CI1: Turbulence, Transport, and Laser Plasmas

Chair: Fred Skiff, University of Iowa
Rosen Centre Hotel - Junior Ballroom


Monday, November 12, 2007
2:00 PM–2:30 PM

CI1.00001 : Reduced kinetic descriptions of weakly driven plasma waves
Invited Speaker: Ryan Lindberg

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:30 PM–3:00 PM

CI1.00002 : Fluid theory of magnetized plasma dynamics at low collisionality
Invited Speaker: J.J. Ramos

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:00 PM–3:30 PM

CI1.00003 : Turbulent transport via wave-particle decorrelation in collisionless plasmas
Invited Speaker: Zhihong Lin

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:30 PM–4:00 PM

CI1.00004 : Experimental investigation of blob physics in the TORPEX toroidal plasma
Invited Speaker: I. Furno

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:00 PM–4:30 PM

CI1.00005 : A Compact Double-pass Raman Backscattering Amplifier/Compressor
Invited Speaker: Jun Ren

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:30 PM–5:00 PM

CI1.00006 : Broadband Dielectric Function of Non-equilibrium Warm Dense Gold
Invited Speaker: Y. Ping

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CT2: Tutorial: Laboratory Astrophysics Scaling

Chair: R. Paul Drake, University of Michigan
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 3/4


Monday, November 12, 2007
2:00 PM–3:00 PM

CT2.00001 : Scaling extreme astrophysical phenomena to the laboratory - a tutorial

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CO3: NSTX and General Spherical Tokamak

Chair: Mickey Wade, General Atomics
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 9/10


Monday, November 12, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

CO3.00001 : Overview of the 2007 NSTX experimental campaign*
D.A. Gates

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

CO3.00002 : Experimental investigation of turbulent fluctuations with the scale of collisionless skin depth in NSTX plasmas
E. Mazzucato, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. Leblanc, H.K. Park, D.R. Smith, J.R. Wilson, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

CO3.00003 : Internal transport barriers in NSTX reversed-shear plasmas
H. Yuh, F.M. Levinton, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. Leblanc, D.R. Smith, E. Mazzucato, H.K. Park, S. Kaye, S. Kubota

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

CO3.00004 : Beta Scaling and Momentum Transport Studies in NSTX
S. Kaye, W.M. Solomon, R.E. Bell, B.P. Leblanc, F.M. Levinton, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh, H. Yuh

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

CO3.00005 : Gyroradius-Scale Ion Gradients in NSTX
R.E. Bell, B.P. Leblanc, R. Maingi, S.A. Sabbagh

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

CO3.00006 : Active Resistive Wall Mode Feedback with Expanded Sensors in NSTX
S.A. Sabbagh, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, B.P. Leblanc, J.E. Menard

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

CO3.00007 : Toroidal Alfven Eigenmode Avalanches on the National Spherical Torus Experiment
E.D. Fredrickson, D. Darrow, N.N. Gorelenkov, S.S. Medley, S. Kubota

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

CO3.00008 : Dependence of the L-H power threshold on magnetic balance and heating method in NSTX
R. Maingi, T. Biewer, H. Meyer, R.E. Bell, B.P. Leblanc, C.S. Chang

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

CO3.00009 : Overview of Transient CHI Plasma Start-up in NSTX and HIT-II
R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, D. Mueller, M.G. Bell

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

CO3.00010 : Non-Solenoidal Startup of the Ultra-Low Aspect Ratio Pegasus ST
N.W. Eidietis, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag, B.J. Squires, E.A. Unterberg

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

CO3.00011 : Recent EBW Emission Results on NSTX
S.J. Diem, G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, B.P. Leblanc, J.B.O. Caughman, T.S. Bigelow, J.B. Wilgen, R.W. Harvey, J. Preinhaelter, J. Urban, S.A. Sabbagh

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

CO3.00012 : Recent results from MAST spherical tokamak

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

CO3.00013 : Investigation of transient phenomena on MAST using high resolution Thomson scattering
R. Scannell, M.J. Walsh, M. Dunstan

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

CO3.00014 : Lithium Loaded Target Plate for driving NSTX toward high performance
R. Majeski

