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Improving Swift (contd)
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| We propose to consolidate and extend the work begun under previous AISR grant
entitled "Improving Swift." Swift, developed in large part and supported by
the PI, is a state-of-the-art software package for performing numerical
simulations of the dynamic evolution of planetary systems.Under our previous
grant we have made a significant number of fundamental improvements to Swift (
we call the improved package "Swifter"), and we have developed an associated
graphical data analysis package (called "SWIFTVis"). Both Swifter and
SWIFTVis, however, require further testing before we can confidently release
them to the public. Therefore, we will perform an extensive suite of build
level tests in order to facilitate a public release of Swifter and SWIFTVis as
soon as possible. Also, we will further develop tree-based force calculation
algorithm for use with the numerical integrators of Swifter, thereby
enabling far larger and more encompassing simulations than have been
heretofore possible. Finally, we will develop a new integration algorithm
that promises to enable fundamentally new research in the field of planetary
system formation, in particular the formation of planets around stars in
their birth clusters. |
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