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49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, November 12–16, 2007; Orlando, Florida

Session CI1: Turbulence, Transport, and Laser Plasmas

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

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:30PM	CI1.00001: Reduced kinetic descriptions of weakly driven plasma waves Invited Speaker: Ryan Lindberg Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:30PM - 3:00PM	CI1.00002: Fluid theory of magnetized plasma dynamics at low collisionality Invited Speaker: J.J. Ramos Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:30PM	CI1.00003: Turbulent transport via wave-particle decorrelation in collisionless plasmas Invited Speaker: Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:30PM - 4:00PM	CI1.00004: Experimental investigation of blob physics in the TORPEX toroidal plasma Invited Speaker: Ivo Furno Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:30PM	CI1.00005: A Compact Double-pass Raman Backscattering Amplifier/Compressor Invited Speaker: Jun Ren Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:30PM - 5:00PM	CI1.00006: Broadband Dielectric Function of Non-equilibrium Warm Dense Gold Invited Speaker: Yuan Ping Preview Abstract

Session CT2: Tutorial: Laboratory Astrophysics Scaling

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

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

CT2.00001: Scaling extreme astrophysical phenomena to the laboratory - a tutorial Invited Speaker: Bruce A. Remington Preview Abstract

Session CO3: NSTX and General Spherical Tokamak

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

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM	CO3.00001: Overview of the 2007 NSTX experimental campaign* D.A. Gates Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM	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. , W. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM	CO3.00003: Internal transport barriers in NSTX reversed-shear plasmas Howard Yuh , F.M. Levinton , R.E. Bell , J.C. Hosea , B.P. LeBlanc , D.R. Smith , E. Mazzucato , H.K. Park , S.M. Kaye , S. Kubota Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM	CO3.00004: Beta Scaling and Momentum Transport Studies in NSTX Stanley Kaye , W. Solomon , R.E. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc , F.M. Levinton , J.E. Menard , S.A. Sabbagh , H. Yuh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM	CO3.00005: Gyroradius-Scale Ion Gradients in NSTX R.E. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc , R. Maingi , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM	CO3.00006: Active Resistive Wall Mode Feedback with Expanded Sensors in NSTX S.A. Sabbagh , J.M. Bialek , R.E. Bell , D.A. Gates , B.P. LeBlanc , J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM	CO3.00007: Toroidal Alfven Eigenmode Avalanches on the National Spherical Torus Experiment Eric Fredrickson , D. Darrow , N.N. Gorelenkov , S.S. Medley , S. Kubota , N. Crocker Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM	CO3.00008: Dependence of the L-H power threshold on magnetic balance and heating method in NSTX R. Maingi , T. Biewer , H. Meyer , R. Bell , B. LeBlanc , C.S. Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM	CO3.00011: Recent EBW Emission Results on NSTX S.J. Diem , G. Taylor , P.C. Efthimion , B.P. LeBlanc , J.B. Caughman , T.S. Bigelow , J.B. Wilgen , R.W. Harvey , J. Preinhaelter , J. Urban , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM	CO3.00012: Recent results from MAST spherical tokamak Anthony Field Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM	CO3.00013: Investigation of transient phenomena on MAST using high resolution Thomson scattering R. Scannell , M.J. Walsh , M. Dunstan Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM	CO3.00014: Lithium Loaded Target Plate for driving NSTX toward high performance Leonid E. Zakharov , Richard Majeski Preview Abstract

