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
Mason D
(2022)
The density of states method in Yang-Mills theories and first order phase transitions
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Martin-Alvarez, Sergio
(2018)
A three-phase amplification of the cosmic magnetic field in galaxies
Martin-Alvarez S
(2020)
How primordial magnetic fields shrink galaxies
Martin-Alvarez S
(2022)
Towards convergence of turbulent dynamo amplification in cosmological simulations of galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Martin-Alvarez S
(2020)
How primordial magnetic fields shrink galaxies
Martin-Alvarez S
(2021)
Unravelling the origin of magnetic fields in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Martin-Alvarez S
(2018)
A three-phase amplification of the cosmic magnetic field in galaxies
Martin-Alvarez S
(2018)
A three-phase amplification of the cosmic magnetic field in galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Martin-Alvarez S
(2021)
Towards convergence of turbulent dynamo amplification in cosmological simulations of galaxies
Martin-Alvarez S
(2020)
Unraveling the origin of magnetic fields in galaxies
Malbrunot-Ettenauer S
(2022)
Nuclear Charge Radii of the Nickel Isotopes ^{58-68,70}Ni.
in Physical review letters
Makek M
(2016)
Differential cross section measurement of the 12C(e,e'pp)10Beg.s. reaction
in The European Physical Journal A
MacFarlane B. A.
(2016)
Galactic Archaeology and Minimum Spanning Trees
in Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields
Lucini B
(2023)
First-order phase transitions in Yang-Mills theories and the density of state method
in Physical Review D
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)
Two-fluid dust and gas mixtures in smoothed particle hydrodynamics II: an improved semi-implicit approach
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
Liu Y
(2019)
Ring structure in the MWC 480 disk revealed by ALMA
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Le Saux A
(2023)
Two-dimensional simulations of internal gravity waves in a 5 M? zero-age-main-sequence model
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
Lewis B
(2018)
Shaken and stirred: the effects of turbulence and rotation on disc and outflow formation during the collapse of magnetized molecular cloud cores
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Leistenschneider E
(2018)
Dawning of the N=32 Shell Closure Seen through Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Titanium Isotopes.
in Physical review letters
Lee J
(2022)
Simulating Jellyfish Galaxies: A Case Study for a Gas-rich Dwarf Galaxy
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lee J
(2022)
Composite dynamics in Sp(2 N ) gauge theories
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lee J
(2020)
Dual Effects of Ram Pressure on Star Formation in Multiphase Disk Galaxies with Strong Stellar Feedback
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lee J
(2022)
Composite dynamics in Sp($2N$) gauge theories
Le Saux A
(2022)
Two-dimensional simulations of solar-like models with artificially enhanced luminosity II. Impact on internal gravity waves
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Le Bret Theo
(2015)
Particle tagging and its implications for stellar population dynamics
in arXiv e-prints
Lapoux V
(2016)
Radii and Binding Energies in Oxygen Isotopes: A Challenge for Nuclear Forces.
in Physical review letters
Lance S
(2024)
Viscous dissipation and dynamics in simulations of rotating, stratified plane-layer convection
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Laitinen T
(2017)
Early propagation of energetic particles across the mean field in turbulent plasmas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kupilas M
(2021)
Interactions of a shock with a molecular cloud at various stages of its evolution due to thermal instability and gravity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kupilas M
(2022)
Shocking interactions of supernova remnants with atomic and molecular clouds - the interplay between shocks, thermal instability, and gravity in the large cloud regime
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kume A
(2020)
Shape analysis of H ii regions - II. Synthetic observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kulkarni G
(2016)
Models of the cosmological 21 cm signal from the epoch of reionization calibrated with Ly a and CMB data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kulkarni G
(2017)
Large 21-cm signals from AGN-dominated reionization
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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 | 05/2012 |
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 | 06/2014 |
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 |