Simulation and Data Laboratory Plasma Physics

Prof. Dr. Paul Gibbon

Head of division HPC in Applied Sciences and Engineering PI in Helmholtz Information Program 1, Topic 1

• Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
• Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

Building 14.14 /
Room 4015

+49 2461/61-1499

E-Mail

The Plasma Simulation and Data Laboratory is a research and support group with expertise in advanced simulation techniques needed for tackling the highly nonlinear, multi-dimensional problems prevalent in contemporary plasma modelling. It was among the first Simulation Laboratories founded at JSC towards the end of 2008. One of its main tasks is to actively engage with plasma physics groups from academia and industry, helping them to harness the world-class supercomputer facilities available at JSC.

Within the Program-oriented Funding (PoF IV) of Helmholtz Information, this group contributes to Program 1 “Engineering Digital Futures”, Topic 1 “Enabling Computational- & Data-Intensive Science and Engineering”, and it is part of the European Joint Virtual Lab on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Scalable Simulation (AIDAS).

Goals

• High-level support for supercomputing projects at JSC
• Improving scalability of plasma simulation codes on high-end supercomputers
• Development of advanced numerical algorithms for kinetic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modelling of plasmas
• Hosting of repositories for open-source community codes
• Community building via workshops, teaching and fusion industry outreach

Research Topics

Team members

Projects and Collaborations

All publications

All publications by members of the SDL PP. These will cover research on plasma physics as well as support activities.

Team.png

Publication.png

Publications.png

Network.png

PEPC

JuSPIC

NVAL Logo

NVAL Logo

Computational Plasma Physics

Software Projects

PEPC

The PEPC project (Pretty Efficient Parallel Coulomb Solver) is a public tree code that has been developed at Jülich Supercomputing Centre since the early 2000s. Our tree code is a non-recursive version of the Barnes-Hut algorithm, using a level-by-level approach to both tree construction and traversals.

JuSPIC

JuSPIC is a new open source development from JSC aiming for exascale machines. It is a particle-in-cell (PIC) code for particle simulations in electromagnetic fields. The non-linear interaction between the fields and the plasma is described by the relativistic Vlasov equation and Maxwell's equations.

Projects and Collaborations

EoCoE

The Energy oriented Centre of Excellence in computing applications uses the tremendous potential offered by the ever-growing computing infrastructure to foster and accelerate the European transition to a reliable and low carbon energy supply using HPC (High Performance Computing).

Mont-Blanc

This project will develop HPC systems from today's energy-efficient solutions used in embedded and mobile devices. As of today, the CPUs of these devices are mostly designed by ARM. However, ARM processors have not been designed for HPC, and ARM chips have never been used in HPC systems before, leading to a number of significant challenges.

NVIDIA Application Lab

NVIDIA joined forces with JSC in form of new competency centers to advance the creation and optimisation of research codes on GPU-accelerated systems.

ScaFaCoS

Scalable Fast Coulomb Solver - is a network project of German research groups working on a unified parallel library for various methods to solve electrostatic (and gravitational) problems in large particle simulations.

TEXT - Towards EXaflop applicaTions

The TEXT project explores a new hybrid programming model SMPSs/MPI that will enable applications to follow the path to exascale. Within this approach, SMPSs provides the necessary support for asynchrony and heterogeneity as well as enabling incremental parallelization, modularity and portability of applications.

SCIPIO

Development of a SCalable Data Exchange Interface for Fast Parallel I/O for the EFDA ITM Task Force. JARA-SIM funded project on scalable I/O for magnetic fusion codes connected by workflow tools.

ExtreMe Matter Institute (EMMI)

The ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research is dedicated to research in the area of matter at the extremes of density and temperature, ranging from the coldest to the hottest forms of matter in the Universe.

Nu-FuSE - Nuclear Fusion Simulations at Exascale

Given the high cost of developing exascale computers and their software, any application to use them must start from a base of having a very solid socio-economic, scientific and technological base. In addition, it must bring together experts from the application science, computational scientists and, ideally, those who will work to exploit the results for wider benefit. The NuFuSE project addresses all of these issues.

EIC

The Exascale Innovation Center - will develop hardware and software for an exascale supercomputer by the end of this decade. Five scientists from the IBM development laboratory in Böblingen and five scientists from Jülich will be collaborating with a team of scientists at the IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights.

• 1
• 2
• 3

Team members, Publications, Past Projects

Team members

Team members of the SDL PP over the years.

Projects and Collaborations

A list of important projects and collaborations over the years.

All publications

All publications by members of the SDL PP. These will cover research on plasma physics as well as support activities.