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太阳Stokes廓线反演的GPU计算方法

A GPU-Computing Approach to Solar Stokes Profile Inversion

Brian J. Harker, Kenneth J. Mighell

摘要:

在Milne-Eddington模型下,我们提出了一种新的计算方法来反演太阳光球的Stokes偏振剖面。我们的代码,名为GENESIS(遗传斯托克斯反演策略),采用多线程并行处理技术,利用图形处理单元GPU的计算能力,以及设计的算法,利用固有的并行性的斯托克斯反演问题。使用遗传算法(GA)专门设计用于与GPU,我们生产全光盘地图的光球矢量磁场偏振谱线观测记录的太阳(SOLIS)矢量光谱磁仪(VSM)仪器。我们展示了配对的人口并行遗传算法与数据并行GPU计算技术的优势,并提出了一个概述的斯托克斯反演问题,包括我们适应的GPU计算范式的描述。使用2008年3月28日15:45 UT观测的SOLIS/VSM数据,显示了通过这种方法得到的全圆盘矢量磁图。

英文摘要:

We present a new computational approach to the inversion of solar photospheric Stokes polarization profiles, under the Milne-Eddington model, for vector magnetography. Our code, named GENESIS (GENEtic Stokes Inversion Strategy), employs multi-threaded parallel-processing techniques to harness the computing power of graphics processing units GPUs, along with algorithms designed to exploit the inherent parallelism of the Stokes inversion problem. Using a genetic algorithm (GA) engineered specifically for use with a GPU, we produce full-disc maps of the photospheric vector magnetic field from polarized spectral line observations recorded by the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM) instrument. We show the advantages of pairing a population-parallel genetic algorithm with data-parallel GPU-computing techniques, and present an overview of the Stokes inversion problem, including a description of our adaptation to the GPU-computing paradigm. Full-disc vector magnetograms derived by this method are shown, using SOLIS/VSM data observed on 2008 March 28 at 15:45 UT.

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