Closures Workshop, ORNL,22-24 March 2006, agenda

22-Mar

Batchelor

8:45

Welcome and Charge

Callen

9:00

Extended MHD Models

Ramos

9:40

Low-Collisionality Representation of the Higher Fluid Moments

10:20

Break

Catto

10:40

What's Missing from Braginskii and Drift Kinetics?

Hammett

11:20

Landau-Fluid Closures and Continuum Kinetic Algorithms

12:00

Lunch

Held

1:30

Parallel, Neoclassical Closures for Steady State Applications

Spong

2:10

Particle-Based Closure Relations for Neoclassical MHD

Fu

2:40

Particle Closures for Simulating Kinetic Effects on MHD Modes

3:20

Break

Cowley

3:40

Magnetic Islands and Turbulence

Diamond

4:20

Representing Drift Wave Turbulence in MHD Calculations-A Wave Action Approach

5:00

Discussion

5:30

Adjourn

Reception 8:00 pm Wine, Cheese, and Desert reception at the home of Don Batchelor

 

23-Mar

McDevitt

9:00

Multi-Scale Interaction of a Tearing Mode with Drift Wave Turbulence

Sugiyama

9:30

A Drift-Ordered 2F Model

Breslau

10:00

Two-fluid Modeling of the Sawtooth Instability

10:30

Break

Hirshman

10:45

Electron Distribution Perturbation from Non-Maxwellian Ions

Sovinec

11:15

Numerical Demands of Systems wth High-Order Derivatives

Schnack

11:45

Properties and Tests of the 2-Fluid Model

12:15

Lunch

Kevrekidis

1:30

Projective Integration

Jardin

2:10

Current Capabilities, Needs, and Future Prospects

Batchelor

2:40

Needs and Desires of the Swim Project

3:10

Break

Discussion Sessions

Hegna/Schnack

3:30

Test Problem and Benchmark Table

Hammett

4:20

Feasibility of a Kinetic Model for Global MHD

Hirshman

4:30

Research Required for RF and NBI Interaction with MHD

5:00

Adjourn

24-Mar

Chairmen

9:00

Summary of previous discussions

10:30

Break

Callen

10:45

Discussion of MHD Research Strategy for next 10 years

12:00

Adjourn