Halo finding

This page lists software tools for halo finding - selecting gravitationally bound groups of particles (dark matter/gas/stars etc.) from within a simulation.

• Keywords:halofind, parallel
• Supported file formats: AMIGA, GADGET, GADGET2, ASCII, TIPSY, ART, DEVA, CUBEP3M
• Original code paper, MPI implementation paper
• Parallel halo finder (MPI+OpenMP hybrid). Haloes are based upon a hierarchy of isodensity contours and hence the code naturally finds subhaloes, sub-subhaloes, etc. Includes full support for dark matter, gas and star particles.
• Discussion forum at Google Group AHFusers.
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• Keywords:halofind
• Supported file formats: PMCODE
• Code paper
• Serial halo finder. Part of the PMCODE released by Klypin & Holzman (1997).
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