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Open research projectAstrophysics · SPH · Bayesian inference

DART-RIFT

A deterministic, GPU-accelerated SPH shock-physics and Bayesian-inference pipeline for estimating which Dimorphos interior structures are supported by NASA DART impact observables.

Project record

This page reports the maturity and evidence documented in Ethosoft's working archive. It does not imply peer review, regulatory clearance, or clinical validation.

Methods and evidence

Open research projectAstrophysics · SPH · Bayesian inference

DART-RIFT

A deterministic, GPU-accelerated SPH shock-physics and Bayesian-inference pipeline for estimating which Dimorphos interior structures are supported by NASA DART impact observables.

Forward model
Tillotson equation of state, pressure-dependent strength, P-α porosity, Barnes–Hut self-gravity, and a resolved DART projectile on a PDS-derived Dimorphos shape.
Validation discipline
The repository documents analytic and experimental checks including Sod, Sedov–Taylor, Taylor-bar, basalt Hugoniot, conservation, determinism, and CPU↔GPU comparisons.
Inference plan
Hundreds of interior-parameter simulations train a surrogate model; Bayesian inference then produces a posterior distribution rather than a single asserted interior.

Evidence boundary: the repository describes a validated simulation foundation and an inference target. It explicitly does not claim a completed Dimorphos scientific result before Hera observations; impact runs and posterior conclusions remain future project phases.