DiRAC-2 Datacentric support grant
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The grant is to pay for management and running costs of the DiRAC-2 Durham datacentric facility for 36 months starting 1/4/14
Planned Impact
DiRAC would seek to engage with industry at various levels, from the provision of computing cycles for industrial applications to the exchange of technical knowledge and shared training programmes. The facility will serve to train young scientists in the most advanced techniques for supercomputing. These have extensive application beyond academia, for example in industry. Finally, output from Dirac-based projects will be used for science outreach activities.
Publications
Bareford M
(2015)
Energy Release in Driven Twisted Coronal Loops
in Solar Physics
Mead A
(2015)
Rapid simulation rescaling from standard to modified gravity models
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wilson J
(2015)
Evidence for explosive silicic volcanism on the Moon from the extended distribution of thorium near the Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Schewtschenko J
(2015)
Dark matter-radiation interactions: the impact on dark matter haloes
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Crain R
(2015)
The EAGLE simulations of galaxy formation: calibration of subgrid physics and model variations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rahmati A
(2015)
The distribution of neutral hydrogen around high-redshift galaxies and quasars in the EAGLE simulation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Howlett C
(2015)
L-PICOLA: A parallel code for fast dark matter simulation
in Astronomy and Computing
Garzilli A
(2015)
The broadening of Lyman-a forest absorption lines
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Le Brun A
(2015)
Testing Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements of the hot gas content of dark matter haloes using synthetic skies
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
| Description | The grant supported the DiRAC-2 Data Centric supercomputer service at Durham. This service forms part of the national DiRAC-2 facility that supports theoretical research in astronomy, cosmology and, particle and nuclear physics. The work has led to a large number of scientific publications mainly to do with astronomy. A publication list is provided on the DiRAC website given below. Particular highlights include the first large simulation of galaxy formation in a large volume that is able to accurately reproduce the masses and sizes of galaxies, and the modelling of the first gravitational wave event detected, which was used to help determine the sizes and properties of the black holes that merged and generated the gravitational waves. |
| Exploitation Route | The papers written contribute to the scientific literature and in some cases have been cited hundreds of times. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Other |
| URL | https://dirac.ac.uk/science_news.html |
| Description | GEMS project crossover |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Durham Energy Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Continued development of minewater heat storage solutions |
| Collaborator Contribution | Use of the GEMS toolkit |
| Impact | - European Geosciences Union EGU25: Data Centre waste heat storage within abandonded flooded mine workings, Vienna. - County Durham Climate Emergency Strategic Board: ICHS project update, Feb 2025. - IEA Minewater discussion group: Talk, ICHS project update, 17th Feb 2025. - Minewater symposium: ICHS project update, 7-8th May 2025. - Durham HPC Days: Talk, May 2024 - HPC/AI Advisory Council: Talk, October 2024 - DiRAC Day: Talk, December 2024 - CIUK: Talk, December 2024 |
| Start Year | 2024 |