Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2005 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 24–28, 2005; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session RP1: Poster Session VIII	Show Abstracts
Thursday, October 27, 2005 Room: Adam's Mark Hotel Grand Ballroom I & II 2:00pm

		RP1.00001: NSTX, OTHER SPHERICAL TOKAMAKS, AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Preview Abstract
		RP1.00002: National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Facility/Diagnostic Overview M. Ono Preview Abstract
		RP1.00003: Analysis of pellet induced perturbations in NSTX using soft X-ray techniques D. Stutman, K. Tritz, L. Delgado-Aparicio, M. Finkenthal, R. Bell, R. Kaita, S. Kaye, H. Kugel, B. LeBlanc, L. Roquemore, E. Synakowski, F. Levinton, S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		RP1.00004: L-H Transition and Turbulence Behavior in Ohmic H-modes on NSTX C.E. Bush, S. Kubota, R. Maqueda, T. Biewer, J. Boedo, K.C. Lee, S.J. Zweben, R. Raman, R. Bell, M. Bitter, E. Fredrickson, D. Gates, R. Kaita, S. Kaye, H. Kugel, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, S. Medley, J. Menard, L. Roquemore, V. Soukhanovskii, E. Synakowski, K. Tritz, K.M. Williams Preview Abstract
		RP1.00005: Measurement and Analysis of Core Turbulence in NSTX S. Kubota, W.A. Peebles, N.A. Crocker, X.V. Nguyen, D.R. Mikkelsen, R.E. Bell, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, G.J. Kramer, E.J. Valeo Preview Abstract
		RP1.00006: Study of NSTX electron density and magnetic field fluctuations using the FIReTIP system K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier, M. Johnson, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H. Park, E.D. Fredrickson, S.A. Sabbagh, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		RP1.00007: Spatially Resolved Measurements of NB Energetic Ion Distributions in NSTX Sid Medley, Robert Andre, Lane Roquemore Preview Abstract
		RP1.00008: Initial measurements of beam ion profile in NSTX with Solid State Neutral Particle Analyzer Array D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, D.S. Darrow, A.L. Roquemore, S.S. Medley Preview Abstract
		RP1.00009: Pitch Angle Resolved Measurements of Neutral Beam Ion Loss from NSTX Plasmas Douglass Darrow Preview Abstract
		RP1.00010: Comparison of Full Lorentz Model and Guiding Center Model of Ripple Loss Simulations in NSTX P.W. Ross, D.A. Gates, R.B. White Preview Abstract
		RP1.00011: Wave Coupling for HHFW in NSTX S. Bernabei, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B. Leblanc, C.K. Phillips, J.R. Wilson, P.M. Ryan, D.W. Swain, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		RP1.00012: Electron Stored Energy/Energy Confinement Indication of HHFW Surface Power Deposition on NSTX J.C. Hosea, S. Bernabei, B. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, J.R. wilson, P. Ryan, D.W. Swain, D. Stutman Preview Abstract
		RP1.00013: NSTX Reflectometer Measurements of RF Waves in the Scrape-off Layer in Front of the HHFW Antenna Array J.B. Wilgen, G.R. Hanson, P.M. Ryan, D.W. Swain, S. Bernabei, N. Greenough, J.C. Hosea, J.R. Wilson Preview Abstract
		RP1.00014: Simulation of ECE frequency spectra for NSTX and comparison with new radiometer results Jakub Urban, Josef Preinhaelter, Gary Taylor, Steffi Diem, Linda Vahala, George Vahala Preview Abstract
		RP1.00015: Design and Testing of Electron Bernstein Wave Emission Radiometers for the National Spherical Torus Experiment and the TJ-II Stellerator J.B.O. Caughman, J.B. Wilgen, M.D. Carter, D.A. Rasmussen, P.M. Ryan, P.C. Efthimion, G. Taylor, A. Cappa, F. Castejon, A. Fernandez Preview Abstract
		RP1.00016: Discrete compressional Alfven eigenmode spectrum in NSTX and DIII-D Nikolai Gorelenkov, Eric Fredrickson, William W. Heidbrink Preview Abstract
		RP1.00017: Effect of Fast-ion Distribution Function on Beam Driven Instabilities in NSTX E. Ruskov, W.W. Heidbrink, E.D. Fredrickson, D. Darrow, S. Medley, N. Gorelenkov Preview Abstract
		RP1.00018: Three-wave interaction of fast ion driven modes in NSTX N.A. Crocker, W.A. Peebles, S. Kubota, E.D. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
		RP1.00019: Parallelization of MHD spectral analysis at NSTX Seth Veitzer, Jonathan Menard, Peter Stoltz Preview Abstract
		RP1.00020: Overview of MAST results and future plans Brian Lloyd Preview Abstract
		RP1.00021: Neutral beam heating and current drive on MAST M.R. Tournianski, Rob Akers, G. Cunningham, P.G. Carolan, D.L. Keeling Preview Abstract
