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
8:00 - 9:00 Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
Denise Hinkel (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Computational Challenges in Hot, Dense Plasmas
PDF Presentation
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05

To Be Announced
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
Riccardo Betti (University of Rochester)

Theory and Simulations of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Inertial Fusion
PDF Presentation
1:00 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:20
Debra Callahan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility Laser

3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
5:00 - 6:30 Reception and Poster Session (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Gilbert (Rip) Collins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

 

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50
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
PDF Presentation
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
Nathaniel Fisch (Princeton University)

 
PDF Presentation
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:20
Max Tabak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Status and Needs of Computational Tools for Fast Ignition
PDF Presentation
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:35
4:45 - 5:00 Break
5:00 - 5:50
Michael Murillo (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Dynamical Electron Models in Molecular Dynamics
PDF Presentation

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50
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
PDF Presentation
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:20
Viktor Decyk (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))

Developing PIC Codes for the Next Generation Supercomputer using GPUs
PDF Presentation
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
Patrick Ludwig (Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel)

 
PDF Presentation

Friday, March 30, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Marty Marinak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Modelling of Inertial Fusion and High Energy Density Physics Targets with Hydra
PDF Presentation
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 1:30 Discussion and Wrap-up
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (Hosted by IPAM)