Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 30–November 3 2006; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session VP1: Poster Session VIII: Spher. Torus and Exploratory Conf. Concepts; RF Heating and Diag; Magnetic Reconnection; Plasma Sim: Kinetic Codes; Plasma Tech.	Show Abstracts
Thursday, November 2, 2006 Room: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Franklin Hall AB, 2:00pm-5:00pm

		VP1.00001: SPHERICAL TORUS AND EXPLORATORY CONFINEMENT CONCEPTS Preview Abstract
		VP1.00002: Noninductive startup and sustainment of ST plasmas by localized plasma sources G.D. Garstka, N.W. Eidietis, R.J. Fonck, E.A. Unterberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		VP1.00003: Experiments at High I$_{p}$/I$_{tf}$ in the P\textsc{egasus} Toroidal Experiment E.A. Unterberg, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, N.W. Eidietis, R.J. Fonck, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, B.J. Squires, M.B. McGarry Preview Abstract
		VP1.00004: Magnetic equilibrium reconstruction of Pegasus plasmas B.J. Squires, N.W. Eidietis, M.J. Frost, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka, M.B. McGarry, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
		VP1.00005: Nonlinear MHD simulation of DC helicity injection in the Pegasus spherical tokamak Adam Bayliss, Carl Sovinec Preview Abstract
		VP1.00006: Impurity and radiated power measurements on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment M.J. Frost, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka, T. Hoang Preview Abstract
		VP1.00007: Implementation of the Pegasus Digital Plasma Control System M.W. Bongard, D.J. Battaglia, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka, B.T. Lewicki, B.J. Squires, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
		VP1.00008: Programmable power supplies for the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Battaglia, N.W. Eidietis, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka, B.A. Kujak-Ford, B.T. Lewicki, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
		VP1.00009: Overview of MAST results Martin Valovic Preview Abstract
		VP1.00010: Overview of Final CDX-U Experiments with Lithium Plasma-Facing Components R. Kaita, R. Majeski, T. Gray, H. Kugel, D. Mansfield, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov, R. Doerner, T. Lynch, R. Maingi, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		VP1.00011: Particle Confinement Times for Discharges with Lithium Plasma-facing Surfaces in CDX-U Tim Gray, Robert Kaita, Richard Majeski, Henry Kugel, Jef Spaleta, Daren Stotler, John Timberlake, Leonid Zakharov, Vlad Soukhanovskii, Rajesh Maingi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00012: Status of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Majeski, T. Gray, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov, V. Soukhanovskii, R. Maingi, S. Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		VP1.00013: Diagnostics for Experiments with Liquid Lithium Plasma-Facing Components in LTX T. Strickler, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, R. Maingi, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		VP1.00014: Design and Fabrication of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment Thomas Kozub, Richard Majeski, Robert Kaita, Craig Priniski, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		VP1.00015: RF Experiments on TST-2 and Plans for TST-2 and UTST Y. Takase, A. Ejiri, S. Kainaga, H. Kasahara, E. Kawamori, T. Masuda, H. Nuga, Y. Ono, T. Oosako, M. Sasaki, Y. Shimada, J. Sugiyama, N. Sumitomo, H. Tojo, Y. Torii, N. Tsujii, J. Tsujimura Preview Abstract
		VP1.00016: Initial Operation of UTST High-Beta Spherical Tokamak Merging Device Y. Ono, R. Imazawa, E. Kawamori, S. Akanuma, R. Morii, M. Onoda, F. Suzuki, Y. Takase, A. Ejiri, Y. Torii, T. Asai Preview Abstract
