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Blue Gene/P to Simulate Supernova Explosions

The Argonne Blue Gene/P supercomputer may be the most powerful in the world but it will still require 22 million computational hours in order to simulate a process that in real life only takes 5 seconds to unfold. Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan from the University of Chicago's Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes, will use Argonne's National Laboratory supercomputer to simulate phenomena occurring in extreme pressure and temperature conditions, such as those experienced during ... Read »
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