Led by S. Planelles and V. Quilis, this research line specializes in computational cosmology, combining high-resolution simulations with advanced numerical methods. This group began its research activities in 2002 and has been continuously funded through competitive research projects since 2005. Initially operating independently, the group has been part of several coordinated projects since 2007, including the RAVET and FOGLESS collaborations, which bring together theoretical and observational teams from institutions such as the Complutense University of Madrid, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of Seville, and UVEG. The CC group's work is situated within one of the most dynamic fields of modern astrophysics: computational cosmology. This discipline combines fundamental physical principles with cutting-edge numerical techniques to perform high-resolution simulations of cosmic structure formation and evolution. These synthetic universes serve as virtual laboratories for testing theoretical predictions against observational data from state-of-the-art telescopes. The group is a pioneer in adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) methods and developed its own cosmological simulation code, MASCLET, widely used in scientific applications. In addition, the CC group has created a suite of advanced tools for analyzing simulation outputs, many of which have been made publicly available to the research community. In the last few years, the CC group has carried out intense scientific activity focused on the theoretical and computational study of cosmic structure formation, the analysis of the intra-cluster medium, the dynamics of cosmic voids, and the development of public numerical tools applied to cosmology.

Senior members: J.M. Martí, S. Planelles, V. Quilis

More information:  https://www.uv.es/rag/