Session PP8 : Poster Session VI: Shocks, Flows, Dusty and Complex Plasmas; Z Pinches, X Pinches, EOS, and HEDP; Stellarator; FRC’s, Flow Pinch, HBT-EP, Helimak and LDX

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

PP8.00001 : SHOCKS, FLOWS, DUSTY AND COMPLEX PLASMAS

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PP8.00002 : Heating and cooling in dusty plasmas
Y. Feng, J. Goree, Bin Liu

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PP8.00003 : Dispersion relation of Dust-acoustic waves in three-dimensional complex plasmas under microgravity
S.V. Annibaldi, U. Konopka, S. Ratynskaia, G. Morfill, A. Lipaev, V. Molotkov, J. Drake

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PP8.00004 : Dust Impact Studies in Regard to Dust/Wall Interactions in Fusion Research
James Creel, Jorge Carmona-Reyes, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke, Truell Hyde

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PP8.00005 : Complex Plasma Studies on Ferromagnetic Dust
Jimmy Schmoke, Truell Hyde, Michael Cook, Jorge Carmona-Reyes, Matthew Benesh, Chelsea Chan

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PP8.00006 : Sensitivity Analysis on Boundary Conditions for Continuum Regime Probe
H.L. Rappaport

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PP8.00007 : Complex Plasma with Multiple Distinct Particle Sizes
Truell Hyde, Bernard Smith, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke

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PP8.00008 : Dispersion relation for the dust-acoustic wave in a Lorentzian plasma
Myoung-Jae Lee, Taejoon Kim, Kyu-Sun Chung, Hyun-Jong Woo

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PP8.00009 : Dispersion properties of the dust-acoustic waves in a Lorentzian plasma containing elongated dust grains.
Taejoon Kim, Myoung-Jae Lee, Kyu-Sun Chung

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PP8.00010 : Oblique dust density waves
Oliver Arp, Kristoffer Menzel, Markus Klindworth

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PP8.00011 : Observations of dust acoustic waves driven at high frequencies
Ross Fisher, Robert Merlino, E. Thomas

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PP8.00012 : Vertically propagating driven dust acoustic waves in a dc glow discharge dusty plasma
E. Thomas, J. Williams, L. Marcus, R. Merlino

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PP8.00013 : Preliminary measurement of ion heating in a weakly-coupled complex (dusty) plasma
Jeremiah Williams, E. Thomas, L. Marcus

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PP8.00014 : Floating potential and collisionless ion drag force on a spherical grain under weakly magnetized conditions
Leonardo Patacchini, I. Hutchinson

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PP8.00015 : Observation of melting in a heated, two-dimensional complex plasma
T.E. Sheridan

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PP8.00016 : Ionosphere Dusty Plasma in the Laboratory
Scott Robertson, Gregor Bano, Ward Handley, Mihaly Horanyi, Zoltan Sternovsky

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PP8.00017 : Theoretical and experimental studies of dust particle charging in the presence of a magnetic field
Chris Fichtl, Gian Luca Delzanno, Su-Hyun Kim, Robert Merlino, G. Lapenta

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PP8.00018 : 0-D and 2-D LIF Measurements of Small Coulomb Crystals in a Linear RF Trap
Mitsutoshi Aramaki, Akihiro Kono

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PP8.00019 : Crystallization in mass and charge asymmetric bilayers
Michael Bonitz, P. Ludwig, Alexei Filinov, Heinrich Stolz

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PP8.00020 : Breathing Mode in Complex Plasmas
Michael Bonitz, A. Melzer, S. Vitkalov, K. Fujioka, C. Henning, P. Ludwig

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PP8.00021 : Measurement of emission from a radiatively collapsed shock
R.P. Drake, M.J. Grosskopf, R.S. Gillespie, J.D. Shultz, D.A. Campbell, J. Human

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PP8.00022 : Plasma Formation on an Aluminum Surface Driven by MG Fields
Stephan Fuelling, Bruno Bauer, R.E. Siemon, T. Awe, Volodymyr Makhin, Tasha Goodrich, A. Oxner, R. Presura

