Illustris-Simulation
The Illustris project is a large cosmological hydrodynamics simulation of galaxy formation, completed in late 2013, using a state of the art moving-mesh code and a comprehensive physical model. Building on several years of effort by members of the collaboration (based mostly at HITS and the Harvard Center for Astrophysics), the Illustris simulation represents an unprecedented combination of high resolution, simulated volume, and physical fidelity. For the first time, the simulation succeeds in roughly reproducing the observed morphological mix of galaxies and its dependence on stellar mass. The main simulation was carried out on the supercomputers CURIE in France and SuperMUC in Germany.
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we present the scientific motivation behind the project, a list of the collaboration members, key results and references, movies and images created from the simulation data, information on upcoming public data access, and tools for interactive data exploration.
About HITS
HITS, the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, was established in 2010 by physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira Foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. HITS conducts basic research in the natural, mathematical, and computer sciences. Major research directions include complex simulations across scales, making sense of data, and enabling science via computational research. Application areas range from molecular biology to astrophysics. An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented in numerous cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects. The base funding of HITS is provided by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
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