(simulations of large scale evolution of dark matter and galaxies)
LasDamas (for Large Suite of Dark Matter Simulations)
is a project to simulate dark matter and its effect
on the distribution of matter in the universe.
It is an inter-university collaborative effort.
The simulations begin with initial conditions
according to an initial fluctuation spectrum,
and continue using N-body simulation (GADGET-2)
for subsequent evolution, with analysis of
the resulting "universe" to compare its
statistics with corresponding statistics
from surveys.
Among the project's products are mock catalogs
of galaxies and their dark matter halos.