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CO5: Compression and Burn I

Chair: Radha Bahukutumbi, University of Rochester
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 11/12


Monday, November 12, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

CO5.00001 : Measurable Lawson Criterium and Hydro-Equivalent Curves for Inertial Confinement Fusion
R. Betti

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

CO5.00002 : Implosion experiments using D$_{2}\backslash ^{3}$He filled glass capsules doped with noble gases: A Study.
G.A. Kyrala, D.C. Wilson, M.A. Gunderson, H. Makaruk, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, B. Yaakobi, W. Garbett, John Benage

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

CO5.00003 : Radiative Effects on Direct Drive Implosion Temperatures
J. Koch, H.K. Chung, R. Heeter, W. Hsing, R.W. Lee, A. Miles, H.S. Park, H.F. Robey, H. Scott, R. Tommasini, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, V.Yu. Glebov

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

CO5.00004 : Modeling NLTE effects in thin-shell direct-drive Omega capsule implosions
A. Miles, J. Koch, W. Hsing, H.S. Park, H.F. Robey, H. Scott, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, F.H. Seguin, V.Yu. Glebov, C. Stoeckl

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

CO5.00005 : Effects of $^{3}$He Addition on Implosion of DT Capsules on Omega
V.Yu. Glebov, H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, D.C. Wilson, J.R. Langenbrunner, C.S. Young, J.H. Cooley, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, G.A. Kyrala, L. Welser-Sherrill, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

CO5.00006 : Mix Degradation in DT Filled Capsules When Shock and Compression Yields are Resolved
D.C. Wilson, H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, C.S. Young, G.A. Kyrala, J.H. Cooley, L. Welser-Sherrill, J.R. Langenbrunner, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller, V.Yu. Glebov

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

CO5.00007 : Evaluation and modeling of burn reaction histories using a directly driven capsule with two laser pulses
J.H. Cooley, L. Welser-Sherrill, D.C. Wilson, H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, C.S. Young, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller, V.Yu. Glebov, C. Stoekl, R.A. Lerche

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

CO5.00008 : Development of Shock-Timing Techniques for the National Ignition Facility
T.R. Boehly, M.A. Barrios, D.E. Fratanduono, T.C. Sangster, D.D. Meyerhofer, D. Munro, G.W. Collins, O.L. Landen, R.E. Olson

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

CO5.00009 : X-Ray Ablation Rates of ICF Capsule Materials
R.E. Olson, G.A. Rochau, R.J. Leeper

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

CO5.00010 : Time-resolved measurements of in-flight ablator performance using streaked x-ray radiography
D. Hicks, Brian Spears, C. Sorce, O.L. Landen, G.W. Collins, T.R. Boehly

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

CO5.00011 : Influence and measurement of mass ablation in ICF implosions
Brian Spears, D. Hicks, C. Velsko, M. Stoyer, H.F. Robey, D. Munro, O.L. Landen, D.C. Wilson, A. Nikroo

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

CO5.00012 : Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Studies of Matter and Field Distributions in Cone-in-Shell Capsule Implosions
J.R. Rygg, F.H. Seguin, C.K. Li, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, R. Betti, D.D. Meyerhofer, C. Stoekl, W. Theobald

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

CO5.00013 : Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Observations of E and B Field Evolution Outside Imploding, Direct-Drive ICF Capsules
F.H. Seguin, C.K. Li, J.R. Rygg, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, R. Betti, O. Gotchev, J.P. Knauer, F.J. Marshall, D.D. Meyerhofer, V.A. Smalyuk

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

CO5.00014 : Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Measurements of Implosion Dynamics in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion
C.K. Li, F.H. Seguin, J.R. Rygg, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, V.A. Smalyuk, R. Betti, J.A. Delettrez, J.P. Knauer, F.J. Marshall, D.D. Meyerhofer, D. Shvarts, O.L. Landen

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

CO5.00015 : Double-shell capsules, an alternative to the single-shell cryogenic NIF design
G.R. Magelssen, N.D. Delamater, M.A. Gunderson, M. Schmitt

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CO6: Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions I

Chair: Kazuo Tanaka, Osaka University
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 5/6


