Publication Type
Conference Paper
Journal Name
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publication Date
Page Number
012049
Volume
78
Conference Name
SciDAC 2007
Conference Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Conference Date
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Abstract
CHIMERA is a multi-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics code designed to study
core-collapse supernovae. The code is made up of three essentially independent parts: a
hydrodynamics module, a nuclear burning module, and a neutrino transport solver combined
within an operator-split approach. We describe some ma jor algorithmic facets of the code and
briefly discuss some recent results. The multi-physics nature of the problem, and the specific
implementation of that physics in CHIMERA, provide a rather straightforward path to effective
use of multi-core platforms in the near future.
