Science, Vol.283, No.5401, 501-505, 1999
Computational physics - Astrophysics on the GRAPE family of special-purpose computers
The GRAPE-4 the world＇s fastest computer in 1995-1997, has produced some major scientific results through a wide diversity of large-scale simulations in astrophysics. I Applications have included planetary formation, the evolution of star clusters and galactic nuclei, and the formation of galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
Keywords:SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS;GLOBULAR-CLUSTER EVOLUTION;CENTRAL BLACK-HOLES;GRAVOTHERMAL OSCILLATIONS;COLLAPSEEVOLUTION;GALACTIC NUCLEI;CORE COLLAPSE;GALAXIES;PLANETESIMALS;SIMULATION