		RP1.00022: Status of the TST-2 spherical tokamak and future plans Y. Takase, A. Ejiri, Y. Adachi, N. Ishii, H. Kasahara, H. Nuga, T. Oosako, M. Sasaki, Y. Shimada, N. Sumitomo, I. Taguchi, H. Tojo, J. Tsujimura, M. Ushigome, T. Yamada Preview Abstract
		RP1.00023: Heating Properties of Merging Startup in TS-3/4/5 High-Beta ST Experiments Yasushi Ono, Eiichiro Kawamori, Alexander Balandin Preview Abstract
		RP1.00024: Progress on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment R. Kaita, R. Majeski, T. Gray, T. Kozub, H. Kugel, R. Parsells, C. Priniski, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov, V. Soukhanovskii, S. Krasheninnikov, L. Baylor, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		RP1.00025: Effects of Lithium Plasma-Facing Surfaces on Particle Confinement in CDX-U T. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, H. Kugel, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, V. Soukhanovskii, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		RP1.00026: Plasma Equilibrium Re-constructions of CDX-U J. Spaleta, L. Zakharov, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, T. Gray Preview Abstract
		RP1.00027: The Phase II Campaign for the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment B. Squires, E. Unterberg, D. Battaglia, M. Bongard, S. Burke, N. Eidietis, R. Fonck, G. Garstka, B. Kujak-Ford, B. Lewicki, G. Winz Preview Abstract
		RP1.00028: Non-Inductive Startup Via a Plasma Gun DC Helicity Source on the Pegasus Experiment N.W. Eidietis, G. Fiksel, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka, E.A. Unterberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		RP1.00029: Development of an Active Plasma Control System for Pegasus M.W. Bongard, S.P. Burke, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki Preview Abstract
		RP1.00030: Electron Temperature Diagnostics on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		RP1.00031: Planned EBW Heating and Current Drive Experiments on Pegasus G.D. Garstka, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, S.J. Diem, P.C. Efthimion, G. Taylor Preview Abstract
		RP1.00032: Modeling of EBW Propagation and Damping on Pegasus S.J. Diem, P.C. Efthimion, G. Taylor, R.J. Fonck, G.D. Garstka Preview Abstract
		RP1.00033: ST Formation via Driven Relaxation of a Screw Pinch: Overview and Design Considerations of a Proposed Concept Exploration Experiment S. Hsu, X. Tang, M. Kostora, T. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, D. Lazanja, A. Boozer Preview Abstract
		RP1.00034: Physics Design Bases of a Spherical Torus with a Plasma Center Column Xianzhu Tang, Allen Boozer, David Lazanja, Scott Hsu Preview Abstract
		RP1.00035: MCX Preview Abstract
		RP1.00036: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment : status and plans Catalin Teodorescu, Andrew Case, Richard Ellis, Adil Hassam, Robert Lunsford, Raymond Elton, Joydeep Ghosh, Hans Griem Preview Abstract
		RP1.00037: H$_\alpha$ Emissions Diagnostic for the Maryland Centrifugal eXperiment Ryan Clary, Andrew Case, Richard Ellis, Adil Hassam, Robert Lunsford, Catalin Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		RP1.00038: Spatially-resolved spectroscopic measurements of plasma rotation in MCX* J. Ghosh, A. Case, R.F. Ellis, R.C. Elton, H.R. Griem, A. Hassam, R. Lunsford, C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		RP1.00039: Supercritical Alfven Ionization Velocities observed on MCX R. Lunsford, R.F. Ellis, A. Case, R. Clary, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		RP1.00040: Magnetic Diagnostics on the Maryland Centrifugal Experiment (MCX): Upgrades and Initial Results A. Case, R. Clary, R.F. Ellis, A. Hassam, R. Lunsford, C. Teodorescu, S. King, J. Young Preview Abstract
		RP1.00041: Neutral profiles in centrifugal confined plasma Sheung-Wah Ng, A. B. Hassam Preview Abstract
		RP1.00042: Innovation in fusion energy sciences: looking towards the future Simon Woodruff, Y.C. Francis Thio, Thomas R. Jarboe Preview Abstract
		RP1.00043: L-Mode Confinement in Toroidal Devices Joseph Gorman Preview Abstract
		RP1.00044: The stability of zonal flows in finite beta tokamak edge plasmas Parvez Guzdar, Robert Kleva Preview Abstract
		RP1.00045: Geodesic Acoustic Propagation and Ballooning Mode Formalism M.B. Li, P.H. Diamond, G.G. Young, M. Arakawa Preview Abstract
		RP1.00046: BASIC PLASMA: TURBULENCE, TRANSPORT, SHOCKS, NONLINEAR PHENOMENA Preview Abstract
		RP1.00047: Superresolution algorithm for turbulence in\-vest\-igat\-ions D. Block, I. Teliban, A. Piel, V. Naulin Preview Abstract
