The ALCF user community continually pushes the boundaries of scientific computing, producing groundbreaking studies in areas ranging from chemistry and engineering to physics and materials science. Below, we highlight some of the recent results published by ALCF users in peer-reviewed journals.

“The Essential Character of the Neutrino Mechanism of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

ALCF principal investigator (PI): Adam Burrows, Princeton University

Calibrating with detailed 2D core-collapse supernova (CCSN) simulations, the authors derive a simple CCSN explosion condition based solely upon the terminal density profiles of state-of-the-art stellar evolution calculations of the progenitor massive stars, performed using ALCF computing resources, with the aim of predicting massive-star explodability.

"Characterizing the Evolution of Boundary Layers in IC Engines by Combined Direct Numerical and Large-Eddy Simulations," Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

ALCF PI: Paul Fischer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Carrying out direct numerical simulations of passenger vehicles on ALCF resources, the authors investigate the evolution of the structure of boundary layers and wall heat flux during the compression stroke in an optically accessible, single-cylinder engine operated at motored and throttled conditions.

“Isospin-Symmetry Implications for Nuclear Two-Body Distributions and Short-Range Correlations,” Physical Review C

ALCF PI: Alessandro Lovato, Argonne National Laboratory

The authors study the implications of isospin symmetry in nuclear systems on two-body distributions and derive relations between different densities or momentum distributions of a given nucleus or of different nuclei in the same isospin multiplet.

"Assessment of Diffuse-Interface Methods for Compressible Multiphase Fluid Flows and Elastic-Plastic Deformation in Solids,” Journal of Computational Physics

ALCF PI: Parviz Moin, Stanford University

In this work, the authors describe three diffuse-interface methods for the simulation of immiscible, compressible multiphase fluid flows and elastic-plastic deformation in solids: a localized-artificial-diffusivity approach, a gradient-form approach, and a divergence-form approach, evaluated and compared with the aid of ALCF resources.

For a full list, see our publications webpage. If you have any new publications that used ALCF resources, please let us know by sending an email to pubs@alcf.anl.gov.