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Session PP9: Poster Session VI: General and NSTX Spherical Torus; Other ICF and HEDP Physics and Diagnostics; Pinches, Plasma Focus, CRASH; Low Temperature Plasmas

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PP9.00001: GENERAL SPHERICAL TORUS AND NSTX SPHERICAL TORUS


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PP9.00002: Plasma Startup via Local Helicity Injection in Pegasus
R.J. Fonck , J.L. Barr , M.W. Bongard , M.G. Burke , E.T. Hinson , A.J. Redd , N.L. Schoenbeck , D.J. Schlossberg , K.E. Thome

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PP9.00003: Peeling Instability in the Pegasus ST
M.W. Bongard , J.L. Barr , R.J. Fonck , A.J. Redd , D.J. Schlossberg

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PP9.00004: Impedance Model for Outboard Midplane Helicity-Injection Sources
E.T. Hinson , R.J. Fonck , B.T. Lewicki , A.J. Redd

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PP9.00005: MHD Evolution in Point-Source Helicity Injection Driven Plasmas on Pegasus
J.L. Barr , M.W. Bongard , M.G. Burke , R.J. Fonck , E.T. Hinson , A.J. Redd

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PP9.00006: Ohmic Confinement Studies in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
K.E. Thome , J.L. Barr , M.W. Bongard , M.G. Burke , A.S. Dowd , R.J. Fonck , A.J. Redd , D.J. Schlossberg

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PP9.00007: Development of a Multichannel Spectrometer for the Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on Pegasus
N.L. Schoenbeck , A.S. Dowd , R.J. Fonck , D.J. Schlossberg , G.R. Winz

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PP9.00008: Implementation of a Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on Pegasus
D.J. Schlossberg , A.S. Dowd , R.J. Fonck , J.I. Moritz , N.L. Schoenbeck , G.R. Winz

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PP9.00009: Numerical Simulation of Non-inductive Startup in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
J.B. O'Bryan , C.R. Sovinec

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PP9.00010: Results from the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX)
R. Majeski , T. Abrams , L. Berzak , D.P. Boyle , M. Cassin , E.M. Granstedt , C.M. Jacobson , R. Kaita , T. Kozub , B.P. LeBlanc , D.P. Lundberg , M. Lucia , A. Ryou , J. Squire , D.P. Stotler , L. Zakharov , L.R. Baylor , T.M. Biewer , T.K. Gray , R. Maingi , K. Tritz , C.E. Thomas , V. Soukhanovskii

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PP9.00011: The design and status of a ChERS diagnostic for LTX
T.M. Biewer , D. Boyle , T.K. Gray , R. Kaita , R. Maingi , R. Majeski

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PP9.00012: Results from the LTX High-Speed Digital Holography System
C. E. (Tommy) Thomas Jr. , L.R. Baylor , S.K. Combs , S.J. Meitner , D.A. Rasmussen , E.M. Granstedt , D.P. Lundberg , C.M. Jacobson , R. Majeski , R. Kaita

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PP9.00013: Accurate Physical and Electromagnetic Tokamak Model Developed with a Response Function Technique
L. Berzak Hopkins , R. Kaita , R. Majeski , L. Zakharov

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PP9.00014: First Electron Temperature Profile Measurements on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment
C.M. Jacobson , R. Kaita , B.P. LeBlanc , R. Majeski , Q. Zang

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PP9.00015: Effect of Molecular Cluster Injector Fueling on Lithium Tokamak Experiment Plasmas with Lithium-Coated Walls
D.P. Lundberg , E. Granstedt , R. Kaita , R. Majeski

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PP9.00016: Spectroscopic Measurements on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment
E.M. Granstedt , R. Kaita , R. Majeski , T.K. Gray , R. Maingi , K. Tritz , V.A. Soukhanovskii

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PP9.00017: Simulations of Diffusive Lithium Evaporation onto the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Vessel Walls
T. Abrams , D.P. Stotler , R. Majeski

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PP9.00018: Equilibrium reconstruction and interpretive edge modeling for LTX
J. Squire , E. Granstedt , C.M. Jacobson , M. Jaworski , R. Kaita , D. Lundberg , R. Majeski , J. Menard

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PP9.00019: The Spherical Tokamak MEDUSA for Mexico
C. Ribeiro , M. Salvador , J. Gonzalez , O. Munoz , A. Tapia , V. Arredondo , R. Chavez , A. Nieto , J. Gonzalez , A. Garza , I. Estrada , E. Jasso , C. Acosta , C. Briones , G. Cavazos , J. Martinez , J. Morones , J. Almaguer , R. Fonck

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PP9.00020: Design and Construction of Versatile Experiment Spherical Torus (VEST) at Seoul National University
YoungHwa An , Kyoung-Jae Chung , BongKi Jung , HyunYeong Lee , ChoongKi Sung , Hyun-Seok Kim , Yong-Su Na , Yong-Seok Hwang

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PP9.00021: Overview of NSTX Research Operations and Facility Upgrades
Masayuki Ono

