Invited Speakers

Ahn, Joon-Wook
ORNL
Session JI2.00006 Modification of divertor heat and particle flux profiles with 3-D fields in NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Amendt, P.
LLNL
Session TI3.00006 The Potential Role of Electric Fields and Plasma Barotropic Diffusion on the Inertial Confinement Fusion Database Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Auerbach, David
University of California, Los Angeles
Session GI3.00001 Control of pressure-gradient-driven instabilities using shear Alfv\'en Beat-Waves Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Awe, T.J.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Session UI3.00004 Magnetic field threshold for thermal plasma formation from an aluminum surface pulsed to multi-megagauss magnetic field Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Azechi, Hiroshi
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
Session TI3.00002 Fast Ignition Realization Experiments (FIREX) and Beyond Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Baeva, Teodora
Rutherford Appleton Lab, United Kingdom
Session XI3.00004 Novel zero vector potential mechanism of absorption in strongly relativistic plasmas Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Belova, Elena
PPPL
Session TI2.00003 Numerical Modeling of NBI-driven sub-cyclotron frequency modes in NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Bergerson, W.F.
University of California, Los Angeles
Session BI3.00005 Core measurements of 3D effects in quasi-single-helicity plasmas in the MST RFP Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Beurskens, Marc
JET-EFDA, Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB, Abingdon, UK, EURATOM/CCFE Fusion Association, Culham Sc. Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
Session GI2.00005 H-Mode Pedestal Scaling in DIII-D, AUG and JET Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Boldyrev, Stanislav
UW-Madison
Session WR1.00001 Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Room: Grand Ballroom CD/EF
Breizman, Boris
Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Session XI2.00001 Nonlinear Energetic Particle Modes with Time-dependent Frequencies Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Burke, B.
UW-Madison
Session GI2.00003 Nonlinear Evolution of Edge Localized MHD Instabilities: A Comparison of Peeling and Ballooning-Dominated Equilibria Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Canik, J.
Session JI2.00001 Edge transport and turbulence reduction, and formation of ultra-wide pedestals with lithium coated PFCs in NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Chang, Chao
Tsinghua University
Session CI2.00006 Review theories and experiments of improving HPM window breakdown thresholds Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Che, Haihong
University of Colorado,Boulder,CO
Session XI3.00002 Breaking field lines during magnetic reconnection: it's turbulent electron viscosity and not anomalous resistivity Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Chen, James
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory
Session JT3.00001 Physics of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs): Theory and Observation Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Chen, Yang
University of Colorado-Boulder
Session TI2.00002 Kinetic Stability of Alpha Driven TAEs in ITER Plasmas Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Cole, A.J.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Session PI2.00005 Peak Neoclassical Toroidal Viscous Force in DIII-D Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Collette, A.
Session GI3.00002 Structure of an Exploding Laser-Produced Plasma Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Daughton, W.
LANL, Los Alamos, NM
Session UI2.00001 Formation and Interaction of Flux Ropes in 3D Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Drake, James
University of Maryland
Session SR1.00001 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics: The Physics of Magnetic Reconnection and Associated Particle Acceleration Room: Grand Ballroom CD/EF
Feng, Yan
The University of Iowa
Session XI2.00005 Experimental Measurement of Viscoelasticity of Strongly-Coupled Dusty Plasma Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Fetterman, Abraham
Princeton University
Session XI3.00001 Wave induced supersonic rotation in mirrors Room: Grand Ballroom EF
French, Martin
Universit\"at Rostock
Session UI3.00001 Ab initio calculations of the equations of state for hydrogen, helium, and water and the relevance to the giant planets Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Gaillard, S.A.
ForschungsZentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Session NI3.00004 Laser-accelerated protons above 65 MeV via Direct Laser-Light-Pressure Acceleration in micro-cone targets Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Gekelman, Walter
UCLA Dept of Physics
Session AR1.00001 The many faces of the Shear Alfv\'{e}n Wave Room: Grand Ballroom CD/EF
Gobbin, M.
Consorzio RFX, Associazione Euratom-ENEA sulla fusione, Padova, Italy
Session BI3.00003 Three-dimensional equilibria and transport in RFX-mod: a description using stellarator tools Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Goerler, Tobias
IPP, Garching
Session NI2.00001 Flux-driven global gyrokinetic simulation of tokamak turbulence Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Goncharov, V.N.
Session QI3.00001 Low-Adiabat, High-Compression Cryogenic Deuterium--Tritium Implosions on OMEGA Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Guo, Houyang
Tri Alpha Energy
Session DI3.00001 Formation of a Long-Lived Hot Field Reversed Configuration by Merging Two Colliding High-$\beta$ Compact Toroids Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Haan, S.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session BI2.00001 Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 NIF ignition campaign Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Hammel, B.A.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session BI2.00006 Diagnosing and Controlling Mix in NIF Implosion Experiments Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Hatch, David
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session XI2.00002 Subdominant Stable Eigenmodes in Plasma Microturbulenc Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Hebner, Greg
Sandia National Laboratories
Session CI2.00001 Current fundamental science challenges in low temperature plasma science that impact energy security and international competitiveness Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Hershkowitz, Noah
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Session CI2.00003 Experimental test of instability-enhanced collisional friction for determining ion loss in two ion species plasmas Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Hinkel, D.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session BI2.00002 Stimulated Raman scatter analyses of experiments conducted at the National Ignition Facility Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Holland, C.
