7th Workshop

Theory and Numerics of kinetic equations

May 28 - 30, 2018

Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

organised by Sergej Rjasanow and Anton Arnold

Monday, May 28

8:00 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 Opening
9:00 - 9:45 Alexander V. Bobylev
Long-wave asymptotics of solutions to Vlasov-Landau kinetic equations
9:45 - 10:15 George Wilkie
Applications of the Boltzmann equation in magnetic fusion confinement
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:30 Giovanni Russo
Higher-order Conservative Asymptotic-Preserving Semi-Lagrangian Schemes for the BGK model of the Boltzmann equation
11:30 - 12:00 Martin Geier
Should we use kinetic equations in the limit of incompressible hydrodynamics?
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45 Christian Ringhofer
A kinetic approach to the solution of large multi-scale reaction diffusion systems with applications to solar cell design.
14:45 - 15:15 Franz Achleitner
Large-time behavior in hypocoercive BGK-models
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:15 Esther S. Daus
The Boltzmann equation for a multi-species mixture close to global equilibrium
16:15 - 16:45 Kirian Döpfner
Efficient approximation of highly oscillatory Schrödinger-type equations including turning points
16:45 - 17:15 Sudarshan Tiwari
Numerical simulations of a rarefied gas and a rigid body interactions
17:15 - 17:45 Irina Potapenko
Space nonuniform collisional electron kinetic equation solution by finite difference method in quasi neutral regime
18:00 Get-together with wine and snacks

Tuesday, May 29

9:00 - 9:45 Lorenzo Pareschi
Efficient methods for uncertainty quantification in kinetic equations
9:45 - 10:15 Philip L. Varghese
Quasi-Particle Simulation of the Boltzmann Equation
10:15 - 10:45 Gerhard Kitzler
A spectral polynomial - Discontinuous Galerkin method for the Boltzmann Equation
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00 Francis Filbet
Asymptotically stable Particle-In-Cell methods for the Vlasov-Poisson system with a strong external magnetic field
12:00 - 12:30 Orazio Muscato
Efficient Monte Carlo-based algorithms for the Wigner transport equation
Lunch break
16:00 - 18:00 Excursion
Saarland Museum, Modern Gallery
18:00 Conference dinner

Wednesday, May 30

9:00 - 9:45 Kazuo Aoki
Slip boundary conditions for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations: Case of a polyatomic gas
9:45 - 10:15 Niclas Bernhoff
Half-space problems in kinetic theory
10:15 - 10:45 Giuseppe Visconti
Traffic Flow Models Derived from a Kinetic Approach
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00 Hans Babovsky
Discrete Velocity Models and the Fluid Dynamic Limit
12:00 - 12:30 Torsten Keßler
Fully conservative spectral Galerkin-Petrov method for the inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation
12:30 Closing