AstroGK Development Team

The creation of AstroGK from GS2 began at the end of 2006 because code development to perform astrophysical turbulence simulations had been slowed by the need for every new module to be generalized to function in GS2, a code which supports toriodal geometry. Hence, code devlopement branched, and by late spring a new, working gyrokinetics simulation code, AstroGK, was born.

AstroGK is supported both by a diverse team of scientists, spanning the spectrum from code development experts to analytical theorists, with many members actively supporting both fronts. Collaborative development is managed using Subversion 1.4, Version Control Software.

The code development team:

  • Code Maintenance is overseen by Greg Howes, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • Tomo Tatsuno, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling, University of Maryland
  • Ryusuke Numata, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling, University of Maryland
  • Bill Dorland, Department of Physics, IREAP, and Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling, University of Maryland
  • Michael Barnes, Department of Physics, University of Maryland

The science team:

In addition to those named above who are directly involved in the development and use of AstroGK, close collaboration also exists with the International Academic Network on Magnetised Turbulence in Astrophysical and Fusion Plasmas supported by the Leverhulme Trust, coordinated by Alex Schekochihin at Imperial College, London.