JI1: Waves and Energetic Particles

Chair: James Van Dam, University of Texas
Rosen Centre Hotel - Junior Ballroom


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:30 PM

JI1.00001 : Excitation of Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmodes by Low Velocity Beam Ions in the JET and DIII-D Tokamaks
Invited Speaker: R. Nazikian

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:30 PM–3:00 PM

JI1.00002 : Alfv\'{e}n Cascade modes at high $\beta_{e}$ in the National Spherical Torus Experiment--structure and suppression

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:30 PM

JI1.00003 : Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments on Alcator C-Mod: Comparison with Theory and Simulation
Invited Speaker: P.T. Bonoli

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:30 PM–4:00 PM

JI1.00004 : ICRF performance with Metallic Plasma Facing Components: Revenge of the Sheath
Invited Speaker: S. Wukitch

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:00 PM–4:30 PM

JI1.00005 : HHFW Heating Efficiency and Current Drive Enhancement at Longer Wavelengths on NSTX
Invited Speaker: J.C. Hosea

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:30 PM–5:00 PM

JI1.00006 : EBW harmonic generation in heating and current drive
Invited Speaker: J. Cary

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JT2: Tutorial: Plasma-Facing Materials

Chair: Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 3/4


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–3:00 PM

JT2.00001 : Multiscale Physics Challenges For Plasma-Facing Materials

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JO3: Compression and Burn II

Chair: George Kyrala, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 9/10


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

JO3.00001 : High-Areal-Density Cryogenic D$_{2}$ Implosions on OMEGA
J.A. Frenje, D.H. Edgell, V.Yu. Glebov, D.R. Harding, J.P. Knauer, F.J. Marshall, R.L. McCrory, P.W. McKenty, D.D. Meyerhofer, S.P. Regan, W. Seka, T.C. Sangster, S. Skupsky, C. Stoeckl, B. Yaakobi, V.N. Goncharov, P.B. Radha, V.A. Smalyuk, R. Betti, R.S. Craxton, J.A. Delettrez, R.D. Petrasso, D. Shvarts

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

JO3.00002 : Using Radiation Preheat to Improve Shell Stability in OMEGA Implosions
P.B. Radha, J.P. Knauer, T.C. Sangster, V.N. Goncharov, I.V. Igumenschev, R. Betti, R. Epstein, D.D. Meyerhofer, S. Skupsky

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

JO3.00003 : Transport of Energetic Electrons Produced from Two-Plasmon Decay in the 1-D Hydrodynamic Code \textit{LILAC}
J.A. Delettrez, V.N. Goncharov, P.B. Radha, C. Stoeckl, A.V. Maximov, T.C. Sangster, J.A. Frenje, D. Shvarts

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

JO3.00004 : X-Ray Spectral Measurements of Cryogenic Capsules Imploded by OMEGA
V.N. Goncharov, B. Yaakobi, F.J. Marshall, J.P. Knauer, T.C. Sangster, J.A. Delettrez, P.W. McKenty, R. Epstein

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

JO3.00005 : Radiative Transport Modeling Relevant to Cryogenic Implosion Simulation and Diagnosis
R. Epstein, J.A. Delettrez, V.N. Goncharov, J.P. Knauer, P.W. McKenty, F.J. Marshall, P.B. Radha, S.P. Regan, H. Sawada, B. Yaakobi

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

JO3.00006 : Nonlocal Ion-Heat Transport and Viscosity in ICF Implosions Using a Quasi-Monte Carlo Approach
S. Skupsky, V.N. Goncharov, D. Li

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

JO3.00007 : Modeling Ion Heat Transport in ICF Targets
D. Li, V.N. Goncharov, I.V. Igumenshchev, S. Skupsky

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

JO3.00008 : Investigation of Shock Heating and Heat-Front Penetration in Direct-Drive Targets Using Absorption Spectroscopy
H. Sawada, S.P. Regan, P.B. Radha, R. Epstein, V.N. Goncharov, D. Li, D.D. Meyerhofer, V.A. Smalyuk, T.C. Sangster, B. Yaakobi, R.C. Mancini

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

JO3.00009 : The Effect of Target Mounts in Direct-Drive Implosions on OMEGA
I.V. Igumenshchev, V.N. Goncharov, F.J. Marshall, M.J. Bonino, P.W. McKenty, D.D. Meyerhofer, T.C. Sangster

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

JO3.00010 : Multidimensional Numerical Investigation of NIF Saturn PDD Designs with 3-D Laser Ray Tracing
P.W. McKenty, R.S. Craxton, S. Skupsky, J.A. Marozas, T.J.B. Collins, A. Shvydky, D. Keller, D.D. Meyerhofer, R.L. McCrory

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

JO3.00011 : Initial Polar-Direct-Drive Designs to Optimize Neutron Yields on the NIF
R.S. Craxton, A.M. Cok, P.W. McKenty

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

JO3.00012 : Single-Beam Smoothing Requirements for Wetted-Foam, Direct-Drive NIF Ignition Target Designs
S. Skupsky, J.D. Zuegel, T.J.B. Collins, J.A. Marozas, P.W. McKenty, P.B. Radha

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

JO3.00013 : Alternative Laser-Speckle--Smoothing Schemes for NIF Direct-Drive-Ignition Designs
J.A. Marozas, J.D. Zuegel, T.J.B. Collins

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

JO3.00014 : The Application of Shock Ignition to Various High Gain Target Concepts.
G. Logan, R. Betti, L.J. Perkins, K. LaFortune, A. Miles

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

JO3.00015 : Ten times higher laser ablation efficiency by nonlinear force driven plasma blocks
Heinrich Hora, George Miley

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JO6: Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions II

Chair: Stefano Atzeni, University of Roma
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 5/6


