BU Today – BU’s Shared Computing Cluster: Results Hundreds of Times Faster
In a recent article from BU Today, IAR PhD student Paul Dalba talks about the incredible progress he was able to make in studying Saturn as if it were an exoplanet using the Shared Computing Cluster as Philip Muirhead suggested.
‘The cluster enabled precise measurements of the degree that light is bent as it passes through Saturn’s atmosphere, indicating the density of the atmosphere and the amount of energy lost as it passes through the atmosphere.
What did Dalba learn about Saturn’s atmosphere? It’s mainly methane, followed by acetylene, ethane, and other hydrocarbons. More important, he was able to answer the question of whether transmission spectroscopy could be applied in the study of cold atmosphere exoplanets.
The answer is yes.’
Read the rest of the Article here: http://www.bu.edu/today/2016/paul-dalba-nasa-cassini-spacecraft/