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Session JP9: Poster Session IV: Education and Outreach; Undergraduate and High School Research; Heating and Current Drive; Fast Ignition and High Intensity Laser Plasma Interaction

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Room: Riverside West





JP9.00001: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH


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JP9.00002: The Creation of a PPPL-NASA Collaboration for Science Education
Andrew Zwicker , John DeLooper , James T. Morgan , Jerry L. Ross , Stephanie A. Wissel

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JP9.00003: Longitudinal Study of the Impact of attending the PPPL NUF/SULI Program on Undergraduates' Careers
Stephanie Wissel , James Morgan , Jacqueline Fierroz , Jerry Ross , Andrew Zwicker

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JP9.00004: A New Energy-Centered Curriculum for Community College Students
Kevin Johnson , Jingrong Haung , Andrew Zwicker

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JP9.00005: An Experimental Undergraduate Laboratory Plasma Station
Jerry Ross , Andrew Zwicker

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JP9.00006: Enhancing DC Glow Discharge Tube Museuum Displays using a Theremin Controlled Helmholtz Coil to Demonstrate Magnetic Confinement
Theodore Siu , Stephanie Wissel , Larry Guttadora , Susan Liao , Andrew Zwicker

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JP9.00007: Development of a DC Glow Discharge Exhibit for the Demonstration of Plasma Behavior in a Magnetic Field
Daniel Bruder

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JP9.00008: CPS Seminars on Capitol Hill
Lee Berry

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JP9.00009: UNDERGRADUATE AND HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCH


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JP9.00010: Interactive Plasma Physics Education Using Data from Fusion Experiments
Brisa Calderon , Bill Davis , Andrew Zwicker

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JP9.00011: Effects of Errors of Velocity Modulation on Maximum Longitudinal Drift Compression of an Intense Neutralized Ion Beam
S. Massidda , I. Kaganovich , E. Startsev , R. Davidson

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JP9.00012: Computational Analysis of Tritium Production from Lithium-6
Jennifer Zelenty , Charles Gentile , Courtney Kaita

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JP9.00013: Development of a Mode Beat Frequency Detection Program for Use with NSTX Data
Charlotte Johanna Blumenfeld , E.L. Foley

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JP9.00014: Visualization and Analysis Tools for Next-Generation Tokamak Fusion Devices
Robert Kastner , Charles Kessel , R.J. Hawryluk , Eliot Feibush , Matthew Milano , Ben Phillips

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JP9.00015: Measurement of the Emissivity of Liquid Gallium Alloy for Temperature Measurements of Free-Surface Flows
A. Arthurs , J. Rhoads , E. Edlund , E. Spence , H. Ji

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JP9.00016: Temperature Effects on Critical Current and Skin Time of High Temperature Superconducting Flux Conservers for Field Reversed Configuration Experiments
Matthew R. Edwards , Clayton E. Myers , S.A. Cohen

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JP9.00017: Measurements and Analysis of Collective-Mode Oscillations of the Beam Envelope in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX)
L. D'Imperio , E.P. Gilson , R.C. Davidson , P. C. Efthimion , R. Majeski , H. Wang

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JP9.00018: Preparation of the motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic for installation on NSTX
M.D. Bern , E.L. Foley

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JP9.00019: Pre-Lithium Langmuir Probe results from Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX)
D. Sobers , M. Lucia , S. Gershman , R. Majeski , R. Kaita , L. Berzak , C. Jacobson , T. Kozub , D. Lundberg , R. Marsala , K. Sneieckus , J. Taylor

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JP9.00020: Evaluation of an Electrostatic Dust Removal System with Potential Application in Next-Step Fusion Devices
F.Q.L. Friesen , B. John , C.H. Skinner , L. Roquemore , C. Calle

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JP9.00021: Flow Measurement and Three Dimensional Structure Modeling of Short Taylor-Couette Flow
Peter Humanik , Eric Edlund , Erik Spence , Austin Roach , Hantao Ji

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JP9.00022: Vacuum Compatibility of Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW)
Dana Arose , Martin Denault , Stephan Jurcznski

