TOK/MHD Retreat 2025

Europe/Berlin
Beilngries (Schloss Hirschberg)

Beilngries

Schloss Hirschberg

Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
Description

Next Retreat:

Date: June 15-17, 2026
Location: Schloss Hirschberg, Beilngries
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Outcome of the discussion on the organization

Suggestions for improvements:

  • Longer coffee breaks to allow more discussion.
  • Organise a minibus.
  • General overview talks on the different main projects in TOK.
  • Appoint a small scientific programme committee to select the oral contributions to avoid a crowded agenda.
  • Encourage contributions on open and challenging problems.


Appreciated:

  • ย Holding the poster sessions and the general discussion in the Rittersaal.
  • A short presentation of each poster before the poster session.

Organization

Breakfast buffet starts at 8:00 am.ย 
Lunch is served at the table at 12:00.ย 
Coffee break with cake is served in the afternoon till 15:30.ย 
Dinner buffet starts at 18:00.ย 
Checkout must be done before 9:00 Friday.


Scientific Programme

Posters: On the day of our arrival, Wednesday 7 May, there will be two poster sections in the Rittersaal.ย 
Portrait: 1,18m x 1,46m

General Discussion on Wednesday. Communications and definition of the topics of the breakout sessions on Friday after lunch.

Regular talks: 25' + 5' each on Thursday and Friday.ย 

Breakout session: On Friday after lunch.


Social Events

For dinner on May 7th (the day of our arrival) we will organize a picnic
on the nearby Lรคmmerberg hill (just a 10 minute walk from the castle).

We'll have beer garden tables set up at Lรคmmerberg and,
of course, a keg of local beer brewed with local hops.

From Lรคmmerberg we can enjoy views of Arzberg and its quarry,
the Main-Danube Canal and, if we stay long enough, the Aquarid meteor shower.

Each participant brings food and soft drinks from the castle buffet.

The cost for the guide, service (tables) and beer is estimated to be around โ‚ฌ5 per person.
If there is any left over, we will donate it to the castle as a tip, as we did last time.

Please let us know if you're coming so we can order enough tables (and beer!) by adding your name to the following doodle
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/en/p/8de2d3874da05079f27e6de1011f0e12-1154654
as soon as possible and no later than April 25th.
If you are not coming, dinner will be at the castle as usual.

It goes without saying that you are welcome to bring along any board games or card games, as well as musical instruments.

Of course, if the weather is bad, we will eat inside the castle as usual.
This will be decided a few days in advance based on the weather forecast.


Travel

Garching/Mรผnchen - public transportation: In Kindingย  there is a Rufbus service, https://www.beilngries.de/vgi-flexi/ย 

Garching/Mรผnchen - private cars:
Please, contact the potential driver at your earliest convenience.ย 

Garching - Schloss Hirschberg

DRIVER DEPARTURE TIME MEETING POINT FREE SEATS
R. Bilato Wed 08.30 Ismaning/Garching/IPP 0
A. Bohdan Wed 08:30 ? Freising 3
A. Bottino Wed 08:30 ? Alte Heide 0
V. Devos Wed 08:30 ? Mรผnchen, Freiman 0
C. Heppe Wed 08:30 ? Mรผnchen ?
G. Papp Wed 08:30 ? Aschheim ?
G. Pautasso Thu 07:30 Ismaning/Garching 3
E. Poli Wed 08:30 ? Mรผnchen Nord 0
D. Told Wed 08:30 ? IPP 0
F. Widmer Wed 08:30 ? Garching U-Bahn 0
W. Zholobenko Mo 08:30 ? Garching 0

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Schloss Hirschberg - Garching

DRIVER DEPARTURE TIME DESTINATION FREE SEATS
R. Bilato Fri 15:00 Ismaning/Garching/IPP 0
A. Bohdan Fri 15:00 Freising 3
A. Bottino Fri 15:00 Alte Heide 0
V. Devos Fri 15:00 Mรผnchen, Freiman 0
C. Heppe Fri 15:00 Mรผnchen ?
G. Papp Wedย  ? Aschheim ?
G. Pautasso Thu 19:00 Ismaning/Garching 3
E. Poli Fri 15:00 Mรผnchen Nord 0
D. Told Fri 15:00 IPP 0
F. Widmer Thu 19:30 Garching U-Bahn 0
W. Zholobenko Fri 15:00 Garching 0
    • 09:30
      Welcome Coffee Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
    • Poster I: Poster Session I Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
      • 1
        A gyrokinetic model with TensorFlow
        Speaker: Victor Artigues (MPPL)
      • 2
        The present status of TORIC-SSFPQL codes
        Speaker: Roberto Bilato (IPP - TOK)
      • 3
        Addressing the impact of fishbones to core microturbulence with gyrokinetic simulations
        Speaker: Davide Brioschi (Max-Planck-Institut fรผr Plasmaphysik)
      • 4
        Study of finite Larmor radius physics in tokamaks and stellarators with the gyrokinetic turbulence code GENE-X
        Speaker: Mr Josรฉ รngel Capitรกn Garcรญa (IPP)
      • 5
        Divertor island studies with GRILLIX
        Speaker: Barnabas Gellert Csillag (Max-Planck-Institut fรผr Plasmaphysik)
      • 6
        PIC simulation of Intermediate Mach number Astrophysical Shocks
        Speaker: Valentine Devos (IPP)
      • 7
        Validation of a Comprehensive First-Principles-Based Framework for Predicting the Performance of Future Stellarators
        Speaker: Don Fernando (MPPL)
      • 8
        Fluid neutrals - Gyrokinetic plasma in GENE-X
        Speaker: Sabine Ogier-Collin (MP-IPP)
      • 9
        Particle acceleration and non-thermal emission in relativistic AGN jets
        Speaker: Nikita Nikita (GNOI)
      • 10
        Disruption heat loads
        Speaker: Gabriella Pautasso
      • 11
        Recent physics results from the AUG SPI
        Speaker: Gergely Papp
      • 12
        On the turbulent dynamics and stability of the hard-core Z-pinch as a model for levitated dipole plasmas
        Speaker: Christopher Hill
    • 12:00
      Lunch Schloss Hirscherg

      Schloss Hirscherg

    • General Discussion Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
      Convener: Frank Jenko (IPP TOK)
    • 15:00
      Coffee break
    • Poster Session II Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
    • 18:00
      Dinner
    • Gyrokinetic: Modeling & Validation Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
      Convener: Wladimir Zholobenko (IPP)
      • 41
        The Role of Alpha Particles in Turbulence Suppression and Confinement Enhancement in SPARC
        Speaker: Alessandro Di Siena
      • 42
        Local and global gyrokinetic simulations of the pedestal of JET regime with small-ELMs
        Speaker: Mattia Dicorato
    • 10:00
      Coffee break
    • Numerics Beilngries

      Beilngries

      Schloss Hirschberg

      Hirschberg 70, 92339 Beilngries
      Convener: Victor Artigues (MPPL)
    • 12:00
      Lunch