Session JI1: Waves and Energetic Particles

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


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

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
2:30PM - 3:00PM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Session JT2: Tutorial: Plasma-Facing Materials

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


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

JT2.00001: Multiscale Physics Challenges For Plasma-Facing Materials
Invited Speaker: Nasr Ghoniem

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Session JO3: Compression and Burn II

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


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

JO3.00001: High-Areal-Density Cryogenic D$_{2}$ Implosions on OMEGA
T.C. Sangster , V.N. Goncharov , P.B. Radha , V.A. Smalyuk , R. Betti , R.S. Craxton , J.A. Delettrez , 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 , S. Skupsky , J.M. Soures , C. Stoeckl , B. Yaakobi , J.A. Frenje , R.D. Petrasso , D. Shvarts

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

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
2:24PM - 2:36PM

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
2:36PM - 2:48PM

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

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

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
3:00PM - 3:12PM

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
3:12PM - 3:24PM

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
3:24PM - 3:36PM

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
3:36PM - 3:48PM

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
3:48PM - 4:00PM

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
4:00PM - 4:12PM

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
4:12PM - 4:24PM

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

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

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
4:36PM - 4:48PM

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

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

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

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Session JO6: Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions II

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


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

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

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

JO6.00002: Enhanced Isochoric Heating in High Contrast Laser-Nano-Cone Interactions
T.E. Cowan , J. Rassuchine , E. d'Humieres , Y. Sentoku , 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.J. Santos , S. Hansen

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

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

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

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

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

JO6.00005: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION GP8


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

JO6.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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

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
3:24PM - 3:36PM

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 , Chandrashekhar Joshi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 , S. Fujioka , T. Kawamura , D. Batani , A. Morace , R. Redaelli , C. Fourment , J. Santos , G. Malka , A. Boscheron , A. Casner , M. Koenig , T. Nakamura , T. Johzaki , H. Nagatomo , K. Mima

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

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

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Session JO7: Dusty and Complex Plasmas

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


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

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

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

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
2:24PM - 2:36PM

JO7.00003: Self-diffusion and random motion in a strongly-coupled dusty-plasma: MD simulation
John Goree , Bin Liu , Zoltan Donk\'{o} , Peter Hartmann

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
3:24PM - 3:36PM

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
3:36PM - 3:48PM

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
3:48PM - 4:00PM

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

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

JO7.00011: Density profile and breathing mode of strongly correlated spherical Yukawa plasmas
Christian Henning , Kenji Fujioka , Patrick Ludwig , Michael Bonitz

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

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

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

JO7.00013: The Relativistic Feedback Mechanism of Electrical Breakdown.
Hamid Rassoul , Joseph Dwyer

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

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
4:48PM - 5:00PM

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

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Session 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
Franco Paoletti , Lisa Marie Carlucci

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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
Andrew Seltzman , Cary Forest , Roch Kendrick , Cami Collins

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

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

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JP8.00014: Multi-element Magnetic ``B-dot'' Probe
Samuel Harrold , Tom Intrator , Xuan Sun

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

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JP8.00016: Rotation Generation in Helicon Plasmas
Brandon Fetroe , Jenna Kefeli , Hantao Ji , Jill 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 , Howard Yuh , Fred Levinton , Steve 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 , Rob 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 , Jayson 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 , Fred 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
R.C. Nora , D.S. Darrow

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

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JP8.00026: Plasma Sheath and RF Wave Interaction in Tokamaks
Daniel Richman , John 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 D. Kaganovich , Ronald 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
Guy A. Cooper , Martin Jucker , W. Anthony Cooper , Jonathan 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
D.P. Flanagan , D.P. Brennan , L.L. Lao , E.J. Strait , A.L. Montgomery

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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.D. 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
Mariano Lowenstern , R. Paul Drake , Eric Harding , Channing Huntington , Gurlovleen Rathore , Anthony Visco

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JP8.00040: Elemental Analysis of Carbon Disks using Proton Induced X-ray Emission
Melissa Cummings , Kelly Donovan , Stephen Padalino , Vladimir Glebov , T. Craig Sangster