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PP9.00022: Control Development for NSTX and the Effects of Strong Shaping
Egemen Kolemen , D.A. Gates , S.P. Gerhardt , D.A. Humphreys , D. Mueller , V. Soukhanovskii , M.L. Walker

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PP9.00023: System Modeling, Validation, and Design of Shape Controllers for NSTX
M.L. Walker , D.A. Humphreys , N.W. Eidietis , J.A. Leuer , A.S. Welander , E. Kolemen

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PP9.00024: Overview of NSTX Liquid Lithium Divertor Performance and Divertor Upgrade Plans
R. Kaita , H. Kugel , M.G. Bell , R. Bell , M. Diallo , S. Gerhardt , M. Jaworski , J. Kallman , S. Kaye , B. LeBlanc , D. Mansfield , J. Menard , D. Mueller , S. Paul , A.L. Roquemore , F. Scotti , C.H. Skinner , L. Zakharov , J.P. Allain , A. McLean , R. Maingi , R. Nygren , R. Raman , S. Sabbagh , V. Soukhanovskii

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PP9.00025: Plasma facing surface composition during Li evaporation in NSTX and LTX
C.H. Skinner , M. Jaworski , H.W. Kugel , R. Majeski , R. Kaita , V. Surla , R. Sullerberger , B. Koel

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PP9.00026: Measurements of core lithium concentration in NSTX
R.E. Bell , M. Podesta , B.P. Leblanc , A. Diallo , F. Scotti

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PP9.00027: 2-D thermal response calculations of the liquid lithium divertor on NSTX
K. Gan , A.G. McLean , J-W. Ahn , T.K. Gray , R. Maingi

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PP9.00028: L-H power threshold scaling with magnetic geometry on NSTX and the role of ion orbit loss
D.J. Battaglia , C.-S. Chang , S.M. Kaye , S. Ku , R. Maingi

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PP9.00029: Edge turbulence and flow behavior preceding L-H and H-L transitions in NSTX
Y. Sechrest , T. Munsat , S.J. Zweben

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PP9.00030: Effect of collisionality on energy transport in NSTX
Stanley Kaye , Stefan Gerhardt , Rajesh Maingi , Ron Bell , Ahmed Diallo , Benoit LeBlanc

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PP9.00031: Density fluctuation measurement by FIReTIP for the Enhanced Pedestal H-mode on NSTX
K.C. Lee , C.W. Domier , N.C. Luhmann, Jr. , R. Kaita , R. Maingi

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PP9.00032: Turbulence suppression and poloidal flow dynamics at the L-H transition in NSTX
D.S. Thompson , R.J. Fonck , G.R. McKee , D.R. Smith , I.U. Uzun-Kaymak

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PP9.00033: Edge turbulence changes with increasing lithium coating in NSTX
Bin Cao , Stewart Zweben , Daren Stotler , Ahmed Diallo , Benoit LeBlanc

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PP9.00034: Studies of impurity transport in NSTX with the edge multi-energy SXR diagnostic
D.J. Clayton , K. Tritz , M. Finkenthal , D. Kumar , D. Stutman , R.E. Bell , B.P. LeBlanc

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PP9.00035: Study of C and Li neoclassical transport in NSTX Li-conditioned ELM-free H-mode discharges
F. Scotti , V.A. Soukhanovskii , S. Kaye , R. Andre , S. Gerhardt , R.E. Bell , A. Diallo , B.P. Leblanc , M. Podest\`a , S.A. Sabbagh , H.W. Kugel , R. Kaita , M.G. Bell

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PP9.00036: Effect of lithium on the power exhaust channel in NST
Travis Gray , Adam McLean , Rajesh Maingi , Michael Jaworski , Tom Osborne , Vlad Soukanouvskii

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PP9.00037: Heuristic Drift-Based Model for the Power Scrape-off Width in H-Mode Tokamaks at Low Gas Puff
Robert Goldston

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PP9.00038: Determination of Sheath Heat Transmission Coefficient in NSTX Discharges with Applied Lithium Coatings
J. Kallman , M.A. Jaworski , R. Kaita , H. Kugel , A. McLean , V. Surla

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PP9.00039: Effect of 3-D magnetic perturbations on pedestal structure and transport in NSTX
J.M. Canik , J.-W. Ahn , R. Maingi , R.E. Bell , A. Diallo , S.P. Gerhardt , B.P. LeBlanc , J.E. Menard , J.-K. Park , M. Podesta , S.A. Sabbagh

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PP9.00040: Amplifying and Transforming of External Error Field by Scrape-Off-Layer Current (SOLC) in Tokamaks
Hironori Takahashi , Eric Fredrickson , Stefan Gerhardt , Stewart Zweben

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PP9.00041: Characterization of small transport events triggered with n=3 fields below the ELM destabilization threshold in NSTX
J.D. Lore , J.M. Canik , R. Maingi , J.W. Ahn , E.D. Fredrickson , A.G. McLean , F. Scotti , V. Soukhanovskii , K. Tritz

