Particle Astrophysics Opportunities

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Particle Astrophysics Opportunities
Programs Started or Enhanced with Argonne
Strategic Lab Directed Research Development
Funds (2M in FY08) Very High Energy
Gamma-Rays Dark Energy Survey Nuclear
Astrophysics Transition Edge Sensors (CMB/SPT)
FLASH on Blue Gene/P 3D Supernova Explosion
Modeling Computational Cosmology
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Argonne Strategic Initiative Leadership
Astrophysics Steering Committee Harry Weerts
(Chair) HEP Bruce Winstein - UChicago Karen
Byrum HEP Rocky Kolb UChicago Bob Wagner -
HEP Steve Kuhlmann HEP Ernst Rehm PHY Josh
Frieman - Fermilab Ken Nollett PHY Roger Dixon
- Fermilab Jim Truran PHY Mike Pellin
MSD Stephen Streiffer CNM Mike Papka MCS
16 Proposals in FY08, 6 received
funding Guidance from Michael Turner during
tenure as Chief Scientist
Strategic Initiative Committee Karen Byrum (SI
Leader) Jim Truran Carlos Wagner
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VHE Gamma-Ray ProgramK.Byrum,D.Horan,A.Smith,R.Wa
gner (ANL), D. Hooper (FNAL)
S.Swordy,D.Muller, S.Wakely, B.Humensky, L.Reyes,
S.Wissel (U.ofChicago)
VERITAS
AGIS (Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System)

• ANL TrICE Telescope

When GLAST discovers dark matter candidates,
ANL/UC in perfect position to lead AGIS
construction.Theory leadership at FNAL.
TeVCat Online Catalog tevcat.uchicago.edu
RD Proposal, Swordy NSF PI, Byrum DOE Co-PI
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Dark Energy Survey
ANL Group J. Bernstein, V. Guarino, S. Kuhlmann,
H. Spinka, R. Talaga, A. Zhao
Vacuum Vessel
Working with J. Marriner (FNAL), R. Kessler (UC)
on DES Supernova Strategy
DES Mechanical Engineering with FNAL A.
Stefanik, H. Cease
Portable ANL CCD test-stand, initial X-ray tests
at APS next month. Working with J. Estrada, S.
Gruenendahl, D. Kubik from Fermilab.
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Nuclear Astrophysics Program and Preparations for
FRIB
Using COUPP bubble chamber design for critical
12C16O rate
Theoretical and Experimental Leadership J.
Truran (ANL/UC), R. Holt, K. Rehm, G. Savard, K.
Nollett, C. Roberts (ANL)
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Transition Edge Sensor Development for CMB
Polarization Measurement
South Pole Telescope
V. Novosad ANL PI for TES Development J.
Carlstrom and S. Meyer groups UC V. Yefremenko,
A. Datesman, G. Wang, J. Pearson, R. Divan
ANL
Successful development of first prototypes of
single pixel TES devices for polarization
measurements _at_ 95GHz, and 2x2 pixel arrays for
multicolor (150GHz, 220GHz, 270GHz, and 350GHz
bands) measurements.
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FLASH on ANL Blue Gene/P Type 1a Supernova
Explosions
FLASH has demonstrated scaling to 131,072
processors, largest 2008 INCITE award with 21
million cpu-hours
Worlds Fastest Open-Science Supercomputer
Initial 3D Simulation velocities show complex
flow
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Computational Cosmology I (working with S.
Dodelson FNAL/UC, N. Gnedin FNAL/UC, A. Kravtsov
UC)
ANL/HEP Computing Group
ANL/MCS
Optimize Adaptive Refinement Tree data format for
performance and visualization. Converting to
NCSA-developed HDF5 format.
Halo Database
Dark-Matter Particle Level Files
Baryon Gas (Mesh) Level Files
Qizhi Zhang from ANL/HEP is MySQL database
administrator
for FNAL-KICP Cosmos cluster, and developed
DB tables. Halo mass distibution made from
database files.
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Computational Cosmology II (J. Bernstein, S.
Kuhlmann ANL working with S. Habib and B. OShea
LANL)
N-Body Simulations on Blue Gene/P, Enzo
currently running, working to implement FLASH
cosmology code for comparisons.
Enzo simulation of 64/h Mpc box at z10 (left)
and z1 (right)
Last 3 slides illustrate vast potential of
collaborations, and motivation for future joint
SciDAC proposal
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Particle Astrophysics Opportunities
Rapid expansion of Astrophysics at ANL, all
joint projects with FNAL and/or UC Very High
Energy Gamma-Rays Dark Energy Survey Nuclear
Astrophysics Transition Edge Sensors (CMB/SPT)
FLASH on Blue Gene/P 3D Supernova Explosion
Modeling Computational Cosmology