Monday, November 12, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

CO6.00001 : Design of a Positron--Electron Pair-Plasma Production Experiment on OMEGA EP
D.D. Meyerhofer, J. Myatt, A.V. Maximov, R.W. Short

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

CO6.00002 : High-Brightness $\sim $keV Source and Diagnostic Development
C. Stoeckl, W. Theobald, P.A. Jaanimagi, P. Nilson, M. Storm, J.A. Delettrez, R. Epstein, T.C. Sangster, D. Hey, A.J. MacKinnon, H.S. Park, P.K. Patel, R. Shepherd, J. Green, K.L. Lancaster

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

CO6.00003 : The Trident 250TW Short-Pulse Laser Upgrade at LANL: System and Initial Results
J.C. Fernandez, K.A. Flippo, Cort Gautier, B.M. Hegelich, R.P. Johnson, J.B. Workman

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

CO6.00004 : ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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Monday, November 12, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

CO6.00005 : Short-pulse laser K-alpha conversion efficiency in gas jet targets
P. Neumayer, A. Collette, A.L. Kritcher, E.L. Dewald, J.S. Ross, S.H. Glenzer, C. Niemann

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

CO6.00006 : High resolution 17 to 68 keV K-alpha backlighter for high-energy density experiments .
Hye-Sook Park, Brian Maddox, M.H. Key, S. Lepape, A.G. Macphee, P.K. Patel, T.W. Phillips, R. Tommasini, C. Back, E. Giraldez

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

CO6.00007 : Polarized K-shell radiation due to anisotropic fast electron distribution in ultra-intense laser produced plasmas
Y. Inubushi, Y. Okano, S. Fujioka, T. Nakamura, H. Nagatomo, H. Nishimura, K. Mima, T. Kawamura, T. Kai, Fumihiro Koike, S. Nakazaki

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

CO6.00008 : Laser Generated Ion Beams in the Context of Sandia's HEDP Mission
Briggs Atherton, G.R. Bennett, A.D. Edens, P.K. Rambo, J. Schwarz, E. Brambrink

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

CO6.00009 : ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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Monday, November 12, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

CO6.00010 : Ion acceleration due to explosions of nanoparticles driven by hot electrons
M. Murakami, Motohiko Tanaka

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

CO6.00011 : Angular distribution of fast electrons and protons in short pulse laser target interaction
H. Chen, Y. Ping, S. Wilks, R. Shepherd, D. Offermann, A. Link, L. Van Woerkom, L. Elberson, J. King, C.D. Chen

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

CO6.00012 : Influence of sheath fields on hot electron emission from small foils irradiated by intense laser pulses
T. Yabuuchi, K.A. Tanaka, T. Nakamura, K. Mima

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

CO6.00013 : CPA backlighting using 1$\omega $ and 2$\omega $ light
Steven James, Colin Brown, David Hoarty

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

CO6.00014 : Cone surface roughness and angle dependence in high intensity laser-plasma interactions
Nathalie Le Galloudec, Byoung Ick Cho, Emmanuel D'Humieres, Jens Osterholz, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Todd Ditmire

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Monday, November 12, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

CO6.00015 : ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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CP8: Poster Session II: Reconnection and Non-Neutral I; Spheromaks and MCX; MFC Diagnostics; Simulation: Algorithm; Simulation: Kinetic/Edge

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

CP8.00001 : RECONNECTION AND NON-NEUTRAL I

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CP8.00002 : Boundary conditions in magnetic reconnection
J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, A. Le, M. Porkolab

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CP8.00003 : Experimental study of fast fluctuations and turbulence during magnetic reconnection events on the VTF experiment
W. Fox, M. Porkolab, J. Egedal, N. Katz, A. Le

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CP8.00004 : Three-Dimensional Magnetic and Electrostatic Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Reconnection
A. Le, J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, M. Porkolab

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CP8.00005 : Experiments on the Propagation of Plasma Blobs
N. Katz, J. Egedal, W. Fox, M. Porkolab

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CP8.00006 : On the filamentary structure of energetic electrons during reconnection in flares
J.F. Drake, R. Fermo, Michael Shay

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CP8.00007 : The Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection is Localized
James Drake, Bruno Eckhardt, John Meyer, Paul Cassak, Michael Shay

