2008 US-Japan Workshop  on 
Progress of Multi-Scale Simulation Models

Overview

November 21 and 22, 2008
Housing Information: Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel
Dallas, Texas
(Friday  2 pm to 7 pm and Saturday 9 am to 5:30 pm)

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The 2008 U.S.-Japan topical workshop on Progress of Multi-Scale Simulation Models is a part of The Joint Institute for Fusion Theory (JIFT) program aimed to enhance U.S.-Japan fusion research collaborations. The JIFT objectives are to advance the theoretical understanding of plasmas and to develop fundamental theoretical and computational tools and concepts for understanding nonlinear plasma phenomena. The 2008 JIFT workshop will follow the 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics and it will be held at the same location (Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75207). The workshop will consist of oral presentations that are approximately 30 minutes long.

Organizers: 
Hiroaki Ohtani / National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan
Alex Arefiev / Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
alexey@mail.utexas.edu
(512) 471-3316 (office)
(512) 589-8500 (cell)

Speakers from Japan:

  • Hiroaki Ohtani / National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan, “PIC model for magnetic reconnection interlocked simulation model” Abstract  Presentation
  • Akihiro Ishizawa / National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan, “Multi-scale interaction between micro-turbulence and macro-MHD” Abstract  Presentation
  • Sadayoshi Murakami / Kyoto University, “Integrated simulation of ICRF heating in toroidal plasmas” Abstract  Presentation
  • Shuhei Numazawa / University of Tokyo, Japan, “Development of multi-scale simulation method via pseudo-particle method” Abstract  Presentation
  • Hideo Nagatomo / Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, “Multi-scale simulations for Fast Ignition and related laser plasma physics” Abstract  Presentation
  • Ritoku Horiuchi / National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan, “Relationship between Macro and Micro Physics in Collisionless Driven Reconnection” Abstract  Presentation
  • Shunsuke Usami / National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan, “Development of magnetic reconnection interlocked simulation model based on domain division method” Abstract  Presentation
  • Hiroshi Naitou / Yamaguchi University, Japan, "Global Kinetic MHD Simulation by the Gyrokinetic PIC Code"  Abstract  Presentation
  • Yasuaki Kishimoto / Kyoto University, Japan, "Nonlinear Interaction and Turbulent Transport in Mixed Scale MHD and ITG Fluctuations" Abstract  Presentation

Speakers from US:

  • Brad Shadwick / Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, "Towards Multi-Scale Models of Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions" Abstract   Presentation
  • Hong Qin / Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, "Variational Symplectic Integrator for the Guiding Center Motion of Charged Particles for Long Time Simulations in General Magnetic Fields" Abstract  Presentation
  • Linjin Zheng / Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, "Non-hybrid computation of kinetic effects of linear MHD instabilities with AEGIS-K code" Abstract  Presentation
  • Serguei Kalmykov / Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, “Multi-scale theory and simulations for Texas Petawatt experiments on laser wakefield acceleration" Abstract  Presentation
  • Myunghee Choi / General Atomics, “Cross-Code Verification of Quasi-Linear ICRH Modeling Using 2-D Linear Full Wave and 5-D Monte-Carlo Particle Solver" Abstract  Presentation
  • Vladimir Mirnov / Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, "Studies of Nonlinear Two Fluid Tearing Modes in Cylindrical Reversed Field Pinches" Abstract  Presentation
  • Brian Sullivan / Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, "The Scaling of Forced, Collisionless Reconnection in a Simple 3D System " Abstract  Presentation
  • Naoki Bessho / Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence, University of New Hampshire, "PIC simulations of electron acceleration by magnetic reconnection with multiple magnetic islands" Abstract  Presentation
  • John Cary / Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, "FACETS - a component approach to multiphysics challenges" Abstract  Presentation
  • Alex Arefiev / Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, “Multi-scale aspects of magnetic nozzle modeling” Abstract  Presentation