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PP8.00023 : Numerical Modeling of Megagauss Fields on Aluminum Rods
Sergey Garanin, Volodymyr Makhin, T. Awe, Bruno Bauer, Irvin Lindemuth, R.E. Siemon, Walt Atchison, T. Tierney, Michael Frese, Sherry Frese, Michael Desjarlais

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PP8.00024 : Interaction of laser-produced plasmas with large magnetoplasmas
C. Niemann, A. Collette, S.K.P. Tripathi, P. Pribyl, Erik Everson, Alexandre Gigliotti, Stephen Vincena, R. Presura, S. Neff, C. Plechaty, Walter Gekelman

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PP8.00025 : Observation of Thermal Effects for Shock Wave Acceleration in Glow Discharge Plasma
Nirmol K. Podder, Anastasia V. Tarasova, Ralph B. Wilson IV

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PP8.00026 : Self similar nonlocal electron heat flow
Jean-Pierre Matte

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PP8.00027 : Modeling the influence of interelectrode spacing in the Pulsed Discharge Nozzle
Jerome Remy, Bart Broks, Wouter Brok, Joost v.d. Mullen, Abdessamad Benidar, Ludovic Biennier, Farid Salama

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PP8.00028 : Experimental Characterization of Plasma Flow in Reconnection Scaling Experiment.
L. Dorf, X. Sun, T.P. Intrator, J. Hendryx, G.A. Wurden

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PP8.00029 : Measuring 3D plasma flow in compact toroids
Yasuchi Ono, Setthivoine You, Alexander Balandin

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PP8.00030 : Evaluation of Kinematic Viscosity of Rotating Cylindrical Plasmas Using Flow Velocity Profile Measurements
Shinji Yoshimura, Masayoshi Tanaka

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PP8.00031 : Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Ropes in a Laboratory Plasma
Eric Lawrence, Walter Gekelman

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PP8.00032 : Ultracold Plasma Expansion in Magnetic Field
Xianli Zhang, Robert Fletcher, Steven Rolston

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PP8.00033 : Models of low-beta plasma expansion across magnetized vacuum
David Rose, D.R. Welch, T.C. Genoni

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PP8.00034 : Numerical Modeling of a Magnetic Nozzle
Boris Breizman, Alexey Arefiev

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PP8.00035 : Ambipolar acceleration of ions in a magnetic nozzle
Alexey Arefiev, Boris Breizman

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PP8.00036 : Plume Narrowing in a Cylindrical Hall Thruster
Nathaniel Fisch, Amnon Fruchtman, Yevgeny Raitses, Jean Marcel Rax

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PP8.00037 : Z PINCHES, X PINCHES, EOS, AND HEDP

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PP8.00038 : Time dependent VISAR current diagnostic for pulsed power loads
Kyle Peterson, Raymond Lemke

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PP8.00039 : Validation of an ablation model for simulating wire array z-pinches
Daniel Sinars, H.L. Hanshaw, Michael Desjarlais, E. Yu, T.A. Brunner, Raymond Lemke, E.M. Waisman, T.A. Mehlhorn, M.E. Cuneo

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PP8.00040 : Two-Dimensional Radiation MHD Modeling of Gas Puff Z-Pinch Implosions
J.W. Thornhill, J.L. Giuliani, Y.K. Chong, J. Davis, A. Dasgupta, R.W. Clark, K.G. Whitney, C. Deeney

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PP8.00041 : Lumped-state CRE Modeling of the Ionization Dynamics of O- and N-like Krypton
K.G. Whitney, A. Dasgupta, J.W. Thornhill, J. Davis

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PP8.00042 : Wire Ablation Plasma Source Studies at Sandia National Laboratories
M.D. Johnston, K. Hahn, B.V. Oliver, T.A. Mehlhorn, D.W. Droemer, R.L. Starbird, Y. Maron, E. Klodzh, E. Stambulchik

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PP8.00043 : Investigations of stagnated plasma conditions and opacity for K-shell x-ray sources at the Z Accelerator
C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, J.P. Apruzese, B. Jones, P.D. LePell

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PP8.00044 : Quantitative investigation of mass ablation rates of wire arrays at current levels from 80kA to 1MA
J.D. Douglass, K. Bell, P. Knapp, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, G.N. Hall, F. Suzuki-Vidal, A. Marocchino, A. Harvey-Thompson, S.C. Bott, D. Haas, F. Beg, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, S. Pikuz, I. Blesener, R.D. McBride