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CP8.00008 : Two-scale structure of the electron dissipation region during collisionless magnetic reconnection: PIC simulations and Cluster satellite observations
Michael Shay, James Drake, Tai Phan, Jonathan Eastwood

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CP8.00009 : Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations
Paul Cassak, Michael Shay

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CP8.00010 : Diamagnetic effects in driven magnetic reconnection
J.J. Ramos

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CP8.00011 : A first-principles analytical theory for 2D magnetic reconnection in electron and Hall MHD.
A. Zocco, Andrei Simakov, Luis Chacon

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CP8.00012 : Energetic electrons and magnetic islands during reconnection
L.J. Chen, N. Bessho, W. Daughton, A. Bhattacharjee

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CP8.00013 : PIC simulations of core magnetic field generation in magnetic islands by reconnection
N. Bessho, L.J. Chen, A. Bhattacharjee

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CP8.00014 : Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Large-Scale Electron-Positron Plasmas
W. Daughton, H. Karimabadi, L. Yin, B.J. Albright, K. Bowers

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CP8.00015 : Kinetic Theory and Simulation of Collisionless Tearing in Bifurcated Current Sheets
Tatsuki Matsui, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn

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CP8.00016 : The Influence of Sheared Parallel Flows on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
V. Roytershteyn, W. Daughton

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CP8.00017 : Forced Magnetic Reconnection with Open Boundary Conditions
Weigang Wan, G. Lapenta

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CP8.00018 : ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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CP8.00019 : Micro-reconnection at the $c/\omega_{pe}$ Scale Length$^*$
K. Tummel, B. Coppi

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CP8.00020 : Roles of Magnetic Reconnection and Developments of Modern Theory$^*$
B. Coppi

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CP8.00021 : Overview of recent results from the Columbia Non-neutral Torus and future plans
T.S. Pedersen, J.W. Berkery, Allen Boozer, Q.R. Marksteiner, M. Hahn, P.W. Brenner, B. Durand de Gevigney, J.P. Kremer, R.G. Lefrancois

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CP8.00022 : Confinement of pure electron plasmas in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus
J.W. Berkery, T.S. Pedersen, Allen Boozer, Q.R. Marksteiner, M. Hahn, Jason Kremer

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CP8.00023 : Observations of an Ion Driven Instability in Non-neutral Plasmas Confined on Magnetic Surfaces.
Q.R. Marksteiner, T.S. Pedersen, J.W. Berkery, J. Mendez, M. Hahn, P. Ennever

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CP8.00024 : Pure Electron Equilibrium and Transport Jumps in the Columbia Nonneutral Torus
M. Hahn, T.S. Pedersen, Q.R. Marksteiner, J.W. Berkery

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CP8.00025 : Installation and Operation of a Conducting Boundary in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus
P.W. Brenner, T.S. Pedersen, J.W. Berkery, R.G. Lefrancois, M. Hahn, Q.R. Marksteiner

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CP8.00026 : Numerical Studies of Transport in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus
B. Durand de Gevigney, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Allen Boozer

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CP8.00027 : Confinement Time Exceeding One Second in a Toroidal Electron Plasma
M.R. Stoneking, J.P. Marler, Bao Ha, J.C. Smoniewski

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CP8.00028 : Magnetic Field Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient in Asymmetry-Induced Transport
D.L. Eggleston, J.M. Williams

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CP8.00029 : Limits of Particle-beam Extraction from Single-Component Plasmas
T.R. Weber, J.R. Danielson, C.M. Surko

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CP8.00030 : Attracting Fixed Points for Radially Compressed Single-Component Plasmas
J.R. Danielson, C.M. Surko, M.W. Anderson, T.M. O'Neil

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CP8.00031 : A Multicell Trap for Positron Storage
C.M. Surko, J.R. Danielson, T.R. Weber

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CP8.00032 : SPHEROMAKS AND MCX

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CP8.00033 : SSPX Achievements and Future Directions for Spheromak Research
H.S. McLean, R.D. Wood, D.N. Hill, E.B. Hooper, B. Hudson, R.J. Jayakumar, L.L. LoDestro, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talamas, T.A. Casper, B.I. Cohen, T.K. Fowler, L.D. Pearlstein, D.D. Ryutov, J.C. Ortiz, J.H.T. Clementson, J. King, E.C. Morse, E.D. Mezonlin, J.A. Johnson III, C.R. Sovinec