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JP9.00023: Study of 3-D Asymmetries in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX)
Jonathan Jara-Almonte , Hantao Ji , Seth Dorfman , Eric Lawrence , Clayton Myers , Tim Tharp , Masaaki Yamada , Jongsoo Yoo

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JP9.00024: A Reduced Model for Predicting Fast-ion $D_\alpha$ Light in Tokamaks
L. Stagner , W.W. Heidbrink , B.A. Grierson

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JP9.00025: Leading-Order Nonlinear Effects on Single-Particle Orbits in Periodic Focusing Solenoidal Fields
M. Alpert , R.C. Davidson

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JP9.00026: Simulation for the Production of Technetium-99m Using Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code
Courtney Kaita , Charles Gentile , Jennifer Zelenty

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JP9.00027: Ultrahigh intensities and contrast using an ellipsoidal plasma mirror with the Z-Backlighter Laser
Lucas Hurd , Motoaki Nakatsutsumi , Patrick Audebert , Sebastien Buffechoux , Akira Kon , Ryosuke Kodama , Julien Fuchs

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JP9.00028: Electron temperature fluctuations correlated with the dominant m = 0 tearing mode in the Madison Symmetric Torus
Cale Kasten , Daniel Den Hartog , Hillary Stephens

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JP9.00029: Control system upgrade for high-repetition-rate Thomson scattering on the Madison Symmetric Torus
N.C. Hurst , D.J. Den Hartog , W.S. Harris , Y.M. Yang

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JP9.00030: Design of an RF System for Electron Bernstein Wave Studies in MST
J.X. Kauffold , A.H. Seltzman , J.K. Anderson , P.D. Nonn , C.B. Forest

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JP9.00031: High Resolution X-Ray Measurement on MST
M.W. Brookman , A.F. Almagri , D.J. Clayton , J.D. Lee , J.S. Sarff , Y. Diawara

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JP9.00032: Magnetic Diagnostics and Field Structure in the Madison Dynamo Experiment
A.M. Rasmus , M. Clark , E.J. Kaplan , R.D. Kendrick , M.D. Nornberg , K. Rahbarnia , N.Z. Taylor , C.B. Forest

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JP9.00033: Experimental Measurement and comparison to theory of Whistler Waves at the LAPTAG high school plasma laboratory
Roland Hwang , Chloe Eghtebas , Amy Lee , Walter Gekelman , Patrick Pribyl , Jane Shin , Joe Wise , Bob Baker , Alex Martinez

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JP9.00034: Experiments on the ducting of Whistler waves at the LAPTAG high school plasma laboratory
Amy Lee , Walter Gekelman , Patrick Pribyl , Chloe Eghtebas , Roland Hwang , Joe Wise , Bob Baker , Anatoly Strelsov

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JP9.00035: Development of a processing and visualization software suite, and optical hardware for the fast infrared diagnostic on NSTX
Mark Benjamin , Adam McLean , Rajesh Maingi

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JP9.00036: Analyzing Heat Flux in the NSTX Diverter with Fast and Slow Infrared Cameras
Nathan Gardner , Rajesh Maingi

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JP9.00037: Monitoring of spectral emissions using the Compact Spectrometer Array diagnostic on NSTX
Timothy DeHaas , Adam McLean

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JP9.00038: Impact of Lithium-coated PFCs on the Edge Neutral Density on NSTX
E.T.R. Rosenman , D.J. Battaglia , H.W. Kugel , B.P. LeBlanc , F. Scotti

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JP9.00039: MTF-FRC Optimization via Single Mode Interferometry
G.D. Rossi , T.P. Intrator , J. Sears

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JP9.00040: Investigating D-T Reaction Spectra with the Gas Cherenkov Detector
Michael A. Huff , Yong Ho Kim , Aaron McEvoy , Carlton S. Young , Joe M. Mack , Hans W. Herrmann , Colin J. Horsfield

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JP9.00041: Numerical Modeling of Imploding Plasma liners Using the 1D Radiation-Hydrodynamics Code HELIOS
J.S. Davis , D.S. Hanna , T.J. Awe , S.C. Hsu , M. Stanic , J.T. Cassibry , J.J. MacFarlane

