APS - 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Session NP6: Poster Session V: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas; Basic Plasma Physics and Simulation; MST, RFX-MOD, and Reversed Field Pinch; NSTX and Spherical Torus; General Spherical Torus

- Marsalis A/B, 9:45am - 12:45pm

	NP6.00001: DUSTY AND LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA Preview Abstract
	NP6.00002: Conducting Particles in a Complex Plasma Jorge Carmona , Ke Qiao , Victor Zhang , Jay Murphee , Lorin Matthews , Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
	NP6.00003: Dipole-dipole interactions of charged magnetic grains Erik Remkus , Jonathan Perry , Lorin Matthews , Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
	NP6.00004: Diffraction of Dust Acoustic Waves Su-Hyun Kim , Jonathon R. Heinrich , Robert L. Merlino Preview Abstract
	NP6.00005: Dust Acoustic Wave Excitation in a Plasma with Warm Dust M. Rosenberg , E. Thomas, Jr. , L. Marcus , R. Fisher , J.D. Williams , R.L. Merlino Preview Abstract
	NP6.00006: Using ion flows parallel and perpendicular to gravity to modify dust acoustic waves E. Thomas , R. Fisher Preview Abstract
	NP6.00007: Probability of metastable states in Yukawa clusters Patrick Ludwig , Hanno Kaehlert , Henning Baumgartner , Michael Bonitz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00008: Dust Particle Contamination Detection Mechanisms James Creel , Jorge Carmona Reyes , Lorin Matthews , Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
	NP6.00009: Magnetic field structure generation in collisional dusty plasmas Padma Kant Shukla , Fernando Haas Preview Abstract
	NP6.00010: Laboratory plasma with nanoparticles Scott Robertson , G. Bano , W. Handley , X. Wang Preview Abstract
	NP6.00011: One-to-two dimensional transition in small Debye clusters T.E. Sheridan , K.D. Wells Preview Abstract
	NP6.00012: Observation of Dust Particle Gyromotion in a Magnetized Dusty Plasma C.S. Compton , W.E. Amatucci , G. Gatling , E. Tejero Preview Abstract
	NP6.00013: Frequency threshold for ion beam formation in expanding RF plasma Saikat Chakraborty Thakur , Zane Harvey , Ioana Biloiu , Alex Hansen , Robert Hardin , William Przybysz , Earl Scime Preview Abstract
	NP6.00014: Evaporation studies of lithiated ATJ graphite Kenzo Ibano , Vijay Surla , David Ruzic Preview Abstract
	NP6.00015: Ambipolar Potential of a Collisionless Scrape-off-Layer Erik Granstedt , Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
	NP6.00016: The role of presheaths in establishing anisotropy at the sheath edge Noah Hershkowitz , Dongsoo Lee , Greg Severn Preview Abstract
	NP6.00017: Characteristics of High-Density Helicon Plasma with Large Diameter Excited by a Flat Spiral Antenna Shunjiro Shinohara , Kenji Tanaka , Taisei Motomura , Katsuhiko Murakami Preview Abstract
	NP6.00018: Characteristics of Helicon-Plasma Produced Using a Segmented Multi-Loop Antenna II Takao Tanikawa , Shunjiro Shinohara Preview Abstract
	NP6.00019: Wave Characteristics of Large-Diameter, High-Density Helicon Plasma with Short Axial Length Taisei Motomura , Kenji Tanaka , Katsuhiko Murakami , Shunjiro Shinohara , Takao Tanikawa , Shamrai Konstantin Preview Abstract
	NP6.00020: Dust Devil Dynamics W. Horton , H. Miura Preview Abstract
	NP6.00021: BASIC PLASMA PHYSICS AND SIMULATION Preview Abstract
	NP6.00022: Active Magnetic Experiment: a magnetic bubble in the ionospheric stream Alessandro Biancalani , Francesco Ceccherini , Francesco Pegoraro Preview Abstract
	NP6.00023: Magnetic Detachment and Plume Control in Escaping Magnetized Plasma Paul Schmit , Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
	NP6.00024: Measuring 3D Plasma Velocity in the TS-4 Compact Toroid Setthivoine You , Alexander Balandin , Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