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CP8.00034 : Magnetic Field Build-up in SSPX
R.D. Wood, B.I. Cohen, D.N. Hill, E.B. Hooper, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talamas

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CP8.00035 : Electron Temperature Measurements and Energy Transport in SSPX
B. Hudson, T.A. Casper, E.B. Hooper, R.J. Jayakumar, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood

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CP8.00036 : Predictive capability for whole-device spheromak MHD physics
E.B. Hooper, B.I. Cohen

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CP8.00037 : Linear MHD Stability Analysis of the SSPX Spheromak
R.J. Jayakumar, B.I. Cohen, E.B. Hooper, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, L.D. Pearlstein, R.D. Wood, A.D. Turnbull, C.R. Sovinec

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CP8.00038 : Neutral Beam Current Drive in Spheromak plasma and plasma stability
L.D. Pearlstein, R.J. Jayakumar, B. Hudson, D.N. Hill, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, T.K. Fowler, T.A. Casper

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CP8.00039 : Flux amplification in SSPX
L.L. LoDestro, E.B. Hooper, R.J. Jayakumar, L.D. Pearlstein, R.D. Wood, H.S. McLean

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CP8.00040 : Measurements of spheromak formation and field buildup at SSPX using a double magnetic probe array
C.A. Romero-Talamas, O.O. Ohia, R.J. Jayakumar

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CP8.00041 : Stereo Imaging as a Diagnostic in SSPX
J.C. Ortiz, C.A. Romero-Talamas

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CP8.00042 : Ion Doppler Spectroscopy Measurements on SSPX
J. King, E.C. Morse, H.S. McLean, R.D. Wood, J.M. Moller

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CP8.00043 : EUV spectroscopy on the SSPX spheromak
J.H.T. Clementson, P. Beiersdorfer, R.D. Wood

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CP8.00044 : Correlation between gun current and ion temperature in SSPX plasma
E.D. Mezonlin, J.B. Titus, J.A. Johnson III, J.M. Moller, E.B. Hooper, H.S. McLean, B. Hudson, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood

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CP8.00045 : Correlations of Turbulent Magnetic Field Parameters with Electron and Ion Temperature Measurements in SSPX Plasmas
J.A. Johnson III, J.B. Titus, E.D. Mezonlin, J.M. Moller, E.B. Hooper, H.S. McLean, B. Hudson, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood

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CP8.00046 : Correlation of Soft X-ray Emission with Thompson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature in SSPX
B. Hudson, H.S. McLean, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood, D. Correll, D.F. Montez

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CP8.00047 : Overview of results from the Caltech Spheromak Formation, Astrophysical Jet, and Solar Coronal Loop Simulation Experiments
D. Kumar, A.L. Moser, E.V. Stenson, S.K.P. Tripathi

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CP8.00048 : Plasma tubes becoming collimated as a result of MHD pumping

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CP8.00049 : Flow velocity measurements and X-ray imaging of merging flux tubes
D. Kumar

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CP8.00050 : Overview of the Helicity Injected Torus Program
B.T. Stewart, A.J. Redd, T.R. Jarboe, R.Z. AboulHosn, C. Akcay, W.T. Hamp, G. Marklin, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R. Raman, P.E. Sieck, R.J. Smith, J.S. Wrobel

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CP8.00051 : The physics of steady-state CHI in an ST
A.J. Redd, T.R. Jarboe, W.T. Hamp, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R. Raman, R.J. Smith

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CP8.00052 : Evidence of closed flux during CHI formation of a spherical tokamak in the HIT-II experiment
W.T. Hamp, T.R. Jarboe, R. Raman, A.J. Redd, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R.J. Smith

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CP8.00053 : Nimrod Simulations of Decaying and Driven HIT-SI Plasmas
C. Akcay, Griff O'Neill, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, V.A. Izzo

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CP8.00054 : Magnetic Diagnostics on HIT-SI Experiment
C. Akcay, W.T. Hamp, B.T. Stewart, R.J. Smith, J.S. Wrobel, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, A.J. Redd

