The fourth edition of the quarterly newsletter Bragg Peaks featuring news on the OPAL reactor, our instruments, people and science was issued today.
The Institute was also represented in Adelaide today at the launch of"William and Lawrence Bragg, Father and Son - The Most Extraordinary Collaboration in Science" a new book on W. H. and W. L. Bragg, after whom the Institute is named. The book has been written by Dr. John Jenkin of La Trobe University.
A high-performance computing cluster was also delivered today. When testing of the system is complete, it will be connected to the ANSTO's Science Network and will used by ANSTO's research institutes and their users/customers.
The system is based on the SGI XE product line These machines were benchmarked by SGI using programs that ANSTO will be running on these machines, including VASP (The Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package).
Before too long, the Monte-Carlo simulation package McStas and other programs will be installed on the cluster to support research and instrument simulation at the Bragg Institute.
Published: 04/10/2007