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PP9.00042: Observations of ELM Magnetic Precursors and Harmonic Oscillations in NSTX
F. Kelly , E. Frederickson , R. Bell , K. Tritz , H. Takahashi , R. Maingi

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PP9.00043: Measurements of Divertor Particle and Energy Deposition Profiles During Transient Events in NSTX
Vijay Surla , Michael Jaworski , Vlad Soukhanovskii , Travis Gray , Robert Kaita , Josh Kallman , Henry Kugel , Adam McLean , David Ruzic , Filippo Scotti

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PP9.00044: Correlation Between ELM Average SOL Velocities, ELM Sizes, and Pedestal Temperatures and Gradients in NSTX
R.Q. Maingi , T.K. Gray , R. Maingi

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PP9.00045: Progress toward Triggering ELMs with Injected Li Granules on NSTX
D. Mansfield , A.L. Roquemore , H.W. Kugel , L.R. Baylor , R. Maingi , P. Parks , W. Wu

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PP9.00046: The role of kinetic dissipation in modifying RWM eigenfunctions
Jonathan Menard , Yueqiang Liu

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PP9.00047: Validation of RWM Kinetic Stability Model and Physics Implications in NSTX
J. Bialek , J.W. Berkery , S.A. Sabbagh , R. Betti , R.E. Bell , A. Diallo , S.P. Gerhardt , B.P. LeBlanc , J. Manickam , M. Podesta

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PP9.00048: Onset conditions for disruptions during VDEs
Janardhan Manickam , Stefan Gerhardt , Allen Boozer

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PP9.00049: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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PP9.00050: Detailed drive balance for NTMs on the MAST tokamak
Jack Snape , Kieran Gibson , Thomas O'Gorman , Howard Wilson

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PP9.00051: MHD Simulations of Disruptions in NSTX
J.A. Breslau , H.R. Strauss , R. Paccagnella , S.C. Jardin

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PP9.00052: Formation of long-lived phase space structures by high frequency Alfv\'en Eigenmodes through the Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance
E.D. Fredrickson , N.N. Gorelenkov , E. Belova , N.A. Crocker , G. Kramer

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PP9.00053: Comparison of measurements and modeling of beam ion loss during TAE avalanches in NSTX
Douglass Darrow , N. Crocker , E. Fredrickson , N. Gorelenkov , M. Podesta , L. Shi , R. White

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PP9.00054: Modeling of the effect of TAEs and TAE avalanches on neutral beam ion orbits in NSTX
L. Shi , N. Crocker , D. Darrow , E. Fredrickson , N. Gorelenkov , M. Podesta , R. White

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PP9.00055: Novel Alfv\'{e}n eigenmode structure measurements in NSTX via reflectometry
N.A. Crocker , W.A. Peebles , S. Kubota , J. Zhang , R.E. Bell , E.D. Fredrickson , N.N. Gorelenkov , B.P. LeBlanc , J.E. Menard , M. Podest\`a , S.A. Sabbagh , K. Tritz , H. Yuh

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PP9.00056: Fast Ion Redistribution and CAE Destabilization in Presence of Low Frequency MHD, in NSTX H-mode Plasmas
Alessandro Bortolon , Eric Fredrickson , Gerrit Kramer , Mario Podesta , William Heidbrink

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PP9.00057: Comparison of Fast-ion D-alpha Measurements with Classical Theory
W.W. Heidbrink , A. Bortolon , E. Ruskov , M. Podesta

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PP9.00058: Transient energetic charge exchange flux enhancement observed in NSTX neutral-beam-heated H-mode discharges
S.S. Medley , G.J. Kramer , R.E. Bell , E. Belova , E.D. Fredrickson , S.P. Gerhardt , B.P. LeBlanc , M. Podest\'a , Y. Ren , A.L. Roquemore , N.A. Crocker

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PP9.00059: Progress on CHI and MGI Experiments on NSTX
R. Raman , T.R. Jarboe , B.A. Nelson , D. Mueller , S.P. Gerhardt , H.W. Kugel , G. Taylor

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PP9.00060: Comparing resistive MHD simulations and experiments of Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) in NSTX
E.B. Hooper , C.R. Sovinec , R. Raman , J.E. Menard

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PP9.00061: Performance of High Non-Inductive Current Fraction H-Modes Generated by HHFW Heating in NSTX
G. Taylor , N. Bertelli , J.C. Hosea , B.P. LeBlanc , R. Perkins , C.K. Phillips , M. Podesta , E.J. Valeo , J.R. Wilson , P.T. Bonoli , J.C. Wright , R.W. Harvey , E.F. Jaeger , P.M. Ryan

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PP9.00062: Effects of the Spatial Extent of Multiple Cyclotron Harmonic Layers
J.W. Burby , G.J. Kramer , C.K. Phillips , E.J. Valeo

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PP9.00063: Evaluation of the High Power Performance of the Upgraded NSTX HHFW Antenna
P.M. Ryan , A. McLean , J.C. Hosea , B.P. LeBlanc , R.J. Perkins , G. Taylor , J.R. Wilson , R.I. Pinsker

