ASTROPHYSICS

Astrophysics

SuperMUC-NG Helps Researchers Study our Cosmic Neighborhood in Unprecedented Detail

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jenny Sorce , Ludwigs-Maximillians-Universität München

HPC Platform used: SuperMUC-NG at LRZ

Local Project ID: Pn29me

Researchers at the Ludwigs-Maximillians Universität München are focused on studying the concentration of galaxies called the Coma, which is made up of more than 1,000 galaxies in our interstellar neighborhood. Using experimental facilities and world-class computng, the team was able to simulate the Coma cluster in unprecedented detail.

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Astrophysics

Magneticum: Simulating Large Scale Structure Formation in the Universe

Principal Investigator: Klaus Dolag , University Observatory Munich (Germany)

HPC Platform used: SuperMUC of LRZ

Local Project ID: pr83li

In project Magneticum, scientists perform simulations of which the most computational intensive one covers a cosmic volume of 1 Gpc3. This allows the researchers, for the very first time, to self consistently study galaxy clusters and groups, galaxies, and active galaxy nuclei (AGNs) within an enormously large volume of the Universe.

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