Session QO1: Education and Outreach and Plasma Technology

Chair: Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Grand Salon G


Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:00PM - 2:12PM

QO1.00001: Plasma Science and Applications at the Intel
Lee Berry

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:12PM - 2:24PM

QO1.00002: A Narrative Approach to Citizen Participation in Fusion Energy
Patrick Hanley

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:24PM - 2:36PM

QO1.00003: Plasma and Thruster Characteristics of a Ferroelectric Plasma Thruster
Mark Kemp , Scott Kovaleski

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:36PM - 2:48PM

QO1.00004: Mini-Helicon Thruster Experiment at MIT
Oleg Batishchev , Justin Pucci , Nareg Sinenian , Zachary LaBry , Murat Celik , Manuel Martinez-Sanchez

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:48PM - 3:00PM

QO1.00005: Neutral Depletion in Collisional and Collisionless Plasmas
Amnon Fruchtman , Gennady Makrinich , Pascal Chabert , Jean-Marcel Rax

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:00PM - 3:12PM

QO1.00006: Positive to negative sheath transition at the metallic anode of a Hall thruster
Eduardo Ahedo , Diego Escobar

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:12PM - 3:24PM

QO1.00007: Characterization of a non-thermal plasma system at atmospheric pressure
S. Yao , C. Fushimi , K. Madokoro , Y. Fujioka

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:24PM - 3:36PM

QO1.00008: Discharge Kinetics of N$_{2}-$O$_{2}$ Laser Generated Plasma Channels
Harold Ladouceur , Andrew Baronavski , Tzvetelina Petrova

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:36PM - 3:48PM

QO1.00009: Modeling of grain surface modification in low pressure plasma via PIC algorithm
Beniamino Rovagnati , Giovanni Lapenta , Farzad Mashayek

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:48PM - 4:00PM

QO1.00010: Laser produced nanocavities in dielectrics
Ludovic Hallo , Antoine Bourgeade , Candice Mezel , Vladimir Tikhonchuk , Eugene Gamaly

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:00PM - 4:12PM

QO1.00011: Copper activation signatures for ablation rate measurements in inertial confinement fusion targets
Brian Spears , Mark Stoyer , Harry Robey , David Munro , David Bradley , Peter Amendt , Douglas Wilson , Rick Olson

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:12PM - 4:24PM

QO1.00012: Carbon Hybridization Dynamics Inside the Bombarded Carbon Surface
Steven J. Stuart , Predrag S. Krstic , Carlos O. Reinhold

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:24PM - 4:36PM

QO1.00013: What Can We Learn on the Above-Surface Neutralization Process from the Chemical Sputtering Yields of D, D$_{2}$ AND D$_{3}$ at Carbon Surface?
Predrag S. Krstic , Carlos C. Reinhold , Steven J. Stuart

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Session QO2: Magnetic Confinement Configurations, Turbulence

Chair: Diane Demers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Grand Salon H


Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:00PM - 2:12PM

QO2.00001: Optimized Generation of Helical Current in a NTM by Modulated ECCD in ASDEX Upgrade
M. Maraschek , G. Gantenbein , Q. Yu , H. Zohm , S. Guenter , F. Leuterer , A. Manini , L. Urso

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:12PM - 2:24PM

QO2.00002: Neoclassical Tearing Modes and Fast Ions Confinement in ASDEX Upgrade
Piero Martin , H. -U. Fahrbach , M. Garcia Munoz , S. Guenter , H. Zohm , A. Flaws , M. Gobbin , V. Igochine , M. Maraschek , L. Marrelli , E. Strumberger , R. B. White

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:24PM - 2:36PM

QO2.00003: Experimental Study of the Effects of Lithium Coated Plasma Facing Components on Energy Confinement Time in the CDX-U Device
Jeffrey Spaleta , Leonid Zakharov , Richard Majeski , Robert Kaita , Timothy Gray

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:36PM - 2:48PM

QO2.00004: Non-inductive production of tokamak-like ST plasmas with washer gun sources on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
N.W. Eidietis , R.J. Fonck , G.D. Garstka , E.A. Unterberg , G.R. Winz

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:48PM - 3:00PM

QO2.00005: Properties of the FRX-L Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) inferred from density profile measurements assuming MHD equilibrium
Edward L. Ruden , Shouyin Zhang , Thomas P. Intrator , Glen A. Wurden , Richard Renneke

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:00PM - 3:12PM

QO2.00006: Visible-wavelength emission by Hydrogen in the Princeton FRC
D.P. Lundberg , S.A. Cohen

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:12PM - 3:24PM

QO2.00007: X-ray Measurements in the Princeton FRC
A.H. Roach , S.A. Cohen , A.H. Glasser

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:24PM - 3:36PM

QO2.00008: Formation of collisionless high-beta plasmas by application of odd-parity rotating magnetic fields
S.A. Cohen , B. Berlinger , C. Brunkhorst , A. Brooks , N. Ferraro , D.P. Lundberg , A. Roach , A.H. Glasser

