APPLICATION OF PARALLEL PROCESSING - A CASE STUDY ON COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS Fatin Adibah Najihah binti Abdul Ghani #1, Mohamed Faidz Mohamed Said #2 # Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, MALAYSIA 1 fatindeeba@gmail.com 2 faidzms@ieee.org Abstract—In astronomy, billions of objects both galactic and extra galactic, allow new studies and discoveries. These huge amount of astronomical data requires great databases that will provide sufficient space and accessibility. This paper presents the utilization of parallel supercomputer that will allow the new studies of computational astrophysics be performed. The major parallel supercomputers are lastly approaching the rapidity and memory compulsory to solve the related astrophysics problems. From astronomy perspective, when the stars are dying, they will become black holes, and are usually developed when very huge star dies in a supernova. In this study, the formation of the black holes is discovered by using numerical algorithm that is suitable for astrophysics. However, the objects of intrigue stars and universes are not available to any sort of control. No trials can be performed, and perceptions of a specific one-time occasion cannot be rehashed. The circumstance is additionally confused because the physical procedures offering ascend to the astrophysical wonder. Therefore, the use of parallel and superior computers would offer the right choice of solution in dealing with this particular segment of computational astrophysics. Keywords: parallel supercomputer, astrophysics, black holes REFERENCES [1] H. Riffert and K. Werner, "JCAM special edition: Computational astrophysics: Preface," ed: North-Holland, 1999. [2] A. Mignone, G. Bodo, S. Massaglia, T. Matsakos, O. Tesileanu, C. Zanni, et al., "PLUTO: a numerical code for computational astrophysics," The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 170, p. 228, 2007. [3] T. Abel, G. L. Bryan, and M. L. Norman, "The formation of the first star in the universe," science, vol. 295, pp. 93-98, 2002. [4] M. R. Krumholz, "The big problems in star formation: the star formation rate, stellar clustering, and the initial mass function," Physics Reports, vol. 539, pp. 49-134, 2014. [5] B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, et al., "Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger," Physical review letters, vol. 116, p. 061102, 2016. [6] J. E. Keeler, "The importance of astrophysical research and the relation of astrophysics to other physical sciences," Science, pp. 745-755, 1897. [7] E. Seidel and W.-M. Suen, "Numerical relativity as a tool for computational astrophysics," Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 109, pp. 493-525, 1999. [8] S. L. Shapiro and S. A. Teukolsky, Black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars: the physics of compact objects: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. [9] S. F. P. Zwart and S. L. McMillan, "Black hole mergers in the universe," The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 528, p. L17, 1999. [10] S. Ayal, M. Livio, and T. Piran, "Tidal disruption of a solar-type star by a supermassive black hole," The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 545, p. 772, 2000. [11] G. Brown and H. Bethe, "A scenario for a large number of low-mass black holes in the galaxy," Formation and Evolution of Black Holes in the Galaxy: Selected Papers with Commentary, vol. 33, p. 71, 2003. [12] F. H. Shu, S. P. Ruden, C. J. Lada, and S. Lizano, "Star formation and the nature of bipolar outflows," The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 370, pp. L31-L34, 1991. [13] M. A. Latif, D. R. G. Schleicher, W. Schmidt, and J. Niemeyer, "Black hole formation in the early Universe," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 433, pp. 1607-1618, 2013. [14] R. Narayan, T. Piran, and A. Shemi, "Neutron star and black hole binaries in the Galaxy," The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 379, pp. L17-L20, 1991. [15] F. A. N. A. Ghani, "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P71APQBaSC8," 2017.