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  • Monday, 11 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Registration
      Location: Main Building, Lobby
      • 09:00 Registration 30'
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and presentation of the Workshop
      • 09:30 Welcome and presentation of the Workshop 30'
        Speaker: A. Ferrari; S.M. Mahajan (Un. of Torino, Italy; Un. of Texas at Austin, USA)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 12:00 Magnetofluid Unification
      • 10:30 Magnetofluid Unification 1h30'
        Speaker: S.M. Mahajan (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Exact Solutions for Magnetic Reconnective Annihilation in Curvilinear Geometry
      • 14:30 Exact Solutions for Magnetic Reconnective Annihilation in Curvilinear Geometry 45'
        Speaker: Emanuele Tassi (Theoretische Physik IV – Ruhr Universitaet, Bochum, Germany)
  • Tuesday, 12 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Equilibrium States of Rapidly Rotating Stars and their Stability
      • 09:00 Equilibrium States of Rapidly Rotating Stars and their Stability 1h15'
        Speaker: Y. Eriguchi (Un. of Tokyo, Japan)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Multidimensional Multifluid Flow and Nucleosynthesis
      • 10:45 Multidimensional Multifluid Flow and Nucleosynthesis 1h15'
        Speaker: E. Mueller (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Nonlinear Evolution of Shear Flow Structures in Magnetic-Driven Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities
      • 14:30 Nonlinear Evolution of Shear Flow Structures in Magnetic-Driven Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities 45'
        Speaker: Abhijit Sen (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, India)
    • 15:30 - 16:15 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilty in Beltrami fields
      • 15:30 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilty in Beltrami fields 45'
        Speaker: Atsushi Ito (Plasma Physics Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
  • Wednesday, 13 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Numerical Methods for Astrophysical Flows: an Overview an overview
      • 09:00 Numerical Methods for Astrophysical Flows: an Overview an overview 1h15'
        Speaker: G. Bodo (Osservatorio Astronomico, Torino, Italy)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 MHD Astrophysical Applicationss
      • 10:45 MHD Astrophysical Applicationss 1h15'
        Speaker: R. Keppens (Institute for Plasma Physics "Rynhuizen",Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Exact 2D MHD Modelling of solar Coronal Loops Observed with TRACE and SOHO Including Compressible Flow and Heating
      • 14:30 Exact 2D MHD Modelling of solar Coronal Loops Observed with TRACE and SOHO Including Compressible Flow and Heating 45'
        Speaker: Gordon Petrie (Dept. Of Physics, University of Athens, Greece)
    • 15:30 - 16:15 Flows in the Solar Atmosphere – An Observer’s Perspective
      • 15:30 Flows in the Solar Atmosphere – An Observer’s Perspective 45'
        Speaker: Debi Prasad Choudhary (Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur, India)
  • Thursday, 14 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Constraining Physical Parameters of AGN Jets
      • 09:00 Constraining Physical Parameters of AGN Jets 1h15'
        Speaker: S. Massaglia (Istituto di Fisica Generale, Torino, Italy)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 The History that Led to the Solar Wind Concept
      • 10:45 The History that Led to the Solar Wind Concept 1h15'
        Speaker: E.N. Parker (Un. of Chicago, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Chaos-Induced Resistivity in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
      • 14:30 Chaos-Induced Resistivity in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection 45'
        Speaker: Ruysuke Numata (University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,Japan)
    • 15:30 - 16:15 Transient and Algebraic Phenomena in Shear Flow Systems and Their Mathematical Background
      • 15:30 Transient and Algebraic Phenomena in Shear Flow Systems and Their Mathematical Background 45'
        Speaker: Francesco Volponi (University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,Japan)
    • 16:30 - 17:15 Lyapunov Function of Double Beltrami Flows
      • 16:30 Lyapunov Function of Double Beltrami Flows 45'
        Speaker: Shuichi Ohsaki (Un. of Tokyo, Dept. Quantum Engineering, Japan)
  • Friday, 15 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Structure Formation in Astrophysical Environs
      • 09:00 Structure Formation in Astrophysical Environs 1h15'
        Speaker: V. Krishan (I.N.P.E., Sao Jose' dos Campos, Brazil)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Coronal Mass Ejections
      • 10:45 Coronal Mass Ejections 1h15'
        Speaker: S. Poedts (K.U. Leuven, Belgium)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics
      • 14:00 Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics 1h0'
        Speaker: E.N. Parker (Un. of Chicago, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Modulational Instability of an Ion-ion Hybrid Wave
      • 15:00 Modulational Instability of an Ion-ion Hybrid Wave 45'