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PP9.00064: MPTS Operation and Recent Upgrade
B.P. LeBlanc , A. Diallo , G. Labik , D.R. Stevens

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PP9.00065: Initial results from the NSTX Real-Time Velocity diagnostic
M. Podesta , R.E. Bell

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PP9.00066: Absolute Calibration of the Neutron Monitoring System for NSTX
A.L. Roquemore , D.S. Darrow , S.S. Medley

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PP9.00067: The ME-SXR fast electron temperature diagnostic for NSTX
K. Tritz , D. Clayton , M. Finkenthal , D. Kumar , D. Stutman

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PP9.00068: SXR to XUV imaging diagnostics for NSTX Upgrade
D. Stutman , K. Tritz , D.J. Clayton , D. Kumar , M. Finkenthal

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PP9.00069: Dual-band infrared observation of temperature dynamics on the NSTX liquid lithium divertor (LLD)
A.G. McLean , J-W. Ahn , T.K. Grey , R. Maingi , J.H. Nichols , H.W. Kugel , A.L. Roquemore

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PP9.00070: Design and Deployment of a Wide-Angle Two-Color Infrared Camera with Optical Relay on NSTX
J.H. Nichols , A.G. McLean , R. Maingi , J.-W. Ahn , A.L. Roquemore , B.C. Stratton , R. Kaita , H.W. Kugel , K. Gan , M. Benjamin

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PP9.00071: Implementation of millimeter-wave polarimetry on NSTX
Jie Zhang , William Peebles , Neal Crocker , Troy Carter , Shigeyuki Kubota , Walter Guttenfelder

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PP9.00072: High-resolution Time-resolved Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy on NSTX
J.K. Lepson , P. Beiersdorfer , J. Clementson , M. Bitter , K. Hill , R. Kaita , L. Roquemore , C.H. Skinner , G. Zimmer

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PP9.00073: OTHER ICF AND HEDP PHYSICS AND DIAGNOSTICS


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PP9.00074: Low-density foam characterization using monochromatic soft x-ray sources
J.M. Taccetti , P.A. Keiter , N. Lanier , B.M. Patterson

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PP9.00075: Manipulating nonstationary plasmas through wave-particle interactions
Paul Schmit , Ilya Dodin , Nathaniel Fisch

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PP9.00076: Using Monoenergetic Proton Radiography to Probe Magnetic Reconnection of Laser-Generated Plasma Bubbles
M. Rosenberg , C. Li , F.H. Seguin , J. Frenje , M. Manuel , R. Petrasso , C. Stoeckl , V. Glebov , J. Kilkenny , A. Nikroo

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PP9.00077: Adiabatic compression and expansion of a plasma jet
Chiping Chen

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PP9.00078: Rarefaction Waves in Van der Waals Fluids
Albert Yuen , John Barnard , Richard More

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PP9.00079: Electrical conductivity and equation of state data from Ohmically exploded tamped planar foils
E.L. Ruden , D.J. Amdahl , R.H. Cooksey , T.P. Fleming , F.T. Analla , D.J. Brown , M.R. Kostora , J.F. Camacho

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PP9.00080: Measurements of Sound Velocity of Diamond at the Pressure Around the Melt
K. Shigemori , K. Shimizu , Y. Asakura , D. Hayashi , Y. Nakamoto , T. Kagayama , T. Sakaiya , T. Kondo , H. Sumiya , T. Irifune , K. Kurosawa , S. Sugita , T. Kadono , Y. Hironaka

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PP9.00081: Modeling of EOS and Ion Coupling Experiments on NDCX-II*
J.J. Barnard , F.M. Bieniosek , A. Friedman , E. Henestroza , B.G. Logan , W. Liu , R.M. More , P.A. Ni , A. Yuen , N.A. Tahir

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PP9.00082: Modeling droplet breakup effects with diffuse interface methods in ALE-AMR code with application in modeling NDCX-II experiments
Wangyi Liu , John Barnard , Alex Friedman , Nathan Masters , Aaron Fisher , Alice Koniges , David Eder

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PP9.00083: A possible 12C(n,2n)11C total cross section measurement
Andrew Evans , Keith Mann , Mark Yuly

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PP9.00084: Radiative diagnostics for sub-Larmor scale magnetic turbulence
S.J. Reynolds , M.V. Medvedev

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PP9.00085: Electron density and temperature measurements of laser-produced plasmas from electron-feature Thomson-Scattering
Jena Meinecke , Bradley Pollock , Chris Stoafer , James Ross , Laurent Divol , George Tynan , Siegfried Glenzer

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PP9.00086: High Resolution Shadowgraphy and Interferometry at 266nm for 1-MA Z-Pinches
Sara Altemara , Vladimir Ivanov , Daniel Papp , Austin Anderson , Alexey Astanovitskiy

