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A parallel version of a Lattice Boltzmann Equation algorithm, which simulates the electrostatic plasma turbulence, has been developed using the High Performance Fortran language. The algorithm evolves a system of particle populations on a discrete lattice and data-parallel implementation has been performed by a regular domain decomposition. System evolution requires both completely local and non-local operations, involving communication between processors. Communication phase has been minimized using local HPF procedures. Efficiency tests of the parallel code, performed on a 9076 IBM-SP2 parallel computer, have given satisfactory results.
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Fogaccia, G. (1998). Parallel implementation of a Lattice Boltzmann algorithm for the electrostatic plasma turbulence. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037148
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