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@TECHREPORT{Hagemeier:1044607,
author = {Hagemeier, Annika and Wagner, Frank and Pfalzner, Susanne
and Marx, Ramin},
title = {{S}urvey of {A}strophysics {S}imulation {C}odes in
{G}ermany: {A}n {I}nitiative of the {PUNCH}4{NFDI}
{C}onsortium},
number = {1},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-03278, 1},
pages = {9 p.},
year = {2023},
abstract = {PUNCH4NFDI is the consortium of particle and astroparticle
physics, astrophysics, and hadronic and nuclear physics in
the NFDI (national research data infrastructure), Germany.
It aims at developing concepts and tools for efficient
management of digital research products in fundamental
physics and promotes the idea of FAIR data - which is to
make scientific data sets findable, accessible,
interoperable, and reusable. Here we concentrate on the aims
and measures of PUNCH4NFDI in the context of astrophysics
simulations. As a first step towards better understanding
the software usage of the astrophysics simulation community
in Germany, PUNCH4NFDI developed a 14-question survey. We
distributed the survey through various channels (mailing
list, conference flyer, personal communication) in 2022. In
total, 130 computational astrophysicists responded to our
survey. We found that predominantly codes able to simulate
gravitational N-body problems and magnetohydrodynamics are
used by the German astrophysics community. Computer programs
typically associated with research in solar physics and
numerical relativity turned out to be applied to a lesser
degree. The degree to which the FAIR principles are already
applied varies greatly. In many cases a basic software
version is open access, however, the newest work is often
based on modified and unreleased versions. The degree of
practising the FAIR principles is often a question of
available manpower. Some codes are developed and used by
single local research groups, others by large research
consortia spread around the globe. While smaller research
groups are in principle willing to publish and openly share
their simulation data, they often simply lack the manpower
to do so. We also found that most astrophysicists in Germany
view re-using other researchers' data sets as highly
desirable.},
cin = {JSC},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) / DFG project
G:(GEPRIS)460248186 - PUNCH4NFDI - Teilchen, Universum,
Kerne und Hadronen für die NFDI (460248186)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111 / G:(GEPRIS)460248186},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)29},
doi = {10.34734/FZJ-2025-03278},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1044607},
}