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
Clemens A
(2016)
Pickup ion processes associated with spacecraft thrusters: Implications for solar probe plus
in Physics of Plasmas
Yates J
(2014)
Response of the Jovian thermosphere to a transient 'pulse' in solar wind pressure
in Planetary and Space Science
Yates J
(2012)
Influence of upstream solar wind on thermospheric flows at Jupiter
in Planetary and Space Science
Mason D.
(2023)
The density of state method for first-order phase transitions in Yang-Mills theories
in Proceedings of Science
Janowski T.
(2019)
Resonance study of SU(2) model with 2 fundamental flavours of fermions
in Proceedings of Science
Spriggs T.
(2023)
New results for thermal interquark bottomonium potentials using NRQCD from the HAL QCD method
in Proceedings of Science
Weber M
(2017)
The Suppression and Promotion of Magnetic Flux Emergence in Fully Convective Stars
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Nayakshin S
(2017)
Dawes Review 7: The Tidal Downsizing Hypothesis of Planet Formation
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Brook C
(2013)
The Lowest Metallicity Stars in the LMC: Clues from MaGICC Simulations
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Stevenson P
(2020)
A time-dependent Hartree-Fock study of triple-alpha dynamics
in SciPost Physics Proceedings
Lee J
(2022)
Simulating Jellyfish Galaxies: A Case Study for a Gas-rich Dwarf Galaxy
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gourgouliatos K
(2017)
Magnetic Axis Drift and Magnetic Spot Formation in Neutron Stars with Toroidal Fields
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kimm T
(2014)
ESCAPE FRACTION OF IONIZING PHOTONS DURING REIONIZATION: EFFECTS DUE TO SUPERNOVA FEEDBACK AND RUNAWAY OB STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Browning M
(2016)
THEORETICAL LIMITS ON MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS IN LOW-MASS STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Han D
(2022)
Impact of Radiation Feedback on the Formation of Globular Cluster Candidates during Cloud-Cloud Collisions
in The Astrophysical Journal
Monnier J
(2019)
Multiple Spiral Arms in the Disk around Intermediate-mass Binary HD 34700A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Agudelo Rueda J
(2022)
Energy Transport during 3D Small-scale Reconnection Driven by Anisotropic Plasma Turbulence
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Drummond B
(2018)
The 3D Thermal, Dynamical, and Chemical Structure of the Atmosphere of HD 189733b: Implications of Wind-driven Chemistry for the Emission Phase Curve
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coughlin E
(2015)
VARIABILITY IN TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS: GRAVITATIONALLY UNSTABLE STREAMS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Golightly E
(2019)
Tidal Disruption Events: The Role of Stellar Spin
in The Astrophysical Journal
Xia Q
(2020)
Particle Acceleration and Transport during 3D CME Eruptions
in The Astrophysical Journal
Matsuura M
(2015)
A STUBBORNLY LARGE MASS OF COLD DUST IN THE EJECTA OF SUPERNOVA 1987A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coughlin E
(2022)
Stars Crushed by Black Holes. II. A Physical Model of Adiabatic Compression and Shock Formation in Tidal Disruption Events
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dehnen W
(2013)
BLACK HOLE FORAGING: FEEDBACK DRIVES FEEDING
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kirk H
(2016)
THE JCMT GOULD BELT SURVEY: A FIRST LOOK AT DENSE CORES IN ORION B
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hague P
(2015)
THE DEGENERACY OF M33 MASS MODELING AND ITS PHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Trotta D
(2022)
On the Transmission of Turbulent Structures across the Earth's Bow Shock
in The Astrophysical Journal
Norman S
(2021)
Stars Crushed by Black Holes. I. On the Energy Distribution of Stellar Debris in Tidal Disruption Events
in The Astrophysical Journal
Vanon R
(2023)
Three-dimensional Simulations of Massive Stars. II. Age Dependence
in The Astrophysical Journal
Franci L
(2022)
Anisotropic Electron Heating in Turbulence-driven Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kataria T
(2016)
THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OF A NINE-HOT-JUPITER SAMPLE: PROBING CIRCULATION AND CHEMISTRY OVER A WIDE PHASE SPACE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hall C
(2020)
Predicting the Kinematic Evidence of Gravitational Instability
in The Astrophysical Journal
Baraffe I
(2017)
Lithium Depletion in Solar-like Stars: Effect of Overshooting Based on Realistic Multi-dimensional Simulations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lee J
(2020)
Dual Effects of Ram Pressure on Star Formation in Multiphase Disk Galaxies with Strong Stellar Feedback
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Bae J
(2016)
SELF-DESTRUCTING SPIRAL WAVES: GLOBAL SIMULATIONS OF A SPIRAL-WAVE INSTABILITY IN ACCRETION DISKS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sundberg T
(2016)
ION ACCELERATION AT THE QUASI-PARALLEL BOW SHOCK: DECODING THE SIGNATURE OF INJECTION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Raj A
(2021)
Disk Tearing: Numerical Investigation of Warped Disk Instability
in The Astrophysical Journal
Trotta D
(2020)
Fast Acceleration of Transrelativistic Electrons in Astrophysical Turbulence
in The Astrophysical Journal
Weber M
(2016)
MODELING THE RISE OF FIBRIL MAGNETIC FIELDS IN FULLY CONVECTIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gingell P
(2015)
THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL EVOLUTION OF ION-SCALE CURRENT SHEETS: TEARING AND DRIFT-KINK INSTABILITIES IN THE PRESENCE OF PROTON TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Burgess D
(2016)
MULTIPLE CURRENT SHEET SYSTEMS IN THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE: ENERGY RELEASE AND TURBULENCE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Varghese A
(2023)
Chemical Mixing Induced by Internal Gravity Waves in Intermediate-mass Stars
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bandopadhyay A
(2024)
The Peak of the Fallback Rate from Tidal Disruption Events: Dependence on Stellar Type
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Nixon C
(2022)
Stellar Revival and Repeated Flares in Deeply Plunging Tidal Disruption Events
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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
Pontzen A
(2018)
TANGOS: The Agile Numerical Galaxy Organization System
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Makek M
(2016)
Differential cross section measurement of the 12C(e,e'pp)10Beg.s. reaction
in The European Physical Journal A
Somà V
(2021)
Moving away from singly-magic nuclei with Gorkov Green's function theory
in The European Physical Journal A
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 |