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

JO6.00001 : Stochastic Heating in High Intensity Laser-Plasma Interaction. Application to the Wake Field Acceleration Process
Xavier Davoine, Mathieu Drouin, L. Gremillet, Erik Lefebvre, Alain Bourdier

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

JO6.00002 : Enhanced Isochoric Heating in High Contrast Laser-Nano-Cone Interactions
J. Rassuchine, Yasuhiko Sentoku, T. Cowan, Emmanuel D'Humieres, S. Hansen, S. Baton, P. Gillou, M. Koenig, J. Fuchs, P. Audebert, R. Kodama, M. Nakatsutsumi, T. Norimatsu, D. Batani, A. Morace, R. Bedaello, L. Gremillet, C. Rousseaux, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, J. Santos

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

JO6.00003 : Isochoric Heating of Reduced Mass Targets by Ultra-Intense Lasers
S. Wilks, D. Hey, P.K. Patel, S. Lepape, M.M. Marinak, P. Neumayer, S. Glenzer, G. Gregori, S. Chen, F. Beg, W.L. Kruer

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

JO6.00004 : Laser Heating of Solid Matter by Light Pressure-Driven Shocks at Ultra-Relativistic Intensities
K. Akli, R.B. Stephens, A.J. MacKinnon, P.K. Patel, M.H. Key, S. Hansen, R.R. Freeman, D. Clark, K. Highberger, N. Patel, L. Van Woerkom, R. Weber, F. Beg, T. Ma, D. Hey, K.L. Lancaster, C. Stoeckel, M. Storm, W. Theobald

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

JO6.00005 : ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION GP8

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

JO6.00006 : ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

JO6.00007 : Heating of buried layer targets by 1$\omega $ and 2$\omega $ pulses using the HELEN CPA laser
Lee Thornton, David Hoarty

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

JO6.00008 : Experiments on Self-Guiding Mechanisms of High Power Laser Pulses in a Plasma
Joseph Ralph, Arthur Pak, Kenneth Marsh, Christopher Clayton, Fang Fang, C. Joshi

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

JO6.00009 : Ion Heating in Laser-Plasma Interaction
J. Mendonca

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

JO6.00010 : Heating in short-pulse laser-driven cone-capped wire targets
R. Mason, M. Wei, J. King, F. Beg, R.B. Stephens

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

JO6.00011 : Transport of Energy by Laser-Generated Fast Electrons within Cone-wire Targets
J. Koch, A.J. MacKinnon, A.G. Macphee, P.K. Patel, R.B. Stephens, K. Akli, R.R. Freeman, L. Van Woerkom, R. Heathcote, K.L. Lancaster, R. Mason, W. Theobald, F. Beg, J. King, T. Ma, M.H. Key

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

JO6.00012 : Studies of Electron Transport Via Transition Radiation
P. Simpson, M. Zepf, R.J. Clark, J. Green, D. Neely, D. Carroll, P. McKenna, C. Bellei, S. Nagel, L. Willingale, S. Kneip, S.P.D. Mangles, A.E. Dangor, Z. Najmudin, Karl Krushelnick, B. Dromey, K. Markey

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

JO6.00013 : Hot electron coupling to dense plasma for fast ignition
Hartmut Ruhl, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Emmanuel Dhumieres, M. Tabak

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

JO6.00014 : Measurement of distribution of x-ray polarization degrees caused by anisotropic hot electrons in ultra-high intensity laser produced plasma
Y. Inubushi, Y. Okano, H. Nishimura, T. Kai, C. Fourment, J. Santos, G. Malka, A. Boscheron, A. Casner, M. Koenig, T. Nakamura, H. Nagatomo, K. Mima, S. Fujioka, T. Kawamura, D. Batani, A. Morace, R. Redaelli

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

JO6.00015 : Cross sections with magnetic sublevels of He-like ions for polarized x-ray spectroscopy
T. Nakamura, S. Fujioka, K. Mima, H. Nagatomo, T. Kai, T. Kawamura, S. Nakazaki, Y. Inubushi, H. Nishimura, Y. Okano

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JO7: Dusty and Complex Plasmas

Chair: Ed Thomas, Auburn University
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 7/8


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

JO7.00001 : {\boldmath $\Gamma$}
G. Morfill

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

JO7.00002 : Self-diffusion and random motion in a strongly-coupled dusty-plasma: experiment
Bin Liu, J. Goree

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

JO7.00003 : Self-diffusion and random motion in a strongly-coupled dusty-plasma: MD simulation
J. Goree, Bin Liu, Zoltan Donko, Peter Hartmann

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

JO7.00004 : Laser manipulation of dust particles in Coulomb balls
Tim Flanagan, J. Goree

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

JO7.00005 : Heat transport in a two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma at melting conditions
V. Nosenko, S. Zhdanov, G. Morfill, J. Goree

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

JO7.00006 : Investigation of dust vertical dispersion relations
Jie Kong, Ke Qiao, Truell Hyde

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

JO7.00007 : Determination of Plasma Sheath and Dust Parameters from Dust Particle Oscillation Modes
Ke Qiao, Jorge Carmona-Reyes, Bernard Smith, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke, Truell Hyde

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

JO7.00008 : Effect of Dipole-Dipole Charge Interactions on the Coagulation of Fractal Aggregates
Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

JO7.00009 : Modeling of small dust Coulomb crystals in PECVD reactors
Mohammad Davoudabadi, Beniamino Rovagnati, Farzad Mashayek

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

JO7.00010 : PIC-MCC study of particle charging in a collisional flowing plasma
Beniamino Rovagnati, Mohammad Davoudabadi, G. Lapenta, Farzad Mashayek

