2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
| Project/Area Number |
26400274
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
Baiotti Luca 大阪大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00574047)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | magnetic field / particle dynamics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In Fiscal Year 2015 the project was carried on further, together with independent collaborators, but not with any student (research assistant), since I could not hire any because of bureaucratic reasons related to my position in the university. Anyway, the coupling of the finite-differencing code and the particle-in-cell code has proceeded past the stage of calibration and the first investigations of physical scenarios in approximated dynamics are being performed, focusing primarily on regions surrounding neutron-star surfaces. The work has been focussed on finding the sufficient resolution to exchange data between the finite-difference code and the particle-in-cell code, also with heavy use of mesh-refinement techniques, through which we have achieved competitively small spacing. In order to speed up work, I have finally been able to hire a research assistant for two months in FY 2016 and another assistant is scheduled to join me in a few months for the duration of a month.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Actually the project has proceeded as scheduled in FY 2015, but there is
some delay due to the delay accumulated in the previous FY
2014. Furthermore, also in FY 2015 I was not able to hire research
assistants, but I have one now in FY 2016. This may speed up progress.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The plans for the research scheme will not be substantially
changed. However, this fiscal year I will dedicate more time to this
project, together with collaborators and research assistants, so progress
should be faster. As mentioned above, I have found a research assistant who
may assist me in this project.
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| Causes of Carryover |
I could not find a suitable research assistant to hire.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
I have now found research assistants to hire and am working with them.
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