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Nov 2 2009 8:00AM, Monday
Session AR1 Review: Realizing Steady State Tokamak Operation for Fusion Energy
Chair: Steven Allen, LLNL/General Atomics Room: Centennial I-II
Invited Speakers: T.C. Luce
Nov 2 2009 9:30AM, Monday
Session BI2 Reconnection in Laboratory and Space
Chair: Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: Yi-Min Huang, Eric Lawrence, V. Roytershteyn, A. Le, G. Fiksel
Session BI3 Advances in Tokamaks: Core and Edge Physics
Chair: Robert Granetz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: Wojciech Fundamenski, Jiangang Li, Natalia Krasheninnikova
Session BO4 Magnetic Confinement Theory, Simulation and Modeling Chair: Don Batchelor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: Regency VI
Session BO5 Hohlraum Physics Chair: Mordecai Rosen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Hanover CDE
Session BO6 Microwaves, Compton Scattering and Accelerator Physics Chair: Kevin Felch, CPI Room: Hanover FG
Session BP8 Poster Session I: Plasma Sources and Boundaries; Gyrokinetics and Turbulence; Complex, Non-neutral and Other Novel Plasmas Room: Grand Hall East
Session BM9 Mini-Conference on Innovative Magnetic Mirror Concepts and Applications I Chair: Xianzhu Tang, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: The Learning Center
Nov 2 2009 2:00PM, Monday
Session CI2 Accelerators, Beam Dynamics and Radiation
Chair: Joe Kwan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: A. Friedman, Igor Kaganovich, Diktys Stratakis, Alexander Vlasov, Gregory Werner
Session CT3 Tutorial: Flow driven MHD Instabilities in Weakly Magnetized Laboratory Experiments: Dynamos and MRI
Chair: Dylan Brennan, University of Tulsa Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: C.B. Forest
Session CO4 DIII-D Tokamak Chair: Michael Mauel, Columbia University Room: Regency VI
Session CO5 Equation of State, Strength, and Hydrodynamics Chair: Tom Boehly, University of Rochester Room: Hanover CDE
Session CO6 Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence Chair: William Daughton, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Hanover FG
Session CO7 Low Temperature Plasmas I Chair: Michael Keidar, George Washington University Room: Regency VII
Session CP8 Poster Session II: Diagnostics, Heating, Current Drive; Diagnostics, Laser Plasma Interactions, and Fast Ignition Room: Grand Hall East
Session CM9 Mini-Conference on Innovative Magnetic Mirror Concepts and Applications II Chair: E. Bick Hooper, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: The Learning Center
Nov 2 2009 3:00PM, Monday
Session DI3 Gyrokinetic Theory and Simulation
Chair: Ronald Waltz, General Atomics Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: Michael Barnes, J. Candy, Felix I. Parra, Andris Dimits
Nov 2 2009 5:30PM, Monday
Session EE1 Panel Discussion: Tools Needed to Survive in Science Room: Regency VI
Nov 2 2009 7:00PM, Monday
Session EE2 University Fusion Association General Meeting, including Town Meeting on DOE Research Needs Workshops Room: Hanover CDE
Nov 2 2009 9:00PM, Monday
Session EE3 Town Hall Meeting on the High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma Research Needs Workshop Room: Hanover FG
Nov 3 2009 8:00AM, Tuesday
Session FR1 Review: Ion Acceleration using Ultra-high Intensity Lasers
Chair: Chan Joshi, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Centennial I-II
Invited Speakers: K. Krushelnick
Nov 3 2009 9:30AM, Tuesday
Session GI2 Micro and Low-temperature Plasmas
Chair: Martin Lampe, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: Osamu Sakai, Dmytro Sydorenko, S.D. Baalrud, Jeffrey Hopwood, T.R. Weber, M. Keidar
Session GI3 Islands, Kinks and Sawteeth
Chair: Jill Foley, Nova Photonics, Inc Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: A.D. Turnbull, R.J. La Haye, H.D. Stephens, L.J. Zheng
Session GO4 C MOD Tokamak Chair: Steve Allen, LLNL/General Atomics Room: Regency VI
Session GO5 Z-pinches, X-pinches, and Dense Plasma Focus Chair: Mike Cuneo, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Hanover CDE
Session GO6 Laser Acceleration and Transport; Radiation and FELs Chair: Carl Schroeder, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Hanover FG
