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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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 UniversityThe University of ChicagoThe University of Wisconsin Science Applications International CorpSwarthmore CollegeLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
~25 investigators,
~similar number of postdocs and students
The Tools
• Experimental facilities
• Computation
Apply multiple tools to each physics problem
•yields range of topologies and critical parameters•Joint experiments and shared diagnostics
Experimental facilities
Facility Institution DescriptionMST
(Madison Symmetric To rus)
University of Wisconsin Reversed Field Pinch
MRX(Magnetic Reconnection Expt)
Princeton University Merging Plasmas
SSPX(Steady State Spheromak Expt)
Lawrence Livermore NationalLab
Spheromak
SSX(Swarthmore Spheromak Expt)
Swarthmore College Merging Plasmas
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 CommitteeF. Cattaneo
H. JiS. PragerR. Rosner
D. SchnackC. SprottP. Terry
M. YamadaE. 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
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
CMSO Program Advisory Committee
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
Sept, 03 Ion heating/chaos (Chicago)Sept, 03 Reconnection/momentum (Princeton)Oct, 03 Dynamo (Chicago)Nov, 03 General meeting (Chicago)Jan, 04 Detailed plans on web
(www.cmso.info)
June,04 Hall dynamo and relaxation (Princeton)Aug, 04 General meeting (Madison)
CMSO Meetings
Various Research Interactions
astrophysical plasma research
theory, computation
observation
laboratory plasma research
theory, computation
experiment
new opportunities for both within CMSO
experiments to test astrophysics ideas
astrophysical concept
experiment
Generation of new ideas from experiments
experiment
cross-cutting modes of research
theory, computation
astrophysics
This Meeting
Purpose
• Physics talks
• Review progress
• Review and discuss plans
(general input, details settled later)
Format of Meeting
• For most research topicsAn “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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