Computational Astrophysics Tutorials - IPAM

Computational Astrophysics Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Grand Challenge Problems in Computational Astrophysics
March 8 - 11, 2005

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Morning Session

08:00-08:50
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:50-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-10:00
Harold Yorke (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Introductory Remarks to Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations in Astrophysics
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Harold Yorke (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Introductory Remarks to Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations in Astrophysics
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Panel Discussion
14:30-15:00
Break
15:00-16:00
Joseph Monaghan (Monash University)
Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (Part I)
16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:30
Joseph Monaghan (Monash University)
Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (Part II)
17:30-19:00
Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Morning Session

08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
John Bally (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Star Formation (Part I)
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
John Bally (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Star Formation (Part II)
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Chi-Wang Shu (Brown University)
Introduction to Finite Difference, Discontinuous Galerkin, Finite Element and Spectral Methods for PDEs in Astrophysics (Part I)
14:30-15:00
Break
15:00-16:00
Chi-Wang Shu (Brown University)
Introduction to Finite Difference, Discontinuous Galerkin, Finite Element and Spectral Methods for PDEs in Astrophysics (Part II)

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Morning Session

08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Phillip Colella (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithms and Software Short Course
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Phillip Colella (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Adaptive Mesh Refinement Algorithms and Software Short Course
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Michael Norman (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))
Structure Formation ( Part I)
14:30-15:00
Break
15:00-16:00
Michael Norman (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))
Structure Formation ( Part II)
16:00-16:15
Break
16:15-17:15
Roger Chevalier (University of Virginia)
Stellar Endpoints (Part I)

Friday, March 11, 2005

Morning Session

08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Neal Turner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Processes in Galactic Nuclei (Part I)
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Neal Turner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Processes in Galactic Nuclei (Part II)
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Roger Chevalier (University of Virginia)
Stellar Endpoints (Part II)
14:30-15:00
Break
15:00-16:00
David Meier (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Relativistic Astrophysics (Part I)
16:00-16:15
Break
16:15-17:15
David Meier (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Relativistic Astrophysics (Part II)
17:15-17:30
Conclusion
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