	NP6.00025: Transport of parallel momentum by drift-Alfven turbulence Chris McDevitt , Pat Diamond Preview Abstract
	NP6.00026: Interactions Between Magnetic Flux Ropes in a Laboratory Plasma Eric Lawrence , Walter Gekelman , Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
	NP6.00027: LES-MHD Models for Turbulence George Vahala , Tao Wang , Min Soe , Linda Vahala Preview Abstract
	NP6.00028: Linear stability of resistive interchange modes in a cylindrical Reversed-field pinch plasma Mio Suzuki , Fatima Ebrahimi , Dalton Schnack Preview Abstract
	NP6.00029: Ideal Kink Modes In a Line-Tied Screw Pinch With Finite Plasma Pressure* V.V. Mirnov , V.A. Svidzinski , H. Li Preview Abstract
	NP6.00030: Why the resistive magnetohydrodynamic equations do not form a closed system Robert Johnson Preview Abstract
	NP6.00031: Dynamics of conical wire array implosions on a central plasma David Martinez , Radu Presura , Sandra Wright , Chris Plechaty , Stephan Neff Preview Abstract
	NP6.00032: Grid generation and adaptation via Monge-Kantorovich optimization in 2D and 3D Gian Luca Delzanno , Luis Chacon , John M. Finn Preview Abstract
	NP6.00033: Fully implicit adaptive mesh refinement solver for 2D MHD B. Philip , L. Chacon , M. Pernice Preview Abstract
	NP6.00034: Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Calculations of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability David Fyfe , Gopal Patnail , Doug Schwer , C. Richard DeVore , Kevin Olson Preview Abstract
	NP6.00035: Kinetic Plasma Simulation Using a Quadrature-based Moment Method David J. Larson Preview Abstract
	NP6.00036: Fluid-kinetic Simulation via Pseudo-Particle Method : 1D Nonlinear Simulation of the Weibel instability Shuhei Numazawa , Zensho Yoshida Preview Abstract
	NP6.00037: A Symplectic Energy and Momentum Conserving Spectral Particle Method David Fillmore , Peter Messmer Preview Abstract
	NP6.00038: Statistical treatment of relativistic binary collisions in particle codes Fabio Peano , Michael Marti , Luis Silva , Gianni Coppa Preview Abstract
	NP6.00039: Calculation of the Nanbu-Trubnikov Kernel: Implications for Numerical Modeling of Coulomb Collisions* Chiaming Wang , Andris Dimits , Russel Caflisch , Bruce Cohen , Yanghong Huang Preview Abstract
	NP6.00040: Accelerated Monte Carlo Methods for Coulomb Collisions Russel Caflisch , Richard Wang , Yanghong Huang , Bruce Cohen , Andris Dimits Preview Abstract
	NP6.00041: Efficient hybrid algorithms for collisional plasma simulation Y. Huang , A.M. Dimits , R.E. Caflisch , B.I. Cohen , C.M. Wang Preview Abstract
	NP6.00042: Test problems for dense kinetic plasmas John Luginsland , Andrew Christlieb Preview Abstract
	NP6.00043: Gyrokinetic Vlasov-Poisson simulation in slab geometry using the conservative IDO scheme Kenji Imadera , Yasuaki Kishimoto , Jiquan Li , Daisuke Saito , Takayuki Utsumi Preview Abstract
	NP6.00044: MST, RFX-MOD AND REVERSED FIELD PINCH Preview Abstract
	NP6.00045: Overview of MST Results and Plans J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
	NP6.00046: High confinement high temperature plasmas in MST B.E. Chapman , A.F. Almagri , J.K. Anderson , K.J. Caspary , D.J. Clayton , D.J. Den Hartog , D.A. Ennis , G. Fiksel , S. Gangadhara , J.A. 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 Preview Abstract
	NP6.00047: Pellet-fueled, high-$\beta $, improved confinement RFP plasmas K.J. Caspary , 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, S.T. Limbach , 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 Preview Abstract
	NP6.00048: Measurement of $Z_{eff}$ and Radial Diffusion via X-ray Spectroscopy in MST D.J. Clayton , A.F. Almagri , J.K. Anderson , D.R. Burke , B.E. Chapman , R. O'Connell , R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