		VP1.00017: Development of Low-Cost Pulsed NBI system for UTST high-beta ST Experiment M. Sawahata, Y. Ono, E. Kawamori, Y. Takase, N. Yamaguchi, H. Kajiya, H. Sugie, T. Asai, T. Takahashi, K. Sato Preview Abstract
		VP1.00018: Interaction of rotating helical magnetic field with the HIST spherical torus plasmas Yusuke Kikuchi, Masato Sugahara, Satoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Yoshikawa, Naoyuki Fukumoto, Masayoshi Nagata Preview Abstract
		VP1.00019: Injection of Compact Torus into the HIST spherical torus plasmas M. Sugawara, S. Katsumoto, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		VP1.00020: Overview of LDX Results J. Kesner, A.C. Boxer, J.L. Ellsworth, I. Karim, D.T. Garnier, A.K. Hansen, M.E. Mauel, E.E. Ortiz Preview Abstract
		VP1.00021: Campaign for Levitation in LDX D.T. Garnier, A.K. Hansen, M.E. Mauel, E.E. Ortiz, A.C. Boxer, J.L. Ellsworth, I. Karim, J. Kesner, P.C. Michael, A. Zhukovsky Preview Abstract
		VP1.00022: Visible and x-ray imaging of a laboratory dipole plasma J.L. Ellsworth, A.C. Boxer, I. Karim, J. Kesner, D.T. Garnier, A.K. Hansen, M.E. Mauel, E.E. Ortiz Preview Abstract
		VP1.00023: Microwave Interferometer for the Levitated Dipole Experiment A.C. Boxer, J. Kesner, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		VP1.00024: High Beta Observations of the Hot Electron Interchange Instability E.E. Ortiz, M.E. Mauel, D.T. Garnier, A.K. Hansen, J. Kesner, A. Boxer, J.L. Ellsworth, I. Karim, R. Bergmann Preview Abstract
		VP1.00025: Strong, nonaxisymmetric flows driven in a dipole-confined plasma M.W. Worstell, B.A. Grierson, S. Stattel, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		VP1.00026: Characterizing Interchange Turbulence In A Dipole Confined Plasma B.A. Grierson, M.W. Worstell, S. Stattel, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		VP1.00027: What we've learned so far about the stability of plasma confined by a laboratory dipole magnet Michael Mauel Preview Abstract
		VP1.00028: Drift Waves in the GAMMA-10 and Kinetically Stabilized Tandem Mirror J. Pratt, W. Horton, H.L. Berk, T. Cho Preview Abstract
		VP1.00029: Overview and Recent Results from the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch U. Shumlak, B.A. Neslon, C.S. Adams, D.J. Den Hartog, R.P. Golingo, S.D. Knecht, K.A. Munson, J. Newman, J. Pasko, D. Schmuland, M. Sybouts, G. Vogman Preview Abstract
		VP1.00030: Thomson Scattering Measurements on the ZaP Experiment R.P. Golingo, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		VP1.00031: Modified Cathode Design for the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch Experiment S.D. Knecht, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, R.P. Golingo, K.A. Munson, C.S. Adams Preview Abstract
		VP1.00032: Overview of the Maryland Centrifugal Experiment (MCX) Richard Ellis, Ryan Clary, Ray Elton, Adil Hassam, Robert Lunsford, Catalin Teodorescu, Andrew Case, Michael Phillips, Douglas Witherspoon Preview Abstract
		VP1.00033: Momentum transfer to rotating magnetized plasma from gun plasma injection A.B. Hassam, Imran Shamim, R.F. Ellis, F.D. Witherspoon, M.W. Phillips Preview Abstract
		VP1.00034: Neutral Profile \& Momentum Confinement on MCX Ryan Clary, Richard Ellis, Ray Elton, Adil Hassam, Robert Lunsford, Sheung Wah Ng, Catalin Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		VP1.00035: Velocity Limits and Discharge Performance in MCX Robert Lunsford, R.F. Ellis, R. Clary, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		VP1.00036: Measurements of plasma isorotation on MCX Catalin Teodorescu, Ryan Clary, Robert Lunsford, Richard Ellis, Adil Hassam Preview Abstract
		VP1.00037: RF HEATING; DIAGNOSTICS Preview Abstract
		VP1.00038: Electron cyclotron waves and current drive in a relativistic plasma J. Decker, A.K. Ram Preview Abstract
		VP1.00039: Disruption Mitigation with ECRH on FTU tokamak G. Granucci, S. Nowak, J. Berrino, F. Gandini, B. Esposito, P. Smeulders, L. Gabellieri, M. Leigheb, D. Marocco, C. Mazzotta, O. Tudisco, J.R. Martin-Solis Preview Abstract
