APS - 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Session UP8: Poster Session VIII: Gyrokinetics, Two-Fluids and Assorted; DIII-D II; Turbulence and Transport; Plasma Sources, Sheaths, and Thrusters

Rosen Centre Hotel - Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

	UP8.00001: GYROKINETICS, TWO-FLUIDS AND ASSORTED Preview Abstract
	UP8.00002: An electrostatic, gyrokinetic-like model for thin layers with large gradients and electrostatic potentials Harold Weitzner , Choong-Seock Chang , Frank Jenko Preview Abstract
	UP8.00003: The Solution of Boundary Layer Problems using Kruskal-Newton diagrams Roscoe White , Thomas Fischaleck Preview Abstract
	UP8.00004: Power-law statistics in beam-driven plasma-wave system with fluctuations: a signature of self-organized criticality, or something else? Yu. Tyshetskiy , J.A. Roberts , P.A. Robinson , I.H. Cairns , B. Li Preview Abstract
	UP8.00005: Hamiltonian theory of the nonlinear collisionless tearing mode F.L. Waelbroeck , P.J. Morrison , E. Tassi , D. Grasso Preview Abstract
	UP8.00006: Toroidal effects on gyrokinetic and fluid models Linda Sugiyama Preview Abstract
	UP8.00007: Ballooning Modes for Hall-MHD Plasmas with Shear Flow Eliezer Hameiri Preview Abstract
	UP8.00008: Preconditioning and Scalability of Implicit Extended MHD Plasma Simulation by FETI-DP Domain Substructuring Alan H. Glasser Preview Abstract
	UP8.00009: Ten-Moment Equations For Fluid Modelling of Plasmas Ammar Hakim Preview Abstract
	UP8.00010: Nonstationary Nonlocal Transport Theory of Fully Ionized Two Component Plasma Zhen Zheng , W. Rozmus , A. Brantov , V. Yu. Bychenkov Preview Abstract
	UP8.00011: Electrostatic gyrokinetics in an axisymmetric torus Grigory Kagan , Peter J. Catto Preview Abstract
	UP8.00012: Nonlinear global gyrokinetic PIC simulations of collisionless TEM turbulence S. Jolliet , B.F. McMillan , T.M. Tran , X. Lapillonne , L. Villard , A. Bottino , P. Angelino , Y. Idomura Preview Abstract
	UP8.00013: Status of edge gyrokinetic turbulence simulation in XGC1 Seung-Hoe Ku , C.S. Chang , D. Zorin , L. Greengard , M. Adams , J. Cummings , P. Worley , E. D'Azevedo , W. Lee , S. Parker , Y. Chen , Z. Lin Preview Abstract
	UP8.00014: Moment approach to the derivation of diffusive and general parallel closures Jeong-Young Ji , Eric D. Held Preview Abstract
	UP8.00015: A drift ordered short mean-free path description for partially ionized magnetized plasma Andrei Simakov Preview Abstract
	UP8.00016: Atomic Models for High Charge State Uranium Plasmas David Fillmore , Peter Messmer Preview Abstract
	UP8.00017: Experiments for measuring EIR and MAR in detaching plasmas in the PISCES-A divertor simulator Laizhong Cai , George Tynan , Eric Hollmann , Daisuke Nishijima Preview Abstract
	UP8.00018: Molecular Ion Effects in IEC Modeling Gilbert Emmert , John Santarius Preview Abstract
	UP8.00019: Deuterium cluster model for low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) George Miley , Heinrich Hora Preview Abstract
	UP8.00020: New formula of Debye length in solid metallic hydrogen Kazunori Shibata , Ryosuke Kodama Preview Abstract
	UP8.00021: The Explanation of Quantum Teleportation and Entanglement Swapping Russell Moon , Victor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
	UP8.00022: DIII-D II Preview Abstract