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:36PM - 3:48PM

QO2.00009: Mass Dependence in the Turbulent Critical Energy using BCS Theory
J.A. Johnson III , E.D. Mezonlin , S.D. Roberson

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:48PM - 4:00PM

QO2.00010: Mass Dependence on Turbulence in a Laser-Induced Plasma
S.D. Roberson , J.A. Johnson III , C. Barnett , C. Akpovo

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:00PM - 4:12PM

QO2.00011: Survey of Accelerator-Region Density on CTIX using Laser Deflectometery
Samuel Brockington , David Hwang , Robert Horton , Stephen Howard , Russell Evans , Bei Wang , Elizabeth Merritt

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:12PM - 4:24PM

QO2.00012: Observation of turbulent MHD flow around mechanical obstacles in the target chamber of CTIX
Stephen Howard , David Hwang , Robert Horton , Russell Evans , Samuel Brockington

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:24PM - 4:36PM

QO2.00013: Rotation induced L to H mode transition of a cylindrical plasma column
J.E. Maggs , T.A. Carter , R.J. Taylor

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Session QO3: High-Energy-Density Science

Chair: Mike Desjarlais, Sandia National Laboratories
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Grand Salon KL


Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:00PM - 2:12PM

QO3.00001: Shock waves in solids driven by ultra-fast laser heating
Yasuhiko Sentoku , Andreas Kemp , Radu Presura , Michael Bakeman , Thomas Cowan

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:12PM - 2:24PM

QO3.00002: Observation of ionization shifts in K-shell emission from short-pulse laser irradiated micro-dot targets
Paul Neumayer , Andrea Kritcher , Otto Landen , Haeja Lee , Dustin Offerman , Eric Shipton , Siegfried Glenzer

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:24PM - 2:36PM

QO3.00003: Intense Laser Cluster Interaction: Quasi-monoenergetic High Energy Ion Production
Ayush Gupta , Thomas Antonsen , John Palastro , T. Taguchi

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:36PM - 2:48PM

QO3.00004: Asymmetric explosion of laser-irradiated Hydrogen gas cluster plasmas
Yu-hsin Chen , Sanjay Varma , Vinod Kumarappan , Howard Milchberg

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2:48PM - 3:00PM

QO3.00005: Enhanced Third Harmonic Generation from Anisotropically Expanding Clusters.
Bonggu Shim , Greg Hays , Rafal Zgadzaj , Todd Ditmire , Michael Downer

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:00PM - 3:12PM

QO3.00006: Low Velocity Ion Stopping for Warm Dense Matter Production
Claude Deutsch

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:12PM - 3:24PM

QO3.00007: Shock-induced melting of crystalline carbon
P.M. Celliers , J.H. Eggert , T.R. Boehly , J.E. Miller , A.V. Hamza , R.J. Wallace , D.K. Bradley , G.W. Collins , D.G. Hicks

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:24PM - 3:36PM

QO3.00008: Thermal and Kinematic Equation-of-State Experiments Using Decaying Shock Waves
J.E. Miller , T.R. Boehly , A. Melchoir , D.D. Meyerhofer , P.M. Celliers , J.H. Eggert , D.G. Hicks

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:36PM - 3:48PM

QO3.00009: X-ray scattering measurements of Plasmons in solid density plasmas
Siegfried Glenzer , O.L. Landen , P. Neumayer , R.W. Lee , K. Widmann , S.W. Pollaine , G. Gregori , A. Hoell , T. Bornath , V. Schwarz , R. Thiele , W.-D. Kraeft , R. Redmer

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:48PM - 4:00PM

QO3.00010: HEDgeHOB: High Energy Density Matter Generated by Heavy Ion Beams at the Future Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research at Darmstadt
Naeem Tahir , A. Shutov , I.V. Lomonosov , V. Kim , V.E. Fortov , A.R. Piriz , G. Wouchuk , D.H.H. Hoffmann

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:00PM - 4:12PM

QO3.00011: Equation of state and Electrical resistivity of hot expanded Al-Au mixture
Jean Clerouin , Vanina Recoules , Stephane Mazevet , Patrick Renaudin , Pierre Noiret

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:12PM - 4:24PM

QO3.00012: Density Functional Theory simulations of water: phase-diagram and electrical conductivity
Thomas R. Mattsson , Michael P. Desjarlais

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:24PM - 4:36PM

QO3.00013: Recent Dynamic Materials Experiments at the Trident Laser Facility
Eric Loomis , Damian Swift , Shengnian Luo , Richard Kraus , Scott Greenfield , Dennis Paisley , Randy Johnson

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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
4:36PM - 4:48PM

QO3.00014: Isochoric Heating of Reduced Mass Targets by Ultra-Intense Lasers as a Means of Creating Kilovolt Plasmas at Solid Densities
Scott Wilks , Richard Klein , Steven Moon , Pravesh Patel , Bruce Remington , Ronnie Shepherd , Hyun-Kyung Chung , Gianlucca Gregori , Sophia Chen , Sigfried Glenzer , Stephanie Hansen , Andrew Mackinnon , Richard Snavely , Mike Key

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