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

JO7.00011 : Density profile and breathing mode of strongly correlated spherical Yukawa plasmas
C. Henning, K. Fujioka, P. Ludwig, Michael Bonitz

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

JO7.00012 : Nonlinear Structures in Very Dense Plasmas
Padma Shukla, Bengt Eliasson

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

JO7.00013 : The Relativistic Feedback Mechanism of Electrical Breakdown.
H.K. Rassoul, J.R. Dwyer

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

JO7.00014 : The role of thermal and runaway electrons in lightning initiation
M. Bakhtiari, J.R. Dwyer, H.K. Rassoul, Z. Saleh

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

JO7.00015 : Microwave Plasma Confinement and Alfven Wave Ion Heating
Jun-Chieh Wang, Jang-Yu Hsu

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JP8: Poster Session IV: Education and Outreach; Undergraduate Research; Electron and Ion Beam/Space Charge; DIII-D I; Reversed Field Pinches; Energetic Ions and Electrons in Helicons

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

JP8.00001 : EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

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JP8.00002 : Plasma Physics/Fusion Energy Education at the Liberty Science Center
Andrew Zwicker, John DeLooper, Andy Carpe, Joe Amara, Nancy Butnick, Ellen Lynch, Jeff Osowski

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JP8.00003 : Educational Outreach at CASPER
Truell Hyde, Bernard Smith, Jorge Carmona-Reyes

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JP8.00004 : Plasma Science and Applications at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Lee Berry

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JP8.00005 : Effective Technology Integration Shows New Frontiers in Education

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JP8.00006 : UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

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JP8.00007 : Measurement and Analysis of ECH Power Injected Into DIII-D
P.S. Johnson, J. Lohr

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JP8.00008 : Power Accounting in DIII-D
M.J. Martin, J.G. Watkins, C.J. Murphy, T.E. Evans, M. Jakubowski, I. Joseph, C.J. Lasnier

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JP8.00009 : UV Induced Motion of a Fluorescent Dust Cloud in a DC Glow Discharge Plasma
Michael Hvasta, Andrew Zwicker

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JP8.00010 : ECR Plasma Deposition of Copper
Kelly Greenland, Andrew Zwicker

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JP8.00011 : Construction of a Plasma Dynamo Prototype
C.B. Forest, R. Kendrick

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JP8.00012 : $H\alpha$ power loss in SSPX
T.L. Stewart, C.A. Romero-Talamas, H.S. McLean, D. Correll

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JP8.00013 : Electrostatic dust detector with improved sensitivity
A.L. Roquemore, C.H. Skinner

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JP8.00014 : Multi-element Magnetic ``B-dot'' Probe
Samuel Harrold, T.P. Intrator, X. Sun

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JP8.00015 : Structural Properties of Yukawa Tubes
K. Tierney, H. Baumgartner, C. Henning, Michael Bonitz

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JP8.00016 : Rotation Generation in Helicon Plasmas
Brandon Fetroe, J. Kefeli, Hantao Ji, J. Foley, Yevgeny Raitses

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JP8.00017 : Validating the simulation of the effects of secondary neutrals on the MSE gas-filled-torus calibration
William Schumaker, H. Yuh, F.M. Levinton, S.D. Scott

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JP8.00018 : Soft X-ray Tomography at DIII-D
H. Rinderknecht, R.K. Fisher, E.M. Hollmann, M.J. Lanctot, F. Volpe

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JP8.00019 : Advanced Diagnostic Design for Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX)
A.B. Godbehere, M. Chung, R.C. Davidson, E.P. Gilson

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JP8.00020 : Retarding Field Energy Analyzer Measurements of Ion Velocity Distributions in a Helicon Plasma Source
Zane W. Harvey, Earl Scime, R.A. Hardin, Alex Hansen, William Przybysz

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JP8.00021 : Development of a diagnostic array for the measurement of velocity profiles across open-channel liquid metal flows
Alexander Gill, Mark Nornberg, Hantao Ji, J. Luc Peterson

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JP8.00022 : Correlative data studies in NSTX: Studies of magnetic topology with the motional Stark effect diagnostic
David Newby Jr., Elizabeth Foley, F.M. Levinton

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JP8.00023 : High Harmonic Fast Wave Propagation and Heating on NSTX
J.B. Parker, C.K. Phillips, J.C. Hosea, E.J. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, R.W. Harvey

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JP8.00024 : Modeling of Neutral Beam Ion Prompt Loss from NSTX Plasmas
D. Darrow, R.C. Nora

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JP8.00025 : Calculation of Divertor Thermal Response as a Function of Material Composition for NSTX
Michael Chaffin, R. Maingi

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JP8.00026 : Plasma Sheath and RF Wave Interaction in Tokamaks
Daniel Richman, J.C. Wright

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JP8.00027 : Calculation of charge-changing cross sections of ions or atoms colliding with fast ions using classical trajectory method
Harrison Edward Mebane, Ariel Shnidman, Igor Kaganovich, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00028 : Extensions to DG, a Graphical Tool for Editing 2D Edge Plasma Quasi-Orthogonal Computational Meshes
A.Y. Chin, D.P. Stotler

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JP8.00029 : Exact canonical drift Hamiltonian formalism with pressure anisotropy and finite perturbed fields
M. Jucker, W.A. Cooper, J.P. Graves, Maxim Isaev

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JP8.00030 : Tokamak Plasma Equilibrium Controllability Limitations Due to Delays
D. Sondak, E. Schuster, M.L. Walker

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JP8.00031 : Effects of Magnetic Measurement Uncertainty and Non-axisymmetry on Tokamak Equilibrium Reconstruction
A.L. Montgomery, D.P. Flanagan, D.P. Brennan, L.L. Lao, E.J. Strait