Session CO5: Compression and Burn I

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

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM	CO5.00001: Measurable Lawson Criterium and Hydro-Equivalent Curves for Inertial Confinement Fusion R. Betti , C.D. Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM	CO5.00002: Implosion experiments using D$_{2}\backslash ^{3}$He filled glass capsules doped with noble gases: A Study. John Benage , George Kyrala , Doug Wilson , Mark Gunderson , Hanna Makaruk , Johann Frenje , C.K. Li , Richard Petrasso , Baruch Yaakobi , Warren Garbett Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM	CO5.00003: Radiative Effects on Direct Drive Implosion Temperatures J.A. Koch , H.-K. Chung , R. Heeter , W. Hsing , R.W. Lee , A. Miles , H.-S. Park , H. Robey , H. Scott , R. Tommasini , J. Frenje , C.K. Li , R. Petrasso , V. Glebov Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM	CO5.00004: Modeling NLTE effects in thin-shell direct-drive Omega capsule implosions A.R. Miles , J.A. Koch , W. Hsing , H.-S. Park , H.F. Robey , H.A. Scott , J.A. Frenje , C.K. Li , R.D. Petrasso , F.H. Seguin , V.Yu. Glebov , C. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM	CO5.00005: Effects of $^{3}$He Addition on Implosion of DT Capsules on Omega 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 , V. Yu Glebov Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM	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 , P.M. Celliers , D. Munro , G.W. Collins , O.L. Landen , R.E. Olson Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM	CO5.00009: X-Ray Ablation Rates of ICF Capsule Materials R.E. Olson , G.A. Rochau , R.J. Leeper Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM	CO5.00010: Time-resolved measurements of in-flight ablator performance using streaked x-ray radiography Damien Hicks , Brian Spears , Chuck Sorce , Peter Celliers , Otto Landen , Gilbert Collins , Thomas Boehly Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM	CO5.00011: Influence and measurement of mass ablation in ICF implosions Brian Spears , D. Hicks , C. Velsko , M. Stoyer , H. Robey , D. Munro , S. Haan , O. Landen , D. Wilson , A. Nikroo Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM	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.V. Gotchev , J.P. Knauer , F.J. Marshall , D.D. Meyerhofer , V.A. Smalyuk Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM	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. Delettrez , J.P. Knauer , F.J. Marshall , D.D. Meyerhofer , D. Shvarts , R.P.J. Town , O.L. Landen Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:48PM - 5:00PM	CO5.00015: Double-shell capsules, an alternative to the single-shell cryogenic NIF design G.R. Magelssen , N.D. Delamater , M.A. Gunderson , I.L. Tregillis , M.J. Schmitt Preview Abstract