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JP8.00041: Measuring Positron Annihilation in NaI(Tl) Detectors as the Final Stage in a Carbon Diagnostic.
Melissa Braaten , Cassarah Brown , Stephen Padalino , Vladimir Glebov , T. Craig Sangster , Timothy Duffy

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

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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. 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 , Stephen Padalino , Craig Sangster

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JP8.00046: Preparation of Deuterated Polymer Targets for the OMEGA Magnetic Recoil Spectrometer
Jacqueline Strain , Gerald Rawcliffe , Joseph Katz , Kurtis Fletcher , Johan Frenje , Sean MacMullin

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

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JP8.00048: Experimental Study of Effects due to Perturbations on Boundary Conditions on Couette Flows
F. Manley , H. Ji , M. Burin , E. Schartman , M. 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
Diktys Stratakis , Rami Kishek , Kai Tian , Ralph Fiorito , Irving Haber , Brian Beaudoin , Mark Walter , Martin Reiser , Patrick O'Shea

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JP8.00052: Halo creation and propagation in the University of Maryland Electron Ring
Christos 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)
I. Haber , S. Bernal , R.B. Feldman , R.A. Kishek , P.G. O'Shea , C. Papadopoulos , M. Reiser , D. Stratakis , M. Walter , A. Friedman , D.P. Grote , J.-L. Vay

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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 , E.A. Startsev , 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 , E.A. Startsev

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JP8.00056: Beam plasma interaction in the solenoidal focusing of intense ion beams
Dale Welch , David Rose , Thomas Genoni , Peter Seidl , Josh Coleman , Prabir 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. 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
Ksenia Samokhvalova , 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 , Ronald 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 , Ronald Davidson

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

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JP8.00062: Filamentation of a Radially Converging Heavy Ion Beam in a Background Plasma with External Solenoidal Magnetic Field
Edward Startsev , Ronald Davidson , Dale Welch , David Rose

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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 D. Kaganovich , Edward A. Startsev , Adam B. Sefkow , Ronald C. Davidson

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JP8.00064: New Spectral Method for Halo Particle Definition for Intense Charged Particle Beams
Mikhail Dorf , Ronald Davidson , Edward Startsev

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

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

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

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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 , W. Gekelman , Z. Lucky

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JP8.00069: Transport of Fast Ions Modulated by Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves
Yang Zhang , Heinz Boehmer , William Heidbrink , Roger McWilliams , Troy Carter , David Leneman , Stephen Vincena , Brian Brugman , Walter Gekelman

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JP8.00070: Numerical Optimization Studies of the NDCX Induction Accelerator
Enrique 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 , Yuichi Takase , 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 , A.H. Boozer

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JP8.00076: Low Frequency Response of Plasma to MHD Perturbations
M.S. Chu , Y.Q. Liu

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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 , N. Aiba , 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
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 , M. Okabayashi

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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 , M.J. Lanctot , G.L. Jackson , R.J. La Haye , E.J. Strait , Y. In , J. Kim

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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.J. La Haye , D.P. Brennan , R.J. Buttery , S. Kruger , D. Chandra , D. Raju , A. Sen

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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. 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
J.R. Ferron , P. Gohil , C.M. Greenfield , T.C. Luce , C.C. Petty , P.A. Politzer , V. Basiuk , F. Imbeaux , M. Schneider , T.A. Casper , M. Murakami , Y. Ou , E. Schuster , Q. Gao , A. Wang

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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
M.L. Walker , D.A. Humphreys , J.A. Leuer , B. Xiao , S.H. Hahn , E. Schuster , Y. Ou , M. Alsarheed , D. Gates , T.A. Casper , W.H. Meyer

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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
G. Li , L.L. Lao , 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

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JP8.00096: Modeling of Momentum Transport in DIII-D Discharges Due to Magnetic Drags Induced by MHD Activities
Q. Ren , M. Chu , L.L. Lao , H.E. St. John , R.J. La haye , J.M. Park , J.M. Jeon , C. Zhang , 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.A. Moyer , D.L. Rudakov