	UP8.00023: Overview of DIII-D Experimental Results and Program Plans T.S. Taylor Preview Abstract
	UP8.00024: 3D Structure and Dynamics of ELMs T.E. Evans , J.G. Watkins , I. Joseph , J.H. Yu , M. Jakubowski , O. Schmitz Preview Abstract
	UP8.00025: Modeling of the Plasma Response to Resonant Magnetic Perturbations with the NIMROD Code S.E. Kruger , I. Joseph , E.D. Held , D.D. Schnack , T.E. Evans , R.A. Moyer Preview Abstract
	UP8.00026: Effect of RMP on Edge Density Profiles and Fluctuations in DIII-D L. Zeng , T.L. Rhodes , E.J. Doyle , G. Wang , W.A. Peebles , A.E. White , T.E. Evans , R.A. Moyer , M.E. Fenstermacher Preview Abstract
	UP8.00027: Particle Transport in RMP ELM Suppressed H-modes R.A. Moyer , J.A. Boedo , V.A. Izzo , I. Joseph , S. Mordijck , D.L. Rudakov , J.H. Yu , T.E. Evans , N.H. Brooks , T.H. Osborne , P. Gohil , J.S. deGrassie , A.W. Leonard , M.E. Fenstermacher , C.J. Lasnier , J.G. Watkins , T.C. Jernigan , M. Jakubowski , O. Schmitz , G. Wang , A.E. White , L. Zeng , G.R. McKee , C. Rost , J.R. Dorris Preview Abstract
	UP8.00028: Modeling of Global Particle Balance in ELMing and RMP ELM-Suppressed DIII-D Discharges With SOLPS5-EIRENE S. Mordijck , I. Joseph , R.A. Moyer , G.R. Tynan , L.W. Owen , T.E. Evans , T.H. Osborne , X. Bonnin , D. Coster , D. Reiter Preview Abstract
	UP8.00029: Strike Point Splitting in RMP-ELM-free H-mode I. Joseph , R.A. Moyer , T.E. Evans , M.J. Schaffer , W.P. West , M. Jakubowski , A.M. Runov , R. Schneider , S.V. Kasilov , O. Schmitz , M.E. Fenstermacher , M. Groth , C.J. Lasnier , J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
	UP8.00030: Fast Imaging of ELM Structure and Dynamics in DIII-D J.H. Yu , J.A. Boedo , E.M. Hollmann , R.A. Moyer , D.L. Rudakov , P.B. Snyder Preview Abstract
	UP8.00031: ELM Triggering From Deuterium Pellets Injected into DIII-D L.R. Baylor , T.C. Jernigan , T.E. Evans , P.B. Parks , M.E. Fenstermacher , R.A. Moyer Preview Abstract
	UP8.00032: Modeling of Perturbation Magnetic Field Based on Scrape-Off Layer Currents (SOLCs) During ELMs in DIII-D H. Takahashi , E.D. Fredrickson , M.J. Schaffer Preview Abstract
	UP8.00033: Target Plate Profiles During ELM Suppression Experiments on DIII-D J.G. Watkins , T.E. Evans , C.J. Murphy , M.J. Martin , A. Nelson , M. Jakubowski , I. Joseph , R.A. Moyer , C.J. Lasnier , M.E. Fenstermacher Preview Abstract
	UP8.00034: Divertor Heat and Particle Fluxes During ELM Control Experiments O. Schmitz , M.W. Jakubowski , T.E. Evans , M.J. Schaffer , W.P. West , M.E. Fenstermacher , M. Groth , C.J. Lasnier , I. Joseph , R.A. Moyer , B. Unterberg , H. Frerichs Preview Abstract
	UP8.00035: Radiating Divertor Behavior in Single- and Double-Null Plasmas in DIII-D T.W. Petrie , N.H. Brooks , A.W. Hyatt , M.J. Schaffer , M.R. Wade , W.P. West , M.E. Fenstermacher , M. Groth , C.J. Lasnier , J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
	UP8.00036: The Influence of High Field Side Recycling and Impurity Sources on Divertor Detachment in Simulations of Ohmic Discharges of the ASDEX Upgrade and DIII-D Tokamaks M. Wischmeier , A. Kallenbach , A.V. Chankin , D. Coster , R. Dux , J. Harhausen , H.W. Mueller , M. Groth , X. Bonnin Preview Abstract