	NP6.00049: Measuring power loss due to radiation and charge exchange in MST Jeff Waksman , Brett Chapman , Gennady Fiksel , Paul Nonn Preview Abstract
	NP6.00050: Multicolor SXR Tomography on MST M.B. McGarry , J.A. Goetz , D.J. Den Hartog , B.E. Chapman , P. Franz , F. Bonomo , L. Marrelli Preview Abstract
	NP6.00051: A toroidal CHERS diagnostic for MST R.M. Magee , D.J. Den Hartog , G. Fiksel , D. Craig , D.A. Ennis , S. Gangadhara Preview Abstract
	NP6.00052: Probe Measurements of Particle and Momentum Transport in the edge of MST M.C. Miller , A.F. Almagri , D. Craig , D.A. Ennis , G. Fiksel , S. Gangadhara , A. Kuritsyn , S.C. Prager , D. Stone , T.D. Tharp Preview Abstract
	NP6.00053: Core Measurement of Magnetic Fluctuation-Induced Particle Flux in the MST Reversed Field Pinch W.X. Ding , D.L. Brower , G. Fiksel , D.J. Den Hartog , S.C. Prager , J.S. Sarff , T. Yates Preview Abstract
	NP6.00054: Density Profile and Fluctuations in Quasi-Single-Helicity MST Plasmas W.F. Bergerson , D.L. Brower , B. Chapman , W.X. Ding , J.S. Sarff , S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
	NP6.00055: Interferometric Measurement of Density and Magnetic Fluctuations in MST Travis Yates , Weixing Ding , Troy Carter , David Brower Preview Abstract
	NP6.00056: Electron temperature fluctuations from tearing modes in MST Hillary Stephens , Daniel Den Hartog , Chris Hegna , Rob O'Connell , Joshua Reusch Preview Abstract
	NP6.00057: Direct Comparison of Simulated Sawtooth Evolution to the Madison Symmetric Torus RFP J.A. Reusch , J.K. Anderson , D.J. Den Hartog , F. Ebrahimi , C.B. Forest , R. O'Connell , D.D. Schnack , H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
	NP6.00058: A Pulse-Burst Laser System for Thomson Scattering D.J. Den Hartog , M.T. Borchardt , Y.M. Yang , J.R. Ambuel , D.J. Holly , H.E. Mattison , P.E. Robl Preview Abstract
	NP6.00059: Energetics of ion heating during magnetic reconnections in Reversed Field Pinch Gennady Fiksel , A.F. Almagri , S.C. Prager , J.S. Sarff , C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
	NP6.00060: Experimental Study of High Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in MST Y. Ren , A. Almagri , S.C. Prager , G. Fiksel , J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
	NP6.00061: Measurements of Linear and Nonlinear Hall Reconnection T.D. Tharp , A.F. Almagri , A.V. Kuritsyn , V.V. Mirnov , S.C. Prager , J.S. Sarff , D. Craig , M.C. Miller Preview Abstract
	NP6.00062: Measurements with a Heavy Ion Beam Probe during Improved Confinement in MST D.R. Demers , X. Chen , P.M. Schoch , P. Fimognari Preview Abstract
	NP6.00063: Localized SXR Emission During Electron Bernstein Wave Injection in MST Jay Anderson , Cary Forest , Andrew Seltzman Preview Abstract
	NP6.00064: HXR Observations with Lower Hybrid Current Drive on MST M.C. Kaufman , J.A. Goetz , D.R. Burke , C.B. Forest , S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
	NP6.00065: X-ray diagnosis of Lower Hybrid experiments on the MST D.R. Burke , A.F. Almagri , D.J. Clayton , C.B. Forest , J.A. Goetz , M.C. Kaufman , K. Makwana , R. O'Connell , S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
	NP6.00066: Oscillating Field Current Drive Experiments on MST K.J. McCollam , F. Ebrahimi , J.S. Sarff , D.R. Stone , D.J. Den Hartog , G. Fiksel , R. O'Connell , S.C. Prager , D.L. Brower , B.H. Deng , W.X. Ding , D. Craig Preview Abstract
	NP6.00067: Fluctuation-Induced Helicity Transport in Oscillating Field Current Drive Tests on MST D.R. Stone , A. Almagri , G. Fiksel , K.J. McCollam , M.C. Miller , J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
	NP6.00068: Programmable Power Supply for MST's Toroidal Field D.J. Holly , J.R. Adney , A.E. Anders , M.T. Borchardt , B.E. Chapman , J.C. Morin , J.S. Sarff , A.A. Squitieri Preview Abstract
