Principal Investigator:
Christoph Federrath (1), Ralf S. Klessen (2)
, (1) Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University (ANU), (2) Zentrum für Astronomie, Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik und Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Universität Heidelberg (Germany)
HPC Platform used:
SuperMUC of LRZ
Local Project ID:
pr32lo
Understanding turbulent gases and fluids is critical for a wide range of terrestrial and astrophysical applications. Here we present the world's largest turbulence simulation to date. This GCS Large-Scale Project on SuperMUC consumed 45 million core hours and produced 2 PB of data. It is the first and only simulation to bridge the scales from supersonic (Mach > 1) to subsonic (Mach < 1) flow and resolves the sonic scale (where the Mach number = 1). The sonic scale is a key ingredient for star formation models and may determine the size of filamentary structures in the interstellar medium.