Session CO6: Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions I

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

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM	CO6.00001: Design of a Positron--Electron Pair-Plasma Production Experiment on OMEGA EP J. Myatt , A.V. Maximov , R.W. Short , D.D. Meyerhofer Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM	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 , P.A. Norreys Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM	CO6.00003: The Trident 250TW Short-Pulse Laser Upgrade at LANL: System and Initial Results J.C. Fernandez , K.A. Flippo , C. Gautier , B.M. Hegelich , R.P. Johnson , T. Shimada , J.B. Workman Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM	CO6.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM	CO6.00005: Short-pulse laser K-alpha conversion efficiency in gas jet targets N.L. Kugland , C.G. Constantin , P. Neumayer , A. Collette , A.L. Kritcher , E.L. Dewald , J.S. Ross , S.H. Glenzer , C. Niemann Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM	CO6.00006: High resolution 17 to 68 keV K-alpha backlighter for high-energy density experiments . Hye-Sook Park , B.R. Maddox , M. Key , S. Lepape , A.G. Macphee , P.K. Patel , T.W. Phillips , B.A. Remington , R. Tommasini , C.A. Back , E. Giraldez Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM	CO6.00007: Polarized K-shell radiation due to anisotropic fast electron distribution in ultra-intense laser produced plasmas Toru Kawamura , Takeshi Kai , Fumihiro Koike , Shinobu Nakazaki , Yuichi Inubushi , Yasuaki Okano , Shinsuke Fujioka , Tatsufumi Nakamura , Tomoyuki Johzaki , Hideo Nagatomo , Hiroaki Nishimura , Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM	CO6.00008: Laser Generated Ion Beams in the Context of Sandia's HEDP Mission Matthias Geissel , Briggs Atherton , Guy Bennett , Aaron Edens , Patrick Rambo , Jens Schwarz , Erik Brambrink Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM	CO6.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM	CO6.00010: Ion acceleration due to explosions of nanoparticles driven by hot electrons Masakatsu Murakami , Motohiko Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM	CO6.00011: Angular distribution of fast electrons and protons in short pulse laser target interaction Hui Chen , Y. Ping , S. Wilks , A. Kemp , R. Shepherd , D. Offermann , A. Link , L. van Woerkom , L. Elberson , J. King , C. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM	CO6.00012: Influence of sheath fields on hot electron emission from small foils irradiated by intense laser pulses Toshinori Yabuuchi , Hideaki Habara , Tsuyoshi Tanimoto , Kazuo A. Tanaka , Tatsufumi Nakamura , Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM	CO6.00013: CPA backlighting using 1$\omega $ and 2$\omega $ light Steven James , Colin Brown , David Hoarty Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM	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 Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:48PM - 5:00PM	CO6.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session 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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00002: Boundary conditions in magnetic reconnection J. Egedal , W. Fox , N. Katz , A. Le , M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00004: Three-Dimensional Magnetic and Electrostatic Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Reconnection A. Le , J. Egedal , W. Fox , N. Katz , M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
	CP8.00005: Experiments on the Propagation of Plasma Blobs Noam Katz , Jan Egedal , Will Fox , Miklos Porkolab Preview Abstract
	CP8.00006: On the filamentary structure of energetic electrons during reconnection in flares J.F. Drake , R. Fermo , M. Swisdak , M.A. Shay Preview Abstract
	CP8.00007: The Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection is Localized John Meyer , Paul Cassak , Michael Shay , James Drake , Bruno Eckhardt Preview Abstract