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JP8.00032 : Magnetic Mapping Techniques for Poloidally Diverted Tokamaks
M. Ramm, I. Joseph, T.E. Evans

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JP8.00033 : Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of the Madison Dynamo Experiment.
N.S. Haehn, C.B. Forest, C.R. Weber, R. Kendrick, N.Z. Taylor, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, Erik Spence

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JP8.00034 : MHD Mode Identification Using Magnetic Probes and Its Application to the Edge Harmonic Oscillation
N.C. Stone, H. Reimerdes, E.J. Strait, K.H. Burrell

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JP8.00035 : Linear and Nonlinear Studies of Trapped Electron Mode Turbulence
M. Hoffman, D.R. Ernst

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JP8.00036 : Comparative Study to Determine an Optimal Material for Tritium Production in a Direct Drive IFE Reactor
Maria Aristova, Charles Gentile

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JP8.00037 : Conceptual Design for a 2 GW Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Direct-Drive Power Reactor Employing Magnetic Intervention
K.R. Tresemer, C.A. Gentile

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JP8.00038 : Concept to Employ Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Conversion in a 2 GW Direct Drive Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Power Reactor
Brett Anderson, Alison Burstein, Charles Gentile

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JP8.00039 : Implementation of Au Transmission Photocathode for Laboratory Astrophysics Diagnostics Research
Gurlovleen Rathore, Mariano Lowenstern, R.P. Drake, E.C. Harding

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JP8.00040 : Elemental Analysis of Carbon Disks using Proton Induced X-ray Emission
Kelly Donovan, S.J. Padalino, V.Yu. Glebov, T.C. Sangster, Melissa Cummings

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JP8.00041 : Measuring Positron Annihilation in NaI(Tl) Detectors as the Final Stage in a Carbon Diagnostic.
Cassarah Brown, T.C. Sangster, V.Yu. Glebov, Melissa Braaten, S.J. Padalino, Timothy Duffy

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JP8.00042 : VELoCiRaPTORS.
S.J. Padalino, T.C. Sangster, V.Yu. Glebov, B. Esham, J. Lundgren

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JP8.00043 : Noble Gas Analysis for the OMEGA Gas Sampling System
G.T. Young, S.M. Hupcher, C.G. Freeman, M.A. Stoyer, T.C. Sangster

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JP8.00044 : Modeling a Carbon Diagnostic System Using MCNPX
S.H. Fay, C.M. Kuhn, E.E. Smith, S.L. Stephenson, T.C. Sangster, V.Yu. Glebov, S.J. Padalino

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JP8.00045 : Impact of Cryogenic Temperatures on the Mechanical Properties of \textit{Steatoda Triangulosa} Spider Silk
Edward Pogozelski, Brendan See, Christina Kieffer, William Becker, S.J. Padalino, T.C. Sangster

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JP8.00046 : Preparation of Deuterated Polymer Targets for the OMEGA Magnetic Recoil Spectrometer
Gerald Rawcliffe, Joseph Katz, K. Fletcher, J.A. Frenje

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JP8.00047 : Improvements in Target Fabrication for Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments at the University of Michigan
F.W. Doss, M.J. Grosskopf, R.S. Gillespie, D.C. Marion, R.P. Drake, C.C. Kuranz

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JP8.00048 : Experimental Study of Effects due to Perturbations on Boundary Conditions on Couette Flows
F. Manley, Hantao Ji, E. Schartman, Mark Nornberg, A. Roach

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JP8.00049 : A Smart Filtering Method for Space-Charge Dominated Beam Simulations
Sean Bartz, Mark Hess

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JP8.00050 : ELECTRON AND ION BEAMS/SPACE CHARGE

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JP8.00051 : Phase Space Tomography and Slice Emittance Measurement of Beams with intense Space Charge
I. Haber, B. Beaudoin, M. Walter, Martin Reiser, P.G. O'Shea, D. Stratakis, R.A. Kishek, Kai Tian, Ralph Fiorito

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JP8.00052 : Halo creation and propagation in the University of Maryland Electron Ring
C. Papadopoulos, G. Bai, B. Beaudoin, I. Haber, R.A. Kishek, P.G. O'Shea, M. Reiser, D. Stratakis, M. Walter

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JP8.00053 : Measurement and Simulation of Source-Generated Halos in the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER)
S. Bernal, P.G. O'Shea, D. Stratakis, R.A. Kishek, I. Haber, M. Walter, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, J.L. Vay, R.B. Feldman, C. Papadopoulos, M. Reiser

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JP8.00054 : Detection of Collective Beam Modes in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment
E.P. Gilson, M. Chung, R.C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P.C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, A.B. Godbehere

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JP8.00055 : Experimental verification of random error-induced beam degradation in high intensity accelerators using a compact Paul trap
M. Chung, E.P. Gilson, R.C. Davidson, P.C. Efthimion, R. Majeski

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JP8.00056 : Beam plasma interaction in the solenoidal focusing of intense ion beams
D.R. Welch, David Rose, T.C. Genoni, P.A. Seidl, J.E. Coleman, P.K. Roy, Igor Kaganovich, Adam Sefkow

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JP8.00057 : Meter-Long Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization
P.C. Efthimion, E.P. Gilson, R.C. Davidson, B.G. Logan, P.A. Seidl, W.L. Waldron

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JP8.00058 : Warm-fluid theory of a thermal equilibrium for a charged-particle beam in a periodic quadrupole magnetic focusing field
Jing Zhou, Chiping Chen