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JP9.00042: Multi-Detector Array for Measuring Tertiary Neutron Anisotropies in DT ICF Targets
Lee Gabler , Stephen Padalino , Danae Polsin , Megan Russ , Craig Sangster , Susan Thomas

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JP9.00043: RaPToRS Sample Delivery System
Robert Henchen , Kye Shibata , Michael Krieger , Edward Pogozelski , Stephen Padalino , Vladimir Glebov , Craig Sangster

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JP9.00044: Calibration of a Thomson parabola ion spectrometer using proton beams from a pelletron accelerator
Michael Canfield , Andrew Lombardo , Gavin Graeper , Collin Stillman , Charles Freeman , Gennady Fiksel , Christian Stoeckl , Nareg Sinenian

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JP9.00045: Electron diffusion region phase space distribution for collisionless antiparallel reconnection
J. Ng , J. Egedal , A. Le , W. Daughton

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JP9.00046: NIMROD Simulations for a Spheromak Compression Experiment at General Fusion
Derek Sutherland , Stephen Howard , Meritt Reynolds

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JP9.00047: Measurement of the growth/damping rate of the $m$=1 diocotron mode in a toroidal electron plasma
A.R. Knoedler , M.R. Stoneking , F. Choudhury

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JP9.00048: Runaway Electrons in the Presence of MHD Instabilities in DIII-D
M. Kornbluth , D.A. Humphreys , A.W. Hyatt , A.D. Turnbull , A.S. Welander , N. Commaux , T.C. Jernigan , E.M. Hollmann , A.N. James , J.H. Yu

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JP9.00049: Coherently Averaged Signals from Rotating Magnetic Islands in the DIII-D Tokamak
K.J. Luh , F.A. Volpe , M.E. Austin , R.J. La Haye , E.J. Strait

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JP9.00050: Quantifying Statistical Uncertainty in Tokamak Transport Modeling
P. Namasondhi , C. Holland , R. Prater , J.C. DeBoo , J. Candy , G.M. Staebler , A.E. White

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JP9.00051: Improved RF Phase and Amplitude Detection for ICRF Heating Experiments
A. Sanchez , R.I. Pinsker , F.W. Baity , A. Eguizabal , E. Fredd , N. Greenough , A. Nagy

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JP9.00052: Emissive Probe in the HelCat Linear Plasma Device
R. Magallanes , A. Sanchez , R. Compeau , M. Gilmore

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JP9.00053: Wear Testing of Moving Components in Ultra-High Vacuum
Arnelia Short , T. McAlister , R. Ellis , M. Mosleh

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JP9.00054: Wear Testing of Motion in an Ultra-High Vacuum
Tory McAlister , A. Short , R. Ellis , M. Mosleh

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JP9.00055: Potential Application of a Graphical Processing Unit to Parallel Computations in the NUBEAM Code
J. Payne , D. McCune , R. Prater

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JP9.00056: Analysis of Fiber-Optic Spectroscopic Measurements on the Compact Toroid Injection Experiment (CTIX)
Daniel Moser , Robert Horton , David Hwang , Ruth Klauser

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JP9.00057: Spectroscopy of High Velocity Compact Toroids on CTIX
Nick Jungwirth , Robert Horton , Ruth Klauser , David Hwang

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JP9.00058: Particle Simulations in Relaxed Taylor States
D.R. Dandurand , V.S. Lukin , M.R. Brown , T. Gray , X. Zhang

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JP9.00059: Mach probe studies in SSX wind tunnel
X. Zhang , M.R. Brown , T. Gray , D.R. Dandurand

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JP9.00060: Physical Vapor Deposition Chamber for Coating Microchannel Plates in X-Ray Radiography
S.L. Perry , R.P. Drake , A.D. Swain , N.C. Cornwall , M.A. Forsyth , E.C. Harding , C.M. Huntington