		VP1.00040: Fullwave coupling to a 3D antenna code using Green's function formulation of wave-particle response John Wright, P.T. Bonoli, R. Bilato, M. Brambilla, R. Maggiora, V. Lancellotti Preview Abstract
		VP1.00041: Evaluation of the RF Quasilinear Operator Using the TORIC Spectral Solver P.T. Bonoli, J.C. Wright, R.W. Harvey, C.K. Phillips, E. Valeo, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger, M. Brambilla, R. Bilato Preview Abstract
		VP1.00042: TOPICA/TORIC integration for self-consistent antenna and plasma analysis Riccardo Maggiora, Vito Lancellotti, Daniele Milanesio, Volodymyr Kyrytsya, Giuseppe Vecchi, Paul T. Bonoli, John C. Wright Preview Abstract
		VP1.00043: Analysis of large complex ICRF and LH antenna systems by TOPICA Vito Lancellotti, Daniele Milanesio, Orso Meneghini, Riccardo Maggiora, Volodymyr Kyrytsya, Giuseppe Vecchi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00044: ITER Reference ICRF Antenna Analysis with TOPICA Code Daniele Milanesio, Riccardo Maggiora, Vito Lancellotti, Volodymyr Kyrytsya, Giuseppe Vecchi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00045: RF Sheath BC for ICRF Modeling D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry Preview Abstract
		VP1.00046: Ray tracing for ICRF, including mode conversion and caustics Andre Jaun, Eugene R. Tracy, Allan N. Kaufman, Alain J. Brizard Preview Abstract
		VP1.00047: Full-wave Simulations of ICRF heating in toroidal plasma with non-Maxwellian distribution functions E.J. Valeo, C.K. Phillips, H. Okuda, J.C. Wright, P.T. Bonoli, L.A. Berry Preview Abstract
		VP1.00048: Stochastic Threshold in Wave Electric Field Amplitude from Fundamental to High Harmonic ICRF Heating Experiments on C-Mod and DIII-D Tokamak V.S. Chan, M. Choi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00049: High frequency gyrokinetic (HFGK) particle simulation of ion heating in the cyclotron frequency range. R.A. Kolesnikov, W.W. Lee, H. Qin, E. Startsev Preview Abstract
		VP1.00050: Advances in ITER Ion Cyclotron System Design R.H. Goulding, D.W. Swain Preview Abstract
		VP1.00051: The Wavelet Approach to Solving the Mode Conversion Wave Equation S.P. Smith, C.K. Phillips, E.J. Valeo, D.N. Smithe Preview Abstract
		VP1.00052: Mode conversion in ITER E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry, J.R. Myra Preview Abstract
		VP1.00053: Chemical and Gas Modification of Surfaces for Vacuum Breakdown Reduction and Prevention Carlos H. Castano Giraldo, M. Aghazarian, C. Calvey, D.N. Ruzic, J.B.O. Caughman Preview Abstract
		VP1.00054: The Role of Gas Pressure and Magnetic Fields on RF Breakdown J.B.O. Caughman, F.W. Baity, D.C. Donovan, D.A. Rasmussen, C.H. Castano Giraldo, M. Aghazarian, D.N. Ruzic Preview Abstract
		VP1.00055: Dense Hypervelocity Plasma Jets F. Douglas Witherspoon, Andrew Case, Michael W. Phillips Preview Abstract
		VP1.00056: Optimization Techniques for Alpha-Channeling in Mirror Machines Andrey Zhmoginov, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		VP1.00057: Progress towards a fast ion collective Thomson scattering diagnostic for ITER S.B. Korsholm, H. Bindslev, F. Leipold, F. Meo, P.K. Michelsen, S. Michelsen, S.K. Nielsen, E.L. Tsakadze, P.P. Woskov, E. Westerhof, J.W. Oosterbeek, J. Hoekzema, F. Leuterer, D. Wagner Preview Abstract
		VP1.00058: Gyrotron Frequency Measurements for Fast Ion CTS Diagnostics at TEXTOR and ASDEX Upgrade P. Woskov, H. Bindslev, F. Leipold, F. Meo, S.K. Nielsen, E.L. Tsakadze, S.B. Korsholm, J. Scholten, C. Tito, E. Westerhof, J.W. Oosterbeek, F. Leuterer, F. Monaco, M. Muenich, D. Wagner Preview Abstract
		VP1.00059: Wideband ECE Imaging Upgrade for TEXTOR C.W. Domier, P. Zhang, Z.G. Xia, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H. Park, E. Mazzucato, M.J. van de Pol, I.G.J. Classen, R. Jaspers, A.J.H. Donne Preview Abstract
