Mar 26–28, 2025
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
America/Toronto timezone

AsterX: a new open-source GPU-accelerated GRMHD code for dynamical spacetimes

Mar 26, 2025, 3:45 p.m.
15m
PI/4-405 - Bob Room (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

PI/4-405 - Bob Room

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

60
Contributed Talk

Speaker

Dr Jay Vijay Kalinani (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Description

With the ongoing transition toward exascale computing to tackle a range of open questions via numerical simulations, the development of GPU-optimized codes has become essential. In this talk, I will highlight the key features of AsterX, a novel open-source, modular, GPU-accelerated general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) code for fully dynamical spacetimes in 3D Cartesian coordinates. Built for exascale applications, AsterX integrates with CarpetX, the new driver for the Einstein Toolkit, leveraging AMReX for block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). The code employs the flux-conservative Valencia formulation for GRMHD, and uses high-resolution shock capturing schemes to ensure accurate hydrodynamic modeling. Alongside discussions on the ongoing code development, I will also present the results of comprehensive 1D, 2D, and 3D GRMHD tests conducted on OLCF's Frontier supercomputer, highlighting AsterX's performance gains through subcycling in time and demonstrating its scaling efficiency across thousands of nodes.

Presenter's Name Jay Vijay Kalinani
Presenter's Email Address [email protected]
Keywords Magnetohydrodynamics, numerical relativity, neutron stars, Einstein Toolkit, GPUs
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Primary author

Dr Jay Vijay Kalinani (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Co-authors

Dr Liwei Ji (Rochester Institute of Technology) Mr Lorenzo Ennoggi (Rochester Institute of Technology) Dr Federico G Lopez Armengol (Rochester Institute of Technology) Dr Lucas Sanches (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) Mr Bing-Jyun Tsao (University of Texas at Austin) Prof. Steve Brandt (Louisiana State University) Prof. Manuela Campanelli (Rochester Institute of Technology) Dr Riccardo Ciolfi (INAF-Padova) Prof. Bruno Giacomazzo (University of Milan, Bicocca) Dr Roland Haas (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Prof. Erik Schnetter (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Prof. Yosef Zlochower (Rochester Institute of Technology)

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