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PP8.00045 : Quantitative Measurements of Ablation in Wire Array Z-Pinches
A. Harvey-Thompson, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, G.N. Hall, J.B.A. Palmer, F. Suzuki-Vidal, S.C. Bott

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PP8.00046 : Mitigation of end-effects in wire array z-pinches through hardware modification
D.J. Ampleford, C. Jennings, B. Jones, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott

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PP8.00047 : Relative Timing of Coronal Plasma Formation for Individual Wires in a Wire Array Z-Pinch
R.D. McBride, D.A. Hammer, S. Pikuz, B.R. Kusse, P. Knapp, D.A. Chalenski, J.D. Douglass, J.B. Greenly

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PP8.00048 : Time Evolution of the Magnetic Field Topology of Cylindrical Wire Array Z-Pinches
M.J. Martin, J.B. Greenly, Charles Seyler

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PP8.00049 : Studies of the Dynamics of Ablation Stream development in Wire Arrays on COBRA
J.B. Greenly, M.J. Martin, Charles Seyler

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PP8.00050 : Studies of Hot Spots in Wire-Array Z-Pinches and X-Pinches
K. Bell, S. Pikuz, D.A. Hammer, J.D. Douglass, R.D. McBride, J.B. Greenly

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PP8.00051 : X-pinch Wire-number Scan at 1 MA
J.P. Chittenden, Daniel Sinars, M.E. Cuneo, D.F. Wenger, J.D. Douglass, R.D. McBride, S. Pikuz, J.B. Greenly, D.A. Chalenski, A. Mingaleev, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse

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PP8.00052 : Quantification of axially correlated ablation in z-pinch wire arrays.
K. Bell, P. Knapp, W. Syed, J. Zier, T. Strickler, M.R. Gomez, R.M. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, J.D. Douglass, R.D. McBride, D.A. Chalenski

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PP8.00053 : A higher-dimensional theory of electrical contact resistance
Wilkin Tang, Y.Y. Lau, M.R. Gomez, R.M. Gilgenbach, J. Zier, M. Haworth, E. Yu, M.E. Cuneo, T.A. Mehlhorn

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PP8.00054 : Study of Wire Contact Resistance in Single and Multi-wire Z-Pinch Experiments
M.R. Gomez, J. Zier, W. Tang, R.M. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, M.E. Cuneo, M.D. Johnston, T.A. Mehlhorn

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PP8.00055 : Designs and Plans for MAIZE: a 1 MA LTD-Driven Z-Pinch
R.M. Gilgenbach, M.R. Gomez, J. Zier, W. Tang, B.W. Hoff, N. Jordan, E. Cruz, Y.Y. Lau, T. Fowler-Guzzardo, J. Meisel, M.E. Cuneo, M.D. Johnston, T.A. Mehlhorn, A.A. Kim, V.A. Sinebryukhov

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PP8.00056 : Measurements of plasma conditions in precursor plasmas at the 1-MA Zebra facility
G. Osborne, C. Deeney, N.D. Ouart, C.A. Coverdale, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, K. Williamson, I. Shrestha

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PP8.00057 : Implosion Dynamics and X-Ray Production in Cylindrical Wire Arrays 1-16 mm in Diameter
A. Haboub, V.V. Ivanov, V.I. Sotnikov, Alexey Astanovitskiy, A. Morozov, S.D. Altemara, C.M. Thomas, V. Nalajala, Steve Batie

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PP8.00058 : Effect of an axial wire on wire array z-pinch dynamics
R. Presura, D. Martinez, S. Wright, C. Plechaty, S. Neff, L. Wanex, D.J. Ampleford

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PP8.00059 : Investigation of particle beams in 1-MA wire array z-pinches by Faraday cups
A. Morozov, A. Haboub, V.V. Ivanov, V.I. Sotnikov, R. Presura, V. Nalajala, T. Jarrett, C.M. Thomas, A.L. Astanovitskiy, S.D. Altemara

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PP8.00060 : Plasma Formation from a Single Solid Conductor Carrying a Multi-Magaampere Current
Milena Angelova, Bruno Bauer, Irvin Lindemuth, Volodymyr Makhin, R.E. Siemon

