Los Alamos National Laboratory
Computational Physics and Methods
Growth and emissivity of young galaxy...
...hosting a supermassive black hole as calculated in cosmological code ENZO and post-processed with radiative transfer code AURORA. 
Turbulence imaging: the largest turbulence simulations to date
Advanced multi-scale modeling
Turbulence datasets
Density iso-surfaces in buoyancy-driven, variable density turbulence 
Vorticity fields
Buoyancy-driven, variable-density turbulence
Contact
- Group Leader
- Markus Berndt (Acting)
- Deputy Group Leader
- Tom Masser (Acting)
- Administrator
- Susan Espinoza
Development and deployment of advanced methods on the latest high-performance computing platforms, including heterogeneous architectures
Computational Physics and Methods (CCS-2) technical staff collaborate on multidisciplinary teams composed of engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists, covering application areas that include neutron and radiation transport, shock hydrodynamics, multiphase fluid dynamics, turbulent mixing, ocean dynamics for climate modeling, astrophysics, and plasma physics.
- Randal Baker
- Jozsef Bakosi
- Jon Baltzer
- Markus Berndt
- Kent Budge
- Matthew Calef
- Neil Carlson
- Ondrej Certik
- Jae Chang
- Mathew Cleveland
- James H Cooley
- Jon Dahl
- Sumner Dean
- Gary Dilts
- Joshua Dolence
- Scott Elliott
- Wesley Even
- Erin Fichtl
- Christopher Fryer
- John Grove
- Michael Hall
- Terry Haut
- Matthew Hecht
- Nicole Jeffery
- Daniel Livescu
- Nicole Lloyd-Ronning
- Alex Long
- Robert Lowrie
- Thomas Masser
- Balasubramanya (Balu) Nadiga
- Hai Ah Nam
- Mark Petersen
- Massimiliano (Max) Rosa
- Kelly (KT) Thompson
- Nathan Urban
- Shanlin Wang
- James Warsa
- Wilbert Weijer
- Ryan Wollaeger
- Robert (Joe) Zerr
- Peter Brady
- Darin Comeau
- Don Daniel
- Anthony DeGennaro
- Carola Ellinger
- Charles Garrett
- Jeffrey Haack
- Zechariah Jibben
- Alexandra Jonko
- Kendra Keady
- Oleg Korobkin
- David Lee
- Mathieu Marciante
- Nisha Mohan
- Serge Ndanou
- Thomas Saller
- Joseph Schoonover
- Andrew Till
- Advanced transport methods for particles and thermal radiation
- Radiation hydrodynamics simulation tools at scale on advanced architectures
- Compressible and incompressible fluid simulation tools in support of industrial applications
- Scientific excellence in support of global and regional climate needs
- National level leadership in Theoretical Astrophysics
- Advanced multi-scale modeling for plasma and warm dense matter
- Advanced incompressible and compressible flow solvers including multi-phase fields and solidification dynamics for industrial applications
- Advanced numerical advection and fluid-solid coupling schemes in support of the climate modeling
- Astrophysics in planet formation and supernova
- Direct numerical simulation for complex turbulent flows
- High-fidelity techniques necessary to deliver verified and validated numerical solutions for important LANL programmatic simulation tools
- Modern software practices, including formal verification and validation and the use of rapid prototyping tools
- Multi-scale agent based modeling e.g., epidemiology of pandemics
- Numerical transport methods for real physical systems at large scale on advanced and emerging architectures
- NNSA Advanced Strategic Computing Program (ASC)
- Global security programs
- DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
- DOE Office of Science climate program
- Numerous other research and applied projects
- Advanced theory and modeling of multi-phase fluid flow in support of the nuclear energy mission
- Packages for use in Advanced Strategic Computing codes
- Theory and modeling of dense plasmas in ICF and astrophysics environments
- Theory and modeling of astrophysics in support of NASA missions
- Modeling of casting and advanced manufacturing methods involving incompressible flow and solidification
- Modeling for subterranean fluid flow in support of environmental stewardship and advanced fossil flue extraction techniques
- Numerical radiation transport methods
- U.S. Weapons Program
Teams
- Fluid Dynamics
- Nambe
- Theoretical Astrophysics
Jobs
Research Highlights
Resources
Videos
SC15 Award: Best Scientific Visualization & Data Analytics Showcase
Brandon Wiggins TEDxLANL: "The Biggest Explosions in the Universe"
Transport coefficients: hydrodynamic corrections from kinetic theory. Part I: Introduction (54:33)
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