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JP8.00059 : Perturbative Particle Simulation Studies of Periodically Focused Intense Charged Particle Beams
Weihua Zhou, Hong Qin, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00060 : Acceleration Gap Effects on the Longitudinal Compression of Intense Ion Beams in the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment
Adam Sefkow, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00061 : Nonlinear Delta-f Particle Simulations of Energy-Anisotropy Instabilities in High-Intensity Bunched Beams
Hong Qin, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00062 : Filamentation of a Radially Converging Heavy Ion Beam in a Background Plasma with External Solenoidal Magnetic Field
David Rose, R.C. Davidson, D.R. Welch

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JP8.00063 : Controlling Charge and Current Neutralization of an Ion Beam Pulse in a Background Plasma by Application of a Small Solenoidal Magnetic Field
Igor Kaganovich, Adam Sefkow, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00064 : New Spectral Method for Halo Particle Definition for Intense Charged Particle Beams
M. Dorf, R.C. Davidson

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JP8.00065 : Optimized Photonic Crystal Accelerating Cavities
Gregory Werner, J. Cary, Carl Bauer

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JP8.00066 : Photonic Crystal Structures for Particle Acceleration
Gregory Werner, J. Cary, Carl Bauer

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JP8.00067 : Simulations of neutral loading process in ECR sources
Peter Messmer, Paul Mullowney, David Fillmore, Damon Todd, Daniela Leitner

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JP8.00068 : Development of a 25 keV Ion Beam Source for Fast-Ion Studies on the Large Plasma Device
S.K.P. Tripathi, P. Pribyl, Walter Gekelman, Z. Lucky

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JP8.00069 : Transport of Fast Ions Modulated by Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves
Heinz Boehmer, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, David Leneman, Stephen Vincena, B.T. Brugman, Walter Gekelman

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JP8.00070 : Numerical Optimization Studies of the NDCX Induction Accelerator
E. Henestroza, Sonia Ibarra

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JP8.00071 : Initial Operation of Pulsed Ion Beam system for NBI of All Japan ST Program
Noboru Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Kajiya, Naoki Takahasi, Tomohiko Asai, Tsutomu Takahasi, Heizou Imanaka, Masakatsu Minami, Yasusi Ono, Kounosuke Sato

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JP8.00072 : Further studies of a simple gyrotron model equation
Juliana Perez, Harold Weitzner

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JP8.00073 : DIII-D I

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JP8.00074 : Recent DIII-D Research in Support of ITER
M.R. Wade

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JP8.00075 : Understanding Magnetic Field Error Correction in DIII-D
M.J. Schaffer, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, J-K. Park, J.E. Menard, Allen Boozer

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JP8.00076 : Low Frequency Response of Plasma to MHD Perturbations
M.S. Chu

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JP8.00077 : Development of State-Space Model-Based Kalman Filter for n$\ge $1 Resistive Wall Mode (RWM)
Y. In, J.S. Kim, J. Kim, D.A. Humphreys, G.L. Jackson, R.D. Johnson, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, M.L. Walker, A.M. Garofalo, H. Reimerdes, M. Okabayashi, E. Schuster

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JP8.00078 : Numerical Analysis of the 2D Newcomb Equations for the Resistive Wall Modes (RWMs)
J. Shiraishi, M.S. Chu, S. Tokuda, M. Furukawa

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JP8.00079 : Observation of n$>$1 Mode During ELM-Driven RWM Experiments in DIII-D
J. Kim, Y. In, J.S. Kim, M. Okabayashi, E.J. Strait, A.M. Garofalo, H. Reimerdes

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JP8.00080 : Robust Control of Resistive Wall Mode in DIII-D Based on Eigenmode Approach
J. Dalessio, E. Schuster, D.A. Humphreys, M.L. Walker, Y. In, J.S. Kim

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JP8.00081 : Study of RWM Stabilization by Plasma Rotation Using Active MHD Spectroscopy
M. Okabayashi, H. Reimerdes, A.M. Garofalo, M.J. Lanctot, G.A. Navratil, M.S. Chu, G.L. Jackson, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, Y. Liu

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JP8.00082 : Challenges for Robust Feedback Stabilization of ELM-Driven Resistive Wall Mode (RWM)
M. Okabayashi, H. Takahashi, A.M. Garofalo, H. Reimerdes, J. Kim, M.J. Lanctot, G.L. Jackson, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, Y. In

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JP8.00083 : Excitation of Resistive Wall Mode Instabilities by Transient MHD Events in DIII-D
E.J. Strait, G.L. Jackson, R.J. La Haye, M. Okabayashi, H. Takahashi, A.M. Garofalo, H. Reimerdes, M.J. Lanctot, Y. In, J. Kim

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JP8.00084 : Sawtooth Suppression by Tearing Modes in Hybrid Plasmas on DIII-D
C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, W.W. Heidbrink, R. Nazikian, S.L. Allen

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JP8.00085 : Flow Shear and Tearing Stability in DIII-D
R. Buttery, D. Chandra, D. Raju, A. Sen, R.J. La Haye, D.P. Brennan

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JP8.00086 : Behavior of Escaping Fast Ions From DIII-D Tokamak
Y.B. Zhu, W.W. Heidbrink

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JP8.00087 : Reversed Shear Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmode Stabilization by Localized Electron Cyclotron Heating
M.A. Van Zeeland, J. Lohr, W.W. Heidbrink, R. Nazikian, W.M. Solomon, N.N. Gorelenkov, G.J. Kramer, M.E. Austin, T.L. Rhodes, C.T. Holcomb, M.A. Makowski, G.R. McKee, S.E. Sharapov

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JP8.00088 : Central Flattening of the Fast-Ion Profile in Reversed-Shear Discharges With Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmode Activity
W.W. Heidbrink, Y. Luo, C. Muscatello, N.N. Gorelenkov, R.B. White, M.A. Van Zeeland, G. Vlad

