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A. Multiscale phenomena and limiting structures

1. Kinetic and relaxation methods for conservation laws and moment systems
(Derivation and validation of models using diffusive and hydrodynamic limits, ...)
2. Multiscale phenomena for charged particle systems
(Modeling, analysis and numerics of hybrid semiconductor and plasma models, ...)
3. Mass transportation and entropy methods
(Large-time asymptotics for kinetic and parabolic equations, ...)
4. Eulerian-Lagrangian methods
(Multiphase flows, particles and solids in fluids and sprays, ...)
5. Continuum and kinetic models of phase transitions
(Coagulation/fragmentation, Bose condensation, kinetic relations, ...)
6. Quantum evolution equations
(Hartree-Fock equation, Dirac equation, semiclassical/nonrelativistic limits, ...)

 

B. Collisional evolution equations

7. Transport and collisions
(Analysis of and numerics for the Boltzmann equation, traffic flow problems, ...)
8. Many-particle systems
(Asymptotic limits, derivation of: kinetic equations, fluid models, and nonlinear one-particle approximations, ...)
9. Collision and dispersive quantum models
(Derivation of "quantum Boltzmann" equations, electron-phonon interaction, weak coupling limits, interaction with random media, ...)
10. Kinetic models for granular media and materials
(Derivation, analysis and numerics for models with inelastic collisions and/or mean fields, thin film magnetism, ...)
 

C. Nonlinear waves and hyperbolic systems

11. Structural properties of hyperbolic systems
(Zero-viscosity limits, diffusive and dispersive effects, non-strict hyperbolicity, ...)
12. Stability of nonlinear waves and boundary layers
(Over-/undercompressible shock phenomena, discrete shock profiles, ...)
13. Hamilton-Jacobi equations and geometrical optics
(Thin film magnetism, mesh generation, pressureless gas, ...)
14. Fluid dynamics equations
(Navier-Stokes equation, rotating flows, atmospheric and oceanic flows, dynamo equations, ...)

 

D. Numerical methods and simulations

15. Numerical methods for balance laws and dispersive equations
(Central schemes, relaxation schemes, kinetic schemes, schemes for nonlinear Schrödinger eq., ...)
16. Computational singular (in)compressible flows
(Magneto-hydrodynamics, multiphase models, shallow water equation, semiconductor simulations, Euler equations, Navier-Stokes equations, ...)
 
 
See the "Scientific Presentation: 4. Work Plan" for more details


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