NATO Advanced Workshop, August 21 - 26, 2000
Cargese, France
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Organizing Committee: Pascal Chossat,Sophia-Antipolis, France
Dieter Armbruster, Tempe, USA
Iuliana Oprea, Bucarest, Romania
Scientific Committee: Dieter Armbruster, Tempe, USA
Fritz Busse, Bayreuth, Germany
Stephane Fauve, Paris
Michael Proctor, Cambridge
Michel Rieutord, Toulouse
Paul Roberts, UCLA, USA
The onset and dynamics of a magnetic field sustained by the motion of
an
electrically conducting fluid (the dynamo problem), is typically one
in
which a multidisciplinary expertise is very important in order to solve
even the most basic questions. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate
interaction and discussions among three major research areas related
to
the dynamo problem:
1) large scale simulations
2) nonlinear dynamics - bifurcations, chaos and spatio-temporal data analysis
3) laboratory scale experiments.
A major goal of the workshop is to relate theoretical developments in
astrophysics, MHD and dynamical systems theory to recent simulation
experiments and to the real experiments currently coming on line.
LOCATION:
The workshop will take place at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques
de Cargese
(CNRS and Universities of Corte and of Nice) in Corsica. It is situated
about
60 kilometers north to Ajaccio airport, in a beautiful area next to
the beach.
The institute is set up as a scientific conference center with a large
conference
room with air conditioning, meeting rooms, computers (web access) and
other
facilities. Housing is provided in hotels and studios in the village
of Cargese.
Attendance will be limited to 70 participants.