COMputational Astrophysics and Cosmology Workshop (COMAC2018) MHD Simulations in Astrophysics and Space Plasma

2 Jul 2018, 08:30 → 6 Jul 2018, 17:00 Asia/Bangkok

San Pa Liang (Lotus Pang Suan Kaew Hotel)

Suwicha Wannawichean (CMU) , Utane Sawangwit (NARIT)

 

Introduction

Modeling of astrophysics plasmas in various environment is a relatively new and rapidly growing field of research. The approach is to treat dynamical and magnetic phenomena in astrophysics plasmas consists of using the approximation of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) at all levels from the prospective of multibody interaction to fluid dynamics. The main objective of the workshop is to bring together different groups working in this field of research. We plan to bring together scientists from different research fields, including Solar, planetary and galactic communities, to discuss the common approaches to the problem and to establish new collaborations.

 

Goals 

The primary goal of the workshop is to exchange ideas, to establish cooperation links and to develop a joint strategic working plan for further tackling of problems of dynamics and energetics of astrophysical plasmas. The workshop specially aims at stimulating scientific discussions and collaborations between the different groups. The number of participants is limited to 30–40. The meeting will consist of oral presentations by invited lecturers and actual presentation of computational simulations. The majority of the time will be devoted to the actual workshop, stimulating the participants to work together in small groups on specific topics. Each group is expected to complete one of small project relating to their research interests. There will be no registration fee.

 

Target Audiences

Advance undergraduates, graduates students, post-docs and young researchers who are either already working or interested in the related fields of astrophysics , space plasma and computational techniques for MHD simulations. Due to the practical nature of the workshop and limited funding, the number of participants will be limited to 30-35 persons. The successful applicants will be notified of the organizer decisions approximately one week after the registration deadline.

 

Organizing Committee

Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, NARIT

Dr. Utane Sawangwit, NARIT

Assist. Prof. Siramas Komonjinda, CMU

Assist. Prof. Suwicha Wannawichean, CMU

Mr. Ittipat Promnorakid, NARIT

Miss Sulisa Chariyalertsak, NARIT

& NARIT International Training Center in Astronomy (ITCA) team

 

COMAC2018 Poster

Tutorial Guides

• Anaconda_installation_for_ubuntu.pdf
• Guid to installing Python packages with Anaconda
• Octave_installation_Guideline.pdf
• Python_Installation_Guide.pdf

Monday, 2 July

08:30 → 09:00 Registration

09:00 → 09:30 Welcome and Opening address

09:30 → 10:30 Lecture: Kinetic Theory of Collisionless plasma

Speaker: Dr Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)

ParticleMotion_JDN.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:00 Lecture: Kinetic Theory of Collisionless plasma

The motion of particles in E-M fields, pitch angle evolution and an intro to the fluid description of a plasma

Topics of Particle motion in steady electromagnetic fields include:
Motion in uniform and non-uniform steady B fields - gyration, mirror motion, first adiabatic invariant.
E_|| is usually zero
ExB drift
Frozen in flow
Gradient and curvature drifts
Briefly, effect of collisions - Pedersen and Hall currents, loss cone

Speaker: Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)

gradxy.gif

gradxz.gif

mirrorxy.gif

mirrorxz.gif

ParticleMotion_JDN.pdf

spm.py

tkplasmamulti2.py

tkplasma.py

tkplasma_requirements.list

uniformxy.gif

uniformxz.gif

velspacebg.gif

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 → 16:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester)

Tuesday, 3 July

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Magnetic field and plasma models for giant planets

Speaker: Nick Achilleos (University College London)

MDiscModellingV2.pdf

PlanetMagspV1.ppt

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:00 Lecture: particle-in-cell (PIC) models and/or particle tracing models for different fields

Speaker: Dr Patrick Guio (University College London)

ParticleDynamics_PG.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Nick Achilleos (University College London)

MDISC_Data.zip

MDiscLab.pdf

OctaveSourceFolder

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 16:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Dr Patrick Guio (University College London)

MDiscLab.pdf

Patrick_model.zip

Wednesday, 4 July

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Magnetosphere- Ionosphere Coupling

Speaker: Dr Licia Ray (Lancaster University)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:00 Lecture: Magnetosphere- Ionosphere Coupling

Speaker: Licia Ray (Lancaster University)

Dropbox link to MI Coupling Notes

MI Coupling notes - Final version with answers

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Licia Ray (Lancaster University)

Day_3_linux-Mac-execution-guideline.txt

liciaray-pyauroralcurrentscomac18-193604b40891.zip

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 16:30 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Licia Ray (Lancaster University)

18:00 → 20:30 Workshop Banquet: Transportations will leave at 18:00 in front of the hotel.

Thursday, 5 July

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Simulation with HPC: MPI and GPU CUDA

Speaker: Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

COMAC2018_MPI_Basics.pdf

10:30 → 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 → 11:45 Lecture: Simulation with HPC: MPI and GPU CUDA

Speaker: Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

11:45 → 12:30 Lunch Break: 45 minutes to make more time to get to Elephant show in time

12:30 → 16:30 Excursion: Transportation leaving at 12:30 in front of the hotel please be on time

Friday, 6 July

09:00 → 10:30 Lecture: Simulation with HPC: MPI and GPU CUDA

Speaker: Dr Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

20180630_CUDA_COMAC2018-2.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:00 Lecture: Simulation with HPC: MPI and GPU CUDA

Speaker: Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:30 Hands-on Practical session

Speaker: Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

COMAC2018_CUDA_codes.tar.gz

COMAC2018_CUDA_codes.zip

COMAC2018_MPI_codes.tar.gz

COMAC2018_MPI_codes.zip

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 16:00 Hands-on practical session

Speaker: Jongsoo Kim (KASI)

16:00 → 16:30 Closing Address & certificate presentations