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CP8.00055 : Development of rotating magnetic field coil system in the HIST spherical torus device
T. Yoshikawa, Y. Kikuchi, S. Hashimoto, T. Nishioka, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata

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CP8.00056 : Ion flow measurements during the rotating kink behavior of the central column in the HIST device
T. Yoshikawa, S. Hashimoto, T. Nishioka, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata

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CP8.00057 : Interaction of Accelerated Compact Toroid with External Magnetic Fields
D.Q. Hwang, S.J. Howard, R.D. Horton, S.E. Brockington, R.W. Evans, R. Klauser, D. Buchenauer, W.M. Clift

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CP8.00058 : Hall MHD Equilibrium of Accelerated Compact Toroids
S.J. Howard, D.Q. Hwang, R.D. Horton, R.W. Evans, S.J. Brockington

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CP8.00059 : Plasma Density Gradient Profiles of Unconstrained CTs with an Array of Laser Deflectometers on CTIX
Russ Evans, P. Beiersdorfer, Samuel Brockington, D.Q. Hwang, Robert Horton, Stephen Howard

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CP8.00060 : Magnetic Field Effects on Accelerator-Region Gas Puffing on CTIX
Robert Horton, D.Q. Hwang, Stephen Howard, Samuel Brockington, Russell Evans

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CP8.00061 : Impurity Content of Compact Toroid Plasmas in CTIX
D. Buchenauer, W.M. Clift, S.J. Howard, R. Klauser, S.J. Brockington, R.W. Evans, D.Q. Hwang, R.D. Horton

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CP8.00062 : Preliminary experiment of high-speed gas flow generation by a compact toroid injection into a gas neutralizer
Y. Ito, D. Liu, T. Shoji, R. Nakanishi, N. Fukumoto, T. Sekioka, Y. Kikuchi, M. Nagata

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CP8.00063 : Spheromak merging studies in an oblate flux conserver in SSX
M.R. Brown, C.D. Cothran, D.H. Cohen, V. Chaplin, A.M. Phillips, L.D. Bookman, T. Gray, M.J. Schaffer

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CP8.00064 : Nonlinear driven resonance in magnetic self-organization and the feasibility of a spheromak reactor
Xianzhu Tang, Allen Boozer

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CP8.00065 : 2D MHD simulations of the High to Ordinary Mode Transitions in MCX
I. Shamim, C. Teodorescu, A. Hassam, R. Clary, R. Ellis, R. Lunsford

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CP8.00066 : Magnetic Fluctuation Measurements in MCX
Seung Choi, R. Ellis, A. Hassam

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CP8.00067 : Spectral Results of the Magnetic Fluctuations Observed in MCX
I. Uzun-Kaymak, S. Choi, R. Clary, R. Ellis, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu

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CP8.00068 : The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment(MCX)
R. Ellis, S. Choi, R. Elton, A. Hassam, R. Lunsford, C. Teodorescu, I. Uzun-Kaymak, A. Case, D. Witherspoon

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CP8.00069 : Progress on H$_{\alpha}$ at MCX
R. Clary, S.H. Choi, R. Ellis, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu, I. Uzun-Kaymak

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CP8.00070 : Experimental study on the velocity limits of magnetized rotating plasmas
C. Teodorescu, Ryan Clary, R. Ellis, A. Hassam, I. Uzun-Kaymak

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CP8.00071 : MFC DIAGNOSTICS

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CP8.00072 : Study of magnetic dipole forbidden transitions in Large Helical Device and its application to impurity and $\alpha $ particle diagnostics in burning plasmas
Shigeru Morita, Motoshi Goto, Ryuji Katai, Malay Chowdhuri, A. Iwamae

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CP8.00073 : Observation of Novel Instability by using Microwave Imaging Reflectometry in LHD
S. Yamaguchi, Y. Nagayama, Zhongbing Shi, Yuichiro Kogi, Atsushi Mase

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CP8.00074 : Magnetic Fluctuation Profile Measurement Using Optics of Motional Stark Effect Diagnostics in JT-60U
Akihiko Isayama, Go Matsunaga, Takaaki Fujita, Toshihiro Oikawa

