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2005 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 24–28, 2005; Denver, Colorado

Session RP1: Poster Session VIII

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Adam's Mark Hotel - Grand Ballroom I & II 2:00pm

	RP1.00001: NSTX, OTHER SPHERICAL TOKAMAKS, AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Preview Abstract
	RP1.00002: National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Facility/Diagnostic Overview M. Ono Preview Abstract
	RP1.00003: Analysis of pellet induced perturbations in NSTX using soft X-ray techniques D. Stutman , K. Tritz , L. Delgado-Aparicio , M. Finkenthal , R. Bell , R. Kaita , S. Kaye , H. Kugel , B. LeBlanc , L. Roquemore , E. Synakowski , F. Levinton , S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	RP1.00004: L-H Transition and Turbulence Behavior in Ohmic H-modes on NSTX C.E. Bush , S. Kubota , R. Maqueda , T. Biewer , J. Boedo , K.C. Lee , S.J. Zweben , R. Raman , R. Bell , M. Bitter , E. Fredrickson , D. Gates , R. Kaita , S. Kaye , H. Kugel , B. LeBlanc , R. Maingi , S. Medley , J. Menard , L. Roquemore , V. Soukhanovskii , E. Synakowski , K. Tritz , K.M. Williams Preview Abstract
	RP1.00005: Measurement and Analysis of Core Turbulence in NSTX S. Kubota , W.A. Peebles , N.A. Crocker , X.V. Nguyen , D.R. Mikkelsen , R.E. Bell , S.M. Kaye , B.P. LeBlanc , G.J. Kramer , E.J. Valeo Preview Abstract
	RP1.00006: Study of NSTX electron density and magnetic field fluctuations using the FIReTIP system K.C. Lee , C.W. Domier , M. Johnson , N.C. Luhmann, Jr. , H. Park , E.D. Fredrickson , S.A. Sabbagh , S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	RP1.00007: Spatially Resolved Measurements of NB Energetic Ion Distributions in NSTX Sid Medley , Robert Andre , Lane Roquemore Preview Abstract
	RP1.00008: Initial measurements of beam ion profile in NSTX with Solid State Neutral Particle Analyzer Array D. Liu , W.W. Heidbrink , D.S. Darrow , A.L. Roquemore , S.S. Medley Preview Abstract
	RP1.00009: Pitch Angle Resolved Measurements of Neutral Beam Ion Loss from NSTX Plasmas Douglass Darrow Preview Abstract
	RP1.00010: Comparison of Full Lorentz Model and Guiding Center Model of Ripple Loss Simulations in NSTX P.W. Ross , D.A. Gates , R.B. White Preview Abstract
	RP1.00011: Wave Coupling for HHFW in NSTX S. Bernabei , R.E. Bell , J.C. Hosea , B. Leblanc , C.K. Phillips , J.R. Wilson , P.M. Ryan , D.W. Swain , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	RP1.00012: Electron Stored Energy/Energy Confinement Indication of HHFW Surface Power Deposition on NSTX J.C. Hosea , S. Bernabei , B. LeBlanc , C.K. Phillips , J.R. wilson , P. Ryan , D.W. Swain , D. Stutman Preview Abstract
	RP1.00013: NSTX Reflectometer Measurements of RF Waves in the Scrape-off Layer in Front of the HHFW Antenna Array J.B. Wilgen , G.R. Hanson , P.M. Ryan , D.W. Swain , S. Bernabei , N. Greenough , J.C. Hosea , J.R. Wilson Preview Abstract
	RP1.00014: Simulation of ECE frequency spectra for NSTX and comparison with new radiometer results Jakub Urban , Josef Preinhaelter , Gary Taylor , Steffi Diem , Linda Vahala , George Vahala Preview Abstract
	RP1.00015: Design and Testing of Electron Bernstein Wave Emission Radiometers for the National Spherical Torus Experiment and the TJ-II Stellerator J.B.O. Caughman , J.B. Wilgen , M.D. Carter , D.A. Rasmussen , P.M. Ryan , P.C. Efthimion , G. Taylor , A. Cappa , F. Castejon , A. Fernandez Preview Abstract
	RP1.00016: Discrete compressional Alfven eigenmode spectrum in NSTX and DIII-D Nikolai Gorelenkov , Eric Fredrickson , William W. Heidbrink Preview Abstract