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JP9.00061: Comparison of the Results of 2D Rayleigh-Taylor Models in FLASH and CRASH
Adam Budde , R.P. Drake , C.C. Kuranz , M.J. Grosskopf , T. Plewa

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JP9.00062: Validation of Multi-Mode transport model with a new drift resistive ballooning mode component
J. Mokris , T. Rafiq , G. Bateman , A.H. Kritz , A.Y. Pankin

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JP9.00063: Identifying global system parameters from microscopic data
Megan Stanley , Torben Ott , Michael Bonitz

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JP9.00064: Evolution of the bump-on-tail instability in compressing plasma
Connor Mooney , Nathaniel Fisch , Paul Schmit

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JP9.00065: Measurements of Edge Toroidal Magnetic Fields at the Maryland Centrifugal Experiment
Graham Taylor , Carlos Romero-Talam\'as , Remington Reid , William Young , Richard Ellis , Adil Hassam

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JP9.00066: Plasma Expansion and Imaging in WIRX
M. McMillan , C. Adams , D. Blasing , D. Craig

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JP9.00067: ECRH Modulation Results in Varied Density Profiles Due to Inward Turbulent Pinch In Dipole Confined Plasma
J.A. Kahn , D.T. Garnier , M.E. Mauel , J. Kesner

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JP9.00068: Density Profile Measurements in LDX using Microwave Reflectometry
Robert Wills , Matt Davis , Paul Woskov , Darren Garnier , Jay Kesner , Mike Mauel

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JP9.00069: Effect of Wall Reflections on Hot Electron Temperature from ECE Diagnostics in LDX
D.J. Charles , P.P. Woskov , J. Kesner , D.T. Garnier , M.E. Mauel

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JP9.00070: Calculation of fractal dimension of magnetic footprint in double-null divertor tokamaks
Willie Crank , Alkesh Punjabi , Halima Ali

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JP9.00071: Calculation of the inboard magnetic footprint in the DIII-D from the low mn magnetic perturbation
Michael Zhao , Alkesh Punjabi , Halima Ali

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JP9.00072: Calculation of the outboard magnetic footprint in the DIII-D from the low mn magnetic perturbation
Quentin Robinson , Halima Ali , Alkesh Punjabi

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JP9.00073: Tangles of the ideal separatrix from low mn perturbation in the DIII-D
Talisa Goss , Willie Crank , Halima Ali , Alkesh Punjabi

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JP9.00074: A linear theory of waves in partially ionized space plasmas
Marty Kellum , Dastgeer Shaikh

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JP9.00075: Numerical optimization of magnetic surfaces of CNT
Soo Kyoung Kim

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JP9.00076: HHFW Heating Efficiency and Spatial Deposition Profiles on NSTX
L. Berk , B. LeBlanc , J. Hosea , C.K. Phillips , G. Taylor , E.J. Valeo , J.R. Wilson , P.M. Ryan , P.T. Bonoli

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JP9.00077: HEATING AND CURRENT DRIVE


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JP9.00078: A novel tomographic hard-X-ray spectrometer for suprathermal electron studies in the TCV tokamak
Stefano Coda , Silvano Gnesin , Philippe Marmillod , Jean-Michel Mayor , Basil Duval , Ren\'e Chavan

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JP9.00079: Synergetic second and third harmonic electron cyclotron power absorption in TCV: experiment and Fokker-Planck modeling
Silvano Gnesin , Timothy Goodman , Stefano Coda , Joan Decker , Yves Peysson

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JP9.00080: Phase Space Dynamics of Runaway Electrons in Current Overdrive Regime
Xiaoyin Guan , Hong Qin , Nathaniel Fisch

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JP9.00081: Particle-in-cell simulations of an alpha channeling scenario: electron current drive arising from lower hybrid drift instability of fusion-born ions
James Cook , Sandra Chapman , Richard Dendy

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JP9.00082: Self-consistent full wave analysis of lower hybrid current drive in weak and strong absorption regimes on Alcator C-Mod
John Wright , Jungpyo Lee , Paul Bonoli , Andrea Schmidt , Robert Harvey , Ernest Valeo

