programme of Leiden University, a short documentary film produced by Experimentarium, a Science Centre in Denmark, and the German calendar `Bild der Wissenschaft". My animations were used in the various ways above to inform the general public about star formation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/people/mbate |