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CP8.00075 : Fast ion collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic results at TEXTOR, ASDEX Upgrade and status of ITER design
S.K. Nielsen, H. Bindslev, S.B. Korsholm, F. Leipold, P. Michelsen, P. Woskov, J.W. Oosterbeek, E. Westerhof, F. Leuterer, D. Wagner

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CP8.00076 : The motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic
Elizabeth Foley, F.M. Levinton

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CP8.00077 : Velocity Field Analysis for Edge Turbulence Imaging
B.T. Brown, T. Munsat, C. Holland, G.R. Tynan

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CP8.00078 : Density fluctuation measurements with the microwave imaging reflectometry on TPE-RX
Z.B. Shi, Y. Nagayama, S. Yamaguchi, Y. Hirano, S. Kiyama, H. Koguchi, H. Sakakita, K. Yambe

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CP8.00079 : Two-dimensional Thomson Scattering Measurement Using Multiple Reflection and the Time-of-Flight of Laser Light on TS-4
Takashi Sumikawa, Shingo Ito, Kohei Yamashita, Eiichirou Kawamori, Yasushi Ono

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CP8.00080 : Electron Density Profile Measurements of a Field-Reversed Configuration Using an Optical Interferometer
J.F. Camacho, E.L. Ruden

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CP8.00081 : Three dimensional full-wave simulations of reflectometry in toroidal plasma
E.J. Valeo, G.J. Kramer, R. Nazikian

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CP8.00082 : A Multi-Channel, Frequency Comb Doppler Reflectometry System
J. Hillesheim, W.A. Peebles, T.L. Rhodes, L. Schmitz, T.A. Carter

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CP8.00083 : ECE Imaging Bandwidth Upgrade for TEXTOR
C.W. Domier, P. Zhang, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H.K. Park, M.J. van de Pol, G.W. Spakman, R. Jaspers, A.J.H. Donne

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CP8.00084 : Development of free-standing diffractive optical elements as light extractors for burning plasma experiments
D. Stutman, M. Finkenthal, A. Tolea, G. Wright, D.G. Whyte, N. Moldovan

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CP8.00085 : SIMULATION: ALGORITHM

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CP8.00086 : Implementation of Language Interoperability Interfaces for NTCC transport models as part of FMCFM project
S. Vadlamani, A.Y. Pankin, A. Pletzer, Johan Carlsson, J. Cary

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CP8.00087 : Parallel, Implicit, Finite Element Solver
U. Shumlak, Eric Meier, G. Marklin

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CP8.00088 : New quasi-Newton solver for transport equations
Johan Carlsson, J. Cary, A. Pletzer

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CP8.00089 : Mathematical Properties of the Flowing MHD Equilibrium Equations
J. Cary, Ammar Hakim, A. Pletzer, S. Vadlamani

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CP8.00090 : Mesoscopic Detailed Balance Representations of Nonlinear Physics
Jeffrey Yepez, George Vahala, Linda Vahala

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CP8.00091 : A new nonlinear collision method for a particle code
Eisung Yoon, Ravi Samtaney, Ting Rao, David Keyes, C.S. Chang, Harold Weitzner, L. Greengard

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CP8.00092 : A step towards addressing the temporal multi-scale problem.
Jing-Mei Qiu, Andrew Christlieb, Robert Krasny

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CP8.00093 : Boundary Integral Corrected Particle In Cell
Christlieb Andrew, Cartwright Keith

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CP8.00094 : PARSEK: a Parallel Software Package for Implicit Particle-in-Cell Simulations
Stefano Markidis, G. Lapenta, Enrico Camporeale

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CP8.00095 : The EMPOWER Code: Electro-Magnetic Particle Operation With Enhanced Resolution
H. Karimabadi, Y.A. Omelchenko, H.X. Vu

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CP8.00096 : A New Simulation Algorithm Combining Fluid and Kinetic Properties

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CP8.00097 : Discrete-Event Simulation of Poisson-Based Particle Systems
Y.A. Omelchenko, H. Karimabadi

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CP8.00098 : A robust, efficient equidistribution 2D grid generation method
Luis Chacon, Gian Luca Delzanno, Jeojin Chung, G. Lapenta

