Transcript Introduction to CMSO Meeting

Introduction to CMSO Meeting
Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in
Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
Outline
• Reminder of CMSO
(topics, participants, structure)
• Status (prior meetings and planning)
• This meeting
Topics
• Magnetic Reconnection
• Dynamo
• Angular Momentum Transport
• Ion Heating
• Magnetic Chaos and Transport
• Magnetic Helicity Conservation and Transport
Institutions
Princeton University
The University of Chicago
The University of Wisconsin
Science Applications International Corp
Swarthmore College
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
~25 investigators,
~similar number of postdocs and students
The Tools
• Experimental facilities
• Computation
Apply multiple tools to each physics problem
Experimental facilities
Facilit y
Inst it ution
Descript ion
MST
Universit y of Wisco nsin
Reversed Field Pinch
Princet on Universit y
Merging Plasmas
Lawrence Livermore Nat ional
Lab
Swart hmore College
Spheromak
( Madison S ymme tr ic To rus)
MRX
( Magnet ic Reconnect ion Expt )
SSPX
( St eady St at e Spheromak Expt)
SSX
Merging Plasmas
( Sw arth more Spheromak Expt )
•yields range of topologies and critical parameters
•Joint experiments and shared diagnostics
Topical Coordinators
• Reconnection
Yamada, Zweibel
• Momentum transport
Craig, Goodman
• Dynamo
Cattaneo, Prager
• Ion Heating
Fiksel, Rosner
• Chaos and transport
Malyshkin, Terry
• Helicity
Ji, Kulsrud
CMSO Steering Committee
F. Cattaneo
H. Ji
S. Prager
R. Rosner
D. Schnack
C. Sprott
P. Terry
M. Yamada
E. Zweibel
meets weekly,
input welcome
CMSO International Liaison Committee
M. Berger
University College, London, UK
A. Burkert
MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany
K. Kusano
Hiroshima University, Japan
P. Martin
Consorzio RFX, Padua, Italy
Y. Ono
Tokyo University, Japan
M. Velli
Universita di Firenze, Italy
N. Weiss
Cambridge University, UK
Cooperative agreement with center at Ruhr University, Germany
CMSO Program Advisory Committee
S. Cowley
UCLA
P. Drake
University of Michigan
W. Gekelman
UCLA
G. Navratil
Columbia University
E. Parker
University of Chicago
A. Pouquet
NCAR, Boulder, CO
D. Ryutov
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
First PAC meeting: Sept 20, 21, Madison
Center Status
Sept, 2003
Start
Phase one
Detailed planning
(Sept - Jan, 04) cross-disciplinary discussions
Phase two
Research underway
(Jan, 04 - ongoing)
Phase three
Emphasize lab/astro links
CMSO Meetings
Sept, 03
Sept, 03
Oct, 03
Nov, 03
Jan, 04
Ion heating/chaos (Chicago)
Reconnection/momentum (Princeton)
Dynamo (Chicago)
General meeting (Chicago)
Detailed plans on web (www.cmso.info)
June,04
Aug, 04
Hall dynamo and relaxation (Princeton)
General meeting (Madison)
Various Research Interactions
astrophysical plasma research
theory,
computation
observation
laboratory plasma research
theory,
computation
experiment
new opportunities for both within CMSO
cross-cutting modes of research
experiments to test astrophysics ideas
astrophysical
concept
experiment
Generation of new ideas from experiments
experiment
astrophysics
theory,
computation
This Meeting
Purpose
• Physics talks
• Review progress
• Review and discuss plans
(general input, details settled later)
Format of Meeting
• For most research topics
An “invited” talk
(45 min., incl. 10 - 15 min. for discussion)
A talk on a recent Center result
(30 min, incl. ~ 10 min for discussion
Presentation/discussion on progress and plans
(75 minutes, including some 10 minute talks)
• Educational Outreach: Progress/Plans (one hour)
• Final open session for feedback, synthesis, discussion (2.5 hrs)
• Lunch provided in this building
• Meeting dinner tonight ($30) - pay at break or
lunchtime
• MST visit: if interested, sign up
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