Three research projects involving four scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have been awarded a total of 56 million processor hours on supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The researchers will be using the time for fusion energy-related research regarding plasma turbulence simulations. Plasma is a hot, gaseous state of matter used to produce fusion energy — the power source of the sun and the stars.
Greg Hammett of Plainsboro is one of the PPPL scientists involved in projects awarded computer time. He is a co-investigator on a new award for a project receiving 20 million processor hours on the CRAY XTs. A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher leads this project.
“Advanced computing is a very important tool in our research, so getting access to time on the most powerful computers is critical,” says PPPL director Rob Goldston. “We are pleased that our applications for time on these powerful facilities have been so favorably reviewed.” For more information visit www.pppl.gov.