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CP8.00099 : A Mesh-Free Method for the Simulation of Magnetic Diffusion
Jeffrey Johnson, Michael Owen

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CP8.00100 : Solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for arbitrary collisionality
Mark L. Adams, H. Scott

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CP8.00101 : Regions of Validity for Common Plasma Models
R. Lilly, U. Shumlak

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CP8.00102 : SIMULATION: KINETIC/EDGE

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CP8.00103 : Stability of the Long Wavelength Limit of ETG Modes
Eric Wang

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CP8.00104 : Nonlinear finite-Larmor-radius effects in reduced fluid models
A.J. Brizard, R.E. Denton, W. Lotko

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CP8.00105 : Electrostatic turbulence on transport time scales
Peter Catto, Andrei Simakov, Felix Parra, Grigory Kagan

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CP8.00106 : Development of a Grid-Based Gyrokinetic Simulation Code
Stephan Brunner, T.M. Tran, X. Lapillonne, Maura Brunnetti

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CP8.00107 : A Low Moment Kinetic MHD Simulation Model
Jianhua Cheng

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CP8.00108 : Discrete particle noise in gyrokinetic PIC simulations of plasma turbulence
Igor Holod, Zhihong Lin

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CP8.00109 : Collisionless Heating in Gyrokinetic Turbulence
William Dorland

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CP8.00110 : Minimal models of finite Larmor radius effects on non-diffusive transport in two-dimensional plasmas
Kyle Gustafson, Diego del-Castillo-Negrete, William Dorland

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CP8.00111 : The role of conserved quantities in turbulence simulations
Ingmar Broemstrup, William Dorland, M. Barnes, Kyle Gustafson

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CP8.00112 : Global gyrokinetic simulations using coupled flux-tubes
M. Barnes, William Dorland

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CP8.00113 : Plasma Turbulence Simulation and Visualization on Graphics Processors: Efficient Parallel Computing on the Desktop
George Stantchev, Derek Juba, William Dorland, Amitabh Varshney

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CP8.00114 : Electrostatic kinetic turbulent cascade of entropy in magnetized plasmas
T. Tatsuno, William Dorland, S.C. Cowley

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CP8.00115 : Excitation of geodesic acoustic modes by drift waves and ion temperature gradient modes
Nikhil Charabarti, Predhiman Kaw

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CP8.00116 : Transport and the neoclassical tearing mode: Slab geometry
Pavel Popovich, Simon Allfrey, S.C. Cowley

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CP8.00117 : Hybrid Simulation of Ion Acoustic Waves Including Coulomb Collisions
A.M. Dimits, Russel Caflisch, Yanghong Huang, Giacomo DiMarco

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CP8.00118 : A Hybrid Monte Carlo Method for Coulomb Collisions
Russel Caflisch, Giacomo DiMarco, A.M. Dimits, Yanghong Huang, Richard Wang

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CP8.00119 : Simulation of sheath problems with an accelerated Monte Carlo method
Yanghong Huang, Russel Caflisch, Giacomo DiMarco, A.M. Dimits

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CP8.00120 : The neoclassical tearing mode: An anomalous transport process
Simon Allfrey, Pavel Popovich, S.C. Cowley

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CP8.00121 : Tempest simulations of kinetic GAM mode and neoclassical turbulence
X.Q. Xu, A.M. Dimits

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CP8.00122 : Toward an implicit Drift-Lorentz mover
R.H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, J.L. Vay

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CP8.00123 : Gyrokinetic Models for Edge Plasmas
A.M. Dimits, R.H. Cohen, X.Q. Xu

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CP8.00124 : Particle-in-cell modelling of plasma deposition in castellated divertor targets
Radomir Panek, Michael Komm, Renaud Dejarnac, James Gunn

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CP8.00125 : Simulations of dimensionless parameter experiments using theory-based transport models
L. Laborde, D. McDonald, I. Voitsekhovitch

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CP8.00126 : Effect of fast-ion loss on momentum transport in tokamak plasmas with toroidal field ripples
Mitsuru Honda, Tomonori Takizuka, Atsushi Fukuyama, Takahisa Ozeki

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CP8.00127 : Charging and Rotation of Pellet Ablation Cloud
Roman Samulyak, Tianshi Lu, P.B. Parks

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