The GiggleZ Simulation Suite

  • GiggleZ was run to support the science programs of the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey.
  • It consists of a large (21603 particles in a 1 Gpc/h box) "GiggleZ-main" simulation and a suite of 4 smaller-volume (125 Mpc/h box; named GiggleZ-LR/NR/MR and HR) "control-volume" simulations initialized with the same initial conditions but spanning a range og 512 in mass resolution.
  • A full 3D rendering of the formation of a galaxy cluster in the GiggleZ-HR simulation featured prominantly in the IMAX movie Hidden Universe.
  • Assumed cosmology is WMAP-5.

Selected Publications

Some highlighted publications involving GiggleZ:

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