		VP1.00060: ECEI/MIR on KSTAR: Conceptual Design Z. Shen, Z.G. Xia, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H. Park Preview Abstract
		VP1.00061: Advances in PAA Technology for MIR Y. Liang, Lu Yang, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr. Preview Abstract
		VP1.00062: MIR on NSTX: Conceptual Design Lu Yang, C.W. Domier, W-C. Tsai, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H. Park Preview Abstract
		VP1.00063: Evaluation Method of Local Density Fluctuation Using Heavy Ion Beam Probe in CHS Haruhisa Nakano, Akihide Fujisawa, Akihiro Shimizu, Shinsuke Ohshima Preview Abstract
		VP1.00064: Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Measuring Flow Vector in Scrape-Off Layer Plasma Eiichirou Kawamori, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		VP1.00065: A fast optical spectrometer for the spectroscopic diagnostic of RFX-mod. E. Gazza, M. Valisa, B. Zaniol Preview Abstract
		VP1.00066: Progress on the motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluoresence diagnostic Elizabeth Foley, Fred Levinton Preview Abstract
		VP1.00067: ARRIBA: A novel in-situ plasma surface interaction diagnostic for magnetic fusion devices Soren Harrison, Dennis Whyte Preview Abstract
		VP1.00068: Local three-dimensional tokamak plasma tomography using nonlinear weight matrix Seung Hun Lee, Junghee Kim, W. Choe Preview Abstract
		VP1.00069: Comparison of conditional averaging and super-resolution method Dietmar Block, Iulian Teliban, Alexander Piel Preview Abstract
		VP1.00070: Effects of Heating Sounding Rocket Langmuir Probes C.S. Compton, W.E. Amatucci, G. Gatling, D.D. Blackwell, D.N. Walker, C. Swenson Preview Abstract
		VP1.00071: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		VP1.00072: A contracting island model of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection J.F. Drake, H. Che, M. Swisdak, M.A. Shay Preview Abstract
		VP1.00073: Anisotropic Anomalous Thermalization in Turbulence and Its Importance in Magnetic Reconnection Haihong Che, James Drake, M. Swisdak Preview Abstract
		VP1.00074: The Dissipation Region of Magnetic Reconnection: Kinetic PIC Code Results for Large Systems Michael Shay, James Drake, Marc Swisdak Preview Abstract
		VP1.00075: Compressible Resistive and Hall MHD Dynamics of the m=1 Sawtooth Instability K. Germaschewski, A. Bhattacharjee, C.-S. Ng, X. Wang, L. Chacon Preview Abstract
		VP1.00076: Stability of a resistive Sweet-Parker reconnection layer and onset of fast reconnection in Hall MHD. V.S. Lukin, N.F. Loureiro, S.C. Jardin Preview Abstract
		VP1.00077: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		VP1.00078: Improved Boundary Model for Particle Simulation of Collisionless Driven Reconnection H. Ohtani, R. Horiuchi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00079: Formation of non-Maxwellian distribution and its role in collisionless driven reconnection Ritoku Horiuchi, Hiroaki Ohtani Preview Abstract
		VP1.00080: Open Boundary Kinetic Simulations of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection William Daughton, Jack Scudder, Homa Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		VP1.00081: Finding ``The'' Electron Diffusion Region: EDR Jack Scudder, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		VP1.00082: Experimental Study of Two-fluid Effects on Magnetic Reconnection M. Yamada, Y. Ren, H. Ji, S. Gerhardt, M. Inomoto, R. Kulsrud, S. Dorfman, Y. Wang Preview Abstract
		VP1.00083: The Hall Effect and Magnetic Fluctuations during Fast Reconnection in MRX Y. Ren, M. Yamada, H. Ji, S.P. Gerhardt, A. Kuritsyn, R. Kulsrud, H. Torreblanca Preview Abstract
		VP1.00084: Active Perturbation of the Reconnecting Current Sheet in MRX Seth Dorfman, Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada, Yang Ren, Stefan Gerhardt Preview Abstract
		VP1.00085: Mach probe measurements in the context of the Hall effect at MRX. Humberto Torreblanca, Stefan Gerhardt, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Yang Ren Preview Abstract