        Speaker: De-Yu Wang (Purple Mountain Observatory, West Bejing, Nanjng, China)
    • 16:00 - 16:45 Density Depletion Associated with Shear Alfvén Wave in Electron-Positron-Ion Plasma
      • 16:00 Density Depletion Associated with Shear Alfvén Wave in Electron-Positron-Ion Plasma 45'
        Speaker: Shahzad Mahmood (Dept. of Physics, Comsats Inst. Of Information and Technomogy, Islamabad, Pakistan)
  • Monday, 18 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Self-Organization and Singular Perturbations in Plasma Flows
      • 09:00 Self-Organization and Singular Perturbations in Plasma Flows 1h15'
        Speaker: Z. Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,Japan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Shear Flows
      • 10:45 Shear Flows 1h15'
        Speaker: G.D. Chagelishvili (Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Spontaneous Discontinuities in Magnetic Fields
      • 14:00 Spontaneous Discontinuities in Magnetic Fields 1h0'
        Speaker: E.N. Parker (Un. of Chicago, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Stabilizing and Destabilizing Effect of Shear Flow
      • 15:00 Stabilizing and Destabilizing Effect of Shear Flow 45'
        Speaker: Tomoya Tatsuno (University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,Japan)
    • 16:00 - 16:45 Development of Cherenkov-Drift Instability in Relativistic Magnetized Plasma Flows
      • 16:00 Development of Cherenkov-Drift Instability in Relativistic Magnetized Plasma Flows 45'
        Speaker: David Shapakidze (CPA, KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Tuesday, 19 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Laser Produced Relativistic Plasmas
      • 09:00 Laser Produced Relativistic Plasmas 1h15'
        Speaker: K. Mima (Osaka Un., Japan)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Hall Dynamos
      • 10:45 Hall Dynamos 1h15'
        Speaker: D. Gomez (I.A.F.E., Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Stellar Jets
      • 14:00 Stellar Jets 1h0'
        Speaker: P. Rossi (Osservatorio Astronomico, Torino, Italy)
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Theory and Simulations of Fluctuating Magnetic Fields in Galaxies and Clusters
      • 15:00 Theory and Simulations of Fluctuating Magnetic Fields in Galaxies and Clusters 45'
        Speaker: Alexander Shekochihin (Imperial College, Blackett Laboratory, London, UK)
    • 16:00 - 16:45 Relevance of the Hall Effect in Turbulent Dynamos
      • 16:00 Relevance of the Hall Effect in Turbulent Dynamos 45'
        Speaker: Pablo Mininni (Dept. of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Wednesday, 20 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Magnetofluid Coupling in the Solar Atmosphere
      • 09:00 Magnetofluid Coupling in the Solar Atmosphere 1h15'
        Speaker: N. Shatashvili (Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 General Astrophysical Flows
      • 10:45 General Astrophysical Flows 1h15'
        Speaker: R. Opher (Un. of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Pulsar Plasma Flows
      • 14:30 Pulsar Plasma Flows 45'
        Speaker: George Machabeli (Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia)
    • 15:30 - 16:15 Role of StochasticFluctuations in Alpha-Omega Dynamos
      • 15:30 Role of StochasticFluctuations in Alpha-Omega Dynamos 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Gomez (Dept. of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    • 16:30 - 17:15 A Simple Semi-Empirical MHD Model for the Global Minimum Solar Corona
      • 16:30 A Simple Semi-Empirical MHD Model for the Global Minimum Solar Corona 45'
        Speaker: Alberto Vasquez (Institute for Astronomy & Space Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Thursday, 21 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 10:15 Relativistic Rotating Flows: Puzzles and Perspectives
      • 09:00 Relativistic Rotating Flows: Puzzles and Perspectives 1h15'
        Speaker: A. Rogava (Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia)
    • 10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
      • 10:15 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:45 - 12:00 Accretion Flows
      • 10:45 Accretion Flows 1h15'
        Speaker: A. Ferrari (Un. of Torino, Italy)
    • 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Temperature Distribution in a Plasma Spherical Globe due to Density Variation
      • 14:00 Temperature Distribution in a Plasma Spherical Globe due to Density Variation 45'
        Speaker: Kingsley D. Alagoa (Un. of Technology, Dept. of Physics, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
    • 15:00 - 15:45 Model of Outflow around Schwarzschild Compact Object
      • 15:00 Model of Outflow around Schwarzschild Compact Object 45'
        Speaker: Zakaria Meliani (Observatoir de Paris, Section Meudon, Meudon Cedex, France)
    • 16:00 - 16:45 Some Nonlinear Phenomena in Dusty Plasmas
      • 16:00 Some Nonlinear Phenomena in Dusty Plasmas 45'
        Speaker: Lakhan Lal Yadav (Kigali Institute of Education, Kigali, Rwanda)
  • Friday, 22 November 2002
    • 09:00 - 12:00 Clearance and Administrative Procedures
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      • 09:00 Clearance and Administrative Procedures 3h0'