	UP8.00037: Measurement and Modeling of Carbon Flows in the Main SOL of the DIII-D Tokamak M. Groth , M.E. Fenstermacher , G.D. Porter , M.E. Rensink , T.D. Rognlien , J.A. Boedo , D.L. Rudakov , J.H. Yu , N.H. Brooks , R.C. Isler , J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
	UP8.00038: Direct Spectroscopic Measurement of Fast Ionic Flow in the Main SOL of Diverted Plasmas on the DIII-D Tokamak N.H. Brooks , W.P. West , R.C. Isler , M. Groth , J.A. Boedo Preview Abstract
	UP8.00039: Indications of an Inward Pinch in the Inner SOL of DIII-D From $^{13}$C Deposition Experiments J.D. Elder , P.C. Stangeby , A.G. McLean , S.L. Allen , M.E. Fenstermacher , M. Groth , J.A. Boedo , D.L. Rudakov , B.D. Bray , N.H. Brooks , A.W. Leonard , W.P. West , W.R. Wampler , J.G. Watkins , D.G. Whyte Preview Abstract
	UP8.00040: Tritium Recovery From Carbon Co-deposits: \textit{ex situ} Studies in Preparation for an \textit{in situ} Thermal Oxidation Experiment in DIII-D C. Tsui , J.W. Davis , A.A. Haasz , B.W.N. Fitzpatrick , A.G. McLean , P.C. Stangeby , Y. Mu , S.L. Allen , W.P. West , P.L. Taylor , K.L. Holtrop , A.W. Hyatt , R.L. Boivin , K. Umstadter Preview Abstract
	UP8.00041: Results From the Upgraded Porous Plug Injection System for Studies of Hydrocarbon Dissociation and Transport in DIII-D A.G. McLean , J.W. Davis , Y. Mu , P.C. Stangeby , S.L. Allen , R. Ellis , M.E. Fenstermacher , M. Groth , C.J. Lasnier , B.D. Bray , N.H. Brooks , T.W. Petrie , W.P. West , C.P.C. Wong , D.G. Whyte , J.A. Boedo , E.M. Hollmann , D. Nishijima , D.L. Rudakov , R.J. Colchin , R.C. Isler , J.G. Watkins , S. Brezinsek , M. Jakubowski , A. Krater Preview Abstract
	UP8.00042: Dust Particles Observed by Laser Scattering at DIII-D B.D. Bray , W.P. West , D.L. Rudakov Preview Abstract
	UP8.00043: Inference of Thermal and Momentum Transport Coefficients in the DIII-D Edge Pedestal W.M. Stacey , R.J. Groebner Preview Abstract
	UP8.00044: Dependence of H-mode Power Threshold on Input Torque and Toroidal Plasma Rotation in the DIII-D Tokamak P. Gohil , G.R. McKee , D.J. Schlossberg , G. Wang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00045: H-Mode Pedestal Toroidal Velocity in DIII-D J.S. deGrassie , R.J. Groebner , K.H. Burrell , W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
	UP8.00046: Effects of Toroidal Rotation on Edge Turbulence and the L-H Power Threshold D.J. Schlossberg , G.R. McKee , M.W. Shafer , K.H. Burrell , P. Gohil , R.J. Groebner , T.C. Luce , G. Wang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00047: Toroidal Flow in Tokamak Plasmas J.D. Callen , A.J. Cole , C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
	UP8.00048: Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity for Low-Density Ohmic Plasmas in DIII-D A.J. Cole , C.C. Hegna , J.D. Callen , M.J. Schaffer , R.J. La Haye Preview Abstract
	UP8.00049: Gyrokinetic Theory and Simulation of Angular Momentum Transport R.E. Waltz , G.M. Staebler , J. Candy , F.L. Hinton Preview Abstract
	UP8.00050: A New Formulation of the Quasi-linear Transport Theory for the Trapped Gyro Landau Fluid Model G.M. Staebler , J.E. Kinsey , R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
	UP8.00051: Towards a Predictive Pedestal Height Model P.B. Snyder , A.W. Leonard , T.H. Osborne , H.R. Wilson Preview Abstract