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JP8.00089 : First Current and Radial Electric Field Profile Measurements using the Full Co- Plus Counter-Beam Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic on DIII-D
C.T. Holcomb, M.A. Makowski, S.L. Allen, W.H. Meyer

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JP8.00090 : Measurement and Modeling of the Response of the Current Profile Evolution to Feedback Control Actuators in DIII-D
M. Schneider, T.A. Casper, M. Murakami, Y. Ou, E. Schuster, Q. Gao, A. Wang, J.R. Ferron, P. Gohil, T.C. Luce, C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, V. Basiuk, F. Imbeaux, C.M. Greenfield

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JP8.00091 : Development of Model-Based Feedback Control for the Current Profile in DIII-D
Y. Ou, C. Xu, E. Schuster, T.C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys, T.A. Casper, W.H. Meyer

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JP8.00092 : Model-Based Design for Operational Plasma Shape Control in DIII-D
Y. Ou, M. Alsarheed, D.A. Gates, T.A. Casper, W.H. Meyer, M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys, J.A. Leuer, S.H. Hahn, E. Schuster

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JP8.00093 : ROM-Based Current Profile Control in DIII-D
C. Xu, Y. Ou, E. Schuster, T.C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys, T.A. Casper, W.H. Meyer

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JP8.00094 : EFIT 3D Reconstruction and Recent Developments
L.L. Lao, M.S. Chu, H.E. St. John, E.J. Strait, A.D. Turnbull, Q. Ren, Y.M. Jeon, D. Flannagan

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JP8.00095 : Integration of MHD Stability and Transport to Model DIII-D Pedestal Physics and ELMs
P.B. Snyder, H.E. St. John, M.S. Chu, R.J. Groebner, G.M. Staebler, J.E. Kinsey, J.M. Park, M. Murakami, J.M. Jeon, W. Guo, Q. Ren, G. Li, L.L. Lao

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JP8.00096 : Modeling of Momentum Transport in DIII-D Discharges Due to Magnetic Drags Induced by MHD Activities
J.M. Park, R.J. La Haye, Q. Ren, M.S. Chu, L.L. Lao, H.E. St. John, J.M. Jeon, D. Zhou, G. Li

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JP8.00097 : Simulations of DIII-D Sawtooth Oscillations Using Theory-Based Transport and Sawtooth Models
Y.M. Jeon, G. Li, Q. Ren, W. Guo, L.L. Lao, H.E. St. John, M.S. Chu, R. Prater, J.M. Park

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JP8.00098 : Transport, MHD, and Stability Investigations of a Proposed Fusion Development Facility (FDF)
H.E. St. John, L.L. Lao, C.M. Greenfield, R. Prater, P.B. Snyder, G.M. Staebler, V.S. Chan, R.D. Stambaugh

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JP8.00099 : Modeling ITER and DIII-D Current Ramps for Startup Similarity Experiments
T.A. Casper, W.H. Meyer, L.D. Pearlstein, G.L. Jackson, J.R. Ferron, A.W. Hyatt, T.C. Luce, T.W. Petrie, W.P. West, M. Murakami, R. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov

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JP8.00100 : Feasibility Studies of Off-Axis Neutral Beam Current Drive in DIII-D
T.C. Luce, H.E. St. John, M.R. Wade, T.A. Casper, M. Murakami, J.M. Park

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JP8.00101 : Modulated Electron Cyclotron Current Drive for Control of the m/n=2/1 Neoclassical Tearing Mode in DIII-D
A.S. Welander

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JP8.00102 : Status and Plans for the 110 GHz ECH/ECCD System on DIII-D
J. Lohr, I.A. Gorelov, H. Grunloh, D. Ponce, M. Cengher

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JP8.00103 : Power Calibration for the Electron Cyclotron Heating System on DIII-D
M. Cengher, J. Lohr, I.A. Gorelov, D. Ponce, K. Kajiwara

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JP8.00104 : Improved Measurements of Injected Electron Cyclotron Power in DIII-D
M. Cengher, P.S. Johnson, I.A. Gorelov, J. Lohr, D. Ponce

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JP8.00105 : Threshold Wave Amplitude Required for Non-adiabatic Wave-Particle Interaction
M. Choi, V.S. Chan

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JP8.00106 : Experimental Comparison of Fast Wave Absorption on Fast Ions at Fourth and Sixth Harmonics
P.I. Pinsker, C.C. Petty, W.W. Heidbrink, F.W. Baity, M. Porkolab

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JP8.00107 : Results of Pilot Run of Next-Generation Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on DIII-D
D. Ponce, B.D. Bray, T.M. Deterly, C.L. Hsieh, C. Liu

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JP8.00108 : New Optics for the Soft X-ray Diagnostic on DIII-D
D.A. Taussig, M.J. Lanctot, E.M. Hollmann, R.K. Fisher, S. Pidcoe

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JP8.00109 : Theoretical Progress on Runaway Electron Suppression by Massive Gas Injection
P.B. Parks, W. Wu, E.M. Hollmann

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JP8.00110 : Experiments With a 6-Valve Array for Massive Gas Injection for Disruption Mitigation in DIII-D
T.C. Jernigan, L.R. Baylor, S.K. Combs, E.M. Hollmann, J.A. Boedo, R. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov, J.H. Yu, T.E. Evans, D.A. Humphreys, P.B. Parks, E.J. Strait, J.C. Wesley, M.A. Van Zeeland, W.P. West, D.G. Whyte, M. Bakhtiari

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JP8.00111 : Runaway Electron Modeling Using Radiation Emitted From Impurity Pellets Injected in DIII-D
E.M. Hollmann, G.R. Tynan, G.L. Jackson, A.N. James

