25th Meeting of the DCN

Meeting Report

The 25th biennial meeting of the Data Centres Network was held from 30 September – 2 October 2019 in Room M0E100 at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The Scientific Secretary was Kalle Heinola (Atomic Physicist, Atomic and Molecular Data Unit, IAEA).

DCN 25 group photo

Agenda

Monday, 30 September 2019

09:30 – 10:00Kalle HEINOLA, Arjan KONING, Christian HILL: Welcome, introduction of the participants, adoption of the agenda
Session 1: Current Activities of the Data Centres I
10:00 – 10:30Yuri RALCHENKO (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America)
Atomic Data Research and Database Development at NIST
[abstract (pdf)]
10:30 – 11:00MURAKAMI Izumi (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities at NIFS in 2017 – 2019
[abstract (pdf)]
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break
Session 2: Invited Presentation

Chair: Arjan J. KONING

11:30 – 12:00David BROWN (Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States of America)
Atomic data in the ENDF library
[presentation (pdf: 7.2 MB)]
Session 3: Current Activities of the Data Centres II
12:00 – 12:30Mi-Young SONG (Institute of Plasma Technology, KFE, South Korea)
A+M Data Center Activities in National Fusion Research Institute (2017 – 2019)
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 44.0 MB)]
12:30 – 13:00Martin O'MULLANE (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Recent developments in ADAS and OPEN-ADAS: metals, influx and edge studies and web woes
[abstract (pdf)]
13:00 – 14:30Lunch
Session 4: Current Activities of the Data Centres III
14:30 – 15:00Duck-Hee KWON (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea)
Recent Activities on Plasma Spectroscopy and Atomic Data in KAERI Atomic Data Center
[abstract (pdf)]
15:00 – 15:30Pavel R. GONCHAROV (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbSTU), Russia)
Recent Works on Atomic and PMI Data for Controlled Fusion Research in Russia
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 1.5 MB)]
15:30 – 16:00Kalle HEINOLA (IAEA)
Current activities of IAEA Atomic and Molecular Data Unit
[presentation (pdf: 3.1 MB)]
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30Coordinated activities on bibliographical data compilation (all participants)
19:00 – 21:30Social Dinner: Gastwirthaus Pürstner, Riemergasse 10, 1010 Wien

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Session 5: Current Activities of the Data Centres IV
09:00 – 09:30Yong WU (Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), China)
Recent Database Activities of CRAAMD
[abstract (pdf)]
09:30 – 10:00Raúl BARRACHINA (Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina)
Roadmap on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research at the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 11.0 MB)]
10:00 – 10:30Connor BALLANCE (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
R-matrix excitation/ionization calculations for tungsten in support of magnetically-confined plasma diagnostics
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 7.8 MB)]
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
Session 6: Proposed Data Centre Activities
11:00 – 11:30Vincenzo LAPORTA (CNR Bari, Italy)
Electron-molecule dynamics for non-equilibrium plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 57.0 MB)]
Session 7: Databases and Data Exchange

Chair: Christian HILL

11:30 – 12:00Data centre online databases and software demonstrations (all participants)
12:00 – 12:30Data exchange format: XSAMS, ADAS, GENIE (all participants)
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
Session 8: Data Needs for Fusion Research I
14:00 – 14:30Detlev REITER (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)
Issues with CR- and plasma chemistry modelling for fusion boundary plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 7.8 MB)]
14:30 – 15:30Discussion on A+M data needs for fusion applications (all participants)
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
Session 9: Data Evaluation and Uncertainty Quantification
16:00 – 17:00Discussion on coordinated activities on data evaluation (all participants)

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Session 10: Data Needs for Fusion Research II
09:00 – 10:30Discussion on priorities in A+M/PSI data compilation and evaluation (all participants)
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
Session 11: Meeting Conclusions and Recommendations

Chair: Kalle HEINOLA

11:00 – 12:30Plan of DCN activities for the future
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
Session 12: Meeting Conclusions and Recommendations
14:00 – 15:00Formulation of meeting conclusions and recommendations; Adjournment of the meeting

Presentations

Connor BALLANCE (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
R-matrix excitation/ionization calculations for tungsten in support of magnetically-confined plasma diagnostics
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 7.8 MB)]

Raúl BARRACHINA (Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina)
Roadmap on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research at the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 11.0 MB)]

David BROWN (Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States of America)
Atomic data in the ENDF library
[presentation (pdf: 7.2 MB)]

Pavel R. GONCHAROV (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbSTU), Russia)
Recent Works on Atomic and PMI Data for Controlled Fusion Research in Russia
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 1.5 MB)]

Kalle HEINOLA (IAEA)
Current activities of IAEA Atomic and Molecular Data Unit
[presentation (pdf: 3.1 MB)]

Duck-Hee KWON (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea)
Recent Activities on Plasma Spectroscopy and Atomic Data in KAERI Atomic Data Center
[abstract (pdf)]

Vincenzo LAPORTA (CNR Bari, Italy)
Electron-molecule dynamics for non-equilibrium plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 57.0 MB)]

MURAKAMI Izumi (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities at NIFS in 2017 – 2019
[abstract (pdf)]

Martin O'MULLANE (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Recent developments in ADAS and OPEN-ADAS: metals, influx and edge studies and web woes
[abstract (pdf)]

Yuri RALCHENKO (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America)
Atomic Data Research and Database Development at NIST
[abstract (pdf)]

Detlev REITER (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)
Issues with CR- and plasma chemistry modelling for fusion boundary plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 7.8 MB)]

Mi-Young SONG (Institute of Plasma Technology, KFE, South Korea)
A+M Data Center Activities in National Fusion Research Institute (2017 – 2019)
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 44.0 MB)]

Yong WU (Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), China)
Recent Database Activities of CRAAMD
[abstract (pdf)]