	CP8.00008: Two-scale structure of the electron dissipation region during collisionless magnetic reconnection: PIC simulations and Cluster satellite observations Michael Shay , James Drake , Marc Swisdak , Tai Phan , Jonathan Eastwood Preview Abstract
	CP8.00009: Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations Paul Cassak , Michael Shay Preview Abstract
	CP8.00010: Diamagnetic effects in driven magnetic reconnection Julio Martinell , Jesus Ramos Preview Abstract
	CP8.00011: A first-principles analytical theory for 2D magnetic reconnection in electron and Hall MHD. A. Zocco , A.N. Simakov , L. Chacon Preview Abstract
	CP8.00012: Energetic electrons and magnetic islands during reconnection L.-J. Chen , N. Bessho , W. Daughton , A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
	CP8.00013: PIC simulations of core magnetic field generation in magnetic islands by reconnection N. Bessho , L.-J. Chen , A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
	CP8.00014: Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Large-Scale Electron-Positron Plasmas W. Daughton , H. Karimabadi , L. Yin , B.J. Albright , K. Bowers Preview Abstract
	CP8.00015: Kinetic Theory and Simulation of Collisionless Tearing in Bifurcated Current Sheets Tatsuki Matsui , William Daughton , Vadim Roytershteyn Preview Abstract
	CP8.00016: The Influence of Sheared Parallel Flows on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection V. Roytershteyn , W. Daughton Preview Abstract
	CP8.00017: Forced Magnetic Reconnection with Open Boundary Conditions Weigang Wan , Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
	CP8.00018: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
	CP8.00019: Micro-reconnection at the $c/\omega_{pe}$ Scale Length$^*$ K. Tummel , B. Coppi Preview Abstract
	CP8.00020: Roles of Magnetic Reconnection and Developments of Modern Theory$^*$ B. Coppi Preview Abstract
	CP8.00021: Overview of recent results from the Columbia Non-neutral Torus and future plans Thomas Sunn Pedersen , J.W. Berkery , A.H. Boozer , Q.R. Marksteiner , M.S. Hahn , P.W. Brenner , B. Durand de Gevigney , J.P. Kremer , R.G. Lefrancois , H. Himura Preview Abstract
	CP8.00022: Confinement of pure electron plasmas in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus John Berkery , Thomas Pedersen , Allen Boozer , Paul Brenner , Quinn Marksteiner , Michael Hahn , Jason Kremer Preview Abstract
	CP8.00023: Observations of an Ion Driven Instability in Non-neutral Plasmas Confined on Magnetic Surfaces. Q. Marksteiner , T. Pedersen , J. Berkery , J. Mendez , M. Hahn , P. Ennever , H. Himura Preview Abstract
	CP8.00024: Pure Electron Equilibrium and Transport Jumps in the Columbia Nonneutral Torus M. Hahn , T. Sunn Pedersen , Q.R. Marksteiner , J.W. Berkery Preview Abstract
	CP8.00025: Installation and Operation of a Conducting Boundary in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus P.W. Brenner , T. Sunn Pedersen , J.W. Berkery , R.G. Lefrancois , M.S. Hahn , Q.R. Marksteiner Preview Abstract
	CP8.00026: Numerical Studies of Transport in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus Benoit Durand de Gevigney , Thomas Sunn Pedersen , Allen H. Boozer Preview Abstract
	CP8.00027: Confinement Time Exceeding One Second in a Toroidal Electron Plasma M.R. Stoneking , J.P. Marler , Bao Ha , J.C. Smoniewski Preview Abstract
	CP8.00028: Magnetic Field Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient in Asymmetry-Induced Transport D.L. Eggleston , J.M. Williams Preview Abstract
	CP8.00029: Limits of Particle-beam Extraction from Single-Component Plasmas T.R. Weber , J.R. Danielson , C.M. Surko Preview Abstract
	CP8.00030: Attracting Fixed Points for Radially Compressed Single-Component Plasmas J.R. Danielson , C.M. Surko , M.W. Anderson , T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
	CP8.00031: A Multicell Trap for Positron Storage C.M. Surko , J.R. Danielson , T.R. Weber Preview Abstract
	CP8.00032: SPHEROMAKS AND MCX Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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-Talam\'as Preview Abstract
