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List of cosmological computation software
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<p>This List of <a href="/facts/Physical_cosmology/ww4ChbEq">Cosmological</a> <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">Computation Software</a> catalogs the tools and programs used by scientists in cosmological research. </p><p>In the past few decades, the accelerating technological evolution has profoundly enhanced astronomical instrumentation, enabling more precise <a href="/facts/Observational_cosmology/032xpNtg">observations</a> and expanding the breadth and depth of data collection by several orders of magnitude. Simultaneously, the <a href="/facts/Moore%2527s_law/90CSekhl">exponential growth</a> in computational power has enabled the creation of <a href="/facts/Computer_simulations/Re6o8vzN">computer simulations</a> that reveal details with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. For performing computer simulations of the cosmos and analyzing data from both cosmological experiments and simulations, many advanced methods and computational software codes are developed every year. These codes are widely used by researchers all across the globe, in all various fields and topics of cosmology. </p><p>The computational software used in cosmology can be classified into the following major classes[<i>according to whom?</i>]: </p> <ul><li>Cosmological Boltzmann codes: These codes are used for calculating the theoretical power spectrum given the cosmological parameters. These codes are capable of calculating the power spectrum from the standard LCDM model or its derivatives. Some of the most used CMB Boltzmann codes are CMBFAST, CAMB, CMBEASY, CLASS, CMBAns etc.</li> <li>Cosmological parameter estimator: The parameter estimation codes are used for calculating the best-fit parameters from the observation data. The ready to use codes available for this purpose are CosmoMC, AnalyzeThis, SCoPE etc.</li></ul>