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JP9.00083: Comparison of Quasi-linear and Exact Ion Cyclotron Resonant Diffusion
R.W. Harvey , Yu. Petrov , E.F. Jaeger , D.B. Batchelor , L.A. Berry , P.T. Bonolil

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JP9.00084: Upgrade of the CQL3D Fokker-Planck code
Yu. Petrov , R.W. Harvey , R. Prater

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JP9.00085: ICRF sheath BC for fast wave propagation
D.A. D'Ippolito , J.R. Myra

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JP9.00086: Geometry and Modeling of Single ITER Antenna Module
David Smithe , Travis Austin , Dan Karipides , Chet Nieter , Christine Roark

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JP9.00087: Simulations of ICRF Heating of Tokamak Core Plasma using $\delta$f Particles
Travis Austin , David Smithe , Scott Sides , C.D. Zhou

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JP9.00088: Core-edge coupling in Tokamak RF simulation via the multidomain pseudospectral method
D.L. Green , L.A. Berry , E.F. Jaeger

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JP9.00089: First Order Corrections to the Plasma Conductivity Tensor for Wave Heating Simulations with AORSA
E.F. Jaeger , L.A. Berry , D.L. Green , D.N. Smithe

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JP9.00090: Finite Element methods for simulating RF wave propagation in plasmas
Ernest Valeo , Cynthia K. Phillips , Jay Johnson , Eun-Hwa Kim

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JP9.00091: PIC simulations of interaction between ICRF waves and edge plasma
Nong Xiang , John R. Cary , David Smithe , Travis Austin

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JP9.00092: A numerical analysis of the RF wave propagation under the sheath boundary condition in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies
Haruhiko Kohno , J.R. Myra , D.A. D'Ippolito

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JP9.00093: Mitigation of RF potentials by an appropriate antenna design using TOPICA
Daniele Milanesio , Riccardo Maggiora

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JP9.00094: Analysis and design of ICRF antennas for cylindrical plasmas with TOPCYL
Saul Guadamuz , Riccardo Maggiora

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JP9.00095: UWB radar technique for arc detection in coaxial cables
Sara Salvador , Riccardo Maggiora

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JP9.00096: An Optical Diagnostic for Electric-Field Measurements of ICRF Antenna
E.H. Martin , S.C. Shannon , J.B.O. Caughman , C.C. Klepper , R.C. Isler , J.H. Harris

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JP9.00097: Direct, Non-Invasive Measurement of the Electric Field near an ICRH Antenna
C.C. Klepper , T.M. Biewer , R.C. Isler , D.L. Hillis , J.H. Harris , L. Colas , Ph. Lotte , N. Fedorczak , M. Goniche

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JP9.00098: Quasilinear theory revisited: general kinetic formulation of wave-particle interactions in plasmas
K. Hizanidis , Y. Kominis , A.K. Ram

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JP9.00099: Nonlinear heating of ions by electron cyclotron frequency waves
P.A. Zestanakis , K. Hizanidis , A.K. Ram , Y. Kominis

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JP9.00100: Scattering of particles by spatially localized wavepackets
Y. Kominis , K. Hizanidis , A.K. Ram

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JP9.00101: Scattering of radio frequency waves by edge density blobs in tokamak plasmas
A.K. Ram , K. Hizanidis , Y. Kominis

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JP9.00102: Theoretical and numerical study on non-inductive current drive at the ECH pre-ionization
Byoung Ho Park , Jin Yong Kim , Jae Chun Seol , Kwang Il You

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JP9.00103: FAST IGNITION AND HIGH INTENSITY LASER PLASMA INTERACTION


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JP9.00104: High Gain Fast Ignition Point Design
P.K. Patel , P. Amendt , C.D. Chen , D. Clark , B. Cohen , D.S. Hey , L. Divol , D. Higginson , D. Ho , D. Homoelle , A.J. Kemp , M.H. Key , D. Larson , B. Lasinski , S. Le Pape , T. Ma , H. McLean , D.J. Meeker , Y. Ping , H. Shay , D.J. Strozzi , M. Tabak , R.P.J. Town , B. Westover , S.C. Wilks