	UP8.00052: Modeling and Analysis of Phase Contrast Imaging Measurements J.C. Rost , M. Porkolab , J.R. Dorris , J. Candy , K.H. Burrell Preview Abstract
	UP8.00053: Development of a Synthetic BES Diagnostic for Application to Gyrokinetic Simulations C. Holland , G.R. Tynan , G.R. McKee , M.W. Shafer , J. Candy , R.E. Waltz , R.V. Bravenec Preview Abstract
	UP8.00054: Localized Measurement of Short Wavelength Plasma Fluctuations Using the DIII-D Phase Contrast Imaging Diagnostic J.R. Dorris , J.C. Rost , M. Porkolab , K.H. Burrell Preview Abstract
	UP8.00055: Time-dependent Radial Transport of Electron Distributions Due to ECCD in DIII-D R.W. Harvey , A.P. Smirnov , R. Prater , C.C. Petty Preview Abstract
	UP8.00056: Doppler Reflectometry Measurements of Medium Wavenumber Density Fluctuations and Zonal Flows in DIII-D L. Schmitz , G. Wang , A.E. White , J. Justiniano , T.L. Rhodes , W.A. Peebles Preview Abstract
	UP8.00057: Radial Correlation Length of Density Fluctuations in DIII-D Plasmas G. Wang , W.A. Peebles , T.L. Rhodes , E.J. Doyle , L. Schmitz , A.E. White , L. Zeng , R. Nazikian , G.R. McKee Preview Abstract
	UP8.00058: ITG and TEM Turbulence in DIII-D L-mode Discharges J.C. DeBoo , C.C. Petty , G.M. Staebler , E.J. Doyle , T.L. Rhodes , L. Schmitz , G. Wang , A.E. White , G.R. McKee Preview Abstract
	UP8.00059: Rational-q Triggered Transport Changes With Varying Toroidal Rotation in DIII-D M.E. Austin , K.H. Burrell , R.E. Waltz , M.A. Van Zeeland , G.R. McKee , M.W. Shafer , T.L. Rhodes Preview Abstract
	UP8.00060: TURBULENCE AND TRANSPORT Preview Abstract
	UP8.00061: Density profile behavior in JET and extrapolations to ITER Mikhail Maslov , Henri Weisen , Clemente Angioni Preview Abstract
	UP8.00062: Characteristics of Zonal Flows in the HL-2A and HT-7 tokamaks T. Lan , A.D. Liu , C.X. Yu , L.W. Yan , W.Y. Hong , K.J. Zhao , J.Q. Dong , J. Qian , J. Cheng , D.L. Yu , Q.W. Yang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00063: Improved core confinement in JET plasmas close to q=1 and possible alternative explanations Flavio Crisanti Preview Abstract
	UP8.00064: Effects of kinetic electrons on Alfvenic ITG in global electromagnetic gyrokinetic particle simulations Y. Nishimura , Z. Lin , L. Chen Preview Abstract
	UP8.00065: Determination of fractional transport exponents in a simple fluid drift-wave turbulence model Debasmita Samaddar , D.E. Newman , R. Sanchez , B.A. Carreras Preview Abstract
	UP8.00066: Characterization of transport dynamics from the self-consistent interaction between fluctuations and zonal flows in ITG gyro-kinetic simulations with the UCAN code D.E. Newman , R. Sanchez , J.N. Leboeuf , V.K. Decyk , B.A. Carreras Preview Abstract
	UP8.00067: Particle characterization of transport in global gyrokinetic calculations of ion channel turbulence in tokamak plasmas Jean-Noel Leboeuf , Benjamin Carreras , Viktor Decyk , David Newman , Raul Sanchez Preview Abstract
	UP8.00068: A turbulent dynamo: Generation of zonal magnetic fields by finite beta drift-ballooning modes in tokamak plasmas Robert Kleva , Parvez Guzdar Preview Abstract
	UP8.00069: Electron transport analysis in TCV Wendell Horton , Juhyung Kim , Elina Asp , L. Porte Preview Abstract
	UP8.00070: Drift-Waves and Stability in the GAMMA-10 J. Pratt , W. Horton Preview Abstract
