Multigrid in energy preconditioner for Krylov solvers

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2013.02.012zbMATH Open1297.65207arXiv1612.00907OpenAlexW1964004732WikidataQ57703571 ScholiaQ57703571MaRDI QIDQ401554FDOQ401554

Authors: R. N. Slaybaugh, P. P. H. Wilson, T. M. Evans, G. G. Davidson 

Publication date: 27 August 2014

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We have added a new multigrid in energy (MGE) preconditioner to the Denovo discrete-ordinates radiation transport code. This preconditioner takes advantage of a new multilevel parallel decomposition. A multigroup Krylov subspace iterative solver that is decomposed in energy as well as space-angle forms the backbone of the transport solves in Denovo. The space-angle-energy decomposition facilitates scaling to hundreds of thousands of cores. The multigrid in energy preconditioner scales well in the energy dimension and significantly reduces the number of Krylov iterations required for convergence. This preconditioner is well-suited for use with advanced eigenvalue solvers such as Rayleigh Quotient Iteration and Arnoldi.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00907

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zbMATH Keywords

Arnoldi methodRayleigh quotient iterationneutron transportDenovo discrete-ordinates radiation transporteigenvalue solversKrylov subspace iterative solvermultigrid in energy preconditioner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices (65F15) Preconditioners for iterative methods (65F08) Iterative numerical methods for linear systems (65F10) Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Numerical methods for integral equations (65R20) Nuclear reactor theory; neutron transport (82D75)

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• Efficient parallel solution of the 3D stationary Boltzmann transport equation for diffusive problems
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Uses Software

• Trilinos
• DENOVO

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