“Cosmological N-Body Simulations” by Richards

  • ©Peter Richards

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    19

Title:


    Cosmological N-Body Simulations

Length:


    0:45

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Description:


    Cosmological N-Body Simula­ tions model the formation and clustering of galaxies, using large numbers of particles representing clouds of dark matter, which move according to Newton’s laws in an expanding universe.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: IBM 3060 600J Supercomputer

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Particle-Mesh N-Body code by Ed Bertschinger and Jim Gelb

Additional Contributors:


    Produced by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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