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PP8.00061 : Radiography using a dense plasma focus device as a source of pulsed X-rays
Julio Herrera, Fermin Castillo, Isabel Gamboa, Jose Rangel

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PP8.00062 : Reconstruction of Neutron and Deuteron Energy Spectra in Z-pinch Experiments
D. Klir, P. Kubes, J. Kravarik

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PP8.00063 : Characteristics of extreme ultraviolet radiation from laser triggered vacuum spark discharge plasma

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PP8.00064 : Soft X-ray emission from plasma channel created by wire explosion in water
Vaclav Prukner, Karel Kolacek, Jiri Schmidt, Oleksandr Frolov, Jaroslav Straus

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PP8.00065 : Improved EOS for Describing Off-Hugoniot States in Epoxy/Foam IC Targets
Nicholas Lanier, Shane Walton, J.B. Workman, P. Graham, A. Moore

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PP8.00066 : Preheat Measurements for Supernova Hydrodynamics Experiments
C.C. Kuranz, R.P. Drake, M.J. Grosskopf, D.A. Campbell

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PP8.00067 : Exploration of Plasma-Jet Magneto-Inertial Fusion Burn Dynamics
John Santarius

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PP8.00068 : EMHD Calculations of Plasma Jet Acceleration
Thomas Hughes, Sergei Galkin

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PP8.00069 : Plasma jets merging simulation
S.A. Galkin, I.N. Bogatu, J.S. Kim, F.D. Witherspoon, M.W. Phillips, Thomas Hughes, D.R. Welch, I. Golovkin, Joseph MacFarlane

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PP8.00070 : Dense Hypervelocity Plasma Jets
A. Case, F.D. Witherspoon, Richard Bomgardner, M.W. Phillips, D. van Doren, R. Elton, I. Uzun-Kaymak

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PP8.00071 : Probe Measurements on the HyperV Plasma Gun
Richard Bomgardner, A. Case, M.W. Phillips, D. van Doren, F.D. Witherspoon

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PP8.00072 : Laser-Driven Magnetic-Flux Compression Experiments on the OMEGA Laser
O. Gotchev, N.W. Jang, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer, R. Betti

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PP8.00073 : Development and benchmarking of radiation transport models in LSP.
I. Golovkin, Joseph MacFarlane, P. Woodruff, Peter Hakel, R.C. Mancini, Thomas Hughes, D.R. Welch, Bob Clark, Chris Mostrom, F.D. Witherspoon, M.W. Phillips, N.I. Bogatu, Sergei Galkin

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PP8.00074 : Configuration based Collisional-Radiative Model including configuration interaction
Michel Busquet

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PP8.00075 : Benchmarking algorithms for the solution of Collisional Radiative Model (CRM) equations.
Marcel Klapisch, Michel Busquet

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PP8.00076 : M-shell transmission measurements of gadolinium in LTE at 30 eV
R. Heeter, Scott Anderson, Steve Maclaren, Marilyn Schneider

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PP8.00077 : STELLARATOR

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PP8.00078 : Overview of HSX Results and Experimental Program Plan
D.T. Anderson

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PP8.00079 : Transport Studies in HSX at 1 Tesla
J. Lore, D.T. Anderson, J.M. Canik, K.M. Likin, J.N. Talmadge, K. Zhai

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PP8.00080 : Modeling of Anomalous Transport in ECRH Plasmas at HSX
W. Guttenfelder, D.T. Anderson, J.M. Canik, K.M. Likin, J. Lore, J.N. Talmadge, William Dorland, M. Barnes

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PP8.00081 : Measurement of the Pfirsh-Schl\"{u}ter and Bootstrap Currents in HSX
J.N. Talmadge, J. Schmitt, D.T. Anderson, P.H. Probert

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PP8.00082 : ECRH at 0.5 and 1 Tesla in the Helically Symmetric Experiment
K.M. Likin, D.T. Anderson, Simon Anderson, Chuanbao Deng, Huijuan Lu, J.W. Radder, J.N. Talmadge, K. Zhai

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PP8.00083 : 5-D Kinetic Modeling of ECRH Plasmas in the HSX Stellarator
J.W. Radder, J.N. Talmadge, K.M. Likin, D.T. Anderson, S. Murakami

