PetaApps workshop - Taming the scale explosion in ab initio nuclear theory

Date/Time:	Thursday, 21 Apr 2011
Location:	Room 18 Physics Building
Contact:	Prof. James Vary
Phone:	515-294-8894
Channel:	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Categories:	Conferences
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The focus of the 3-day workshop (Thurs-Fri-Sat) is on our 5-year multi-institution NSF PetaApps program to tame the scale explosion problem in large-scale "ab initio" nuclear structure and nuclear reactions calculations.

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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Session I - 9:00am
Pre-Workshop working sessions - TBA

Thursday, April 21, 2011
Session I - 1:00pm

Welcome: Joseph Shinar, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, ISU

James Vary, ISU, Introductory remarks
Jerry Draayer, LSU, Introductory remarks

Tomas Dytrych, LSU
"Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model Calculations in SU(3)-scheme Basis"

Pieter Maris, ISU
"Large sparse matrix techniques in ab initio applications of MFDn"

Avinash Srinivasa and Masha Sosonkina, Ames Lab and ISU
"Dynamic adaptations in ab initio nuclear physics calculations in MFDn"

Break for coffee/tea

Session II - 3:15pm

Mark Caprio, University of Notre Dame
"SU(1,1) radial bases for Many-Fermion Dynamics"

Andrey Shirokov, Moscow State University and ISU
"Description of resonant states in the nuclear shell model"

Chase Cockrell, ISU
"Properties of the Lithium isotopes within the ab intio no core full configuration (NCFC) approach"

Discussions - Goals of the working groups

Dinner at Café Shi Restaurant - 6:30 pm

Friday, April 22, 2011 and Saturday, April 23, 2011
Room 18, Physics Building
Working groups - develop plans and strategies; present and discuss
Saturday Noon - adjourn