	CP8.00035: Electron Temperature Measurements and Energy Transport in SSPX B.F. 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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00036: Predictive capability for whole-device spheromak MHD physics E.B. Hooper , B.I. Cohen Preview Abstract
	CP8.00037: Linear MHD Stability Analysis of the SSPX Spheromak R. Jayakumar , B.I. Cohen , E.B. Hooper , L.L. LoDestro , H.S. McLean , L.D. Pearlstein , R. Wood , A.D. Turnbull , C. Sovinec Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00039: Flux amplification in SSPX Lynda LoDestro , E.B. Hooper , R.J. Jayakumar , L.D. Pearlstein , R.D. Wood , H.S. McLean Preview Abstract
	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. Jayakumar Preview Abstract
	CP8.00041: Stereo Imaging as a Diagnostic in SSPX J.C. Ortiz , C.A. Romero-Talamas Preview Abstract
	CP8.00042: Ion Doppler Spectroscopy Measurements on SSPX J. King , E.C. Morse , H.S. McLean , R.D. Wood , J.M. Moller Preview Abstract
	CP8.00043: EUV spectroscopy on the SSPX spheromak J.H.T. Clementson , P. Beiersdorfer , R.D. Wood Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00046: Correlation of Soft X-ray Emission with Thompson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature in SSPX D.F. Montez , B.F. Hudson , H.S. McLean , C.A. Romero-Talamas , R.D. Wood , D. Correll Preview Abstract
	CP8.00047: Overview of results from the Caltech Spheromak Formation, Astrophysical Jet, and Solar Coronal Loop Simulation Experiments P.M. Bellan , D. Kumar , G.S. Yun , A.L. Moser , E.V. Stenson , R.J. Perkins , S.K.P. Tripathi Preview Abstract
	CP8.00048: Plasma tubes becoming collimated as a result of MHD pumping G.S. Yun , P.M. Bellan Preview Abstract
	CP8.00049: Flow velocity measurements and X-ray imaging of merging flux tubes D. Kumar , P.M. Bellan Preview Abstract
	CP8.00050: Overview of the Helicity Injected Torus Program Bret Thomas 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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00053: Nimrod Simulations of Decaying and Driven HIT-SI Plasmas Cihan Akcay , Charlson C. Kim , Griff O'Neill , Tom R. Jarboe , Brian A. Nelson , Valerie A. Izzo Preview Abstract
	CP8.00054: Magnetic Diagnostics on HIT-SI Experiment R.J. Smith , J.S. Wrobel , T.R. Jarboe , B.A. Nelson , A.J. Redd , C. Akcay , W.T. Hamp , B.T. Stewart Preview Abstract
	CP8.00055: Development of rotating magnetic field coil system in the HIST spherical torus device T. Yoshikawa , Y. Kikuchi , S. Yamada , S. Hashimoto , T. Nishioka , N. Fukumoto , M. Nagata Preview Abstract
	CP8.00056: Ion flow measurements during the rotating kink behavior of the central column in the HIST device S. Yamada , T. Yoshikawa , S. Hashimoto , T. Nishioka , Y. Kikuchi , N. Fukumoto , M. Nagata Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00058: Hall MHD Equilibrium of Accelerated Compact Toroids S.J. Howard , D.Q. Hwang , R.D. Horton , R.W. Evans , S.J. Brockington Preview Abstract
	CP8.00059: Plasma Density Gradient Profiles of Unconstrained CTs with an Array of Laser Deflectometers on CTIX Samuel Brockington , David Hwang , Robert Horton , Stephen Howard , Russ Evans , Peter Beiersdorfer Preview Abstract
	CP8.00060: Magnetic Field Effects on Accelerator-Region Gas Puffing on CTIX Robert Horton , David Hwang , Stephen Howard , Samuel Brockington , Russell Evans Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00064: Nonlinear driven resonance in magnetic self-organization and the feasibility of a spheromak reactor Xianzhu Tang , Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
	CP8.00065: 2D MHD simulations of the High to Ordinary Mode Transitions in MCX I. Shamim , C. Teodorescu , P. Guzdar , A. Hassam , R. Clary , R. Ellis , R. Lunsford Preview Abstract
	CP8.00066: Magnetic Fluctuation Measurements in MCX Seung Choi , Parvez Guzdar , Richard Ellis , Adil Hassam Preview Abstract
	CP8.00067: Spectral Results of the Magnetic Fluctuations Observed in MCX Ilker Uzun-Kaymak , S. Choi , R. Clary , R. Ellis , A. Hassam , C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