Session GP8 Poster Session III: ITER, General Tokamak, Simulation and Modeling; MHD, Linear and Nonlinear Phenomena; Waves and Instabilities in Basic Plasmas Room: Grand Hall East
Session GM9 Mini-Conference on Unsteady Reconnection in Laboratory and Nature I: Reconnection Rate and Dynamics Chair: Giovanni Lapenta, Centre for Space Weather, Leuven, Belgium Room: Regency V
Nov 3 2009 1:00PM, Tuesday
Session HE1 Town Meeting on Concerns of Junior Scientists Room: The Learning Center
Nov 3 2009 2:00PM, Tuesday
Session JI2 ICF Compression, Equations of State and Z-pinches
Chair: Tom Mehlhorn, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: Marcus Knudson, M.A. Barrios, Sebastien LePape, C. Jennings, M. Karasik, S.A. Slutz
Session JT3 Tutorial: Verification and Validation for Magnetic Fusion: Moving Toward Predictive Capability
Chair: Bill Heidbrink, University of California, Irvine Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers:
Session JO4 NSTX Spherical Torus Chair: Houyang Guo, Tri Alpha Energy Room: Regency VI
Session JO5 Laser-plasma Coupling at Long Scale Lengths Chair: Larry Suter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Hanover CDE
Session JO6 Waves, Turbulence, and Boundary Effects in Laboratory and Space Plasmas I Chair: Mark Gilmore, University of New Mexico Room: Hanover FG
Session JP8 Poster Session IV: Education and Outreach; Undergraduate and High School Research; DIII-D Tokamak II; Laser and Plasma Based Accelerators Room: Grand Hall East
Session JM9 Mini-Conference on Unsteady Reconnection in Laboratory and Nature II: Impulsive Reconnection and Onset Chair: Tom Intrator, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Regency V
Nov 3 2009 3:00PM, Tuesday
Session KI3 Turbulent Transport Measurement and Modeling
Chair: Chris Holland, University of California, San Diego Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: A.E. White, Liang Lin, J.C. DeBoo, D.L. Brower
Nov 3 2009 7:30PM, Tuesday
Session LE2 Town Meeting: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Koonin, Undersecretary for Science, Department of Energy Chair: Amitava Bhattacharjee, University of New Hampshire Room: Centennial I
Nov 4 2009 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session MR1 Review: Physics Progress of Reversed Field Pinch Magnetic Confinement
Chair: Stewart Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Centennial I-II
Invited Speakers: J.S. Sarff
Nov 4 2009 9:30AM, Wednesday
Session NI2 ICF Capsules and Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Chair: David Meyerhofer, University of Rochester Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: O.L. Landen, T.C. Sangster, Kelly Vaughan, J.A. Frenje, Hye-Sook Park
Session NI3 Plasma Rotation and Helical Equilibria
Chair: Eric Fredrickson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: J.D. Callen, W.M. Solomon, R.E. Bell, M. Zarnstorff, Piero Martin, J. Lore
Session NO4 International Tokamak Research and ITER Chair: Raffi Nazikian, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Regency VI
Session NO5 Fast Ignition Chair: Richard Petrasso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Hanover CDE
Session NO6 Complex Plasmas Chair: Jeremiah Williams, Wittenberg University Room: Hanover FG
Session NP8 Poster Session V: Electron and Ion Beams and Radiation Generation; Low Temperature Plasmas; Pinches, Equations of State, and Simulations; Edge Room: Grand Hall East
Session NM9 Mini-Conference on Unsteady Reconnection in Laboratory and Nature III: 3D Reconnection and Diffusion Region Chair: Yasushi Ono, University of Tokyo Room: Regency V
Nov 4 2009 2:00PM, Wednesday
Session PI2 Tokamak Physics: Edge, Scrape-off Layer and Wall
Chair: Andrea Garofalo, General Atomics Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: L. Sugiyama, Elena de la Luna, R. Maingi, Masahiro Kobayashi, Dennis Whyte
Session PT3 Tutorial: ICF Ignition: The Lawson Criterion, and Comparison with MFE Ignition
Chair: Debra Callahan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: R. Betti
Session PO5 High-intensity Short-pulse Laser Plasma Interactions Chair: Christina Back, General Atomics Room: Hanover CDE
