COAST is a IRFU program of high performances computing in astrophysics.
COAST promotes high performances computing in astrophysics at CEA/ IRFU. Our activities include code development, applied mathematics, data visualisation, distributed databases, code optimization and parallel computing. The project is a joint initiative of the Laboratory for Astrophysical Plasma Simulation (LSNPA, IRFU/SAp) and the Laboratory for Applied Computer Science (LILAS, IRFU/SEDI)..
COAST and its members are located at CEA Saclay,France.
Associated projects
COAST members are involved in ANR projects (Horizon, Magnet, Sinerghy), european grant project (STARS2) and french inter-labs collaboration (Odalisc).
Software
Codes are developed for different scales of astrophysical simulations, i.e. RAMSES, HERACLES, ASH, JUPITER and FARGO.
Visualization
Numerical simulations results are visualized with SDvision, a IRFU graphical interface; code is presented here and can be downloaded by external users.
Picture gallery
Galleries of images of cosmology, interstellar medium, stars and protoplanets are presented here.
Movie gallery
Selection of 3D animations. Stereoscopic movies for either large display systems or autostereoscopic Alioscopy screens are available upon request.
Documents
COAST work has been presented in international conferences or meetings. References can be found here.
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IRFU (formerly DAPNIA), CEA Saclay, France
Institute of Research into the Fundamental laws of the Universe coast@cea.fr