		VP1.00086: On the saturation of plasma instability responsible for anomalous resistivity in the MRX Yansong Wang, Russell Kulsrud, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
		VP1.00087: Effects of Global Boundary and Local Collisionality on Magnetic Reconnection in MRX H. Ji, A. Kuritsyn, M. Yamada, S. Gerhardt, Y. Ren Preview Abstract
		VP1.00088: NIMROD Simulations of Reconnection in MRX and SSX Nicholas Murphy, Carl Sovinec Preview Abstract
		VP1.00089: Laboratory observations of spontaneous magnetic reconnection Jan Egedal, Will Fox, Noam Katz, Miklos Porkolab Preview Abstract
		VP1.00090: Experimental studies of magnetic and electrostatic fluctuations on the VTF reconnection experiment William Fox, J. Egedal, N. Katz, M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
		VP1.00091: Plasma Blobs in VTF Noam Katz, Jan Egedal, Will Fox, Miklos Porkolab Preview Abstract
		VP1.00092: Current sheets and reconnection at 3D null points D. Pontin, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Galsgaard Preview Abstract
		VP1.00093: Driven magnetic reconnection evolution in an X-point magnetospheric plasma Julio J. Martinell, Alberto Hernandez-Garcia Preview Abstract
		VP1.00094: Detection of Magnetic Nulls in Toroidal Geometry Allen R. Sanderson, Xavier Tricoche, Christoph Garth, Scott Kruger, Carl Sovinec, Eric Held, Joshua Breslau Preview Abstract
		VP1.00095: Study of Current Sheet Formation and Forced Reconnection Based on the Newton Challenge. Joshua King, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		VP1.00096: Whistler wave bursts near a reconnection region in the magnetotail L.-J. Chen, A. Bhattacharjee, O. Santolik, S. Muhlbachler, P. Daly, S. Imada Preview Abstract
		VP1.00097: Electron and DC electric field signatures near a magnetotail reconnection region: Comparison between Cluster observations and PIC simulations N. Bessho, L.-J. Chen, P. Puhl-Quinn, A. Bhattacharjee, B. Lefebvre, E. Georgescu, A. Vaivads Preview Abstract
		VP1.00098: Momentum transport from current-driven reconnection Fatima Ebrahimi, V.V. Mirnov, S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
		VP1.00099: Two Fluid Dynamo in Reversed Field Pinch V.V. Mirnov, C.C. Hegna, S.C. Prager, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		VP1.00100: Effect of neoclassical toroidal viscosity on error-field penetration thresholds A.J. Cole, C.C. Hegna, J.D. Callen Preview Abstract
		VP1.00101: Effects of the Perpendicular Electron Spatial Diffusion on the Excitation Properties of the Drift-Tearing Mode* V. Roytershteyn, B. Coppi, C. Crabtree Preview Abstract
		VP1.00102: Kinetic Simulation of the Island Coalescence Challenge of Magnetic Reconnection Weigang Wan, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		VP1.00103: Coalescence of Magnetic Islands in the low resistivity Hall MHD Regime. D.A. Knoll, L. Chacon, A.N. Simakov Preview Abstract
		VP1.00104: Stellarator studies of magnetic reconnection Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		VP1.00105: Gyrokinetic simulations of magnetic reconnection Paolo Ricci, Barrett Rogers, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		VP1.00106: Reconnection studies under more realistic conditions Maria Elena Innocenti, Sergio Sereno, Giovanni Lapenta, Gian Luca Delzanno, Jerry Brackbill, Weigang Wan Preview Abstract
		VP1.00107: Modeling the Interaction between Fluid and Kinetic Scales Jeremiah Brackbill, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		VP1.00108: An iterative semi-implicit scheme for KAW-mediated magnetic reconnection Nuno Loureiro, Greg Hammett Preview Abstract
		VP1.00109: PLASMA SIMULATION: KINETIC CODES AND TURBULENCE Preview Abstract
		VP1.00110: Numerical Methods for Real-Geometry Simulation in SUMMIT/PG3EQ\_NC D.E. Shumaker, A.M. Dimits, J.N. Leboeuf Preview Abstract
		VP1.00111: Hybrid Simulation of Plasma Boundary Problems A.M. Dimits, B.I. Cohen, R.E. Caflisch, C.M. Wang Preview Abstract
