Lecture / Seminar Community Event Wheelchair Accessible Family & Kids
[email protected]
(902) 679 8604
An ALLways Learning session as part of the Acadia Lifelong Learning Program.
Robert Thacker (SMU) will talk about 'Computing the Cosmos'
Abstract: Modern supercomputers allow astronomers & astrophysicists to create digital simulations of entire universes of unprecedented size and accuracy. These “virtual universes” can also be tuned to obey a different set of physical laws, allowing us to play the role of “Creator” and examine what our Universe might have looked like under different underlying physics. While the underlying process is solving an enormous set of coupled equations, the 3-d nature of the problem also allows astrophysicists to create visual reconstructions of the data, which in turn provide direct insight into how structures grow in the Universe. Using digitally created movies and images from these simulations, Dr Thacker will explore some of the spectacular progress that has resulted from these techniques, and examine what future research can tell us.
[email protected]
(902) 679 8604
An ALLways Learning session as part of the Acadia Lifelong Learning Program.
Robert Thacker (SMU) will talk about 'Computing the Cosmos'
Abstract: Modern supercomputers allow astronomers & astrophysicists to create digital simulations of entire universes of unprecedented size and accuracy. These “virtual universes” can also be tuned to obey a different set of physical laws, allowing us to play the role of “Creator” and examine what our Universe might have looked like under different underlying physics. While the underlying process is solving an enormous set of coupled equations, the 3-d nature of the problem also allows astrophysicists to create visual reconstructions of the data, which in turn provide direct insight into how structures grow in the Universe. Using digitally created movies and images from these simulations, Dr Thacker will explore some of the spectacular progress that has resulted from these techniques, and examine what future research can tell us.
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia
902-585-5242
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