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[Einstein Toolkit] #1974: Add WVUThorns_Diagnostics to the ET
by Einstein Toolkit 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

#1974: Add WVUThorns_Diagnostics to the ET --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: zachetie@… | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: unset | Milestone: Component: Other | Version: development version Keywords: | --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- I have open-sourced a very useful set of diagnostic routines for GRMHD, GRHD, and even vacuum simulations. The thorns are available here: https://bitbucket.org/zach_etienne/wvuthorns_diagnostics Here's a brief description of each thorn: Brief description of included thorns '''Seed_Magnetic_Fields-modified''' Extended Seed_Magnetic_Fields thorn for binary neutron stars. Supercedes Seed_Magnetic_Fields thorn. '''Meudon_Bin_NS-modified''' Modifications to Meudon BNS initial data thorn to disable the overwriting of initial lapse/shift, which acts to significantly reduce coordinate eccentricity. Supercedes Meudon_Bin_NS thorn. '''VolumeIntegrals_GRMHD''' Nice GRMHD volume integration thorn, currently depends on IllinoisGRMHD and Carpet. Performs volume integrals on arbitrary "Swiss-cheese"-like topologies, and even interoperates with Carpet to track NS centers of mass. '''VolumeIntegrals_vacuum''' Nice GRMHD volume integration thorn, currently depends on ML_BSSN. There is a bit of code duplication and duplicated functionality between VI_GRMHD and VI_vacuum, to ensure that VI_vacuum can be used without enabling a GRMHD code. There is probably a better way of doing this, but I haven't had the time to think deeply about this. '''particle_tracerET''' Solves the ODE \partial_t x^i = v^i for typically thousands of tracer particles, using an RK4 integration atop the current timestepping. E.g., one RK4 substep in the particle integration might occur every 16 RK4 substeps in the GRMHD evolution. These tracer particle positions are quite useful for visualizing magnetic field lines in a consistent way from frame-to-frame in a movie (recall that in the GRMHD approximation, the magnetic field lines stay attached the fluid elements they thread ["Flux Freezing"]). Note that the velocity must be consistent with the velocity appearing in the GRMHD induction equation. This thorn reads in the HydroBase vel[] vector gridfunction, which assumes the Valencia formalism, and converts it into the induction equation velocity. '''smallbPoynET''' Computes b^i^, b^2^, and three spatial components of Poynting flux. It also computes (-1-u,,0,,), which is useful for tracking unbound matter. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1974> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1718: MemSpeed: Re-use allocated memory
by Einstein Toolkit 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

#1718: MemSpeed: Re-use allocated memory -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: development version Keywords: | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Allocating memory is slow. In thorn MemSpeed, we should re-use memory that has been allocated instead of allocating new memory for each benchmark. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1718> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #331: SimFactory does not abort if it has been given a nonexistent optionlist
by Einstein Toolkit 13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18

#331: SimFactory does not abort if it has been given a nonexistent optionlist ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: mthomas Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: SimFactory | Version: Keywords: | ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- If I specify a nonexistent optionlist in a machine's .ini file, I get the warning Info: optionlist is: None Warning: no option list specified, using blank option list This is incorrect. I have specified an optionlist, but it has not been found, which indicates an error. In this case I would expect a fatal error. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/331> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #228: Make it easier for users to create accounts on TRAC
by Einstein Toolkit 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

#228: Make it easier for users to create accounts on TRAC ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit trac | Version: Keywords: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Currently, in order to interact fully with TRAC, it is necessary to have a CCT account. I would prefer that all potential users of the ET/Cactus TRAC could create accounts. This way, it would be possible for all bug reporters to be notified of changes to the tickets they create, and makes it more likely that they will respond to requests for further information and confirmations of fixes. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/228> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #270: Need web instructions for building on a new machine
by Einstein Toolkit 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

#270: Need web instructions for building on a new machine -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit website | Version: Keywords: | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- We should have instructions on the web that explain how to build the Einstein Toolkit on a new machine, i.e. a machine for which we don't have a SimFactory entry already. This seems to be a fairly common case for new users, who rather want to build on their own machine instead of on Queen Bee. This should probably concentrate on configuring Cactus first, i.e. on configuring SimFactory for building a configuration. Job submission etc. should come later. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/270> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1804: Provide an Einstein Toolkit User Guide
by Einstein Toolkit 12 Dec '18

12 Dec '18

#1804: Provide an Einstein Toolkit User Guide -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: Other | Version: development version Keywords: | -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- We currently have documentation for individual thorns, but there is no documentation for the toolkit as a whole, describing how best to accomplish certain tasks. The [http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3344 Einstein Toolkit paper] is a good starting point, but it is a static document, and is not quite at the level of documentation. I propose to take the paper and convert it into a user guide for the ET. It should not replicate detailed information already available in thorn documentation (rather it should link to it), but should provide a high level overview. It should also contain best practices for working with the ET. This would be the first point of reference for new users of the toolkit. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1804> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1889: correct finding normalization value for relerr compuation
by Einstein Toolkit 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

#1889: correct finding normalization value for relerr compuation --------------------+------------------------------------------------------- Reporter: rhaas | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: development version Keywords: | --------------------+------------------------------------------------------- Before it would have taken the larger of the abs value of the new and old data of the last data set rather than the largest abs value of the new and old data of all the datasets. This will make relative errros smaller and will be particularly noticeable in cases where the last dataset was small or zero. This should get rid of the "Error, how did I get here" warnings (that really indicated an logic error). -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1889> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1885: support bibtex in thorn documenation files
by Einstein Toolkit 28 Aug '18

28 Aug '18

#1885: support bibtex in thorn documenation files -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: rhaas | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: optional | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: development version Keywords: | -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- The pull request https://bitbucket.org/cactuscode/cactus/pull-requests/new?source=rhaas /docs-bibtex&t=1 adds support for bibtex to Cactus' documentation system. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1885> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #2008: NaNs when running static tov on >40 cores
by Einstein Toolkit 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

#2008: NaNs when running static tov on >40 cores -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: allgwy001@… | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: unset | Milestone: Component: Other | Version: ET_2016_05 Keywords: | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- I've been trying to run the static tov example parameter file on an HPC cluster using >40 cores, but this results in NaNs in the data. I can't remember whether the issue first appears at 40 or 41 cores (and won't be able to check this for the next few days), but using 41+ cores definitely gives me NaNs. I remember testing with 39 cores and several other lower values (down to 4), but these runs all seemed fine. So far, I've been able to run larger simulations (e.g. BBHs) on more than 40 cores (same cluster) without any apparent issues. I'll attach the static tov parameter file I used (I think I changed one or two outdated parameters), as well as the PBS script and error/output files from a static tov run on 44 cores. The static tov runs were intended for speed test purposes. The results of the speed tests I've run so far (on fewer than 40 cores) seem quite strange to me, so I'm going to attach a text file with walltimes and CPU times for these runs, too. Any comments would be appreciated! -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/2008> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1263: Multipole does not handle variable names correctly
by Einstein Toolkit 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

#1263: Multipole does not handle variable names correctly -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: Keywords: Multipole | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- When you specify variables for Multipole to decompose, you have the option of giving it a "name" for the variable to be used in the output filename. This is useful if you are decomposing Psi4r, with imaginary part Psi4i, and want the file to just be named "Psi4". If you don't specify a name, it is supposed to use the original variable name. However, at the moment, this last part seems to be broken. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1263> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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