	NP6.00069: Linear Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Drift Modes in a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma Varun Tangri , Paul Terry , R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00070: Kinetic effects in RFP plasma Vladimir Svidzinski , Hui Li , Brian Albright Preview Abstract
	NP6.00071: Numerical Studies of Nonlinear Two Fluid Tearing Modes in Cylindrical RFPs J.R. King , C.R. Sovinec , V.V. Mirnov Preview Abstract
	NP6.00072: Overview of the recent results of RFX-mod M. Spolaore Preview Abstract
	NP6.00073: Current density filaments measured by electrostatic, magnetic and optical diagnostics in RFX-mod N. Vianello , M. Spolaore , M. Agostini , V. Antoni , R. Cavazzana , E. Martines , G. Serianni , P. Scarin , E. Spada , M. Zuin Preview Abstract
	NP6.00074: Helical states with ordered magnetic topology in the Reversed Field Pinch D. Bonfiglio , S. Cappello , M. Gobbin , G. Spizzo Preview Abstract
	NP6.00075: Density limit in the Reversed Field Pinch M.E. Puiatti , M. Agostini , S. Cappello , P. Innocente , R. Lorenzini , R. Paccagnella , I. Predebon , P. Scarin , G. Spizzo , D. Terranova , M. Valisa Preview Abstract
	NP6.00076: Measurements of characteristic pressure profile lengths and comparison to turbulence scale lengths in RFX-mod edge Paolo Scarin , Matteo Agostini , Roberto Cavazzana , Fabio Sattin , Gianluigi Serianni , Monica Spolaore , Nicola Vianello Preview Abstract
	NP6.00077: First experiments of impurity LBO injection in RFX-mod Alessandro Fassina , Alberto Alfier , Federica Bonomo , Lorella Carraro , Gianluca Spizzo , Maria Ester Puiatti , Roberto Pasqualotto , Marco Valisa Preview Abstract
	NP6.00078: An MHD-integrated model for impurity and core transport studies in RFP plasmas I. Predebon , R. Paccagnella , M.E. Puiatti , M. Valisa Preview Abstract
	NP6.00079: Nonlocal L\'{e}vy flight transport in the RFX G. Spizzo , R.B. White , S. Cappello , L. Marrelli Preview Abstract
	NP6.00080: NSTX AND SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
	NP6.00081: NSTX Facility/Research Status and Plans Masayuki Ono Preview Abstract
	NP6.00082: Plasma performance improvements from optimized error field correction in NSTX J.E. Menard , S.P. Gerhardt , D.A. Gates , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00083: Nonlinear Simulation of Plasma Response to the NSTX Error Field J.A. Breslau , J.K. Park , A.H. Boozer , W. Park Preview Abstract
	NP6.00084: NSTX Experiments with Lithium Plasma-Facing Components -- Recent Results and Future Plans H.W. Kugel , D. Mansfield , M.G. Bell , R. Bell , D. Gates , S. Gerhardt , R. Kaita , J. Kallman , S. Kaye , B. LeBlanc , R. Majeski , D. Mueller , S. Paul , A.L. Roquemore , P.W. Ross , H. Schneider , C.H. Skinner , J. Timberlake , S. Sabbagh , V. Soukhanovskii , W.R. Wampler , R. Maingi , J. Wilgen , J.P. Allain , R. Raman Preview Abstract
	NP6.00085: Improved NSTX Plasma Performance with Lithium Aerosol Injection Dennis Mansfield , Lane Roquemore , Henry Kugel , Rajesh Maingi Preview Abstract
	NP6.00086: On some Challenges of Thomson Scattering Measurement in NSTX Benoit LeBlanc Preview Abstract
	NP6.00087: Effects of lithium on chemical sputtering, physical sputtering, and deuterium pumping on graphitic substrates Chase Taylor , Jean-Paul Allain , Bryan Heim , Henry Kugel , Robert Kaita , Charles Skinner , Richard Majeski Preview Abstract
