SpECTRE is an open-source code for multi-scale, multi-physics problems\nin astrophysics and gravitational physics. In the future, we hope that\nit can be applied to problems across discipline boundaries in fluid\ndynamics, geoscience, plasma physics, nuclear physics, and\nengineering. It runs at petascale and is designed for future exascale\ncomputers.
\nSpECTRE is being developed in support of our collaborative Simulating\neXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) research program into the multi-messenger\nastrophysics of neutron star mergers, core-collapse supernovae, and\ngamma-ray bursts.
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