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PP9.00087: On Optimizing K-Shell X-ray Conversion Efficiencies with New Nano-structured Laser Targets
Jeffrey Colvin , Supakit Charnvanichborikarn , Tom Felter , Chad Flores , Kevin Fournier , Dustin Gilbert , Sergei Kucheyev , Kai Liu

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PP9.00088: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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PP9.00089: Upgrade of a Theta Pinch Plasma Source for Energetic Plasma Flow Generation
Soonwook Jung , Daniel Andruczyk , David Ruzic

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PP9.00090: Optimization of Shielded Scintillator for Neutron Detection
Patrick Belancourt , John Morrison , Kramer Akli , Richard Freeman

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PP9.00091: Advances in compact proton spectrometers for diagnosing ICF experiments
F.H. Seguin , N. Sinenian , M. Manuel , H.G. Rinderknecht , M. Rosenberg , A. Zylstra , J. Frenje , C.K. Li , R. Petrasso , S. Roberts , T.C. Sangster

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PP9.00092: Detecting charged fusion products in high-fluence conditions on OMEGA and the NIF
C. Waugh , M. Rosenberg , A. Zylstra , H. Rinderknecht , N. Sinenian , M. Manuel , D. Casey , M. Gatu Johnson , C.K. Li , F. Seguin , J. Frenje , R. Petrasso , V. Glebov , T.C. Sangster , S. Pape , R. Bionta , A. Mackinnon , O. Landen , Y. Kim , H. Hermann , J. Kilkenny , A. Nikroo

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PP9.00093: New Imaging Geometry for Measuring Ion Temperatures with a Crystal Spectrometer on NIF
P. Beiersdorfer , E. Wang , A. Graf , M. Schneider , R. Shepherd , M. Bitter , K.W. Hill

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PP9.00094: Optimization of Neutron Activation of Carbon at the NIF
S. Padalino , D. Polsin , M. Russ , T. Sangster

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PP9.00095: Multiple Monochromatic Imaging (MMI) Status and Plans for LANL Campaigns on Omega and NIF
F.J. Wysocki , S.C. Hsu , I.L. Tregillis , M.J. Schmitt , G.A. Kyrala , D.D. Martinson , T.J. Murphy , R.C. Mancini , T. Nagayama

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PP9.00096: A versatile facility for advanced diagnostics development for OMEGA, Z and the NIF
D.T. Casey , N. Sinenian , M. Manuel , M. Rosenberg , A. Zylstra , H.G. Rinderknecht , C. Waugh , H. Sio , M. Gatu Johnson , J. Frenje , C.K. Li , F.H. Seguin , R. Petrasso , R. Leeper , C.L. Ruiz , T.C. Sangster

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PP9.00097: Ion temperature measurements in shock-driven implosions on OMEGA and the NIF
H. Sio , A. Zylstra , M. Rosenberg , C. Waugh , H. Rinderknecht , N. Sinenian , M. Manuel , D. Casey , M. Gatu Johnson , C.K. Li , F. Seguin , J. Frenje , R. Petrasso , V.Yu. Glebov , P.B. Radha , J. Delettrez , P. Mckenty , C. Stoeckl , T.C. Sangster , S. Pape , R. Bionta , A. Mackinnon , O. Landen , J. Kilkenny , A. Nikroo

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PP9.00098: Dilation X-ray Imager (DIXI): A Sub-10ps \mbox{X-ray} Framing Camera for the NIF
T.J. Hilsabeck , J.D. Kilkennny , T. Chung , B.S. Sammuli , J.D. Hares , A.K.L. Dymoke-Bradshaw , P.M. Bell , D.K. Bradley , S.R. Nagel

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PP9.00099: Bang Time and Burn Width Analysis at the NIF
E. Grafil , H.W. Herrmann , W. Stoeffl , Y. Kim , N.M. Hoffman , C.S Young , J.M. Mack , P.W. Watts , A.C. Carpenter , J. Church , L. Bernstein , J. Liebman , M. Rubery , C.J. Horsefield , E.K. Miller

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PP9.00100: Gamma Reaction History Backgrounds at the NIF
J.A. Church , W.S. Stoeffl , P.W. Watts , A.C. Carpenter , J. Liebman , H.W. Herrmann , Y.H. Kim , E. Grafil

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PP9.00101: Neutron imaging development for ICF experiments
Olivier Landoas , T. Caillaud , B. Rosse , M. Briat , I. Thfoin , S. Kime , S. Laffite , F. Philippe , J.L. Bourgade , L. Disdier , V. Yu Glebov , F.J. Marshall , T.C. Sangster

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PP9.00102: PINCHES, PLASMA FOCUS, CRASH


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PP9.00103: PIC Simulations of Dense Plasma Focus Z-pinch
A. Schmidt , D. Blackfield , V. Tang , D. Welch , D. Rose

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PP9.00104: Cavitation and hollow foam-like structure formation in the dense core of exploded wire
S.A. Pikuz , T.A. Shelkovenko , P.F. Knapp , C.L. Hoyt , D.A. Hammer , V.V. Zhakhovsky