	NP6.00088: Momentum Transport in Electron-Dominated Spherical Torus Plasmas Stanley Kaye , Wayne Solomon , Ron Bell , Benoit LeBlanc , Fred Levinton , Jon Menard , Greg Rewoldt , Steve Sabbagh , Weixing Wang , Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00089: NSTX transport study via density fluctuation measurement of FIReTIP system M. Johnson , K.C. Lee , C.W. Domier , N.C. Luhmann, Jr. , H. Park , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00090: Changes in edge turbulence characteristics across the L-H transition in NSTX S. Kubota , W.A. Peebles , N.A. Crocker , R. Maingi , C.E. Bush , R.J. Maqueda , S.J. Zweben , R.E. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc , T.S. Hahm , G.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
	NP6.00091: Spontaneous Intrinsic Rotation and Changes in Turbulence in Ohmic H-modes on NSTX C.E. Bush , R.E. Bell , S. Kubota , J.-W. Ahn , R.J. Maqueda , S.J. Zweben , B.P. LeBlanc , K.C. Lee , E. Mazzucato , J.B. Wilgen , E.D. Fredrickson , R. Raman , L. Delgado-Aparicio , D. Stutman , K. Tritz , S.M. Kaye Preview Abstract
	NP6.00092: Ion Power Balance in NSTX P.W. Ross , R.E. Bell , D.A. Gates , S. Gerhardt , S.M. Kaye , B.P. LeBlanc , S.S. Medley , R.B. White , M. Podesta Preview Abstract
	NP6.00093: Simulations of ETG-driven turbulent transport in NSTX D.R. Mikkelsen , S.M. Kaye , J. Candy , R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00094: Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulation Challenges in the NSTX Spherical Torus J.L. Peterson , G.W. Hammett , D. Mikkelsen , S. Kaye , J. Candy , R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00095: Ion loss during TAE avalanches in NSTX E.D. Fredrickson , D. Darrow , G. Kramer , N.N. Gorelenkov , S.S. Medley , B. LeBlanc , R.E. Bell , W.W. Heidbrink , D. Liu , M. Podesta , N.A. Crocker , S. Kubota , F.M. Levinton , H. Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00096: Alfv\'{e}n Cascade modes in NSTX:~fast-ion transport and MHD spectroscopy N.A. Crocker , E.D. Fredrickson , N.N. Gorelenkov , W.W. Heidbrink , G.J. Kramer , R.E. Bell , D. Darrow , J. Hosea , S. Kubota , B.P. LeBlanc , K.C. Lee , F.M. Levinton , J.E. Menard , M. Podesta , G. Taylor , H. Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00097: Neutral Beam Ion Loss Accompanying Bursting MHD in NSTX Plasmas Douglass Darrow , Eric Fredrickson , Neal Crocker , Nikolai Gorelenkov , Lane Roquemore , Kouji Shinohara Preview Abstract
	NP6.00098: Correlations of Neutral Particle Analyzer Diagnostics with Instability Bursts D. Liu , W.W. Heidbrink , M. Podest\`a , E.D. Fredrickson , S.S. Medley , R.B. White Preview Abstract
	NP6.00099: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
	NP6.00100: Overview of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Studies in NSTX Stefan Gerhardt , R.J. La Haye , E.J. Strait , R.J. Buttery , D. Brennan , E. Fredrickson , D. Gates , M. Maraschek , J.E. Menard , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00101: Investigation of the Complex Relationship Between Plasma Rotation and Resistive Wall Mode Stabilization in NSTX J.W. Berkery , S.A. Sabbagh , H. Reimerdes , R. Betti , B. Hu , J. Manickam Preview Abstract
	NP6.00102: Multi-energy SXR characterization of actively stabilized resistive wall modes in NSTX Luis F. Delgado-Aparicio , Kevin Trittz , Dan Stutman , Michael Finkenthal , Jeffrey Levesque , Steve Sabbagh , Ronald Bell , Benoit LeBlanc , Stephen Paul Preview Abstract
	NP6.00103: Results and Advances in VALEN Resistive Wall Mode Modeling James Bialek , Long Poe Ku , Allen Boozer , Steven Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00104: Progress on High Harmonic Fast Wave Heating and Current Drive on NSTX P.M. Ryan , L.A. Berry , E.F. Jaeger , J.B. Wilgen , R.E. Bell , J.C. Hosea , B.P. LeBlanc , C.K. Phillips , G. Taylor , E.J. Valeo , J.R. Wilson , H. Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00105: Edge Plasma Properties for HHFW Heating on NSTX J. Hosea , R.E. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc , C.K. Phillips , G. Taylor , J.R. Wilson , E.F. Jaeger , P.M. Ryan , J. Wilgen Preview Abstract