		VP1.00112: Accelerated Monte Carlo Methods for Coulomb Collisions Russel Caflisch, C.M. Wang, Tungyou Lin, Bruce Cohen, Andris Dimits Preview Abstract
		VP1.00113: Application of GEM Code for Experimentally-Realistic Tokamak Cases G. Rewoldt, W.M. Tang, Y. Chen, S.E. Parker Preview Abstract
		VP1.00114: Noise driven diffusion in gyrokinetic PIC simulations Igor Holod, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		VP1.00115: Development of XGC-RF for Global Guiding-Center Particle Simulation of minority ICRH heated Plasmas in a General Tokmak Geometry Jae-Min Kwon, C.S. Chang, S. Ku, D. McCune, C.K. Phillips Preview Abstract
		VP1.00116: Implicit formulation of the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system Koichi Noguchi, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		VP1.00117: Semi-Lagrangian methods for gyrokinetic delta-f particle-in-cell turbulence simulation Yang Chen, Scott Parker Preview Abstract
		VP1.00118: Developing MultI-timescale in 3D PIC CODE OSIRIS Xiaodong Wang, Tom Katsouleas, Warren Mori, Frank Tsung Preview Abstract
		VP1.00119: Scaling for high-end HPC systems: New features in OSIRIS 2.0 Ricardo Fonseca, Michael Marti, Luis Gargate, Luis Silva, John Tongue, Frank Tsung, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		VP1.00120: A collision module for OSIRIS Michael Marti, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva, John Tonge, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		VP1.00121: Reducing Undersampling Noise in PIC Codes Using Advanced Multiresolution Analysis Techniques Kirk Won, Bedros Afeyan, Jean Luc Starck Preview Abstract
		VP1.00122: A New Coulomb Collision Model for PIC Codes Don Lemons, B.J. Albright, Dan Winske Preview Abstract
		VP1.00123: A Distributed Memory Grid Enabled GPU Implementation of the Boris Particle Pusher Algorithm Paulo Abreu, Luis Silva, Joao Pereira Preview Abstract
		VP1.00124: Three Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Device for Plasma Processing Seiji Ishiguro, Wakako Shiratori, Arimichi Takayama, Unryu Ogawa, Kazuyuki Toyoda Preview Abstract
		VP1.00125: Simulation of Plasma Jet Dynamics using Hybrid Particle-in-Cell Methods T. Hughes, T. Genoni, R. Clark, D. Welch, M. Phillips, D. Witherspoon Preview Abstract
		VP1.00126: Real geometry gyrokinetic PIC computations of ion turbulence in tokamak discharges with SUMMIT/PG3EQ{\_}NC Jean-Noel Leboeuf, Terry Rhodes, Andris Dimits, Dan Shumaker Preview Abstract
		VP1.00127: Investigation of Long Wavelength ETG Modes Eric Wang, Steve Cowley Preview Abstract
		VP1.00128: Dynamic sub-grid scale modelling: a wave action approach C.C. Armas, D.J. Foster, C.J. McDevitt, P.H. Diamond Preview Abstract
		VP1.00129: Entropic Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Turbulence Brian Keating, George Vahala, Linda Vahala, Min Soe, Jeffrey Yepez Preview Abstract
		VP1.00130: Development of a Grid-Based Gyro-Kinetic Simulation Code Xavier Lapillonne, Maura Brunetti, Trach-Minh Tran, Stephan Brunner Preview Abstract
		VP1.00131: Collisionless Trapped Electron Mode Turbulence Jianying Lang, Yang Chen, Scott Parker Preview Abstract
		VP1.00132: Transport and discrete particle noise in gyrokinetic simulations Thomas Jenkins, W.W. Lee Preview Abstract
		VP1.00133: Current Status of the Gyrokinetic-Electron and Fully-Kinetic Ion Particle Simulation Model Xueyi Wang, Yu Lin, Zhihong Lin, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		VP1.00134: Gyrokinetic Secondary Stability Theory For Toroidal ETG Modes Gabriel Plunk, Steve Cowley Preview Abstract
		VP1.00135: Gyrokinetic simulations of turbulent transport in a closed fieldline geometry Barrett Rogers, Paolo Ricci, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		VP1.00136: Implementation of Large Scale $E \times B$ Shear Flow in the GS2 Gyrokinetic Turbulence Code G.W. Hammett, W. Dorland, N.F. Loureiro, T. Tatsuno Preview Abstract