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JP9.00105: Assembling Fuel for Fast Ignition in Cone-shell targets for Good Transport Coupling
Max Tabak , Henry Shay , David Strozzi , Laurent Divol , David Grote , David Larson , John Nuckolls , George Zimmerman

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JP9.00106: Integrated simulations of indirect drive fast ignition targets*
M.M. Marinak , D. Larson , H.D. Shay , D. Ho

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JP9.00107: Three-dimensional Core Plasma Dynamics in Cone-guided Implosion for Fast Ignition
Hideo Nagatomo , Tomoyuki Johzaki , Atsushi Sunahara , Hitoshi Sakagami , Kunioki Mima

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JP9.00108: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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JP9.00109: LSP simulations of proton-driven fast ignition
Claudio Bellei , Mark Foord , David Strozzi , Teresa Bartal , Michael Key , Harry McLean , Pravesh Patel , Richard Stephens , Farhat Beg

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JP9.00110: Simulation of ion generation and dynamics for Fast Ignition*
W.L. Atchison , R.J. Mason , R.J. Faehl , R.C. Kirkpatrick , F.N. Beg , D.W. Schumacher , M.J. Schmitt , K.A. Flippo , D.T. Offermann

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JP9.00111: Observation of Fast Protons in Recent Electron Fast Ignition Experiments at OMEGA
N. Sinenian , J. Frenje , F. Seguin , C. Li , R. Petrasso , W. Theobald , C. Stoeckl

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JP9.00112: Proton energy loss measurements in high density, low temperature plasma
Ronnie Shepherd , Hui Chen , Sophia Chen , Julien Fuchs , Maxence Gauthier , Andy Hazi , Michael Surh , Michael Murillo , Sam Feldman , Gilliss Dyer , Todd Dittmire , Richard London , Michael Purvis

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JP9.00113: The impact of contaminants on laser-driven ion acceleration in the TNSA regime
George Petrov , Louise Willingale , Jack Davis , Tzvetelina Petrova , Anatoly Maksimchuk , Karl Krushelnick

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JP9.00114: Beam Quality Requirements of Dosage Control in Laser Ion Acceleration for Radiotherapy
Jao-Jang Su , Xi Shao , Tung-Chang Liu , Chuan Liu , C.D. Chen , Scott Wilks

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JP9.00115: Recent results of full-spatial scale modeling of fast ignition and shock ignition
J. Tonge , J. May , W.B. Mori , F. Fiuza , M. Marti , R.A. Fonseca , J.R. Davies , L.O. Silva

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JP9.00116: Analytical and computational study of nonlinear collisionless filamentation of a relativistic electron beam in plasma
Vladimir Khudik , Gennady Shvets , Igor Kaganovich

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JP9.00117: Electron beam instabilities in fast ignition
Robert Bingham , Jose Mendonca , Peter Norreys , Nathan Sircombe , Raoul Trines

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JP9.00118: Molecular Dynamic Studies of Particle Wake Potentials in Plasmas
Ian Ellis , Frank Graziani , James Glosli , David Strozzi , Michael Surh , David Richards , Viktor Decyk , Warren Mori

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JP9.00119: Hybrid simulations for magnetized fast ignition targets and analyzing cone-wire experiments
David Larson , Max Tabak , Tammy Ma

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JP9.00120: Effects of pre-plasma scale-length on fast electron generation in laser-matter interactions
Bhooshan Paradkar , Mingsheng Wei , Toshinori Yabuuchi , Rich Stephens , Sergei Kradsheninnikov , Farhat Beg

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JP9.00121: Effect of pre-pulse generated plasma on short-pulse laser-cone-wire interactions*
R.J. Faehl , R.J. Mason , R.C. Kirkpatrick , T. Yabuuchi , M.S. Wei , F.N. Beg , R.B. Stephens

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JP9.00122: The Effect of Preplasma on Intense Laser Produced Positrons
Jaebum Park , Hui Chen , Scott C. Wilks , Anthony Link , Dale Welch

