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
Hall C
(2016)
Directly observing continuum emission from self-gravitating spiral waves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dobbs C
(2016)
Magnetic field evolution and reversals in spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geroux C
(2016)
Multi-dimensional structure of accreting young stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Viallet M
(2016)
A Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov method for time-implicit multidimensional hydrodynamics Physics-based preconditioning for sound waves and thermal diffusion
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
(2016)
MODELING THE RISE OF FIBRIL MAGNETIC FIELDS IN FULLY CONVECTIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pratt J
(2016)
Spherical-shell boundaries for two-dimensional compressible convection in a star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Baraffe I
(2016)
Self-consistent evolution of accreting low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Browning M
(2016)
THEORETICAL LIMITS ON MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS IN LOW-MASS STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Helling C
(2016)
The mineral clouds on HD 209458b and HD 189733b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Weber M
(2017)
The Suppression and Promotion of Magnetic Flux Emergence in Fully Convective Stars
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Wurster J
(2017)
The impact of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics on binary star formation
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
Currie L
(2017)
The Magnitude of Viscous Dissipation in Strongly Stratified Two-dimensional Convection
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Tremblin P
(2017)
Advection of Potential Temperature in the Atmosphere of Irradiated Exoplanets: A Robust Mechanism to Explain Radius Inflation
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Mayne N
(2017)
Results from a set of three-dimensional numerical experiments of a hot Jupiter atmosphere
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kraus S
(2017)
Dust-trapping Vortices and a Potentially Planet-triggered Spiral Wake in the Pre-transitional Disk of V1247 Orionis
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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
Dobbs C
(2017)
The properties, origin and evolution of stellar clusters in galaxy simulations and observations
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
Amundsen D
(2017)
Treatment of overlapping gaseous absorption with the correlated- k method in hot Jupiter and brown dwarf atmosphere models
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Goffrey T
(2017)
Benchmarking the Multidimensional Stellar Implicit Code MUSIC
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duarte-Cabral A
(2017)
The evolution of giant molecular filaments
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Boutle I
(2017)
Exploring the climate of Proxima B with the Met Office Unified Model
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Pratt J
(2017)
Extreme value statistics for two-dimensional convective penetration in a pre-main sequence star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bate M
(2018)
On the diversity and statistical properties of protostellar discs
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
Young A
(2018)
What can the SEDs of first hydrostatic core candidates reveal about their nature?
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 |