GHALO

A 3 billion particle simulation to understand the formation of galaxies like our own Milky Way.

Read the publication here:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2981

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  Science & Technology

[Casai]

The compression artifacts =(

[Leviathan Jeanis]

Wow! This is just plain ridiculous... Imagine 3 billion marbles, and it is just mindboggling how powerful this computer is. Of course, it's not surprising, considering the specs, but you don't really comprehend the sheer number of particles that this is managing.

[itpuzh]

Thanks! I did want something better, though, but that was the best I had over the weekend.

[billmoney1]

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