The Origin of Mass

Peter Boyle*, Michael I. Buchoff, Norman Christ, Taku Lzubuchi, Chulwoo Jung, Thomas C. Luu, Robert Mawhinney, Chris Schroeder, Ron Soltz, Pavlos Vranas, Joseph Wasem

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Abstract

The origin of mass is one of the deepest mysteries in science. Neutrons and protons, which account for almost all visible mass in the Universe, emerged from a primordial plasma through a cataclysmic phase transition microseconds after the Big Bang. However, most mass in the Universe is invisible. The existence of dark matter, which interacts with our world so weakly that it is essentially undetectable, has been established from its galactic-scale gravitational effects. Here we describe results from the first truly physical calculations of the cosmic phase transition and a groundbreaking first-principles investigation into composite dark matter, studies impossible with previous state-of-the-art methods and resources. By inventing a powerful new algorithm, "DSDR," and implementing it effectively for contemporary supercomputers, we attain excellent strong scaling, perfect weak scaling to the LLNL BlueGene/Q two million cores, sustained speed of 7.2 petaflops, and time-to-solution speedup of more than 200 over the previous state-of-the-art.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, NETWORKING, STORAGE AND ANALYSIS (SC)
Place of PublicationNEW YORK
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventInternational Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC) - Denver, Colombia
Duration: 17 Nov 201322 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Conference for High Performance Computing Networking Storage and Analysis
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (Print)2167-4329

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC)
Country/TerritoryColombia
Period17/11/1322/11/13

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • SC13 proceedings
  • DYNAMICAL SYMMETRY-BREAKING
  • CHIRAL-SYMMETRY
  • GAUGE-THEORIES
  • LATTICE
  • FERMIONS

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