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PP8.00084 : Alfv\'{e}nic Modes in HSX Stellarator
C. Deng, D.L. Brower, D.A. Spong, Boris Breizman, A.F. Almagri, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, W. Guttenfelder, K.M. Likin, J. Lore, J. Lu, S. Oh, J.W. Radder, J. Schmitt, K. Zhai

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PP8.00085 : Wall Conditioning for 1T Operation in HSX
A. Herr, C. Clark, F.S.B. Anderson, D.T. Anderson

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PP8.00086 : Ion Temperature Measurements and Impurity Radiation in HSX
A. Briesemeister, K. Zhai, F.S.B. Anderson

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PP8.00087 : Overview of Recent Results from HSX and the Planned Experimental Program
A. Briesemeister, F.S.B. Anderson, K. Zhai

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PP8.00088 : Simulation and Implementation of HIBP Electric Field Measurements for the HSX Stellarator
C. Clark, D.T. Anderson, J. Hillesheim, M. Bingham, K. Connor, D. Demers, A. Dunckle, P. Schoch

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PP8.00089 : Stability of Current-Driven Discharges in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment
S. Knowlton, G. Hartwell, J.D. Hanson, J. Peterson, J. Shields, B.A. Stevenson

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PP8.00090 : Vacuum Magnetic Field Mapping of the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH)
J.T. Peterson, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton, C. Montgomery

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PP8.00091 : Soft X-Ray Tomography and Temperature Measurements on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH) Experiment
G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton, J. Peterson, B.A. Stevenson, J. Hanson

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PP8.00092 : Density Measurements of Compact Toroidal Hybrid Plasmas and Design of an Interferometer-Polarimeter Diagnostic
B.A. Stevenson, G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton, J. Shields

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PP8.00093 : Triple probe measurements of edge plasma parameters in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid torsatron
M. Cianciosa, E. Thomas, G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton

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PP8.00094 : Calculated Refraction and Cotton-Mouton Effect for a Millimeter-wave Interferometer/Polarimeter on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH) Experiment
J. Shields, S. Knowlton, B.A. Stevenson, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell

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PP8.00095 : Fast Particle Loss-Cone Measurements by the Novel Angular-Resolved Multi-Sightline Neutral Particle Analyzer (ARMS-NPA) on Large Helical Device.
Evgeny Veshchev, Tetsuo Ozaki, Pavel Goncharov, Shigeru Sudo

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PP8.00096 : Calculation of a stable path to high beta for the LHD stellarator
B.A. Carreras, Katsuji Ichiguchi

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PP8.00097 : Quasi-linear fluxes in heliotron configurations
Masayuki Yokoyama, Osamu Yamagishi, Hideo Sugama

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PP8.00098 : Shear Alfv\'{e}n spectrum and mode structures for 3D configurations
D.A. Spong, Y. Todo

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PP8.00099 : Magnetic islands and confinement in the H-1NF heliac
Boyd D. Blackwell, Santhosh T.A. Kumar, John Howard, Michael G. Shats

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PP8.00100 : A Preconditioned Newton-Krylov Code for Calculating 3D MHD Equilibria with Magnetic Islands
Daniel Raburn, Allan Reiman, Donald Monticello, Ravi Samtaney

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PP8.00101 : V3FIT: Three-Dimensional MHD Equilibrium Reconstruction
J.D. Hanson, J. Shields, S.P. Hirshman, E.A. Lazarus, L.L. Lao, S. Knowlton

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PP8.00102 : Studies of the neoclassical transport for CNT
Bernhard Seiwald, Viktor V. Nemov, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Winfried Kernbichler

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PP8.00103 : Progress in NCSX Construction
J.H. Chrzanowski, P.J. Heitzenroeder, M. Kalish, J.F. Lyon, B.E. Nelson, M.E. Viola, M.C. Zarnstorff

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PP8.00104 : Magnetic Flexibility of NCSX.
M.C. Zarnstorff, S. Hudson, L. Maingi, D. Mikkelsen

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PP8.00105 : Status of the QPS Project
J.F. Lyon

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PP8.00106 : FRC'S, FLOW PINCH, HBT-EP, HELIMAK, AND LDX