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

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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.J. 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
I.A. Gorelov , J. Lohr , D. Ponce , M. Cengher , P.S. Johnson

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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.M. 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
M.J. Lanctot , E.M. Hollmann , R.K. Fisher , S. Pidcoe , D.A. Taussig

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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.A. 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
A.N. James , E.M. Hollmann , G.R. Tynan , G.L. Jackson

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JP8.00112: Experiments Toward Understanding Impurity Assimilation During Massive Gas Injection for Disruption Mitigation in DIII-D
E.M. Hollmann , J.A. Boedo , R.A. 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 , H. Scott , 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
M.D. Wyman , B.E. Chapman , A.F. Almagri , J.K. Anderson , D.J. Den Hartog , F. Ebrahimi , D.A. Ennis , G. Fiksel , S. Gangadhara , J.A. Goetz , R. O'Connell , S.P. Oliva , S.C. Prager , J.A. Reusch , J.S. Sarff , H.D. Stephens , F. Bonomo , P. Franz , D.L. Brower , B.H. Deng , W.X. Ding , T. Yates , S.K. Combs , C.R. Foust , D. Craig

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

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JP8.00117: Fast Ion Generation in the MST
Richard Magee , Brett Chapman , David Ennis , Gennady Fiksel , Rob 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 , A.F. Falkowski , 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
H.D. Stephens , A.F. Falkowski , D.J. Den Hartog , R. O'Connell , J.A. Reusch

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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.R. Demers , X. Chen , K.A. Connor , P.M. 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.F. 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
P. Franz , F. Bonomo , G. Spizzo , 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.V. 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
Travis Yates , Weixing Ding , Troy Carter , David Brower , John Sarff , Stewart Prager

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

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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
David Burke , John Goetz , Michael Kaufman , Abdulgader Almagri , Jay Anderson , Stewart Prager , Johan Carlsson

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JP8.00134: EBW Injection Experiment in the MST
Jay K. Anderson , William Cox , Cary Forest

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JP8.00135: Fokker-Planck Modeling of X-ray Emission Due to Electron Bernstein Wave Heating in MST
W.A. 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
G. Fiksel , A.F. Almagri , B.E. Chapman , D.J. Den Hartog , S.P. Oliva , S.C. Prager , J.S. Sarff , A.A. Ivanov , G.F. Abdrashitov , V.I. Davydenko , P.P. Deichuli , V.V. Kolmogorov , V.V. Mishagin , A.V. Sorkokin , N.V. Stupishin

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

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JP8.00138: Upgraded Oscillating Field Current Drive on MST
D.R. Stone , 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
J.M. Reynolds , C.R. Sovinec , S.C. Prager

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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 , V. Tangri , 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 , L. Zanotto , D. Terranova , M. Zuin , F. Auriemma , P. Scarin

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JP8.00144: 3D nonlinear MHD simulations for Ultra-Low q plasmas
Susanna 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
F. Bonomo , A. Alfier , S.V. Annibaldi , P. Buratti , R. Pasqualotto , P. Piovesan , G. Spizzo , D. Terranova

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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 , John Finn

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JP8.00150: Kinetic effects in RFP plasma
Vladimir Svidzinski , Hui Li , Brian Albright

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JP8.00151: Initial results from a low-aspect ratio RFP machine ``RELAX''
S. Masamune , A. Sanpei , H. Himura , R. Ikezoe , T. Onchi , 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
Shotaro Suzuki , Tomohiko Asai , Masayoshi Nagata , Haruhisa Koguchi , Yoichi Hirano , Hajime Sakakita , Satoru 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
Ella M. Sciamma , Roger D. Bengtson , W.L. Rowan , Amy M. Keesee , Charles A. Lee , Dan Berisford

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

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Session 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
2:00PM - 2:30PM

JM4.00001: Angular momentum transport at early times
Ellen Zweibel

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

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
3:00PM - 3:30PM

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

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

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

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

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
4:00PM - 4:30PM

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

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

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

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

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

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Session 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
2:00PM - 2:20PM

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

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

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

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

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
3:00PM - 3:20PM

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
3:20PM - 3:40PM

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

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

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

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