	RP1.00017: Effect of Fast-ion Distribution Function on Beam Driven Instabilities in NSTX E. Ruskov , W.W. Heidbrink , E.D. Fredrickson , D. Darrow , S. Medley , N. Gorelenkov Preview Abstract
	RP1.00018: Three-wave interaction of fast ion driven modes in NSTX N.A. Crocker , W.A. Peebles , S. Kubota , E.D. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
	RP1.00019: Parallelization of MHD spectral analysis at NSTX Seth Veitzer , Jonathan Menard , Peter Stoltz Preview Abstract
	RP1.00020: Overview of MAST results and future plans Brian Lloyd Preview Abstract
	RP1.00021: Neutral beam heating and current drive on MAST M.R. Tournianski , Rob Akers , G. Cunningham , P.G. Carolan , D.L. Keeling Preview Abstract
	RP1.00022: Status of the TST-2 spherical tokamak and future plans Y. Takase , A. Ejiri , Y. Adachi , N. Ishii , H. Kasahara , H. Nuga , T. Oosako , M. Sasaki , Y. Shimada , N. Sumitomo , I. Taguchi , H. Tojo , J. Tsujimura , M. Ushigome , T. Yamada Preview Abstract
	RP1.00023: Heating Properties of Merging Startup in TS-3/4/5 High-Beta ST Experiments Yasushi Ono , Eiichiro Kawamori , Alexander Balandin Preview Abstract
	RP1.00024: Progress on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment R. Kaita , R. Majeski , T. Gray , T. Kozub , H. Kugel , R. Parsells , C. Priniski , J. Spaleta , J. Timberlake , L. Zakharov , V. Soukhanovskii , S. Krasheninnikov , L. Baylor , R. Maingi Preview Abstract
	RP1.00025: Effects of Lithium Plasma-Facing Surfaces on Particle Confinement in CDX-U T. Gray , R. Kaita , R. Majeski , H. Kugel , J. Spaleta , J. Timberlake , V. Soukhanovskii , R. Maingi Preview Abstract
	RP1.00026: Plasma Equilibrium Re-constructions of CDX-U J. Spaleta , L. Zakharov , R. Kaita , R. Majeski , T. Gray Preview Abstract
	RP1.00027: The Phase II Campaign for the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment B. Squires , E. Unterberg , D. Battaglia , M. Bongard , S. Burke , N. Eidietis , R. Fonck , G. Garstka , B. Kujak-Ford , B. Lewicki , G. Winz Preview Abstract
	RP1.00028: Non-Inductive Startup Via a Plasma Gun DC Helicity Source on the Pegasus Experiment N.W. Eidietis , G. Fiksel , R.J. Fonck , G.D. Garstka , E.A. Unterberg , G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
	RP1.00029: Development of an Active Plasma Control System for Pegasus M.W. Bongard , S.P. Burke , R.J. Fonck , B.T. Lewicki Preview Abstract
	RP1.00030: Electron Temperature Diagnostics on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Battaglia , M.W. Bongard , R.J. Fonck , D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
	RP1.00031: Planned EBW Heating and Current Drive Experiments on Pegasus G.D. Garstka , R.J. Fonck , B.T. Lewicki , S.J. Diem , P.C. Efthimion , G. Taylor Preview Abstract
	RP1.00032: Modeling of EBW Propagation and Damping on Pegasus S.J. Diem , P.C. Efthimion , G. Taylor , R.J. Fonck , G.D. Garstka Preview Abstract
	RP1.00033: ST Formation via Driven Relaxation of a Screw Pinch: Overview and Design Considerations of a Proposed Concept Exploration Experiment S. Hsu , X. Tang , M. Kostora , T. Intrator , G.A. Wurden , D. Lazanja , A. Boozer Preview Abstract
	RP1.00034: Physics Design Bases of a Spherical Torus with a Plasma Center Column Xianzhu Tang , Allen Boozer , David Lazanja , Scott Hsu Preview Abstract
	RP1.00035: MCX Preview Abstract
	RP1.00036: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment : status and plans Catalin Teodorescu , Andrew Case , Richard Ellis , Adil Hassam , Robert Lunsford , Raymond Elton , Joydeep Ghosh , Hans Griem Preview Abstract
	RP1.00037: H$_\alpha$ Emissions Diagnostic for the Maryland Centrifugal eXperiment Ryan Clary , Andrew Case , Richard Ellis , Adil Hassam , Robert Lunsford , Catalin Teodorescu Preview Abstract
