Parallel implementation of the PHOENIX generalized stellar atmosphere program

被引:217
作者
Hauschildt, PH
Baron, E
Allard, F
机构
[1] ARIZONA STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,TEMPE,AZ 85287
[2] UNIV OKLAHOMA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,NORMAN,OK 73019
[3] WICHITA STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,WICHITA,KS 67260
关键词
methods; numerical; radiative transfer; stars; atmospheres;
D O I
10.1086/304233
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We describe the parallel implementation of our generalized stellar atmosphere and non-LTE (NLTE) radiative transfer computer program PHOENIX. We discuss the parallel algorithms we have developed for radiative transfer, spectral line opacity, and NLTE opacity and rate calculations. Our implementation uses a multiple instruction-multiple data design based on a relatively small number of MPI library calls. We report the results of test calculations on a number of different parallel computers and discuss the results of scalability tests.
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页码:390 / 398
页数:9
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