An electromagnetic PIC code on the MasPar

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:54394

MacNeice, P ^[1]

---

1. Hughest STX, Greenbelt, MD (United States)

A 3D electromagnetic particle-in-cell code has been rewritten to run on the MasPar. The original code; known as TRISTAN which was written by Oscar Buneman was rewritten in MPL and its data structure altered to suit the MasPar architecture and exploit the fully local property of the algorithm. We discuss the significant issues associated with porting the code and present a comparative analysis of the code run times on the MasPar and on the CRAY YMP and C90. Results of a simulation of the interaction of the solar wind with the earth`s magnetosphere are shown.

• OSTI ID: 54394
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/25151-1-Vol.1; CONF-930331-Vol.1; TRN: 94:007584-0026
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) conference on parallel processing for scientific computing, Norfolk, VA (United States), 21-24 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Parallel processing for scientific computing: Proceedings. Volume 1; Sincovec, R.F.; Leuze, M.R. [eds.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Keyes, D.E. [ed.] [Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)]; Petzold, L.R. [ed.] [Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN (United States)]; Reed, D.A. [ed.] [Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL (United States)]; PB: 522 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PLASMA SIMULATION
ALGORITHMS
PLASMA FLUID EQUATIONS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION