Workshop I: Computational Challenges in Hot Dense Plasmas - IPAM

Workshop I: Computational Challenges in Hot Dense Plasmas

Part of the Long Program Computational Methods in High Energy Density Plasmas
March 26 - 30, 2012

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, March 26, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:50
Denise Hinkel (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Computational Challenges in Hot, Dense Plasmas
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
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Title not available
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Riccardo Betti (University of Rochester)
Theory and Simulations of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Inertial Fusion

Afternoon Session

13:00-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Debra Callahan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility Laser
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Mordecai Rosen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Computational Challenges in Modeling the Physics Of ICF Ignition Scale Hohlraums & ICF Implosions
17:00-18:30
Reception and Poster Session (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
R. Paul Drake (University of Michigan)
Various Challenges in Simulations of Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Gilbert (Rip) Collins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Title not available
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Igor Sokolov (University of Michigan)
Plasma Flow in a Laser Target as Used in the CRASH Project and its Sensitivity to the Equation-of-State for Non-Ideal Plasmas and a Warm-Dense Matter

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Don Winget (University of Texas at Austin)
Problems with Line Broadening and Opacities in White Dwarf Stars
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Sergey Lebedev (Imperial College)
Radiatively Cooled Supersonic Jets and Shocks in Laboratory Plasma Experiments

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Mark Herrmann (Sandia National Laboratories)
Using Magnetic Fields to Create and Control High Energy Density Matter
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Thomas Mehlhorn (United States Naval Research Laboratory)
The Role of Non-Local and Non-Equilibrium Physics in High Energy Density Plasmas
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Nathaniel Fisch (Princeton University)
Title not available

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Max Tabak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Status and Needs of Computational Tools for Fast Ignition
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-16:35
Jean-Luc Vay (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Recent Developments and Applications of the Particle-In-Cell Accelerator Code-Framework Warp*
16:45-17:00
Break
17:00-17:50
Michael Murillo (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Dynamical Electron Models in Molecular Dynamics

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Jim Glosli (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Direct Numerical Simulations of Dense Thermonuclear-Burning Plasmas Using Molecular Dynamics: The Role of High Performance Computing
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Jianmin Yuan (National University of Defense Technology)
Application of First Principle Langiven Molecular Dynamics to Hot Dense Plasmas
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Brian Albright (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Computational Challenges in Kinetic Modeling of Laser-Plasma Interaction and Thermonuclear Burning Plasma

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Viktor Decyk (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Developing PIC Codes for the Next Generation Supercomputer using GPUs
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Patrick Ludwig (Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel)
Title not available
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