		VP1.00137: Collisional Physics in GS2 William Dorland, Paolo Ricci, Alexander Schekochihin, Gregory Howes, Barrett Rogers, Darin Ernst Preview Abstract
		VP1.00138: Resolution Issues in Continuum Gyrokinetic Simulations Michael Barnes, William Dorland, Ingmar Broemstrup, Greg Howes Preview Abstract
		VP1.00139: Spectral characteristics and coherence in plasma turbulence Ingmar Broemstrup, Michael Barnes, Kyle Gustafson, William Dorland, Kai Schneider, Marie Farge Preview Abstract
		VP1.00140: A Gyrokinetic Benchmarking of Electron Temperature Gradient Turbulence W.M. Nevins, J. Candy, S. Cowley, T. Dannert, A. Dimits, W. Dorland, C. Estrada-Mila, G.W. Hammett, F. Jenko, D. Shumaker Preview Abstract
		VP1.00141: The Influence of Noise on Turbulent Transport. J.A. Krommes Preview Abstract
		VP1.00142: Noise as a turbulent decorrelation mechanism in Reaction-Diffusion equation like transport models Debasmita Samaddar, D.E. Newman, John Broussard Preview Abstract
		VP1.00143: Fractional calculus phenomenology in two-dimensional plasma models Kyle Gustafson, Diego del Castillo Negrete, Bill Dorland Preview Abstract
		VP1.00144: Equation Free Projective Integration for Plasma Systems G. Stantchev, M. Shay, W. Dorland, J. Drake Preview Abstract
		VP1.00145: Fine Scale Zonal Flow Suppression of Electron Temperature Gradient Turbulence J.J. Kohut, S.E. Parker, Y. Chen, F.L. Hinton Preview Abstract
		VP1.00146: PLASMA TECHNOLOGY Preview Abstract
		VP1.00147: Arc discharge for carbon nanotube synthesis Michael Keidar, Yevgeny Raitses, Liang Tao, Abraham Fetterman, Anthony Waas Preview Abstract
		VP1.00148: Numerical Modeling of Atmospheric Dielectric Barrier Discharge in a Single-hole Spray Structure Hyun-su Kim, Hyun-sun Han, Jun Seok Nam, Chan Min Lee, Sang Hee Hong Preview Abstract
		VP1.00149: A new method to find the electron distribution function from cylindrical probe data Scott Knappmiller, Scott Robertson, Zoltan Sternovsky Preview Abstract
		VP1.00150: Development of microprobes at UCLA to measure f(\textbf{v}), \textbf{E} and \textbf{B} P. Pribyl, W. Gekelman, M. Nakamoto, F. Chiang, J. Judy, J. Stillman Preview Abstract
		VP1.00151: Laser Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic for the ASTRAL Plasma Source. Robert Boivin, Ola Kamar, Jorge Munoz Preview Abstract
		VP1.00152: Generation of Ionic Plasma without Electrons using Alkali Salt Wataru Oohara, Jyun Shishido, Masahiro Nakahata, Rikizo Hatakeyama Preview Abstract
		VP1.00153: An RF Driven, Ferroelectric, Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Source Scott Kovaleski, Dustin Sullivan, Mark Kemp Preview Abstract
		VP1.00154: Compact Multitube Helicon Source with Permanent Magnets Francis F. Chen, Humberto Torreblanca Preview Abstract
		VP1.00155: Spectroscopy Study of Ar + CO$_{2}$ Plasmas in ASTRAL. Jorge Munoz, Robert Boivin, Ola Kamar, Stuart Loch, Connor Ballance Preview Abstract
		VP1.00156: New laser based X-ray source at 100 Hz repetition rate for ultrafast XAS Ludovic Lecherbourg, Marion Harmand, Marina Servol, Sylvain Fourmaux, Jean-Claude Kieffer Preview Abstract
		VP1.00157: Ion Energy Distributions for a High Power Helicon Plasma Source Jim Prager, Timothy Ziemba, Robert Winglee, John Carscadden, Race Roberson Preview Abstract
		VP1.00158: High Power Helicon Plasma Source Characteristics as a Function of Input Neutral Density Distributions Timothy Ziemba, Race Roberson, Robert Winglee, John Carscadden, Jim Prager Preview Abstract
		VP1.00159: Kinetic Model of Anomalous Transport for Hall Effect Thrusters Justin Fox, Oleg Batishchev, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez Preview Abstract
		VP1.00160: Application of Spectroscopic Measurements to Electrical Propulsion Murat Celik, Oleg Batishchev, Manuel Martinez-Sanchez Preview Abstract
		VP1.00161: Development of a Plasma Cathode Electron (PCE) source for use in a plasma thruster Max Light, Tsitsi Madziwa-Nussinov, Pat Colestock, Ron Kashuba, Rick Faehl Preview Abstract