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PP8.00107 : Summary of the Magnetized Target Fusion physics demonstration
T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P.E. Sieck, R.M. Renneke, W.W. Waganaar, L. Dorf, M. Kostora, R.E. Siemon, T. Awe, A.G. Lynn, M. Gilmore, J. Degnan, C. Grabowski, E.L. Ruden

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PP8.00108 : Toroidal Field and Magnetic Helicity in a Translating, High-Density Field Reversed Configuration
P.E. Sieck, T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden

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PP8.00109 : Guide and Mirror Magnetic Field Diffusion Calculations for the FRC Compression Heating Experiment (FRCHX) at AFRL
Matthew Domonkos, David Amdahl, J. Degnan, Michael Frese, D. Gale, C. Grabowski, Robin Gribble, T.P. Intrator, Gerald Kiuttu

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PP8.00110 : FRC Adiabatic Compression Heating Experiments
T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P.E. Sieck, P.J. Turchi, W.J. Waganaar, R.E. Siemon, T. Awe, Bruno Bauer, A. Oxner, A.G. Lynn, N.F. Roderick, J. Degnan, M.H. Frese, D.J. Amdahl, M. Babineau, J.F. Camacho, S.K. Coffey, M. Domonkos, S.D. Frese, D. Gale, C. Grabowski, J.V. Parker, D. Ralph, E.L. Ruden, W. Sommars

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PP8.00111 : FRC Rotation in Extended MHD Modeling
Michael Frese, Sherry Frese, E.L. Ruden, J. Degnan, Norman F. Roderick

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PP8.00112 : Power Balance on a High-Density Field Reversed Configuration
R.M. Renneke, T.P. Intrator, Chan Choi, G.A. Wurden, Theodore Grabowski, E.L. Ruden, William Waganaar

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PP8.00113 : Progress on the Colorado FRC Experiment
T. Munsat, J.M. Nuger, W. Willcockson, S.E. Wurzel, A.D. Light, C.L. Ellison

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PP8.00114 : Diagnostics for the Colorado FRC Experiment
T. Munsat, C.L. Ellison, A.D. Light, J.M. Nuger, W. Willcockson, S.E. Wurzel

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PP8.00115 : Compression of compact tori by use of efficient drivers
Simon Woodruff, Angus Macnab

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PP8.00116 : Spectroscopic Diagnostics of the Irvine FRC
J.M. Little, E.P. Garate, W.S. Harris, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche, E. Trask

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PP8.00117 : Triple Probe Array on Irvine FRC
E. Trask, E.P. Garate, W.S. Harris, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche

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PP8.00118 : Ion Energy Distribution Function Measurements in the Irvine FRC
W.S. Harris, E.P. Garate, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche, E. Trask, Y. Zhang

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PP8.00119 : Irvine FRC Magnetic Field Structure
T. Roche, E.P. Garate, W.S. Harris, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, E. Trask

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PP8.00120 : Rotating Magnetic Field sustainment of hot FRCs at high zeta
Alan Hoffman, Houyang Guo, R.D. Milroy

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PP8.00121 : Use of a Magnetized Cascade Arc Source in TCSU to Enable RMF Formation of High Temperature FRCs
Paul Melnik, Houyang Guo, Robert Brooks, Alan Hoffman, Kenneth Miller

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PP8.00122 : Density and Impurity Measurements on the TCSU Experiment
Chris Deards, George Vlases

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PP8.00123 : Two-fluid flowing equilibria of spherical torus sustained by coaxial helicity injection
Takashi Kanki, M. Nagata

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PP8.00124 : Comparison of Rotamak Plasma Discharges in Cylindrical and Spherical Devices
Xiaokang Yang, Yuri Petrov, Tian-Sen Huang

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PP8.00125 : Magnetic field structure evolution in RMF plasmas
Yuri Petrov, Xiaokang Yang, Tian-Sen Huang

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PP8.00126 : Studies of Inductively Sustained Compact Toroids in MRX
C. Jacobson, M. Inomoto, S. Gerhardt, E.V. Belova, M. Yamada, Hantao Ji, Y. Ren, B. McGeehan

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PP8.00127 : Occurrence of anomalous resistivity in the inductively current driven FRC
Eiichirou Kawamori, Yasushi Ono