	CP8.00068: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment(MCX) Richard Ellis , S. Choi , M.R. Clary , R. Elton , A.B. Hassam , R. Lunsford , C. Teodorescu , I. Uzun-Kaymak , A. Case , S. Messer , D. Witherspoon Preview Abstract
	CP8.00069: Progress on H$_{\alpha}$ at MCX R. Clary , S.H. Choi , R. Ellis , A. Hassam , C. Teodorescu , I. Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
	CP8.00070: Experimental study on the velocity limits of magnetized rotating plasmas Catalin Teodorescu , Ryan Clary , Richard Ellis , Adil Hassam , Ilker Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
	CP8.00071: MFC DIAGNOSTICS Preview Abstract
	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 , Atsushi Iwamae Preview Abstract
	CP8.00073: Observation of Novel Instability by using Microwave Imaging Reflectometry in LHD Soichiro Yamaguchi , Yoshio Nagayama , Zhongbing Shi , Yuichiro Kogi , Atsushi Mase Preview Abstract
	CP8.00074: Magnetic Fluctuation Profile Measurement Using Optics of Motional Stark Effect Diagnostics in JT-60U Takahiro Suzuki , Akihiko Isayama , Go Matsunaga , Takaaki Fujita , Toshihiro Oikawa , Yutaka Kamada Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00076: The motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic Elizabeth Foley , Fred Levinton Preview Abstract
	CP8.00077: Velocity Field Analysis for Edge Turbulence Imaging B.T. Brown , T. Munsat , C. Holland , G. Tynan Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00080: Electron Density Profile Measurements of a Field-Reversed Configuration Using an Optical Interferometer J.F. Camacho , E.L. Ruden Preview Abstract
	CP8.00081: Three dimensional full-wave simulations of reflectometry in toroidal plasma Ernest Valeo , Gerrit Kramer , Raffi Nazikian Preview Abstract
	CP8.00082: A Multi-Channel, Frequency Comb Doppler Reflectometry System J.C. Hillesheim , W.A. Peebles , T.L. Rhodes , L. Schmitz , T.A. Carter Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00084: Development of free-standing diffractive optical elements as light extractors for burning plasma experiments D. Stutman , G. Caravelli , M. Finkenthal , A. Tolea , G. Wright , D. Whyte , N. Moldovan Preview Abstract
	CP8.00085: SIMULATION: ALGORITHM Preview Abstract
	CP8.00086: Implementation of Language Interoperability Interfaces for NTCC transport models as part of FMCFM project Srinath Vadlamani , A.Y. Pankin , S. Kruger , A. Pletzer , J. Carlsson , J. Cary Preview Abstract
	CP8.00087: Parallel, Implicit, Finite Element Solver Weston Lowrie , Uri Shumlak , Eric Meier , George Marklin Preview Abstract
	CP8.00088: New quasi-Newton solver for transport equations Johan Carlsson , John R. Cary , Alex Pletzer Preview Abstract
	CP8.00089: Mathematical Properties of the Flowing MHD Equilibrium Equations M. Miah , J. Cary , A. Hakim , S. Kruger , A. Pletzer , S. Vadlamani Preview Abstract
	CP8.00090: Mesoscopic Detailed Balance Representations of Nonlinear Physics Jeffrey Yepez , George Vahala , Linda Vahala Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00092: A step towards addressing the temporal multi-scale problem. Jing-Mei Qiu , Andrew Christlieb , Robert Krasny Preview Abstract
	CP8.00093: Boundary Integral Corrected Particle In Cell Christlieb Andrew , Cartwright Keith Preview Abstract
	CP8.00094: PARSEK: a Parallel Software Package for Implicit Particle-in-Cell Simulations Stefano Markidis , Giovanni Lapenta , Enrico Camporeale Preview Abstract
	CP8.00095: The EMPOWER Code: Electro-Magnetic Particle Operation With Enhanced Resolution H. Karimabadi , Y.A. Omelchenko , H.X. Vu Preview Abstract
	CP8.00096: A New Simulation Algorithm Combining Fluid and Kinetic Properties David Larson , Dennis Hewett Preview Abstract
	CP8.00097: Discrete-Event Simulation of Poisson-Based Particle Systems Y.A. Omelchenko , H. Karimabadi Preview Abstract
	CP8.00098: A robust, efficient equidistribution 2D grid generation method Luis Chacon , Gian Luca Delzanno , John Finn , Jeojin Chung , Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