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JP8.00112 : Experiments Toward Understanding Impurity Assimilation During Massive Gas Injection for Disruption Mitigation in DIII-D
H. Scott, R. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov, J.H. Yu, T.C. Jernigan, T.E. Evans, D.A. Humphreys, P.B. Parks, E.J. Strait, J.C. Wesley, W.P. West, M. Groth, E.M. Hollmann, J.A. Boedo, D.G. Whyte

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JP8.00113 : REVERSED FIELD PINCHES

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JP8.00114 : Overview of MST Results and Plans
J.A. Goetz

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JP8.00115 : High-$\beta $, improved confinement RFP plasmas at high density
B.H. Deng, J.K. Anderson, W.X. Ding, T. Yates, S.K. Combs, C. Foust, D. Craig, M.D. Wyman, S.C. Prager, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, H.D. Stephens, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Bonomo, P. Franz, D.L. Brower, F. Ebrahimi, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, J.A. Goetz, R. O'Connell, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri

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JP8.00116 : Generation and confinement of hot ions and electrons in MST
R. O'Connell, S.C. Prager, R.M. Magee, J.S. Sarff, H.D. Stephens, F. Bonomo, P. Franz, D.L. Brower, B.H. Deng, W.X. Ding, T. Yates, D. Craig, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, J.A. Goetz, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, K. Caspary, D.J. Clayton, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Reusch

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JP8.00117 : Fast Ion Generation in the MST
Richard Magee, B.E. Chapman, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, R. O'Connell

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JP8.00118 : Fokker-Planck modeling of 2 keV Thomson Scattering electron temperature measurements on the MST.
R. O'Connell, D.J. Den Hartog, B.E. Chapman, C.B. Forest, J.A. Reusch, H.D. Stephens, M.T. Borchardt, R.W. Harvey

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JP8.00119 : High Time Resolution Analysis of Thermal Transport and Magnetic Stochasticity During a Sawtooth Event in MST
J.A. Reusch, J.K. Anderson, F. Ebrahimi, D.J. Den Hartog, C.B. Forest, R. O'Connell, H.D. Stephens

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JP8.00120 : Electron temperature fluctuation measurements using a two-pulse Thomson scattering diagnostic on MST
J.A. Reusch, H.D. Stephens, D.J. Den Hartog, R. O'Connell

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JP8.00121 : Construction of a Pulse-Burst Laser System for Fast Thomson Scattering on the MST RFP
D.J. Den Hartog

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JP8.00122 : Dynamic Heavy Ion Beam Probe Measurements in the Madison Symmetric Torus
D. Demers, X. Chen, K. Connor, P. Schoch, S.Y. Zhang

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JP8.00123 : Time-resolved measurements of equilibrium profiles in MST
B.H. Deng, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, T. Yates, J.K. Anderson, K. Caspary, K.J. McCollam, S.C. Prager, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, D. Craig

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JP8.00124 : Locally Improved Particle Confinement in QSH Plasmas
D.J. Clayton, B.E. Chapman, R. O'Connell, D.R. Burke, J.A. Goetz, M.C. Kaufman, F. Bonomo, M. Gobbin, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, P. Piovesan

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JP8.00125 : X-ray emission maps in the MST reversed field pinch
G. Spizzo, P. Franz, F. Bonomo, B.E. Chapman, J.A. Goetz

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JP8.00126 : Tearing Mode Flow Measurements in MST
D.A. Ennis, S. Gangadhara, D.J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, F. Ebrahimi, V.V. Mirnov, S.C. Prager, D. Craig

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JP8.00127 : Hall dynamo, charge transport, and plasma rotation due to magnetic fluctuations in the MST RFP
A. Kuritsyn, G. Fiksel, A.F. Almagri, T.D. Tharp

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JP8.00128 : Edge Measurements of Plasma Momentum Dynamics in MST
M.C. Miller, A.F. Almagri, D. Craig, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, A. Kuritsyn, S.C. Prager, T.D. Tharp

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JP8.00129 : Measurements of Linear and Nonlinear Hall Reconnection
T.D. Tharp, A.F. Almagri, D. Craig, G. Fiksel, A. Kuritsyn, M.C. Miller, V.V. Mirnov, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff

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JP8.00130 : Measurements of core density and magnetic field fluctuations on the MST
T. Yates, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, J.S. Sarff, S.C. Prager

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JP8.00131 : Measurements of High Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in MST
J.S. Sarff, Y. Ren, A.F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, S.C. Prager

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JP8.00132 : Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments on MST
M.C. Kaufman, J.A. Goetz, D.R. Burke, A.F. Almagri

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JP8.00133 : Diagnosis and Modeling of the Lower Hybrid Wave Injection on MST
D.R. Burke, J.A. Goetz, M.C. Kaufman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, S.C. Prager, Johan Carlsson

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JP8.00134 : EBW Injection Experiment in the MST
J.K. Anderson, William Cox, C.B. Forest

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JP8.00135 : Fokker-Planck Modeling of X-ray Emission Due to Electron Bernstein Wave Heating in MST
William Cox, J.K. Anderson, C.B. Forest, R. O'Connell

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JP8.00136 : High Power Neutral Beam Injection System for the MST
A.V. Sorkokin, G. Fiksel, A.F. Almagri, B.E. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff, V.V. Mishagin

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JP8.00137 : Energy and Helicity Balance in Oscillating Field Current Drive Experiments
B.H. Deng, D. Craig, W.X. Ding, J.S. Sarff, A.F. Almagri, K.J. McCollam, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, G. Fiksel, R. O'Connell, S.C. Prager, D.L. Brower

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JP8.00138 : Upgraded Oscillating Field Current Drive on MST
K.J. McCollam, P.D. Nonn, J.S. Sarff, S.C. Prager

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JP8.00139 : A new hybrid inductive scenario for a nearly steady-state Reversed Field Pinch
J.S. Sarff