	UP8.00071: Pinch effect and chaotic motion in toroidal confinement devices G. Spizzo , R.B. White , S. Cappello Preview Abstract
	UP8.00072: Correlation Between Accretion Theory and Spontaneous Rotation Experiments* M. Landreman , B. Coppi , C. Di Sanzo Preview Abstract
	UP8.00073: Confinement Regime Transition: Spontaneous Rotation Reversal and Collisionality of the Plasma Edge* C. Di Sanzo , B. Coppi , M. Landreman Preview Abstract
	UP8.00074: Gyrokinetic turbulence and transport with kinetic electrons in NSTX plasmas W.X. Wang , S. Ethier , T.S. Hahm , S.M. Kaye , W.W. Lee , J. Manickam , G. Rewoldt , W.M. Tang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00075: A New Split-Weight Scheme for Finite-$\beta$ Gyrokinetic Plasmas W.W. Lee , E.A. Startsev , W.X. Wang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00076: Nonlocal Neoclassical Calculation of Toroidal Momentum Transport G. Rewoldt , W.X. Wang , M. Bell , S. Kaye , W. Solomon , R. Nazikian Preview Abstract
	UP8.00077: Low-q resonances, transport barriers, and secondary electrostatic convective cells Chris McDevitt , Patrick Diamond Preview Abstract
	UP8.00078: Nonlinear excitation and damping of Zonal Flows using a renormalized polarization response Fred Hinton , Patrick Diamond Preview Abstract
	UP8.00079: Propagation of transport barriers in a simple model of coupled heat and particle fluxes Mikhail Malkov , Patrick Diamond Preview Abstract
	UP8.00080: Extension of electrostatic gyrokinetics to transport timescales Felix I. Parra , Peter J. Catto Preview Abstract
	UP8.00081: Spontaneous Toroidal Rotation in Tokamaks Malcolm Haines Preview Abstract
	UP8.00082: TEQ Free Boundary Equilibrium Solver in TRANSP/PTRANSP R. Andre , D. McCune , D. Pearlstein , L. Lodestro , W.H. Meyer Preview Abstract
	UP8.00083: Enhancement of NUBEAM for the simulation of fast ion and RF-wave interaction based on the quasi-linear theory Jae-Min Kwon , Douglas McCune , C.S. Chang Preview Abstract
	UP8.00084: TRANSP and PTRANSP at PPPL: Status and Plans. Douglas McCune , Rob Andre , Eliot Feibush , K. Indireshkumar , Jae-Min Kwon , Christiane Ludescher-Furth , Lew Randerson Preview Abstract
	UP8.00085: PTRANSP Simulations of Sawtooth Oscillations in Tokamak Plasmas G. Bateman , F.D. Halpern , A.H. Kritz , A.Y. Pankin , R.V. Budny , D.C. McCune Preview Abstract
	UP8.00086: PTRANSP Simulations of Toroidal Momentum \mbox{Transport in Neutral} Beam Heated Tokamak Plasmas F.D. Halpern , G. Bateman , A.H. Kritz , A.Y. Pankin , R.V. Budny , D.C. McCune Preview Abstract
	UP8.00087: PLASMA SOURCES, SHEATHS, AND THRUSTERS Preview Abstract
	UP8.00088: Modeling and experiments in argon-oxygen rf ICP pulse plasma. Vladimir Demidov , Evgeny Bogdanov , Anatoly Kudryavtsev , Konstantin Serditov , Charles DeJoseph, Jr. Preview Abstract
	UP8.00089: Nonlinear kinetic effects in inductively coupled plasmas via particle-in-cell simulations Aaron Froese , Andrei Smolyakov , Dmytro Sydorenko Preview Abstract
	UP8.00090: Design and Construction of the Plasma Bubble Expansion Experiment Y. Zhang , A.G. Lynn , S.C. Hsu , M. Gilmore , Christopher Watts Preview Abstract
	UP8.00091: Initial operations of the ALEXIS device with a new, helicon-type rf source A. Eadon , E. Tejero , E. Thomas , M. Cianciosa Preview Abstract
