University of Maryland College Park, MD • May 20-21, 2019
(Location: The Hotel at the University of Maryland)
Co-chairs: Howard Milchberg (Univ. of Maryland) and Earl Scime (West Virginia Univ.)
Workshop agenda: First day (Room - Salon FG)
All sessions will be in Salon FG unless otherwise indicated.
The workshop will be video-streamed, with remote participation available during moderated discussions.
May 20: Science
| 7:30-8:30 |
BREAKFAST - Foyer B |
| 8:30 | Welcome (Howard Milchberg and Earl Scime) |
| 8:40 | Remarks from the Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (Amitabh Varshney) and the Chair of the Department of Physics (Steve Rolston) |
| 8:45 | Workshop Goals and Deliverables (Denise Caldwell, Slava Lukin (NSF)) |
Science Overview Talks (talk 15 min + 15 min moderated discussion with panel of topic group members)
| Fundamental questions & challenges - (Chair H. Milchberg) | |
|---|---|
| 9:10 | Quantum properties of dense plasmas (Sam Vinko, Rip Collins) |
| 9:40 | Plasma in super-critical fields (Alec Thomas, Stepan Bulanov) |
| 10:10-10:30 |
BREAK - Foyer B |
| Fundamental questions & challenges - (Chair E Scime) | |
|---|---|
| 10:30 | Single component plasmas, dusty plasmas, matter-antimatter plasmas (Eve Stenson, Joel Fajans) |
| 11:00 | Laboratory astrophysics (Carolyn Kuranz, Petros Tzeferacos) |
| 11:30 | Relativistic laser- and beam-plasma interactions (Felicie Albert, Warren Mori) |
| 12:00 1:30 |
LUNCH - Salon E |
| Fundamental questions & challenges - (Chair H. Milchberg) | |
|---|---|
| 1:30 | Coherent structures and energy dissipation in plasmas (Jim Drake, Mike Brown) |
| 2:00 | Controlled production of chemical reactivity (Mark Kushner, Steve Shannon) |
Breakout Sessions on Science Themes
(1-Salon E | 2 - Salon F | 3 - Salon G | 4 - Tubman Room | 5 - Key Room | 6 - Curry Room | 7 - Salon E)
For each science topic area:groups will further refine their number of basic physics questions to preferably one but at most two - either plasma physics questions or general physics questions best addressed by a plasma experiment.
| 2:30-3:45 | Breakout Sessions: Seven science topic groups |
| 3:45-4:00 |
BREAK - Foyer B |
| 4:00-5:30 | Moderated discussion on science themes, with panel of topic group leads - (Chair E Scime) |
| 6:00-7:00 |
RECEPTION - Foyer B |
Workshop agenda: Second day (Room - Salon FG)
All sessions will be in Salon FG unless otherwise indicated.
The workshop will be video-streamed, with remote participation available during moderated discussions.
May 21: Facilities
| 7:30-8:30 |
BREAKFAST - Foyer B |
| 8:30 | Overview of Day's Activities and Goals (H. Milchberg) |
Facility and user perspectives for best science (talk 20 min + 10 min comments and questions) - (Chair E. Scime)
| 8:40 | Open facility: LLE-NLUF (Mingsheng Wei, LLE, Univ. Rochester) |
| 9:10 | Open facility: SLAC-LCLS (Emma McBride, SLAC) |
| 9:40 | Open facility: Green Bank Observatory (Karen O'Neil, Green Bank Site Director) |
| 10:10 | Collaborative facilities: UCLA-BaPSF and DIII-D (Troy Carter, UCLA) |
| 10:40-10:50 |
BREAK - Foyer B |
| 10:50 | Single/Few PI - Magnetized Dust Experiment (Ed Thomas, Auburn Univ.) |
| 11:20 | LaserNetUS network: Plans for best science outcomes (Cameron Geddes, LBNL) |
| 11:50-12:30 | Moderated discussion on best practices, Panel: facilities speakers - (Chair H. Milchberg) |
| 12:30-1:30 |
LUNCH - Salon E |
Breakout sessions
(1-Salon E | 2 - Salon F | 3 - Salon G | 4 - Tubman Room | 5 - Key Room | 6 - Curry Room | 7 - Salon E)
For each science topic area, groups will compose summary PowerPoint presentations that describe their important science question(s) and a user facility-based model for their study.
| 1:30-2:30 | Breakout sessions: Seven science topic groups |
Presentations from the science areas - (Chair E. Scime)
| 2:30-4:15 | Seven (10+5 min) presentations |
| 4:15-4:30 |
BREAK - Foyer B |
| 4:30 | Moderated discussion on lessons learned from the Workshop, Panel: topic group leads - (Chairs - H. Milchberg and E. Scime) |
| 5:00 |
Review of writing assignments for Workshop Report (15 min) - (H. Milchberg and E. Scime) |
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