Workshop Programme
for period 11-15 October
Large-Scale Computation in Astrophysics
11-15 October
Timetable
| Monday 11 October | ||
| 11:25-12:35 | Schnack, D (San Diego) | MSI |
| Computational MHD: A model problem for widely separated time and space scales (Chair: R Rosner) | Sem 1 | |
| 15:30-16:40 | Hollerbach, R (Glasgow) | MSI |
| Planetary convection and dynamos (Chair: N Weiss) | Sem 1 | |
| 16:40-17:05 | Lanotte, AS (Lecce) | MSI |
| DNS of anisotropic MHD flows (Chair: N Weiss) | Sem 1 | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Rubini, F (Florence) | MSI |
| Convective instabilities in pre-runaway white dwarfs (Chair: N Weiss) | Sem 1 | |
| Tuesday 12 October | ||
| 09:00-10:10 | Nordlund, A (Copenhagen) | MSI |
| Staggered mesh approaches to MHD- and charged-particle simulations of astrophysical turbulence (Chair: DJ Galloway) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:10-10:35 | Brummell , NH (JILA, Boulder) | MSI |
| Magnetic field transport in turbulent compressible convection (Chair: DJ Galloway) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Mignone, A (Turin) | MSI |
| PLUTO: a modular code for computational astrophysics (Chair: DJ Galloway) | Sem 1 | |
| 11:25-12:35 | Cattaneo, F (Chicago) | MSI |
| Astrophysical dynamos (Chair: DJ Galloway) | Sem 1 | |
| 15:30-16:40 | Toomre, J (JILA, Boulder) | MSI |
| Global modelling of solar convection, differential rotation and magnetism (Chair: MRE Proctor) | Sem 1 | |
| 16:40-17:05 | Browning, M (JILA, Boulder) | MSI |
| Simulations of core convection and resulting dynamo action rotating A-type stars (Chair: MRE Proctor) | Sem 1 | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Haugen, NEL (Trondheim) | MSI |
| Mach number dependence of the onset of dynamo action (Chair: MRE Proctor) | Sem 1 | |
| Wednesday 13 October | ||
| 09:00-10:10 | Klein, R (Berkeley) | MSI |
| Verification and validation of astrophysical radiation-hydrodynamics (Chair: JM Stone) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:10-10:35 | Kommissarov, S (Leeds) | MSI |
| Modelling of relativistic magnetically dominated plasmas (Chair: JM Stone) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Schekochihin, AA (Cambridge) | MSI |
| Turbulence in magnetized plasma: do we understand and can we simulate Braginskii viscosity? (Chair: JM Stone) | Sem 1 | |
| 11:25-12:35 | Mueller, E (Garching) | MSI |
| Supernovae and numerical (R)MHD: challenges and developments (Chair: JM Stone) | Sem 1 | |
| Thursday 14 October | ||
| 09:00-10:10 | Drake, J (Maryland) | MSI |
| Kinetic modeling of magnetic reconnection in space and astrophysical systems (Chair: PH Diamond) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:10-10:35 | Isobe, H (Kyoto) | MSI |
| 3D simulation of emerging flux and magnetic reconnection using the Earth Simulator (Chair: PH Diamond) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Keppens, R (Rijnhuizen) | MSI |
| Grid-adaptive simulations of magnetized jet flows (Chair: PH Diamond) | Sem 1 | |
| 11:25-12:35 | Brandenburg, A (Nordita) | MSI |
| Large scale simulations of astrophysical turbulence (Chair: PH Diamond) | Sem 1 | |
| 15:30-16:40 | Linde, T (Chicago) | MSI |
| Non-ideal MHD and beyond (Chair: NE Hurlburt) | Sem 1 | |
| 16:40-17:05 | Falle, S (Leeds) | MSI |
| A numerical scheme for multi-fluid MHD (Chair: NE Hurlburt) | Sem 1 | |
| 17:05-17:30 | Gardiner, T (Princeton) | MSI |
| A new CT-Godunov MHD algorithm with application to the MRI (Chair: NE Hurlburt) | Sem 1 | |
| 17:30-17:55 | Balsara, DS (Notre Dame) | MSI |
| Amplification of interstellar magnetic fields by supernova-driven turbulence (Chair: NE Hurlburt) | Sem 1 | |
| Friday 15 October | ||
| 09:00-10:10 | Bodo, G (Turin) | MSI |
| Simulations of astrophysical jets (Chair: A Ruzmaikin) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:10-10:35 | Aloy, MA (MPA, Garching) | MSI |
| Short and long term simulations of relativistic magnetized jets (Chair: A Ruzmaikin) | Sem 1 | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Ferrari, A (Turin) | MSI |
| AMR simulations of supersonic magnetized jet acceleration from accretion discs (Chair: A Ruzmaikin) | Sem 1 | |
| 11:25-12:35 | Hawley, J (Virginia) | MSI |
| The magneto-rotational instability (Chair: A Ruzmaikin) | Sem 1 | |
| Other Seminars |
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Seminars in the University National and International Scientific Research Meetings |