Accelerating a Simulation of Type-I X-ray Bursts from Accreting Neutron Stars
2012-04-18
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Accelerating a Simulation of Type-I X-ray Bursts from Accreting Neutron Stars
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2012-04-18
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The goal of my project was to develop an optimized linear system solver to shorten the runtime of a computer simulation. The simulation was created to study the thermonuclear burning of Type I X-ray Bursts in low-mass X-ray binary star systems (LMXBs). To study these systems, thousands of X-ray bursts need to be simulated. Currently, the simulation can complete around one X-ray burst per day. I worked on accelerating the main bottleneck of the simulation by using very powerful graphics cards (GPUs) instead of the central processing unit (CPU) to perform the necessary calculations. I made steady progress over the summer towards this goal and eventually developed a solution that was four to five times faster than the original code.
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Faculty Advisor: Professor Alexander Heger
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This research was supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
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Mackey, Mark. (2012). Accelerating a Simulation of Type-I X-ray Bursts from Accreting Neutron Stars. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/140925.
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