Ginnungagap - A massively parallel cosmological initial conditions generator

doi:10.1016/j.ascom.2026.101082

Ginnungagap - A massively parallel cosmological initial conditions generator

2026-02-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.ascom.2026.101082

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Ginnungagap is a fully parallel (MPI+OpenMP) code designed to generate cosmological initial conditions for simulations involving very large numbers of particles. It operates in several modes, including the creation of initial conditions with either uniform or spatially varying resolution (for zoom-in simulations). The initial conditions can be fully random or derived by extending the resolution of existing ones while preserving the large-scale structures. Ginnungagap is open source and modular, consisting of a collection of independent tools that can be used for a variety of tasks. In this paper, we describe the main features of Ginnungagap and present test results for different types of simulations prepared with it.

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Cosmology

n-body simulations

Initial conditions

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