Science and Technology Review December 2011

Nikolic, R J

关键词: COMPUTER CALCULATIONS;    COMPUTER CODES;    COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION;    ENERGY;    INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;    LASERS;    LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY;    MUTATIONS;    PETAWATT POWER RANGE;    US DOD;    US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY;    VIRUSES;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1035278
RP-ID  :  UCRL-TR-52000-11-12
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1035278
Others  :  TRN: US1201128

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation - Commentary by Tomas Diaz de la Rubia; (2) Simulating the Next Generation of Energy Technologies - Projects using high-performance computing demonstrate Livermore's computational horsepower and improve the quality of energy solutions and the speed of deployment; (3) ARC Comes into Focus - The Advanced Radiographic Capability, a petawatt-class laser, can penetrate dense objects to reveal material dynamics during National Ignition Facility experiments; (4) A New Method to Track Viral Evolution - A sensitive technique developed at the Laboratory can identify virus mutations that may jump from host to host; and (5) Data for Defense: New Software Finds It Fast - Department of Defense warfighters and planners are using Livermore software systems to extract pertinent information from massive amounts of data.