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Title: Illuminating the Universe's Ignition

Journal Article · · Computing in Science and Engineering
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2016.79· OSTI ID:1346629
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This paper tells the story of how a research team based at the University of Texas at Austin used supercomputing resources at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create the first fully coupled simulation of the reionization of our universe's local group. The team's models helped researchers understand how reionization helped form the universe as we know it today, predict the impact of dwarf galaxies on reionization, and set the stage for simulating larger volumes of the universe in greater detail.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AST-1009799; NNX11AE09G; TG-AST0900005
OSTI ID:
1346629
Journal Information:
Computing in Science and Engineering, Vol. 18, Issue 4; ISSN 1521-9615
Publisher:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English