Session PO6 Waves, Turbulence, and Boundary Effects in Laboratory and Space Plasmas II Chair: Bill Dorland, University of Maryland Room: Hanover FG
Session PP8 Poster Session VI: C-Mod; NSTX and General Spherical Torus; Simulation and Modeling of Basic Plasma Phenomena Room: Grand Hall East
Session PM9 Mini-Conference on Unsteady Reconnection in Laboratory and Nature IV: Turbulence and Multiple Reconnections Chair: Masaaki Yamada, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Regency V
Nov 4 2009 3:00PM, Wednesday
Session QI3 ICF and Ignition
Chair: Debra Callahan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: N. Meezan, Dustin Froula, P. Michel, K. Widmann
Nov 4 2009 5:15PM, Wednesday
Session RE1 DPP Business Meeting Room: Hanover FG
Nov 4 2009 6:30PM, Wednesday
Session RE2 Reception and Banquet Room: Centennial III/IV
Nov 5 2009 8:00AM, Thursday
Session SR1 Maxwell Prize Address: Taming Magnetically Confined Plasmas with RF Waves: A Historical Perspective
Chair: Ronald Davidson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Centennial I-II
Invited Speakers: M. Porkolab
Nov 5 2009 9:30AM, Thursday
Session TI2 Flows and Turbulence in Laboratory and Space
Chair: William Amatucci, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: Alfred Wong, Earl Scime, Jean C. Perez, T.A. Carter, P.H. Diamond
Session TI3 RF in Tokamaks and ITER
Chair: Paul Bonoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: M. Choi, Gary Taylor, S. Shiraiwa, G.L. Jackson, Andrei Smolyakov
Session TO4 Laser Wakefield Accelerators and Radiation Sources Chair: David Bruhwiler, Tech-X Corporation Room: Regency VI
Session TO5 ICF Simulations and Target Fabrications Chair: Chuang Ren, University of Rochester Room: Hanover CDE
Session TO6 Laboratory Astrophysics Chair: Bruce Remington, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Hanover FG
Session TO7 Shock Ignition, Diagnostics, and X-ray Sources Chair: Roberto Mancini, University of Nevada Room: Regency VII
Session TP8 Poster Session VII: DIII-D Tokamak III; MST, RFP, and Stellarator; Magnetic Reconnection; Magneto-Inertial-Fusion Room: Grand Hall East
Nov 5 2009 2:00PM, Thursday
Session UI2 Laser Wakefield Acceleration and Solid Target Interactions
Chair: Michael Downer, University of Texas Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: Anthony Gonsalves, Joseph Ralph, Samuel Martins, F.N. Beg, A. Kemp
Session UI3 Basic Plasmas: Novel Plasmas in Laboratory and Space
Chair: Matthew Stoneking, Lawrence University Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: C.F. Driscoll, Michael Drewsen, Jon Eggert, B. Coppi, D.J. Ampleford, David Speirs
Session UO4 Research In Support of ITER Chair: Rich Hawryluk, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Regency VI
Session UO5 Compression and Burn Chair: Richard Town, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Hanover CDE
Session UO6 Basic Plasma Phenomena: Theory and Simulation Chair: Gurudas Ganguli, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Hanover FG
Session UO7 Magneto Inertial Fusion & Neutron Generation Chair: James Degnan, Kirtland AFRL Room: Regency VII
Session UP8 Poster Session VIII: Alternates; Turbulence, Transport, and Stability; Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Room: Grand Hall East
Nov 6 2009 8:00AM, Friday
Session WR1 Review: Applied Spectroscopy in Pulsed Power Plasmas
Chair: Amitava Bhattacharjee, University of New Hampshire Room: Centennial I-II
Invited Speakers:
Nov 6 2009 9:30AM, Friday
Session XI2 High Energy Density Physics and High Performance Capsule Implosions
Chair: Gail Glendinning, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Centennial I
Invited Speakers: J.P. Knauer, E.C. Harding, Hideaki Habara, H.F. Robey
Session XI3 Energetic Particles
Chair: Nikolai Gorelenkov, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Centennial II
Invited Speakers: Herbert Berk, E.M. Bass, W.L. Zhang, E.M. Hollmann, R.B. White, C.D. Cothran
Session XP8 Poster Session IX: Supplemental and Post-Deadline Posters Room: Grand Hall East
Nov 6 2009 12:35PM, Friday
Session YR1 Door Prize Drawing Chair: Tom Antonsen, University of Maryland Room: Centennial I