From the scattered stars in the night sky to the vast universe, humans have been curious about astronomical phenomena since ancient times. With the establishment of a standard model for the Big Bang, the discovery of accelerated expansion of the universe, and the successful detection of gravitational waves as symbols, astronomical research has completely changed humanity's understanding of the essence of time and space. Since the 21st century, astronomical research has entered a stage of rapid development: from the ground to space, from radio to high-energy gamma ray bands, astronomers are using large telescopes to search for various celestial bodies in the universe; Using supercomputers, astronomers began simulating the entire process of planetary formation in the universe from the Big Bang to today. Astronomical research has entered a new stage of vigorous development and has become one of the main battlefields for major countries in the world to compete in basic research and cutting-edge technology fields.The Center for Cosmology and Computational Astrophysics (C3A) has become a precision science. Through a first principle based modeling, the center aims to quantitatively address fundamental problems in cosmological galaxy formation, including the formation of large-scale structure in the universe, the formation and evolution of galaxies and intergalactic medium.

The Center for Cosmology and Computational Astrophysics (C3A) has a high-performance heterogeneous computing platform for simulating cosmic galaxy formation. The computing performance of the computing platform is over 5000 cores, with over 120TB of memory, over 16PB of storage, and a dual precision computing power of over 400Tflops. It can effectively simulate the formation of galaxies through scientific calculations. The Future Center (C3A) will conduct ongoing research on galaxy cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, and exoplanets. In the field of galactic cosmology: studying the formation and evolution of large-scale structures in the universe, studying the properties of dark matter and dark energy, and their relationships with structures at different scales. Study the formation and evolution of galaxies, using analytical models and numerical simulation methods to limit the key physical processes involved in galaxy formation. In the field of high-energy astrophysics, we mainly study the structure and evolutionary behavior of celestial bodies such as black hole accretion and jet physics, active galactic nuclei, and X-ray binary stars. In the planetary direction, study the origin of the solar system, planetary formation, and planetary system dynamics.

The members of the Center (C3A) include experts such as Cen Renyue, Lin Haiqing, Kangxi, Cao Xinwu, Liu Beibei, Yang Haifeng, Chen Hai, Liu Bin, and Go Ogiya. Two national outstanding youth and three hundred person plan. We will also introduce a group of outstanding young talents in the near future.

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