TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019
Introduction to astrophysical plasmas: Overview of systems and scales (Kunz)
(slides and lecture notes)
Break
Fundamentals of fluid dynamics: Conservation laws and mathematical matters (Kunz)
Coffee & Tea
Fundamentals of plasmas: Debye shielding, plasma oscillations, and collisions (Kunz)
Basic magnetohydrodynamics: Magnetic forces, induction equation, flux freezing (Brown)
Lunch (provided)
Introduction to turbulence: Cascades and Kolmogorov theory (TenBarge)
(slides and lecture notes)
Break
Linear theory of MHD waves: Alfvén, fast, and slow modes (Klein)
Coffee & Tea
Introduction to magnetic reconnection: Ohmic diffusion and Sweet-Parker reconnection (Brown)
(additional notes on reconnection including tearing and plasmoid instabilities)
End of day
8:50am
9:00am
10:00am
10:10am
10:50am
11:10am
11:50am
12:50pm
1:50pm
2:50pm
3:00pm
4:15pm
4:35pm
6:05pm
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019
Introduction to MHD turbulence: Alfvén-wave collisions and critical balance (TenBarge)
(bonus: extended turbulence notes part 1 and part 2 and part 3)
Coffee & Tea
Linear theory of MHD instabilities: Shear, buoyancy, and rotation (Kunz)
Problem session (with solutions)
Lunch (provided)
Single-particle motion: Guiding centers, perpendicular drifts, and adiabatic invariance (Kunz)
Break
Introduction to kinetic theory: Klimontovich, Vlasov, and Landau (Klein)
Coffee & Tea
Linear theory of kinetic instabilities: Bumps, beams, and anisotropies (Klein)
Break
Group 1: SSX/LiPD tour and demonstration; Group 2: Problem session (with solutions)
End of day
Banquet dinner
9:00am
10:30am
10:50am
11:50am
12:40pm
1:40pm
2:40pm
2:50pm
3:50pm
4:10pm
5:10pm
5:20pm
6:10pm
6:45pm
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019
Introduction to radiation hydrodynamics, Part 1 (Kuranz)
Break
Introduction to radiation hydrodynamics, Part 2 (Kuranz)
Coffee & Tea
Lunch (provided)
Research talk: Kristopher Klein
Break
Particle-in-cell simulation method and interactive demonstration (TenBarge)
Coffee & Tea
Group 1: Problem session (with solutions); Group 2: SSX/LiPD tour and demonstration
Closing remarks
Pizza party
9:00am
10:00am
10:10am
10:40am
11:10am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:10pm
3:40pm
4:00pm
4:50pm
5:00pm