	RP1.00038: Spatially-resolved spectroscopic measurements of plasma rotation in MCX* J. Ghosh , A. Case , R.F. Ellis , R.C. Elton , H.R. Griem , A. Hassam , R. Lunsford , C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
	RP1.00039: Supercritical Alfven Ionization Velocities observed on MCX R. Lunsford , R.F. Ellis , A. Case , R. Clary , A. Hassam , C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
	RP1.00040: Magnetic Diagnostics on the Maryland Centrifugal Experiment (MCX): Upgrades and Initial Results A. Case , R. Clary , R.F. Ellis , A. Hassam , R. Lunsford , C. Teodorescu , S. King , J. Young Preview Abstract
	RP1.00041: Neutral profiles in centrifugal confined plasma Sheung-Wah Ng , A. B. Hassam Preview Abstract
	RP1.00042: Innovation in fusion energy sciences: looking towards the future Simon Woodruff , Y.C. Francis Thio , Thomas R. Jarboe Preview Abstract
	RP1.00043: L-Mode Confinement in Toroidal Devices Joseph Gorman Preview Abstract
	RP1.00044: The stability of zonal flows in finite beta tokamak edge plasmas Parvez Guzdar , Robert Kleva Preview Abstract
	RP1.00045: Geodesic Acoustic Propagation and Ballooning Mode Formalism M.B. Li , P.H. Diamond , G.G. Young , M. Arakawa Preview Abstract
	RP1.00046: BASIC PLASMA: TURBULENCE, TRANSPORT, SHOCKS, NONLINEAR PHENOMENA Preview Abstract
	RP1.00047: Superresolution algorithm for turbulence in\-vest\-igat\-ions D. Block , I. Teliban , A. Piel , V. Naulin Preview Abstract
	RP1.00048: Investigation of edge ExB sheared flow development in the TJ-II stellarator M. Angeles Pedrosa , Arturo Alonso , Eduardo Calder\'{o}n , Alexander A. Chmyga , Nicolai B. Dreval , Leonid Eliseev , Teresa Estrada , Carlos Hidalgo , Ludmila Krupnik , Alexander V. Melnikov , Roberto Octavio Orozco , Jose Luis de Pablos , Stewart J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	RP1.00049: A Basic Physics Study of Zonal Flows in CLM Vladimir Sokolov , Xiao Wei , Amiya K. Sen , Khare Avinash Preview Abstract
	RP1.00050: Observation of Zonal Flow Formation in a Cylindrical Magnetized Plasma Jonathan H. Yu , Christopher Holland , George R. Tynan , Michael J. Burin Preview Abstract
	RP1.00051: Experimental and numerical studies of neutral gas depletion due to neural gas collisional heating in an inductively coupled plasma Masashi Shimada , George R. Tynan Preview Abstract
	RP1.00052: On particle temperature in CSDX Alexander James , George Tynan Preview Abstract
	RP1.00053: Validation of Drift Turbulence Simulations with Laboratory Plasma Experiments George Tynan , Christopher Holland , Jonathan H. Yu , Troy Carter , Lincan Yan Preview Abstract
	RP1.00054: Numerical Linear Device: Numerical simulation of turbulent plasmas in linear devices Naohiro Kasuya , Masatoshi Yagi , Kimitaka Itoh , Masafumi Azumi , Sanae Itoh Preview Abstract
	RP1.00055: Long-Range and Local Dynamics of Fluctuations and Particle Transport in a Large Scale Laboratory Plasma M. Gilmore , L. Yan , N.A. Crocker , W.A. Peebles Preview Abstract
	RP1.00056: Experimental Investigation of Active Feedback Control of Turbulent Transport in a Magnetized Laboratory Plasma S. Xie , M. Gilmore , S. Will , P. Ram , A.G. Lynn , C. Watts , C.T. Abdallah Preview Abstract
	RP1.00057: Magnetic field scaling of turbulence and transport in the Large Plasma Device L. Yan , M. Gilmore , N.A. Crocker , W.A. Peebles , T. Carter , G.Y. Antar Preview Abstract
	RP1.00058: Effects of Edge DC Biasing on Plasma Rotation and Transport in a Toroidal Geometry. Ashild Fredriksen , Claudia Riccardi Preview Abstract
	RP1.00059: Suppression of cross-field diffusion resulting from biased rotation of a cylindrical plasma J.E. Maggs , T.A. Carter , R.J. Taylor Preview Abstract