		VP1.00162: Spectroscopic Diagnostics of a Plasma Cathode Electrode (PCE) source Tsitsi Madziwa-Nussinov, Max Light, Pat Colestock Preview Abstract
		VP1.00163: Effects of secondary electrons on properties of a Hall thruster Dmytro Sydorenko, Andrei Smolyakov, Igor Kaganovich, Yevgeny Raitses Preview Abstract
		VP1.00164: Experimental studies of wall material effects on the Hall thruster discharge Yevgeny Raitses, Artem Smirnov, Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		VP1.00165: Experimental demonstration of plasma detachment from a magnetic nozzle Roger D. Bengtson, B.N. Breizman, Jackie L. Meyer, D. Gregory Chavers, Chris C. Dobson, Jonathan E. Jones, Adam K. Martiin, Jason Cassibry, Zhongmin Li, Branwen Scheuttpelz, Christopher A. Deline Preview Abstract
		VP1.00166: Spectroscopic diagnostics on the VX-50 Ella M. Sciamma, Roger D. Bengtson, W. Jacob Chancery, V.T. Jacobson Preview Abstract
		VP1.00167: Optimization of the Performance of Cylindrical Hall Thrusters Artem Smirnov, Yevgeny Raitses, Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		VP1.00168: Measurement of ion temperature and flow velocity by using LIF and electric probe methods in K2H and DiPS propulsion simulators Geun-Sig Choi, Kyu-Sun Chung, Hyun-Jong Woo, Young Jun Seo, Myoung-Jae Lee, Taihyeop Lho, Yong Ho Jung, Bong Ju Lee Preview Abstract
		VP1.00169: A parallel finite-volume MHD code for plasma thrusters with an applied magnetic field Peter Norgaard, Edgar Choueiri, Stephen Jardin Preview Abstract
		VP1.00170: Design of an ICRF plasma thruster antenna by TOPICA Giuseppe Vecchi, Vito Lancellotti, Riccardo Maggiora Preview Abstract
		VP1.00171: Dynamics of low-density coronal plasma in low current x-pinches Farhat Beg, David Haas, Victor Vikhrev, Brian Bucker, Dimitry Fedin, Elena Baranova, Yossof Eshaq, Sergei Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		VP1.00172: Dielectric flashover testing results and application to a study on magnetic flashover inhibition Andrew Benwell, Scott Kovaleski Preview Abstract
		VP1.00173: UV Characterization of an SF6 Filled Laser Triggered Gas Switch Darren Swarts, Scott Kovaleski, Christopher Yeckel, Randy Curry, John Gahl, Brian Hutsel, Andrew Benwell Preview Abstract
		VP1.00174: Plasma Characterization of a Magnetically Triggered Plasma Opening Switch Using Optical Techniques$^1$ Waylon Clark, Mark Savage, Mark Gilmore, Alan Lynn, Naga Devarapalli, Brian Stoltzfus Preview Abstract
		VP1.00175: Design and Initial Development of the Divertor Erosion and Vapor shielding eXperiment (DEVeX) Travis Gray, Patrick Mangan, T. Patrick Walsh, David Ruzic, Ahmed Hassanein Preview Abstract
		VP1.00176: New research initiative for Ion/surface Interaction Experiment (IIAX) at University of Illinois: lithium coated graphite studies Benjamin Schultz, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		VP1.00177: Solid-Liquid Lithium Divertor Experiment: SLiDE Michael Jaworski, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		VP1.00178: Magnetized plasma flow injection for a dynamo drive in a TPE-RX reversed-field pinch Tomohiko Asai, Shotaro Suzuki, Masayoshi Nagata, Haruhisa Koguchi, Yoichi Hirano, Hajime Sakakita, Satoru Kiyama Preview Abstract
		VP1.00179: Generation of micro-jet atmospheric pressure plasmas and study of their characteristics Danbee Kim, J.K. Rhee, B. Gweon, W. Choe Preview Abstract
		VP1.00180: Numerical Simulation and Design of Dense Hypervelocity Plasma Jets for Fusion Applications Michael W. Phillips, F. Douglas Witherspoon Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 30–November 3 2006; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Session VP1: Poster Session VIII: Spher. Torus and Exploratory Conf. Concepts; RF Heating and Diag; Magnetic Reconnection; Plasma Sim: Kinetic Codes; Plasma Tech.

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