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JP8.00140 : Numerical Simulation of Pulsed Parallel Current Drive in RFPs
S.C. Prager, J.M. Reynolds, C.R. Sovinec

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JP8.00141 : Features of ITG Modes in the RFP
Varun Tangri, P.W. Terry, R.E. Waltz

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JP8.00142 : Magnetic Fluctuation Spectrum in the RFP
P.W. Terry, J.S. Sarff, A.F. Almagri, Y. Ren, G. Fiksel, S.C. Prager

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JP8.00143 : Preliminary Results from ULQ Experiments in RFX-mod
R. Piovan, S. Cappello, D. Terranova, M. Zuin, F. Auriemma, P. Scarin

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JP8.00144 : 3D nonlinear MHD simulations for Ultra-Low q plasmas
S. Cappello, D. Bonfiglio, R. Piovan

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JP8.00145 : Recent results of the RFX-mod Reversed Field Pinch
P. Martin, S. Ortolani

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JP8.00146 : Stability Threshold of Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Mode in RFP plasmas
ShiChong Guo

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JP8.00147 : Transport reduction and heating in the helical core of the reversed-field pinch
Alberto Alfier, S.V. Annibaldi, R. Pasqualotto, P. Piovesan, G. Spizzo, D. Terranova, F. Bonomo

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JP8.00148 : Density limit, radiation and magnetic topology in the reversed-field pinch
M.E. Puiatti, S. Cappello, F. Carrara, P. Scarin, G. Spizzo, D. Terranova, M. Valisa, B. Zaniol

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JP8.00149 : Hydrodynamic mode associated with the pinch flow in RFP simulations
Gian Luca Delzanno, Luis Chacon

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JP8.00150 : Kinetic effects in RFP plasma
H. Li, B.J. Albright

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JP8.00151 : Initial results from a low-aspect ratio RFP machine ``RELAX''
K. Murata, K. Ohki, H. Shimazu, T. Yamashita

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JP8.00152 : Characteristics of magnetized plasma flow for helicity injection into reversed-field pinch
H. Koguchi, H. Sakakita, Y. Hirano, Shotaro Suzuki, Tomohiko Asai, M. Nagata, S. Kiyama

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JP8.00153 : ENERGETIC IONS AND ELECTRONS IN HELICONS

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JP8.00154 : Measurements of Ion Flow and Neutral Depletion in an Argon Helicon Plasma with Magnetic Nozzle
Christopher Denning, Matt Wiebold, John Scharer

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JP8.00155 : Spectroscopic Measurements of Electron Temperature on the University of Texas at Austin Argon Helicon Experiment
W.L. Rowan, Roger Bengtson, Ella M. Sciamma, Amy Keesee, Charles A. Lee, Dan Berisford

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JP8.00156 : Comparison between modeled and experimental emission rates in ASTRAL argon plasmas.
R. Boivin, A. Gardner, O. Kamar, S. Loch, C. Ballance

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JM4: Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature II

Chair: Dmitri Uzdensky, Princeton University
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 1/2


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:30 PM

JM4.00001 : Angular momentum transport at early times

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:30 PM–3:00 PM

JM4.00002 : Heating and Angular Momentum Transport in Hot Accretion Flows
Prateek Sharma, Eliot Quataert, Gregory W. Hammett, James M. Stone

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:30 PM

JM4.00003 : Evidence for the energetics, efficiency, and magnetic fields from BH angular momentum transport

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:30 PM–3:45 PM

JM4.00004 : Angular momentum transport and state transitions in magnetized black hole accretion disks
Edison Liang, Guy Hilburn, Siming Liu, H. Li, Charles Gammie

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:45 PM–4:00 PM

JM4.00005 : Magnetic Field Configurations Associated With Angular Momentum Transport in Astrophysics and the Accretion Theory of Spontaneous Rotation in the Laboratory$^*$
B. Coppi

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:00 PM–4:30 PM

JM4.00006 : Studying the Physics of AGN Jets Near Their Origin
Daniel Homan

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
4:30 PM–5:00 PM

JM4.00007 : Momentum Transport by Current-Driven Reconnection
S.C. Prager, A.F. Almagri, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, G. Fiksel, A. Kuritsyn, M.C. Miller, V.V. Mirnov, J.S. Sarff, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, D. Craig

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
5:00 PM–5:15 PM

JM4.00008 : An Unmagnetized, Plasma Couette flow for investigating the Magnetorotational Instability
C.B. Forest

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JM5: Mini-conference on Energetic Ions and Electrons in Helicon Sources

Chair: Rod Boswell, Australian National University
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 11/12


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:00 PM–2:20 PM

JM5.00001 : PIC Modeling of Argon Plasma Flow in MNX
Samuel Cohen, Adam Sefkow

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:20 PM–2:40 PM

JM5.00002 : Double layers in the Chi-Kung helicon source
Christine Charles

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
2:40 PM–3:00 PM

JM5.00003 : Argon neutral LIF measurements are consistent with no energetic electron population
Amy Keesee, Earl Scime

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:00 PM–3:20 PM

JM5.00004 : Excited Ar II Emission Characteristics in Helicon Plasmas
John Scharer, Christopher Denning, Matt Wiebold, Alex Degeling, Rod Boswell

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:20 PM–3:40 PM

JM5.00005 : Double layers in electronegative plasmas
Albert Meige, N. Plihon, P. Chabert, G.J.M. Hagelaar, J.P. Boeuf, Rod Boswell, A. Lichtenberg

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
3:40 PM–4:00 PM

JM5.00006 : Ion Acceleration in a Compact Helicon Source with Various Permanent Magnet Configurations
Konstantin Shamrai, Valery Virko, Yury Virko

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