	RP1.00060: Suppression of turbulent particle flux during biased rotation in LAPD T.A. Carter , J.E. Maggs , R.J. Taylor Preview Abstract
	RP1.00061: Drift-Alfven wave transport studies in the Large Plasma Device Stephen Vincena , Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
	RP1.00062: Internal Shear Flows in the Large Plasma Device Eric Lawrence , Walter Gekelman , Patrick Pribyl , Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
	RP1.00063: PLIF Studies of Flowing Plasmas Brett Jacobs , Walter Gekelman , Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
	RP1.00064: Interaction of High Amplitude Alfv\'{e}n Waves with Density Striations David Leneman , Walter Gekelman , Patrick Pribyl , Bret Jacobs Preview Abstract
	RP1.00065: Laser-Produced Colliding Plasmas on LaPD Andrew Collette , Walter Gekelman , Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
	RP1.00066: Supercritical Radiative Shocks Do Not Exist R. Paul Drake Preview Abstract
	RP1.00067: Irreversible dissipation at collisionless shocks: Nonlinear ion-acoustic instability Li-Jen Chen , Abigail Rymer , William Kurth , Donald Gurnett Preview Abstract
	RP1.00068: Anisotropic Radiation Spectra from Strong Weibel Turbulence Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
	RP1.00069: Plasma Physics of Photoionized Gases by Short X-ray Pulses D.V. Romanov , V. Yu. Bychenkov , W. Rozmus , C.E. Capjack , R. Fedosejevs Preview Abstract
	RP1.00070: Nonadiabatic Ponderomotive Barriers Ilya Dodin , Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
	RP1.00071: Autoresonant Excitation and Control of Multiphase Nonlinear Waves Lazar Friedland Preview Abstract
	RP1.00072: Equilibrium statistical mechanics of self-consistent wave-particle system Yves Elskens Preview Abstract
	RP1.00073: Numerical Simulation of Driven Electron Acoustic Waves. F. Valentini , D.H.E. Dubin , T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
	RP1.00074: Thomson Scattering Detection of Ponderomotively Driven KEEN Waves in a Laser Produced Plasma J.L. Kline , B.B. Afeyan , W.A. Bertsche , R.P. Johnson , N.A. Kurnit , D.S. Montgomery , V. Savchenko , K. Won , C. Niemann Preview Abstract
	RP1.00075: Nonlinear oscillations in a unijunction transistor (UJT) circuit John Zielinski , Mark Koepke Preview Abstract
	RP1.00076: Observation of plasma hole transition induced by microwave power modulation Shinji Yoshimura , Masayoshi Tanaka Preview Abstract
	RP1.00077: Nonlinear Stability Behaviour of the Rotation Dynamics in the Collisional Tokamak Edge Layer Cuma Yarim , Umur Daybelge , Albert Nicolai Preview Abstract
	RP1.00078: Shock wave acceleration in weakly ionized plasmas Nirmol K. Podder , Anastasia V. Tarasova , Ralph B. Wilson IV Preview Abstract
	RP1.00079: Quasicoherent Nonlinear Interactions in Ion Density Fluctuations Ilker Uzun , Frederick Skiff Preview Abstract
	RP1.00080: NSTX Research, Recent Results, and Advancing Plasma Science Through Complementarity with Other U.S. Program Elements E.J. Synakowski Preview Abstract
	RP1.00081: Progress of NSTX Program in Physics Basis for 10-MA Devices Y.-K. M. Peng Preview Abstract
	RP1.00082: Development of Particle and Impurity Control Techniques for NSTX M.G. Bell , H.W. Kugel , D.A. Gates , R. Kaita , D. Mueller , C.H. Skinner , B.C. Stratton , R. Maingi , V.A. Soukhanovskii , R. Raman Preview Abstract
	RP1.00083: Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy on NSTX R.E. Bell , D.W. Johnson , R. Feder , T.M. Biewer Preview Abstract
	RP1.00084: Measurements of ion and electron temperature profiles on NSTX with an X-ray imaging crystal spectrometer M. Bitter , C. Bush , K.W. Hill , L. Roquemore , B. Stratton , D. Mastrovito , P. Beiersdorfer , M.F. Gu Preview Abstract