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PP9.00105: Improved Non-Local Radiation Coupling Model for Mach2-TCRE
Joseph Thornhill , John Giuliani , Young Chong , John Apruzese

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PP9.00106: Stagnation of a Gas Puff Z Pinch
Henry Strauss

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PP9.00107: Magneto Rayleigh Taylor Diagnostic Experiments on a MA-LTD
David Chalenski , Ronal Gilgenbach , Jacob Zier , Yue Ying Lau , Sonal Patel , Adam Steiner , Andrew McKelvey , Nicholas Holmes

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PP9.00108: Spectroscopic Analysis of First Experiments of Al Planar Foils and Single Planar Wire Arrays on Zebra at UNR*
H.A. Zunino , M.E. Weller , A. Stafford , A.S. Safronova , V.I. Kantsyrev , A.S. Chuvatin , I. Shrestha , G.C. Osborne , V.V. Shlyaptseva , S.F. Keim

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PP9.00109: Decomposition of neutron signals into separate pulses and estimation of the proportion of scattered neutrons at PF-1000
Jiri Hitschfel , P. Kubes , D. Klir , K. Rezac , M. Paduch , M. Scholz

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PP9.00110: Hybrid X pinches
T.A. Shelkovenko , S.A. Pikuz , P.F. Knapp , A.D. Cahill , C.L. Hoyt , D.A. Hammer , S.N. Mishin , A.R. Mingaleev , V.M. Romanova , I.N. Tilikin , A.E. Ter-Oganesyan

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PP9.00111: Neutron Diagnostics of a Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-pinch on the Level of 3 MA
Karel Rezac , Daniel Klir , Pavel Kubes , Jozef Kravarik , Alexander Shishlov , Aleksey Labetsky , Nicolai Ratakhin

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PP9.00112: Cylindrical Liner Z-pinch Experiments on MAGPIE
Guy Burdiak , Sergey Lebedev , Adam Harvey-Thompson , George Swadling , Francisco Suzuki-Vidal , Philip de Grouchy , Jonathon Skidmore , Gareth Hall , Essa Khoory , Louisa Pickworth , Lee Suttle , Simon Bland

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PP9.00113: The effect of electron beams on emission line ratios used in spectroscopic diagnostics
Nicholas Ouart , John Giuliani , Arati Dasgupta , John Apruzese , Robert Clark

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PP9.00114: Spectroscopy of Ablated Aluminum Foil Plasmas Driven by MA-LTD
S.G. Patel , J.C. Zier , D.A. Chalenski , R.M. Gilgenbach , A.M. Steiner , Y.Y. Lau

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PP9.00115: Radiation characteristics of Al wire arrays on Z*
C.A. Coverdale , D.J. Ampleford , B. Jones , M.E. Cuneo , S. Hansen , C.A. Jennings , N. Moore , S.C. Jones , C. Deeney

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PP9.00116: Ablation and Implosion Dynamics Of Coiled Wire Arrays
Gareth Hall , Sergey Lebedev , Simon Bland , Jeremy Chittenden , Francisco Suzuki-Vidal , Philip de Grouchy , Adam Harvey-Thompson , George Swadling , Guy Burdiak , Louisa Pickworth , Essa Khoory , Jonathan Skidmore , Lee Suttle , Nicolas Niasse , Kwek Hiang

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PP9.00117: Interaction of radiatively cooled plasma jets with static gas and collimated supersonic gas jets
F. Suzuki-Vidal , S.V. Lebedev , J. Skidmore , M. Bocchi , S.N. Bland , G. Burdiak , J.P. Chittenden , P. de Grouchy , G.N. Hall , A.J. Harvey-Thompson , E. Khoory , L.A. Pickworth , L. Suttle , G.F. Swadling , M. Krishnan , R.E. Madden , K.W. Elliot , P.L. Coleman , A. Ciardi

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PP9.00118: New Exact MHD Solutions Describing the Stagnating Z-pinch plasma
A.L. Velikovich , J.L. Giuliani , J.W. Thornhill , S.T. Zalesak , Y. Maron , A. Starobinets , E.P. Yu

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PP9.00119: Neutron and X-ray emissions in the FN-II dense plasma focus with needle implanted electrodes
Julio Herrera , Fermin Castillo , Jose Rangel , Isabel Gamboa , Guillermo Espinosa , Jose-Ignacio Golzarri

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PP9.00120: Study of magnetic field evolution in planar wire Z-pinch experiments
Maria Pia Valdivia , Joohwan Kim , Derek Mariscal , Gilbert Collins IV , Farhat Beg

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PP9.00121: Analysis of Ag Single-Wire Explosion Experiments on 1 MA Zebra pulsed power generator at UNR
S.F. Keim , M.E. Weller , V.L. Kantsyrev , A.S. Safronova , A.A. Esaulov , I. Shrestha , G.C. Osborne , V.V. Shlyaptseva

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PP9.00122: Laser Cut X-pinches
Gilbert Collins , Maria Pia Valdivia , Joohwan Kim , Jun Yi , Kanchana Gunasekera , Farhat Beg , Rich Stephens