	NP6.00106: Numerical Modeling of HHFW Heating and Current Drive on NSTX C.K. Phillips , R.E. Bell , J.C. Hosea , B.P. LeBlanc , G. Taylor , E.J. Valeo , J.R. Wilson , L.A. Berry , E.F. Jaeger , P.M. Ryan , J.B. Wilgen , P.T. Bonoli , J.C. Wright , R.W. Harvey , H.Y. Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00107: Comparison of a New Self-Adjoint Calculation of NSTX High Harmonic Current Drive with CQL3D R.W. Harvey , A.P. Smirnov , C.K. Phillips , G. Taylor , J.C. Hosea , D. McCune , B. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
	NP6.00108: Profiles of Fast Ions Accelerated by High-Harmonic Fast-Wave Heating in NSTX E. Ruskov , D. Liu , W. Heidbrink , M. Podesta , R. Bell , E. Fredrickson , J. Hosea , S. Medley , R. Harvey Preview Abstract
	NP6.00109: Investigation of EBW Coupling and Propagation in H-Mode Plasmas in NSTX S.J. Diem , G. Taylor , P.C. Efthimion , H. Kugel , B.P. LeBlanc , C.K. Phillips , J.B. Caughman , J.B. Wilgen , J. Preinhaelter , J. Urban , S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00110: Ramp-up of CHI initiated plasmas on NSTX D. Mueller , R. Raman , M.G. Bell , T.R. Jarboe , A.L. Roquemore , B.A. Nelson Preview Abstract
	NP6.00111: GENERAL SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
	NP6.00112: Edge and Scrape-off Layer Diagnostics for the NSTX Liquid Lithium Divertor J. Kallman , R. Kaita , H. Kugel , R. Ellis , S. Gerhardt , M.A. Jaworski , A.L. Roquemore , S. Zweben Preview Abstract
	NP6.00113: Dependence of SOL widths on plasma parameters in NSTX Joon-Wook Ahn , Rajesh Maingi , Jose Boedo , Vlad Soukhanovskii , Ben LeBlanc , Robert Kaita Preview Abstract
	NP6.00114: Separatrix location in NSTX Frederick Kelly , Rajesh Maingi , Ricky Maqueda , Jon Menard , Ben LeBlanc , Ron Bell , Stephen Paul Preview Abstract
	NP6.00115: Reduced-model (SOLT) validation from comparisons with GPI data on NSTX D.A. Russell , D.A. D'Ippolito , J.R. Myra , R. Maqueda , T.L. Munsat , D.P. Stotler , S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	NP6.00116: Velocity Field Analysis of Edge Turbulence Images from NSTX B.T. Brown , T. Munsat , R. Maqueda , S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
	NP6.00117: Maximum Controllable Displacement: Experimental Results from NSTX, and Comparison with Theoretical Results and Other Tokamaks Egemen Kolemen , David Gates Preview Abstract
	NP6.00118: Model-based Robust Shape Control Design for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Majed Alsarheed , Eugenio Schuster , Jim Leuer , Michael Walker , David Humphreys , David Gates Preview Abstract
	NP6.00119: Measurement of poloidal velocity on NSTX R.E. Bell , R. Feder Preview Abstract
	NP6.00120: Investigation of microtearing instability in NSTX with X-ray diagnostics K.L. Wong , K. Tritz , D.R. Smith , K. Hill , S. Kaye , A.L. Roquemore Preview Abstract
	NP6.00121: NSTX high-speed color camera as a low-resolution survey spectrometer A.L. Roquemore , R.E. Bell , R. Kaita , D. Mueller , W. Davis , R.J. Maqueda , C. Bush Preview Abstract
	NP6.00122: The Motional Stark Effect (MSE) Diagnostic on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Fred Levinton , Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
	NP6.00123: Development of a 2-D Ion Velocity Diagnostic on NSTX Using the SWIFT Camera S. Paul , R. Bell , A. Lane Roquemore , N. Nishino Preview Abstract
	NP6.00124: LoWEUS, the Long Wavelength Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer, on the NSTX tokamak Jaan Lepson , Peter Beiersdorfer , Manfred Bitter , Layne Roquemore , Gretchen Zimmer Preview Abstract
	NP6.00125: High Bandwidth FIReTIP Operation on NSTX W-C. Tsai , C.W. Domier , K.C. Lee , N.C. Luhmann, Jr. , H.K. Park Preview Abstract
