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
Hague P
(2014)
Dark matter in disc galaxies - II. Density profiles as constraints on feedback scenarios
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Muni C
(2024)
From particles to orbits: precise dark matter density profiles using dynamical information
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Obreja A
(2014)
The main sequence and the fundamental metallicity relation in MaGICC Galaxies: evolution and scatter
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
Currie L
(2020)
Convection with misaligned gravity and rotation: simulations and rotating mixing length theory
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2022)
On the origin of magnetic fields in stars - II. The effect of numerical resolution
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
Dobbs C
(2022)
The formation of clusters and OB associations in different density spiral arm environments
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
Keating L
(2015)
Probing the end of reionization with the near zones of z ? 6 QSOs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haworth T
(2022)
An APEX search for carbon emission from NGC 1977 proplyds
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
Wurster J
(2023)
Star-forming environments in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics simulations I: clump extraction and properties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Duguid C
(2020)
Convective turbulent viscosity acting on equilibrium tidal flows: new frequency scaling of the effective viscosity
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
Sartorio N
(2021)
Photoionization feedback in turbulent molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Alexander R
(2015)
Magnetospheres of hot Jupiters: hydrodynamic models and ultraviolet absorption
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hu S
(2016)
Stellar spiral structures in triaxial dark matter haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Rorai A
(2017)
Exploring the thermal state of the low-density intergalactic medium at z = 3 with an ultrahigh signal-to-noise QSO spectrum
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Katz H
(2023)
Two modes of LyC escape from bursty star formation: implications for [C ii ] deficits and the sources of reionization
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
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
Wurster J
(2020)
Non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics versus turbulence II: Which is the dominant process in stellar core formation?
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
Acreman D
(2015)
Modelling multiwavelength observational characteristics of bow shocks from runaway early-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hutt M
(2022)
The effect of local Universe constraints on halo abundance and clustering
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Beckmann R
(2024)
Supermassive black holes in merger-free galaxies have higher spins which are preferentially aligned with their host galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Baraffe I
(2023)
A study of convective core overshooting as a function of stellar mass based on two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations
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
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
Bate M
(2020)
Photoionizing feedback in spiral arm molecular clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Winther H
(2015)
Modified gravity N -body code comparison project
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vlaykov D
(2022)
Impact of radial truncation on global 2D hydrodynamic simulations for a Sun-like model
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
Nayakshin S
(2020)
The paradox of youth for ALMA planet candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coleman G
(2022)
Dusty circumbinary discs: inner cavity structures and stopping locations of migrating planets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bulla M
(2016)
Type Ia supernovae from violent mergers of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs: polarization signatures
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
Young A
(2019)
Synthetic molecular line observations of the first hydrostatic core from chemical calculations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Orkney M
(2023)
EDGE: the shape of dark matter haloes in the faintest galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nayakshin S
(2015)
Tidal Downsizing model - III. Planets from sub-Earths to brown dwarfs: structure and metallicity preferences
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kimm T
(2019)
Understanding the escape of LyC and Lya photons from turbulent clouds
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
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
Kawata D
(2017)
Impacts of a flaring star-forming disc and stellar radial mixing on the vertical metallicity gradient
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wurster J
(2019)
There is no magnetic braking catastrophe: low-mass star cluster and protostellar disc formation with non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gration A
(2019)
Dynamical modelling of dwarf spheroidal galaxies using Gaussian-process emulation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
De Vries N
(2023)
Tidal dissipation due to the elliptical instability and turbulent viscosity in convection zones in rotating giant planets and stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wareing C
(2018)
A new mechanical stellar wind feedback model for the Rosette Nebula
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 |