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PP8.00128 : Overview and Recent Results from the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch
U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, C.S. Adams, D.M. Chahim, D.J. Den Hartog, R.P. Golingo, S.D. Knecht, M. Sybouts, G. Vogman

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PP8.00129 : Thomson Scattering Measurements on the ZaP Experiment
R.P. Golingo, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, D.J. Den Hartog

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PP8.00130 : Density Profile of the ZaP Flow Z-pinch Plasma using a 4-chord Interferometer
B.J. Chan, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, R.P. Golingo

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PP8.00131 : Results of the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch Inner Electrode Upgrade
Sean Knecht, U. Shumlak, R.P. Golingo, B.A. Nelson

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PP8.00132 : HBT-EP Kink Mode Control Research: Progress and Future Plans
G.A. Navratil, Bryan Debono, J.M. Hanson, J.P. Levesque, K.D. Litzner, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, T.S. Pedersen, D. Shiraki, Allen Boozer, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, R. James, S.F. Paul

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PP8.00133 : A Kalman Filter for Feedback Control of Rotating External Kink Instabilities in a Tokamak Plasma
J.M. Hanson, R. James, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen

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PP8.00134 : Kink Radial Eigenmode Structure Measurements Using a Hall Sensor Array on the HBT-EP Tokamak
D. Shiraki, J.M. Hanson, R. James, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen

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PP8.00135 : The Effects of Neutral Damping on Resistive Wall Mode Physics
R. James, K. Becker, J.M. Hanson, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen

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PP8.00136 : Design and Implementation of a Compact Lithium Evaporator to Minimize Edge Neutral Drag on the HBT-EP Tokamak
D.A. Maurer, D. Shiraki, J.M. Hanson, R. James, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen

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PP8.00137 : Real-Time Plasma Rotation Diagnostic for Measuring Small Doppler Shifts on the HBT-EP Tokamak
Bryan Debono, Jeremy Hanson, R. James, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen, S.F. Paul

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PP8.00138 : Thomson Scattering on the HBT-EP Tokamak
J.P. Levesque, K.D. Litzner, J.M. Hanson, R. James, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen

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PP8.00139 : Helimak Turbulence and Simulation
D. Miracle, J. Felkl, K. Lee, Kenneth Gentle

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PP8.00140 : Control of SOL Turbulence
Kenneth Gentle, J. Felkl, Kevin Lee, D. Miracle

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PP8.00141 : Heavy Atom Neutral Beam Probe
Alvaro Garcia de Gorordo, Gary A. Hallock, Kenneth Gentle

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PP8.00142 : Drift-wave Turbulence in the Helimak
Kevin Lee, J. Felkl, Kenneth Gentle, D. Miracle

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PP8.00143 : Simulations of extended MHD Turbulence and Sheared flows in the Helimak Configuration
Russell B. Dahlburg, J.C. Perez, W. Horton

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PP8.00144 : First Flight of the Levitated Dipole Experiment
D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel, A.C. Boxer, J. Kesner

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PP8.00145 : Prospects for Driven Particle Convection Tests in LDX
M.E. Mauel, D.T. Garnier, A.C. Boxer, J. Kesner

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PP8.00146 : Low Frequency Fluctuations in the Levitated Dipole Experiment
J. Kesner, A.C. Boxer, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel

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PP8.00147 : Density Profile Dynamics in the Levitated Dipole Experiment
A.C. Boxer, J. Kesner, J.L. Ellsworth, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel

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PP8.00148 : Strong, Nonaxisymmetric Flows Driven in a Dipole Confined Plasma
M.W. Worstell, B.A. Grierson, M.E. Mauel

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PP8.00149 : Simulating Interchange Turbulence in a Dipole Confined Plasma
B.A. Grierson, M.W. Worstell, M.E. Mauel

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PP8.00150 : Linear Study of Electromagnetic Hot Electrons Instabilities in a Closed Field Line Plasma.
Natalia Krasheninnikova, Luis Chacon, J. Kesner

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PP8.00151 : Improved Plasma Properties in RT-1 with a Levitated Coil
Zensho Yoshida, Yuichi Ogawa, Sho Watanabe, Junko Suzuki

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PP8.00152 : Wave-induced Helicity Current Drive by Helicon Waves
Manash Kumar Paul

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