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PP9.00123: The LLNL High-gradient Z-pinch Ion Probe Experiment
V. Tang , S. Falabella , G. Guethlein , A. Schmidt , D. Blackfield , E. Cook , S. Hawkins , B. Rusnak , M. Adams , G. Akana , E. Anaya , C. Holmes , H. McLean , T. Houck , J. Watson , Y-J. Chen , G. Caporaso , D. Welch , D. Rose

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PP9.00124: Estimating the inductance at the PF-1000 plasma focus
Jiri Kortanek , Pavel Kubes , Josef Kravarik , Karel Rezac , Daniel Klir , Marian Paduch , Marek Scholz , Eva Zielinska

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PP9.00125: A comparison of discrete-ordinates and flux-limited-diffusion methods for modeling radiation transport in radiative shock tubes
Eric S. Myra , Wm. Daryl Hawkins

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PP9.00126: Shock Capturing Anomalies and the Jump Conditions in One Dimension
Daniel Zaide , Philip Roe

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PP9.00127: Investigation of Mixed Cell Treatment via the Support Operator Method
Nick Patterson , Katsuyo Thornton

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PP9.00128: The Modeling of Turbulent Radiative Shocks with Applications to High-Energy-Density Physics and Astrophysics
Tiberius Moran-Lopez , James Holloway , Oleg Schilling

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PP9.00129: Laser Energy Deposition Package for CRASH
B.R. Torralva , I.V. Sokolov , B. van der Holst , G. Toth , M.J. Grosskopf , K.G. Powel , R.P. Drake

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PP9.00130: Validation and Verification of the multi-material EOS and Opacity Model used in CRASH
Igor Sokolov , R. Paul Drake

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PP9.00131: Effects of Opacity Uncertainties on Simulations of Radiative Shock Experiments
Bruce Fryxell , Eric Myra

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PP9.00132: Computer Model Calibration Using Outputs From Multi Fidelity Simulators
Joslin Goh , Derek Bingham , James Paul Holloway , Mike J. Grosskopf , Forrest W. Doss , Erica Rutter , Carolyn C. Kuranz

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PP9.00133: Incorporating Gradient Information for Uncertainty Quantification using Response Surface Methods
Johann Dahm , Colin Miranda , Krzysztof Fidkowski , Kenneth Powell

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PP9.00134: Target Fabrication for OMEGA Campaigns at the University of Michigan
S.R. Klein , R.P. Drake , C.C. Kuranz , M.J. Grosskopf , D.C. Marion , C.M. Huntington , C. di Stefano , C.M. Krauland , E.J. Gamboa , R.S. Gillespie

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PP9.00135: Evolution of a radiative shock system on the Omega laser facility
Carolyn Kuranz , R.P. Drake , M.J. Grosskopf , C.M. Krauland , F.W. Doss , C.M. Huntington , B. Torralva , E. Rutter , S.R. Klein , D.C. Marion

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PP9.00136: Imaging X-Ray Thomson Scattering
E.J. Gamboa , C.C. Kuranz , C.M. Huntington , M.R. Trantham , R.P. Drake , D.S. Montgomery , J.F. Benage , S.A. Letzring

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PP9.00137: A Data-Model Comparison Using a Novel X-Ray Thomson Scattering Diagnostic
M.R. Trantham , E.J. Gamboa , R.P. Drake

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PP9.00138: Modeling the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in High-Energy-Density Experiments Using CRASH Code
Erica Rutter , R.P. Drake , K.I. Gasior , M.J. Grosskopf , C.C. Kuranz , B. Fryxell

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PP9.00139: Simulation of Experiments Generating Collisionless Shocks With Intense Lasers Using the CRASH Code
M.J. Grosskopf , R.P. Drake , C.C. Kuranz , E.M. Rutter , H.S. Park , N.L. Kugland , S. Pollaine , J.S. Ross , B.A. Remington , D. Ryutov , A. Spitkovsky , L. Gargate , G. Gregori , A. Bell , C. Murphy , Y. Sakawa , Y. Kuramitsu , H. Takabe , D.H. Froula , G. Fiksel , F. Miniati , M. Koenig , A. Ravasio , E. Liang , N. Woosley

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PP9.00140: Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability with Biermann Battery Effect
Chuan-Chih (Jason) Chou , Bruce Fryxell , R. Paul Drake , Bart van der Holst

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PP9.00141: Turbulence characteristics of the mixing region in the planar Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability
Pooya Movahed , Sreenivas Varadan , Eric Johnsen

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PP9.00142: LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS


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PP9.00143: Standoff Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds In Air Using Laser Induced Fluorescence
Jerry Clark , Alonzo Alexander , Delonia Wiggins , Sydney Williams , Charlemagne Akpovo , Ephrem Mezonlin , Joseph A. Johnson III

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PP9.00144: Measurement of Electron Temperature and Plasma Density via Thomson Scattering and Electric Probe in Low Temperature Plasmas
Hyun-Jong Woo , Kyu-Sun Chung , Taihyeop Lho

