To Do List (Fall 2006)
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  • Finish thesis intro
  • Make poster for Sigma-Xi
  • Finish thesis section about excitation kinematics
  • Put together a presentation (lots of pictures, few words) for Joe MacFarlane about our new atomic model (we want to make a simple model with term splitting and fine structure) and our confusion about whether the changes we make are actually being saved
  • Try simulations with new atomic models to check density dependence issue
  • Use new simulations to produce TfromVUV plots for APS-DPP poster
  • Make new atomic models with more levels to make sure results don't change
  • Re-test equilibration time for time-dependent simulations
  • Run simulations for TfromVUV with densities of 1e14 and 2e15
  • Modify TfromVUV code to allow for both temperature and density to vary (maybe not necessary...)
  • See if our new atomic models make a difference in the 229.7 nm line mystery
  • Try simulations with non-Maxwellian velocity distributions
  • Work on glossary of terms
  • Try PrismSPECT simulations with additional impurity elements (nitrogen alone, N+C+O, He, metals...)
      • Calculate total power emitted in the form of radiation (SSX has 1 kJ of energy lost over 1e-4 s, so ~10 MW)
      Use "frequency integrated power in band" tool in PrismSPECT line intensity viewer

Week

Dates

Goals

1

9-3 to 9-9

- Finish theory section of thesis (excitation kinematics) Completed

- Begin working on Sigma Xi poster Not completed

2

9-10 to 9-16

- Finish Sigma Xi poster Almost completed

3

9-17 to 9-23

- Finish section 1.1 of thesis intro (plasma background) Not completed
- Poster completed

- Sigma Xi Poster Session Thursday 9-21 and Friday 9-22

4

9-24 to 9-30

- Finish sections 1.2 to 1.4 of thesis intro (SSX background, previous work) Not completed
- section 1.1 of thesis completed

5

10-1 to 10-7

- Finish thesis section describing VUV spectroscopy Completed
- Thesis intro completed

6

10-8 to 10-14

- Finish thesis section describing SXR Completed

October Break

7

10-22 to 10-28

- Begin thesis section about PrismSPECT simulations (time to reach equilibrium, atomic models used, etc.) Not Completed

8

10-29 to 11-4

- Finish thesis section about PrismSPECT simulations Not Completed
- Poster for conference completed

- APS-DPP Conference

9

11-5 to 11-11

- Begin thesis section about results and analysis Not Completed

10

11-12 to 11-18

- Work on results section Not Completed

11

11-19 to 11-25

- Finish results section Not Completed

12

11-26 to 12-2

- Finish thesis conclusion and appendices Not Completed

13

12-3 to 12-9

 

14

12-10 to 12-16

- Thesis section about PrismSPECT completed
- Thesis appendices completed

15
12-17 to 12-23
- Thesis Due 12-21
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