Session NI2.00005 Advances in Validating Gyrokinetic Turbulence Models in L and H mode Plasmas Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Huang, C.
Session NI3.00003 Improving beam spectral and spatial quality by double-foil target in laser ion acceleration for ion-driven fast ignition Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Hubbard, A.E.
PSFC - MIT
Session PI2.00006 I-Mode regime with an edge energy transport barrier but no particle barrier in Alcator C-Mod Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Jacobs, Brett
UCLA
Session CI2.00004 Temporally-resolved ion velocity distribution measurements in a radio-frequency plasma sheath Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Kalmykov, S.
Session KI3.00003 Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble: toward a dark current free GeV-scale laser plasma accelerator Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Katz, N.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Session XI2.00006 Experimental Investigation of the Trigger Problem in Magnetic Reconnection Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Kyrala, George
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Session BI2.00005 Symmetry Tuning for Ignition Capsules via the Symcap Technique Room: Grand Ballroom CD
LaBombard, B.
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Session JI2.00004 Scaling of the power exhaust channel in Alcator C-Mod Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Lampe, Martin
NRL (now retired)
Session CI2.00005 Traveling wave model for laser-guided discharges Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Lanctot, M.J.
Columbia University
Session BI3.00002 Measurement and Modeling of 3D Equilibria in DIII-D Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Lang, Jianying
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Session TI2.00006 Nonlinear Simulation of Energetic Particle-driven Alfv\'en Instability with Source and Sink Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Lee, Gyung-Su
President, National Fusion Research Inst. in Korea and Chair, Mgmt. Advisory Comm., ITER Council
Session LE2.00001 Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Loarte, Alberto
ITER Organization, 13067 Saint Paul lez Durance Cedex, France
Session LE2.00002 Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Loarte, Alberto
ITER Organization, 13067 Saint Paul lez Durance Cedex, France
Session JI2.00005 High confinement/high radiated power H-mode experiments in Alcator C-Mod and consequences for ITER Q$_{DT}$=10 operation Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Lundh, O.
Lund University and Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee
Session XI3.00006 Temporal characterization of ultrashort electron beams, optically injected and accelerated in a laser-wakefield Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Mahajan, S.
Inst. Fusion Sudies, U. Texas at Austin
Session XI3.00005 Twisting space-time: Relativistic origin of seed magnetic field/ vorticity Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Malyshkin, Leonid
University of Chicago, CMSO
Session UI2.00002 Fast and slow two-fluid magnetic reconnection Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Menard, J.
Session GI2.00006 Role of plasma edge region in global stability on NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Mithaiwala, M.
NRL
Session XI2.00004 Universally Unstable Nature of Velocity Ring Distributions Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Moses, Edward
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session MR1.00001 Overview of the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) Room: Grand Ballroom CD/EF
Muller, S.H.
Session PI2.00003 Evidence of an Edge Momentum Source in DIII-D H-mode Plasmas and Role of the Reynolds Stress for Intrinsic Rotation Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Mynick, H.E.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Session BI3.00004 Minimizing stellarator turbulent transport by geometric optimization Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Najmudin, Z.
Imperial College London
Session NI3.00005 Monoenergetic proton beams accelerated by radiation pressure driven shocks Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Nelson, Brad
Chief Engineer, U.S. ITER Project Office
Session LE2.00004 Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Nilson, P.M.
Imperial College London
Session TI3.00003 High-Intensity Laser-to-Hot-Electron Conversion Efficiency from 1 to 2100 J Using the OMEGA EP Laser System Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Obenschain, S.P.
Session QI3.00002 Inertial Fusion Target Physics Advantages with the Krypton Fluoride Laser Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Offermann, D.T.
LANL
Session NI3.00006 Characterization and Focusing of Light Ion Beams Generated by Ultra-Intensely Irradiated Thin Foils at the Kilojoule Scale Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Okabayashi, M.
PPPL
Session TI2.00005 Off-axis Fishbone-like Instability and Excitation of the Resistive Wall Mode (RWM) in JT-60U and DIII-D Devices Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Ostrikov, Kostya
Plasma Nanoscience Center Australia (PNCA), CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, P. O. Box 218, Lindfield NSW 2070, Australia
Session CI2.00002 Nanoscale control of energy and matter in plasma-surface interactions: towards energy-efficient nanotech Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Oz, E.
PPPL
Session UI2.00006 Experimental Study of Equilibrium and Stability of Partial Toroidal Plasma Discharges Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Park, Jong-Kyu
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Session PI2.00001 Response of Tokamaks to Non-axisymmetric Magnetic Perturbations Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Perkins, L.J.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session PT3.00001 The Physics of Advanced High-Gain Targets for Inertial Fusion Energy Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Perkins, Rory
California Institute of Technology
Session XI2.00003 Wheels within wheels: Hamiltonian dynamics as a hierarchy of action variables Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Pochelon, A.
