Galaxy Simulations (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Galaxy Simulations

Caption

Inconsistencies in supercomputer simulations to be compared in the AGORA project are clearly evident in this test galaxy produced by each of nine different versions of participating codes using the same astrophysics and starting with the same initial conditions. The goal of AGORA is to analyze such inconsistencies in order to improve the realism and predictive power of supercomputer simulations, and thus astronomers' understanding of astrophysical processes.

Credit

Simulations performed by Samuel Leitner (ART-II), Ji-hoon Kim (ENZO), Oliver Hahn (GADGET-2- CFS), Keita Todoroki (GADGET-3), Alexander Hobbs (GADGET-3-CFS and GADGET-3-AFS), Sijing Shen (GASOLINE), Michael Kuhlen (PKDGRAV-2), and Romain Teyssier (RAMSES)

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