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JP9.00123: $K_{\alpha}$ Production in Solid Targets as a function of Laser Pre-Pulse and Pulse Length
L.C. Jarrott , D. Mariscal , B. Westover , F.N. Beg , M. Suggit , C. Chen , D. Hey , T. Ma , B. Maddox , J. Hawreliak , H.-S. Park , B. Remington , A. MacPhee

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JP9.00124: Spectral measurements of a short-pulse driven quasi-continuum backlighter for absorption spectroscopy
Paul Keiter , Csilla Szabo-Foster , Nick Lanier , Martin Taccetti

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JP9.00125: K-Shell Spectroscopy of Au Plasma Generated with a Short Pulse Laser
C. Zulick , F. Dollar , K. Krushelnick , H. Chen , A. Hazi , J. Park , R. Shepherd , R. Tommasini , J. Seely , C.I. Szabo , K. Falk , C. Murhpy

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JP9.00126: Generation of energetic electrons in laser-irradiated foil targets
Alexey Arefiev , Boris Breizman , Vladimir Khudik

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JP9.00127: Dynamics of a laser-induced relativistic electron beam inside a solid dielectric
G.S. Sarkisov , V.V. Ivanov , Y. Sentoku , K. Yates , P. Leblanc , P. Wiewior , J. Kindel , V.Yu. Bychenkov , D. Jobe , R. Spielman

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JP9.00128: Dynamics of ionization wave produced by relativistic electron beam inside a glass target
P. Leblanc , Y. Sentoku , V.V. Ivanov , K. Yates , P. Wiewior , J. Kindel , G.S. Sarkisov , D. Jobe , R. Spielman , V. Yu. Bychenkov

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JP9.00129: Numerical modeling for energy transport and isochoric heating in ultra-fast heated high Z target
Rohini Mishra , Yasuhiko Sentoku , Peter Hakel , Roberto C. Mancini

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JP9.00130: An Absorption Mechanism for High Intensity Lasers at a Steep Overdense Plasma
J. May , J. Tonge , W.B. Mori , F. Fiuza , R. Fonseca , L.O. Silva

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JP9.00131: Laser Channeling and Hosing in Fast Ignition
G. Li , C. Ren , R. Yan , J. Tonge , W.B. Mori

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JP9.00132: Advanced backward Raman amplification seeding
Vladimir Malkin , Nathaniel Fisch

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JP9.00133: Initial tests of a high magnetic field generator to increase the neutron yield of fusion plasmas produced by laser irradiation of clusters
M. Wisher , H.J. Quevedo , M. McCormick , R.D. Bengtson , T. Ditmire , K.W. Struve , B.S. Stoltzfus , D.C. Rovang , M. Savage , J.L. Porter

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JP9.00134: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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JP9.00135: Harmonic generation induced by an interaction between carbon nanotubes and intense laser field
Toshihiro Taguchi , Thomas Antonsen , Howard Milchberg , Masahiko Inoue

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JP9.00136: New micro-cone target design can efficiently produce higher energy and lower divergence particle beams
Nathalie Le Galloudec , Emmanuel d'Humieres

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JP9.00137: Laser Burnt-through Cone for the Control of Plasma Instabilities in Fast Ignition Thermonuclear Fusion Pellets
V. Alexander Stefan

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JP9.00138: Predictive capability for Z-Petawatt-driven high-energy K$\alpha$ x-ray yields used to image HEDP experiments on the Z Machine
A.B. Sefkow , G.R. Bennett , M. Geissel , M. Schollmeier

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JP9.00139: Focusing of picosecond laser pulses in cone geometries
Matthew Levy , Laurent Divol , Andreas Kemp

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JP9.00140: Modeling Double Hole Dynamics in Intense Laser Produced Xenon Cluster Plasmas
Tzvetelina Petrova , Kenneth Whitney , Jack Davis , George Petrov

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JP9.00141: Modeling the Effects of Cluster Size on X-ray Amplification at $\sim $3 {\AA} in Strong Laser Field -- Xe Cluster Interactions
Jack Davis , Tzvetelina Petrova , Kenneth Whitney , George Petrov

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