Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation: A Symposium in Honor of Wei-li Lee
University of California, Irvine
July 18 - 22, 2016
Overview
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Scientific Committee
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Local Contact Information
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The purpose of this special symposium is to honor Wei-li Lee for his seminal pioneering contributions to gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations.
Since its invention by Wei-li Lee more than 30 years ago, gyrokinetic simulation has transformed the study of magnetized plasmas with applications to many low frequency processes including microturbulence, magnetohydrodynamic modes, energetic particle instabilities, and collisional transport in fusion and space/astrophysical plasmas. It has also been a key driver for the engagement of plasma physics as a prominent application domain in the exciting growth area of high performance computing -- from the present to next generation supercomputers based on heterogeneous architectures.
The first two days (July 18-19) of the symposium will be scheduled for formal presentations to discuss the current status and future directions in physics and advanced computing of gyrokinetic particle simulation.
[zhihong@uci.edu]
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Irvine
» S. E. Parker
[sparker@colorado.edu]
Department of Physics
University of Colorado
» W. M. Tang
wtang@pppl.gov
Princeton Program in Plasma Physic (PPPL)
Princeton University
[laraa@uci.edu]
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Irvine 949.824.7629
» Jan Strudwick
[jstrudwi@uci.edu]
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Irvine 949.824.7639
This will be followed over the last three days (July 20-22) with workshop topics including technical discussions on extending gyrokinetic formulation to new parameter regimes and for applications including the key area of energetic particle dynamics under burning plasma conditions.
The proceedings will be published in a refereed journal currently being arranged. The meeting will be on the campus of the University of California, Irvine
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