	RP1.00085: Upgrade to the NSTX Thomson Scattering Diagnostic Benoit LeBlanc , David Johnson Preview Abstract
	RP1.00086: Tangential multi-color ``optical'' soft X-ray array for electron temperature and transport measurements L.F. Delgado-Aparicio , D. Stutman , K. Tritz , M. Finkenthal , R. Bell , D. Johnson , R. Kaita , H. Kugel , B. LeBlanc , L. Roquemore Preview Abstract
	RP1.00087: Plasma Flow Measurements on NSTX using the SWIFT (Shifted Wavelength/Interference Filter Technology) diagnostic Stephen Paul , Robert Kaita , Lane Roquemore , Brett McGeehan , Nobuhiro Nishino Preview Abstract
	RP1.00088: The Motional Stark Effect (MSE) Diagnostic on NSTX Howard Yuh , Fred Levinton Preview Abstract
	RP1.00089: Progress towards measurement of ETG turbulence on NSTX D.R. Smith , R.E. Feder , E. Mazzucato , H.K. Park , L. Lin , C.W. Domier , M. Johnson , N.C. Luhmann, Jr. Preview Abstract
	RP1.00090: Fast visible 2-D camera imaging on NSTX A.L. Roquemore , R. Kiata , D. Darrow , S. Zweben , T. Gray , N. Nishino , R. Maqueda , C. Bush , L. Dorf , G. Wurden , K. Shinohara Preview Abstract
	RP1.00091: Fast imaging of visible phenomena in NSTX R.J. Maqueda , C.E. Bush , L. Roquemore , K.M. Williams , S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	RP1.00092: Recent Analysis of Fast Time Series GPI Data on NSTX Kyron M. Williams , Ricardo Maqueda , Stewart J. Zweben , Charles E. Bush Preview Abstract
	RP1.00093: Bispectral analysis of the L-H transition as seen in the NSTX GPI data A.E. White , M.J. Burin , T.A. Carter , T.S. Hahm , J.A. Krommes , R.J. Maqueda , S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	RP1.00094: Velocity Field Analysis of NSTX Gas Puff Imaging Data T. Munsat , R. Maqueda , J. Myra , T. Stoltzfus-Dueck , S. Zweben Preview Abstract
	RP1.00095: Analysis of Flow Patterns in NSTX Edge Turbulence T. Stoltzfus-Dueck , N. Pomphrey , J. Krommes , S. Zweben , T. Munsat , R. Maqueda Preview Abstract
	RP1.00096: Blob birth and transport in NSTX: GPI data analysis and theory J.R. Myra , D.A. D'Ippolito , D.A. Russell , D.P. Stotler , S.J. Zweben , R. Maqueda , J. Boedo , T. Munsat Preview Abstract
	RP1.00097: Simulation of convective cross-field transport, toroidal plasma flows, and dust dynamics in NSTX with UEDGE and DUSTT codes. A.Yu. Pigarov , S. Krasheninnikov , J. Boedo , R. Bell , S. Paul , A. Roquemore , V. Soukhanovskii , R. Maingi , C. Bush , T. Soboleva Preview Abstract
	RP1.00098: RWM Critical Rotation Frequency and Beta Dependence in NSTX Aaron Sontag , S.A. Sabbagh , J.M. Bialek , W. Zhu , H. Reimerdes , A.M. Garofalo , J.E. Menard , D.A. Gates , R.E. Bell , M.G. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc , D.J. Battaglia Preview Abstract
	RP1.00099: Error Fields and Locked Modes in NSTX Jong-kyu Park , Jonathan Menard , Russell Feder , George Labik , Christiane Ludescher , Aaron Sontag , Christina Tcheyan Preview Abstract
	RP1.00100: Improved Mode Number Identification of Low-frequency MHD Activity in NSTX S.P. Smith , J.E. Menard , S.A. Sabbagh , R.E. Bell Preview Abstract
	RP1.00101: Study of Type I ELM Systematics Using Soft X-ray Analysis on NSTX K. Tritz , D. Stutman , L. Delgado-Aparicio , M. Finkenthal , R. Bell , R. Kaita , S. Kaye , B. LeBlanc , L. Roquemore , R. Maingi , S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	RP1.00102: Characteristics of ELM precursors on NSTX Philipp Ridha , Jonathan Menard , Dan Stutman , Kevin Tritz Preview Abstract
	RP1.00103: Fast soft x-ray camera observation of fast and slow reconnection events on NSTX Brentley Stratton , Schwick von Goeler , Joshua Breslau , Eric Fredrickson , Wonchull Park , Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract