[local physicists] REMINDER: Colloquium Announcement 2/4/2014 (Dr. Balsa Terzic)

[Malin, Delicia M.]

Old Dominion University
Department of Physics

Spring Colloquium

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

"Applications of Modern Computational Tools in Accelerator Physics"

Dr. Balsa Terzic
Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators (CASA) Jefferson Lab


In this overview talk, I will present two new computational tools that can be employed to solve previously intractable accelerator physics problems. One such computational tool is genetic algorithm (GA), which is effective in multidimensional, nonlinear optimization, especially in the higher-dimensional realm where traditional methods fail. The other is parallel computation on Graphical Processing Units (GPUs), which can speed up intrinsically parallelizable algorithms by a few orders of magnitude, thereby making historically computationally prohibitive capabilities and domains of application feasible. I will motivate the use of these techniques, briefly cover the main concepts, and outline several applications where they have been successfully applied, including: optimization of the working point in a particle collider, non-linear chi-square  fitting, beam-beam simulations, and simulation of coherent synchrotron radiation.


Presentation: OCNPS 200 @ 3:00 pm
Refreshments: OCNPS 200 Atrium @ 2:30 pm
All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.




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