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL/CRPP, Association Euratom-Suisse, Switzerland
Session NI2.00006 Turbulence and transport reduction with innovative plasma shapes in TCV -- correlation ECE measurement and gyrokinetic simulations Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Qin, Hong
Session KI3.00002 Generalized Courant-Snyder theory and Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij distribution for high intensity beams in coupled transverse focusing lattices Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Raman, R.
UWa
Session DI3.00004 Demonstration of Inductive Flux Saving by Transient CHI on NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Recoules, Vanina
CEA, France
Session UI3.00002 Ab Initio Determination of Thermal Conductivities for Dense Hydrogen and CH Plasmas at ICF conditions Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Reusch, J.A.
UW-Madison
Session DI3.00003 Simulated and Measured Electron Thermal Transport with Varying Magnetic Stochasticity in the MST RFP Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Robinson, Alex
STFC
Session NI3.00002 Radiation Pressure Acceleration of Ions Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Ryutov, D.D.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
Session CT3.00001 Magneto-hydrodynamically stable axisymmetric mirrors Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Saitoh, Haruhiko
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
Session GI3.00005 Formation of High-Beta Plasma and Stable Confinement of Toroidal Electron Plasma in RT-1 Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Schaffer, M.J.
General Atomics
Session BI3.00001 ITER Test Blanket Module Error Field Simulation Experiments Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Schmidt, A.E.
PSFC - MIT
Session TI2.00004 Investigation of LH Physics Through Power Modulation Experiments on C-Mod Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Sinars, Daniel
Sandia National Laboratories
Session UI3.00003 Measurements of magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth in solid liners on the 20 MA Z facility Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Soukhanovskii, V.
LLNL
Session JI2.00002 Taming the Plasma Material Interface with the ``Snowflake'' Divertor in NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Spong, D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session BI3.00006 3D effects on energetic particle confinement and stability Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Staebler, G.M.
General Atomics
Session PI2.00004 Discoveries From the Exploration of Gyrokinetic Momentum Transport Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Startsev, E.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Session KI3.00001 Novel Hamiltonian method for collective dynamics analysis of an intense charged particle beam propagating through a periodic focusing quadrupole lattice Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Surko, C.M.
University of California, San Diego
Session FR1.00001 Plasmas as the Drivers for Science with Antimatter Room: Grand Ballroom CD/EF
Theiler, C.
CRPP, Association EURATOM - Swiss Confederation, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Session GI3.00004 Blob motion and control in simple magnetized plasmas Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Theobald, W.
LLE
Session TI3.00001 Integrated Fast-Ignition Core-Heating Experiments on OMEGA Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Tobias, B.
University of California at Davis
Session GI2.00002 Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging of MHD Activity on the DIII-D, TEXTOR, ASDEX-U, and KSTAR Tokamaks Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Tommasini, R.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session QI3.00004 Compton Radiography of Imploded Capsule Shells Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Town, R.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session BI2.00004 Quantitative Analysis Of The 2009 National Ignition Facility Ignition Hohlraum Energetics Experiments Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Townsend, Richard
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session UI2.00003 Magnetic Braking of Massive Stars: Observation and Theory Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Tritz, K.
Session PI2.00002 Effects of Global Alfven Eigenmodes on Electron Thermal Transport in NSTX Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Umansky, M.V.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session GI3.00003 Toward validation of a 3-D plasma turbulence model using LAPD data Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Van Dam, James
Director, U.S. Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO)
Session LE2.00003 Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Van Zeeland, M.A.
Session TI2.00001 Alfv\'en Eigenmodes and Fast Ion Loss in the DIII-D and ASDEX-Upgrade Tokamaks Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Wan, Weigang
University of Colorado
Session NI2.00004 Natural Fueling of the Core and Edge in a Tokamak Fusion Reactor Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Wang, E.
LLNL
Session NI2.00003 Magnetic stochasticity in gyrokinetic simulations of plasma microturbulence Room: Grand Ballroom CD
Wei, M.S.
UCSD
Session TI3.00005 Fast electron transport in laser-driven shock heated warm dense matter and its implication for fast ignition Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Welch, D.
Voss Scientific
Session UI3.00005 Kinetic simulations of a deuterium-tritium z pinch with $>$10$^{16}$ neutron yield Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Willingale, L.
University of Michigan and Imperial College London
Session TI3.00004 High-power, kilojoule class laser channeling in millimeter scale underdense plasma Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Yampolsky, Nikolai
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Session KI3.00004 Detuning, wavebreaking, and Landau damping as limiting effects on laser compression by resonant backward Raman scattering Room: Grand Ballroom EF
Yan, Z.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session GI2.00004 Pressure-Gradient-Limiting Instability Dynamics in the H-mode Pedestal on DIII-D Room: Grand Ballroom CD