	NP6.00126: Preliminary report of the U.S. Spherical Torus Coordinating Committee on proposed ST Strategic Plan Y.K. Martin Peng , William Dorland , Donald Hillis , Rob LaHaye , Fred Levinton , Richard Majeski , Jon Menard , Steve Sabbagh , Aaron Sontag Preview Abstract
	NP6.00127: Initial operation and performance projections for the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Majeski , L. Berzak , T. Gray , R. Kaita , T. Kozub , D.P. Lundberg , J. Manickam , K. Snieckus , D. Stotler , T. Strickler , J. Timberlake , J. Yoo , L. Zakharov , C.L. Ellison , G.V. Pereverzev , V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
	NP6.00128: Construction of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) Thomas Kozub , Richard Majeski , Robert Kaita , Laura Berzak , Daniel Lundberg , Trevor Strickler , Robert Woolley , Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
	NP6.00129: Thomson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature and Density on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) T. Strickler , R. Majeski , R. Kaita , B. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
	NP6.00130: Initial Magnetics Data from the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment L. Berzak , R. Kaita , T. Kozub , D.P. Lundberg , R. Majeski , T. Strickler , K. Snieckus , L. Zakharov , C.L. Ellison Preview Abstract
	NP6.00131: Electron Density Diagnostics on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) D.P. Lundberg , L. Berzak , R. Kaita , T. Kozub , R. Majeski , K. Snieckus , T. Strickler , C.L. Ellison Preview Abstract
	NP6.00132: Three Potential LiWall regimes in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Jongsoo Yoo , Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
	NP6.00133: MHD stability limits in LTX Janardhan Manickam , Richard Majeski , Robert Kaita , Jongsoo Yoo , Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
	NP6.00134: Overview of the Pegasus toroidal experiment A.C. Sontag , D.J. Battaglia , M.W. Bongard , J.A. Cole , C.C. Hegna , E.T. Hinson , B.A. Kujak-Ford , B.T. Lewicki , A.J. Redd , A.P. Robinson , A.R. Wiersma , G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00135: Non-solenoidal startup in Pegasus discharges A.J. Redd , D.J. Battaglia , M.W. Bongard , E.T. Hinson , B.A. Kujak-Ford , B.T. Lewicki , A.C. Sontag , G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00136: Characterization of edge instabilities in the Pegasus toroidal experiment M.W. Bongard , D.J. Battaglia , J.A. Cole , C.C. Hegna , E.T. Hinson , A.J. Redd , A.C. Sontag , G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00137: Edge density and temperature measurements on the Pegasus toroidal experiment using Langmuir probe arrays E.T. Hinson , D.J. Battaglia , M.W. Bongard , A.J. Redd , A.C. Sontag , G.W. Winz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00138: Pegasus power system facility upgrades B.T. Lewicki , B.A. Kujak-Ford , G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
	NP6.00139: Computational study of a non-ohmic flux compression startup method for spherical tokamaks J.B. O'Bryan , C.R. Sovinec , D.J. Battaglia , T.M. Bird Preview Abstract
	NP6.00140: The Dynamics of Flux Amplification of Coaxial Helicity Injection on the HIT-II Spherical Torus R.J. Smith , T.R. Jarboe , B.A. Nelson Preview Abstract
	NP6.00141: Recent Progress in TS-4 and UTST ST Merging Experiments Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract

APS Meetings

50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Session NP6: Poster Session V: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas; Basic Plasma Physics and Simulation; MST, RFX-MOD, and Reversed Field Pinch; NSTX and Spherical Torus; General Spherical Torus