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
Bourne M
(2017)
AGN jet feedback on a moving mesh: cocoon inflation, gas flows and turbulence
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zubovas K
(2013)
AGN outflows trigger starbursts in gas-rich galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2013)
AGN-driven quenching of star formation: morphological and dynamical implications for early-type galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Riaz B
(2019)
ALMA reveals a pseudo-disc in a proto-brown dwarf
Stamatellos D
(2019)
ALMA reveals a pseudo-disc in a proto-brown dwarf
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2015)
ALMA reveals sunburn: CO dissociation around AGB stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Richards A
(2014)
ALMA sub-mm maser and dust distribution of VY Canis Majoris
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Haworth T
(2022)
An APEX search for carbon emission from NGC 1977 proplyds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haworth T
(2022)
An APEX search for carbon emission from NGC 1977 proplyds
Ural U
(2015)
An inefficient dwarf: chemical abundances and the evolution of the Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gray M
(2020)
Analysis of methanol maser flares in G107.298+5.63 and S255-NIRS3
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tobias S
(2020)
Angular momentum transport, layering, and zonal jet formation by the GSF instability: non-linear simulations at a general latitude
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Franci L
(2022)
Anisotropic Electron Heating in Turbulence-driven Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rey-Raposo R
(2015)
Are turbulent spheres suitable initial conditions for star-forming clouds?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Halim S
(2021)
Assessing the survivability of biomarkers within terrestrial material impacting the lunar surface
in Icarus
Sergeev D
(2020)
Atmospheric Convection Plays a Key Role in the Climate of Tidally Locked Terrestrial Exoplanets: Insights from High-resolution Simulations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Taylor J
(2023)
Awesome SOSS: atmospheric characterization of WASP-96 b using the JWST early release observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hergt L
(2021)
Bayesian evidence for the tensor-to-scalar ratio r and neutrino masses m ? : Effects of uniform versus logarithmic priors
in Physical Review D
Goffrey T
(2017)
Benchmarking the Multidimensional Stellar Implicit Code MUSIC
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
França T
(2023)
Binary Black Holes in Modified Gravity
Dubois Y
(2014)
Black hole evolution - II. Spinning black holes in a supernova-driven turbulent interstellar medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dubois Y
(2014)
Black hole evolution - III. Statistical properties of mass growth and spin evolution using large-scale hydrodynamical cosmological simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bourne M
(2014)
Black hole feedback in a multiphase interstellar medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bourne M
(2014)
Black hole feedback in a multiphase interstellar medium
Dehnen W
(2013)
BLACK HOLE FORAGING: FEEDBACK DRIVES FEEDING
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bamber J
(2023)
Black hole merger simulations in wave dark matter environments
in Physical Review D
Bamber J
(2022)
Black hole merger simulations in wave dark matter environments
Dubois Y
(2013)
Blowing cold flows away: the impact of early AGN activity on the formation of a brightest cluster galaxy progenitor
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Beckmann R
(2018)
Bondi or not Bondi: the impact of resolution on accretion and drag force modelling for supermassive black holes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rey M
(2023)
Boosting galactic outflows with enhanced resolution
Umurhan O
(2013)
Breathing Life Into Dead-Zones
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Nixon C
(2012)
Broken discs: warp propagation in accretion discs Broken discs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ziampras A
(2023)
Buoyancy response of a disc to an embedded planet: a cross-code comparison at high resolution
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Suarez T
(2016)
Bursty star formation feedback and cooling outflows
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chardin J
(2015)
Calibrating cosmological radiative transfer simulations with Ly a forest data: evidence for large spatial UV background fluctuations at z ~ 5.6-5.8 due to rare bright sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bartlett D
(2021)
Calibrating galaxy formation effects in galactic tests of fundamental physics
in Physical Review D
Christie D
(2022)
CAMEMBERT: A Mini-Neptunes General Circulation Model Intercomparison, Protocol Version 1.0.A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project
in The Planetary Science Journal
Dehnen W
(2022)
Capture of interstellar objects - I. The capture cross-section
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dehnen W
(2021)
Capture of interstellar objects I: the capture cross-section
Dehnen, Walter
(2022)
Capture of interstellar objects I: the capture cross-section
Welker Charlotte
(2015)
Caught in the rhythm: how satellites settle into a plane around their central galaxy
in arXiv e-prints
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 |