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PP9.00145: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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PP9.00146: A spectroscopic study of the initial stages of pulsed glow discharges in noble gases
V.I. Demidov , S.F. Adams , E.A. Bogdanov , A.A. Kudryavtsev , J.M. Williamson

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PP9.00147: Numerical studies of helicon plasmas in the lower hybrid resonance frequency range
Suwon Cho

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PP9.00148: Low Pressure High Density Plasma Development on a Small Helicon Plasma Experiment (HPX)*
R.W. James , L.A. Allen , R.N. Paolino , N. Thayer , B. Romano , B.S. Stutzman , C. Welicka

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PP9.00149: Production of H, D, and He Plasmas in the ORNL High Flux Helicon Plasma Source
R.H. Goulding , T.M. Biewer , J.B.O. Caughman , G.C. Chen , L.W. Owen , D.O. Sparks

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PP9.00150: EBW and Whistler propagation and damping in a linear device
S.J. Diem , J.B.O. Caughman , R.W. Harvey , Yu. Petrov

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PP9.00151: Operation of a microwave plasma source for electron heating and antenna testing
J.B.O. Caughman , T.S. Bigelow , S.J. Diem , R.H. Goulding , D.A. Rasmussen , C.R. Schaich , T.L. White

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PP9.00152: Cold plasma selectivity in the interaction with various types of the cells
Olga Volotskova , Mary Ann Stepp , Michael Keidar

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PP9.00153: Application of electrostatic Langmuir probe to atmospheric arc plasmas
Michael Keidar , Alexey Shashurin , Jian Li , Taisen Zhuang , Yevgeny Raitses , Isak Beilis

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PP9.00154: Characteristics of line pulsed glow discharge plasma at atmospheric pressure for preparation of amorphous carbon films
K. Fukui , M. Miyamae , Y. Kikuchi , Y. Matsuo , Y. Horiguchi , Y. Nishimura , M. Nagata , M. Yatsuzuka

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PP9.00155: Plasma parameter measurements in a small-size atmospheric plasma jets
Alexey Shashurin , Michael Keidar

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PP9.00156: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN


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PP9.00157: Laser-based measurement of 3-dimensional dust trajectory in plasma
Kil-Byoung Chai , Wonho Choe

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PP9.00158: Modeling and simulation of arc discharges for nanoparticle synthesis
Madhusudhan Kundrapu , Jian Li , Alexey Shashurin , Michael Keidar

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PP9.00159: Ion Acceleration in Rotating Magnetized Plasma
N.J. Fisch , Y. Raitses , A. Fruchtman

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PP9.00160: Azimuthal Dynamics and Transport in a Two Dimensional Hall Thruster Hybrid Model
Eduardo Fernandez , Mark Cappelli

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PP9.00161: Conditions and growth rate of Rayleigh instability in a Hall thruster under the effect of ionization
Sukhmander Singh , Hitendra Kumar Malik

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PP9.00162: Generalized Causes and Consequences of Sheath Instability in Hall Thruster Simulations
Michael Campanell , Alexander V. Khrabrov , Igor D. Kaganovich , Dmytro Sydorenko

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PP9.00163: Experimental determination of plasma detachment from the diverging magnetic nozzle of the VASIMR VX-200 Electric Thruster
Christopher Olsen , Jared Squire , Benjamin Longmier , Maxwell Ballenger , Leonard Cassady , Mark Carter , Andrew Ilin , Paul Cloutier , Edgar Bering , Matthew Giambusso

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PP9.00164: Cross-field electron transport through a rotating spoke in Hall thrusters
Yevgeny Raitses , Leland Ellison , Nathaniel J. Fisch

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PP9.00165: Isotope Exchange Experiments in Divertor and First Wall Materials in PISCES
Joseph Barton , Thomas Schwarz-Selinger , Yongqiang Wang , Russell Doerner , George Tynan

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PP9.00166: Rotating plasmas as mass filters for nuclear waste
Abraham Fetterman , Nathaniel Fisch

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PP9.00167: A New Optical Method to Measure Electron Impact Excitation Cross Sections of Atoms in a Metastable State
Peeyush Sahay , Susan T. Scherrer , Chuji Wang

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PP9.00168: Electron-ion recombination in laser-produced plasmas using optical interferometry
Nathan Heilmann , Justin Peatross , Scott Bergeson

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PP9.00169: Plasma-Surface Interactions in 2D and 3D Simulations for Materials Processing
Paul Moroz

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PP9.00170: On the exploration of molten salt (FLiNaK) interaction with plasma
Yong-Sup Choi , HyonJae Park , Taihyeop Lho

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PP9.00171: Study on hydrogen retention produced from reaction of FLiNaK in ECR plasma
Hyunjae Park , Yong-sup Choi , Taiheop Lho

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PP9.00172: Rate Change Graph Technology: Absolute Value Point Methodology
Ken Strickland , Michael DuVernois

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PP9.00173: An Alpha Schottky Junction Power Source
Marc Litz , James Carroll , Stan Henriquez

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