Advances in petascale kinetic plasma simulation with VPIC and Roadrunner

被引:158
作者
Bowers, K. J. [1 ]
Albright, B. J. [1 ]
Yin, L. [1 ]
Daughton, W. [1 ]
Roytershteyn, V. [2 ]
Bergen, B. [3 ]
Kwan, T. J. T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Appl Phys, Plasma Theory & Applicat Grp X 1 PTA, POB 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] Appl Math & Plasma Phys Grp, Theoret Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[3] Computat Phys & Methods Grp, Comp Computat & Stat Sci Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
来源
SCIDAC 2009: SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH ADVANCED COMPUTING | 2009年 / 180卷
基金
美国能源部;
关键词
PARTICLE-IN-CELL; ION-ACCELERATION; LASER; DRIVEN;
D O I
10.1088/1742-6596/180/1/012055
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
VPIC [1], a first-principles 3d electromagnetic charge-conserving relativistic kinetic particle-in-cell code, was recently adapted to run on Los Alamos's Roadrunner [2], the first supercomputer to break a petaflop (10(15) floating point operations per second) in the TOP500 supercomputer performance rankings. [3] We summarize VPIC's modeling capabilities, VPIC's optimization techniques and Roadrunner's computational characteristics. We then discuss three applications enabled by VPIC's unprecedented performance on Roadrunner: modeling laser plasma interaction in upcoming inertial confinement fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility, modeling short-pulse laser GeV ion acceleration and modeling reconnection in space and laboratory plasmas.
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