	CP8.00099: A Mesh-Free Method for the Simulation of Magnetic Diffusion Jeffrey Johnson , Michael Owen Preview Abstract
	CP8.00100: Solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for arbitrary collisionality Mark L. Adams , Howard A. Scott Preview Abstract
	CP8.00101: Regions of Validity for Common Plasma Models R. Lilly , U. Shumlak Preview Abstract
	CP8.00102: SIMULATION: KINETIC/EDGE Preview Abstract
	CP8.00103: Stability of the Long Wavelength Limit of ETG Modes Eric Wang Preview Abstract
	CP8.00104: Nonlinear finite-Larmor-radius effects in reduced fluid models A.J. Brizard , R.E. Denton , W. Lotko Preview Abstract
	CP8.00105: Electrostatic turbulence on transport time scales Peter Catto , Andrei Simakov , Felix Parra , Grigory Kagan Preview Abstract
	CP8.00106: Development of a Grid-Based Gyrokinetic Simulation Code Stephan Brunner , Trach-Minh Tran , Xavier Lapillonne , Maura Brunnetti Preview Abstract
	CP8.00107: A Low Moment Kinetic MHD Simulation Model Scott Parker , Jianhua Cheng Preview Abstract
	CP8.00108: Discrete particle noise in gyrokinetic PIC simulations of plasma turbulence Igor Holod , Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
	CP8.00109: Collisionless Heating in Gyrokinetic Turbulence William Dorland Preview Abstract
	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 Preview Abstract
	CP8.00111: The role of conserved quantities in turbulence simulations Ingmar Broemstrup , William Dorland , Michael Barnes , Kyle Gustafson Preview Abstract
	CP8.00112: Global gyrokinetic simulations using coupled flux-tubes Michael Barnes , William Dorland Preview Abstract
	CP8.00113: Plasma Turbulence Simulation and Visualization on Graphics Processors: Efficient Parallel Computing on the Desktop George Stantchev , Derek Juba , William Dorland , Amitabh Varshney Preview Abstract
	CP8.00114: Electrostatic kinetic turbulent cascade of entropy in magnetized plasmas T. Tatsuno , W. Dorland , A.A. Schekochihin , S.C. Cowley Preview Abstract
	CP8.00115: Excitation of geodesic acoustic modes by drift waves and ion temperature gradient modes Parvez Guzdar , Nikhil Charabarti , Raghvendra Singh , Predhiman Kaw Preview Abstract
	CP8.00116: Transport and the neoclassical tearing mode: Slab geometry Pavel Popovich , Simon Allfrey , Steven Cowley Preview Abstract
	CP8.00117: Hybrid Simulation of Ion Acoustic Waves Including Coulomb Collisions Bruce Cohen , Andris Dimits , Russel Caflisch , C.M. Wang , Yanghong Huang , Giacomo DiMarco Preview Abstract
	CP8.00118: A Hybrid Monte Carlo Method for Coulomb Collisions Russel Caflisch , Bruce Cohen , Giacomo DiMarco , Andris Dimits , Yanghong Huang , Richard Wang Preview Abstract
	CP8.00119: Simulation of sheath problems with an accelerated Monte Carlo method Yanghong Huang , Russel Caflisch , Bruce Cohen , Giacomo DiMarco , Andris Dimits , Chiaming Wang Preview Abstract
	CP8.00120: The neoclassical tearing mode: An anomalous transport process Simon Allfrey , Pavel Popovich , Steven Cowley Preview Abstract
	CP8.00121: Tempest simulations of kinetic GAM mode and neoclassical turbulence X.Q. Xu , A.M. Dimits Preview Abstract
	CP8.00122: Toward an implicit Drift-Lorentz mover R.H. Cohen , A. Friedman , D.P. Grote , J.-L. Vay Preview Abstract
	CP8.00123: Gyrokinetic Models for Edge Plasmas A.M. Dimits , R.H. Cohen , X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
	CP8.00124: Particle-in-cell modelling of plasma deposition in castellated divertor targets Radomir Panek , Michael Komm , Renaud Dejarnac , James Gunn Preview Abstract
	CP8.00125: Simulations of dimensionless parameter experiments using theory-based transport models L. Laborde , D. McDonald , I. Voitsekhovitch Preview Abstract
	CP8.00126: Effect of fast-ion loss on momentum transport in tokamak plasmas with toroidal field ripples Mitsuru Honda , Tomonori Takizuka , Atsushi Fukuyama , Maiko Yoshida , Takahisa Ozeki Preview Abstract
	CP8.00127: Charging and Rotation of Pellet Ablation Cloud Roman Samulyak , Tianshi Lu , Paul Parks Preview Abstract