	UP8.00092: Gas Flow Effects on Discharge Characteristics in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor of Spray Type Woo Seok Kang , Hyun-Su Kim , Sang Hee Hong Preview Abstract
	UP8.00093: Nonlocal Control of Plasma Properties in a Pulsed RF ICP in Argon-Oxygen Mixtures Jon Blessington , Charles DeJoseph , Vladimir Demidov , Mark Koepke Preview Abstract
	UP8.00094: Effects of Discharge Current and Gas Flow Rate on CF$_{4}$ Abatement Process by Thermal Plasma Decomposition Sooseok Choi , Hyun Seok Lee , Jun Seok Nam , Woo Seok Kang , Sang Hee Hong Preview Abstract
	UP8.00095: Free-floating atmospheric pressure ball plasmas G.A. Wurden , C. Ticos , Z. Wang , C.J. v. Wurden Preview Abstract
	UP8.00096: Anode Sheath Transition In a Carbon Nanotube Arc Discharge Abe Fetterman , Yevgeny Raitses , Michael Keidar Preview Abstract
	UP8.00097: Disinfection of {\it S.~mutans} Bacteria Using a Plasma Needle at Atmospheric Pressure S. Hansen , J. Goree , Bin Liu , D. Drake Preview Abstract
	UP8.00098: Dynamical properties of non-equilibrium atmospheric plasma jets and their applications to plasma processing in liquids Katsuhisa Kitano , Ikawa Satoshi , Hitoshi Furusho , Yukio Nagasaki , Satoshi Hamaguchi Preview Abstract
	UP8.00099: High-beta effects in a helicon plasma Rod Boswell , Cormac Corr Preview Abstract
	UP8.00100: Thermal Phenomena in Gas Confinement Dielectric Tube of the VASIMR Helicon Plasma Dan Berisford , R. Bengtson , L. Raja , J. Squire , L. Cassidy , J. Chauncery , G. McCaskill Preview Abstract
	UP8.00101: On the effect of dc resistance on determination of sheath electron density profiles in collisionless plasmas David N. Walker , David D. Blackwell , Richard F. Fernsler , William E. Amatucci Preview Abstract
	UP8.00102: Convective Instabilities and Enhanced Electron Scattering Inherent to Presheaths S.D. Baalrud , C.C. Hegna , J.D. Callen Preview Abstract
	UP8.00103: Exact solution for the generalized Bohm criterion in a two-ion species plasma Dongsoo Lee , Lutfi Oksuz , Noah Hershkowitz Preview Abstract
	UP8.00104: Experimental verification of the Bohm criterion for two species plasmas Noah Hershkowitz , Lutfi Oksuz , Dongsoo Lee Preview Abstract
	UP8.00105: Overview of Stanford's Activities in the Development of a Coaxial High Energy Thruster Mark Cappelli , Flavio Poelmann , Nicolas Gascon Preview Abstract
	UP8.00106: Investigation of Plasma Potential and Electron Dynamics in the Near-Field of Hall Plasma Thrusters Andrew Smith , Mark Cappelli Preview Abstract
	UP8.00107: Effects of sheath instability on plasma properties in a Hall thruster discharge Dmytro Sydorenko , Andrei Smolyakov , Igor Kaganovich , Yevgeny Raitses Preview Abstract
	UP8.00108: Characterization of the plasma plume in the current overrun regime of cylindrical Hall thrusters Erik M. Granstedt , Y. Raitses , N.J. Fisch Preview Abstract
	UP8.00109: Experiments with Non-Self-Sustained Regimes of Hall Thruster Discharge Yevgeny Raitses , Artem Smirnov , Erik Granstedt , Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
	UP8.00110: Ion flows in a two-component expanding plasma Ioana Biloiu , Earl Scime Preview Abstract

APS Meetings

49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Session UP8: Poster Session VIII: Gyrokinetics, Two-Fluids and Assorted; DIII-D II; Turbulence and Transport; Plasma Sources, Sheaths, and Thrusters