Tentative Workshop Schedule

Thursday, August 6th

  • 2:00pm: Collisionless HIgh-beta Magnetized Experiment Researching Astrophysical Systems (CHIMERAS) Overview

  • 2:15pm: Discussion on Overview

  • 2:25pm: Progress report: Proposed parameters (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 2:45pm: Progress report: Diagnostics (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 3:05pm: Progress report: The necessity of a source/target geometry (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 3:25pm: Progress report and Proposal Overview: Results from the first source-target simulations (5 mins presentation, 5 mins discussion)

  • 3:35pm: Coffee Break

  • 4:00pm: Overview of CHIMERAS proposal strategy

  • 4:10pm: Proposal overview: WHAM Experiments (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 4:30pm: Diagnostics proposal pitches: Ideas for novel diagnostics proposals to make measurements in CHIMERAS-relevant regimes. (10 mins presentation each, 10 mins initial discussion each)

  • 5:30pm: Focused Discussion: Proposal Strategy

  • 6:15pm: Workshop Dinner TBD

Friday, August 7th

  • 8:30am: Bagel and Muffin Breakfast

  • 9:00am: Friday Welcome: Code of conduct reminder

  • 9:05am: Proposal Writing Day: Division of Tasks

  • 9:15am: Breakout into Proposal Writing Groups

  • 10:30am: Coffee Break

  • 11:00am: Breakout into Proposal Writing Groups

  • 12:00pm: Groups report interim progress

  • 12:30pm: Lunch at Price Center

  • 2:00pm: Breakout into Proposal Writing Groups

  • 3:30pm: Coffee Break

  • 4:00pm: Groups report progress

  • 4:30pm: Individual pitches: meeting participants are invited to give a brief (No more than 5 minutes, 1-3 slide) pitch on a science problem, machine design, or diagnostic idea for CHIMERAS. Each pitch will be followed by 10 minutes of group discussion.

  • 5:50pm: Closing Announcements