Atomic Ion Stage Abundances in Astrophysical Plasma
February 25-26, 2008
Auburn University Auburn, , Alabama

Agenda
 

Sunday, February 24, 2008

7:00 – 9:00 pm Registration in Auburn Hotel and Conference Center

Monday, February 25, 2008

Astrophysics Plasma Session: Dave Schultz (ORNL), chair

8:30 – 9:00     Tim Kallman (GSFC) "Testing Photoionization Calculations using Chandra
                          X-Ray Spectra"

9:00 – 9:30     Nancy Brickhouse (Harvard University) "Astrophysical Evidence for a Problem
                          with the Iron Charge Balance in Collisional Equilibrium"

9:30 – 10:00   Todd Tripp (University of Massachusetts) "Probing the Role of Gas in Galaxy
                          Evolution: Atomic Data Requirements"

10:00 – 10:30  Mid-morning break

     

Photoionization of Atoms Session: Allen Landers (Auburn University), Chair

10:30 – 11:00     Brendan McLaughlin (Queens University Belfast) "Photoionization of Atomic Ions
                             using the R-matrix Method"

11:00 – 11:30     Ron Phaneuf (University of Nevada) "Photoionization of Atomic Ions using
                             Synchrotron Radiation"

11:30                Break for lunch

     

Recombination with Atoms Session:Francis Robicheaux (Auburn), Chair

1:30 – 2:00     Nigel Badnell (University of Strathclyde) "Updated Opacities from the Opacity
                          Project"

2:00 – 2:30     Ming Gu (Stanford University) "Dielectronic Recombination for Atomic Ions"

2:30 – 3:00     Stefan Schippers (University of Giessen) "Electron-Ion Recombination
                          Rate Coefficients from Experiments at Heavy-Ion Storage Rings"

3:30               Mid-afternoon break

     

3:30 – 5:00      Poster Session

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Astrophysics Plasma Session: Gary Ferland (University of Kentucky), Chair

8:30 – 9:00     Randall Smith (GSFC) "X-Ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas:
                          Advances and Puzzles"

9:00 – 9:30     Robin Shelton (University of Georgia) "On the Question of X-Ray Emission in the
                          Local Region"

9:30 – 10:00   Martin O'Mullane (JET) "Development of Generalized Collisional-Radiative
                          Modelling for Astrophysics"

10:00             Mid-morning break

Electron Ionization of Atoms Session: Stuart Loch (Auburn Univ), Chair

10:30 – 11:00   James Colgan (LANL) "Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Sections of
                           Near-Neutral Atomic Ions using Non-Perturbative Close-Coupling Methods"

11:00 – 11:30   Mike Fogle (ORNL) "Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Sections from
                           Crossed-Beams Experiments"

11:30              Lunch break

Electron Excitation of Atoms Session: Don Griffin (Rollins College), Chair

1:30 – 2:00     Connor Ballance (Rollins College) "An Overview of R-matrix Electron-impact Excitation"

2:00 – 2:30     Michael Witthoeft (GSFC) "Electron-Impact Excitation Calculations along the
                         F-like Isoelectronic Sequence using the R-Matrix Method"

2:30 – 3:00    Chun Lin (University of Wisconsin) "Electron-Impact Excitation out of Metastable
                         Levels of Rare Gases and Applications to Low-Temperature Plasmas"

3:30               Mid-afternoon break

Atomic Data for Astrophysics Session: Phil Stancil (University of Georgia), Chair

3:30 – 4:00     Enrico Landi (NRL) "The CHIANTI Atomic Data for Astrophysics Project:
                         Recent Advances"

4:00 – 4:30     Daniel Savin (Columbia University) "Summary and Outlook for
                         Laboratory Astrophysics"