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
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

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.

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