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Title
GPU-advanced 3D electromagnetic simulations of superconductors in the Ginzburg-Landau formalism
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Abstract
Ginzburg-Landau theory is one of the most powerful phenomenological theories in physics, with particular predictive value in superconductivity. The formalism solves coupled nonlinear differential equations for both the electronic and magnetic responsiveness of a given superconductor to external electromagnetic excitations. With order parameter varying on the short scale of the coherence length, and the magnetic field being long-range, the numerical handling of 3D simulations becomes extremely challenging and time-consuming for realistic samples. Here we show precisely how one can employ graphics-processing units (GPUs) for this type of calculations, and obtain physics answers of interest in a reasonable time-frame - with speedup of over 100x compared to best available CPU implementations of the theory on a 2563grid. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of computational physics. - New York
Publication
New York : 2016
ISSN
0021-9991
DOI
10.1016/J.JCP.2016.06.040
Volume/pages
322 (2016) , p. 183-198
ISI
000381585100010
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Superconductivity per atomic layer.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 21.11.2016
Last edited 09.10.2023
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