		RP1.00048: Investigation of edge ExB sheared flow development in the TJ-II stellarator M. Angeles Pedrosa, Arturo Alonso, Eduardo Calder\'{o}n, Alexander A. Chmyga, Nicolai B. Dreval, Leonid Eliseev, Teresa Estrada, Carlos Hidalgo, Ludmila Krupnik, Alexander V. Melnikov, Roberto Octavio Orozco, Jose Luis de Pablos, Stewart J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		RP1.00049: A Basic Physics Study of Zonal Flows in CLM Vladimir Sokolov, Xiao Wei, Amiya K. Sen, Khare Avinash Preview Abstract
		RP1.00050: Observation of Zonal Flow Formation in a Cylindrical Magnetized Plasma Jonathan H. Yu, Christopher Holland, George R. Tynan, Michael J. Burin Preview Abstract
		RP1.00051: Experimental and numerical studies of neutral gas depletion due to neural gas collisional heating in an inductively coupled plasma Masashi Shimada, George R. Tynan Preview Abstract
		RP1.00052: On particle temperature in CSDX Alexander James, George Tynan Preview Abstract
		RP1.00053: Validation of Drift Turbulence Simulations with Laboratory Plasma Experiments George Tynan, Christopher Holland, Jonathan H. Yu, Troy Carter, Lincan Yan Preview Abstract
		RP1.00054: Numerical Linear Device: Numerical simulation of turbulent plasmas in linear devices Naohiro Kasuya, Masatoshi Yagi, Kimitaka Itoh, Masafumi Azumi, Sanae Itoh Preview Abstract
		RP1.00055: Long-Range and Local Dynamics of Fluctuations and Particle Transport in a Large Scale Laboratory Plasma M. Gilmore, L. Yan, N.A. Crocker, W.A. Peebles Preview Abstract
		RP1.00056: Experimental Investigation of Active Feedback Control of Turbulent Transport in a Magnetized Laboratory Plasma S. Xie, M. Gilmore, S. Will, P. Ram, A.G. Lynn, C. Watts, C.T. Abdallah Preview Abstract
		RP1.00057: Magnetic field scaling of turbulence and transport in the Large Plasma Device L. Yan, M. Gilmore, N.A. Crocker, W.A. Peebles, T. Carter, G.Y. Antar Preview Abstract
		RP1.00058: Effects of Edge DC Biasing on Plasma Rotation and Transport in a Toroidal Geometry. Ashild Fredriksen, Claudia Riccardi Preview Abstract
		RP1.00059: Suppression of cross-field diffusion resulting from biased rotation of a cylindrical plasma J.E. Maggs, T.A. Carter, R.J. Taylor Preview Abstract
		RP1.00060: Suppression of turbulent particle flux during biased rotation in LAPD T.A. Carter, J.E. Maggs, R.J. Taylor Preview Abstract
		RP1.00061: Drift-Alfven wave transport studies in the Large Plasma Device Stephen Vincena, Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
		RP1.00062: Internal Shear Flows in the Large Plasma Device Eric Lawrence, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
		RP1.00063: PLIF Studies of Flowing Plasmas Brett Jacobs, Walter Gekelman, Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
		RP1.00064: Interaction of High Amplitude Alfv\'{e}n Waves with Density Striations David Leneman, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, Bret Jacobs Preview Abstract
		RP1.00065: Laser-Produced Colliding Plasmas on LaPD Andrew Collette, Walter Gekelman, Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
		RP1.00066: Supercritical Radiative Shocks Do Not Exist R. Paul Drake Preview Abstract
		RP1.00067: Irreversible dissipation at collisionless shocks: Nonlinear ion-acoustic instability Li-Jen Chen, Abigail Rymer, William Kurth, Donald Gurnett Preview Abstract
		RP1.00068: Anisotropic Radiation Spectra from Strong Weibel Turbulence Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
		RP1.00069: Plasma Physics of Photoionized Gases by Short X-ray Pulses D.V. Romanov, V. Yu. Bychenkov, W. Rozmus, C.E. Capjack, R. Fedosejevs Preview Abstract
		RP1.00070: Nonadiabatic Ponderomotive Barriers Ilya Dodin, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		RP1.00071: Autoresonant Excitation and Control of Multiphase Nonlinear Waves Lazar Friedland Preview Abstract
		RP1.00072: Equilibrium statistical mechanics of self-consistent wave-particle system Yves Elskens Preview Abstract
		RP1.00073: Numerical Simulation of Driven Electron Acoustic Waves. F. Valentini, D.H.E. Dubin, T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
		RP1.00074: Thomson Scattering Detection of Ponderomotively Driven KEEN Waves in a Laser Produced Plasma J.L. Kline, B.B. Afeyan, W.A. Bertsche, R.P. Johnson, N.A. Kurnit, D.S. Montgomery, V. Savchenko, K. Won, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
		RP1.00075: Nonlinear oscillations in a unijunction transistor (UJT) circuit John Zielinski, Mark Koepke Preview Abstract
		RP1.00076: Observation of plasma hole transition induced by microwave power modulation Shinji Yoshimura, Masayoshi Tanaka Preview Abstract
		RP1.00077: Nonlinear Stability Behaviour of the Rotation Dynamics in the Collisional Tokamak Edge Layer Cuma Yarim, Umur Daybelge, Albert Nicolai Preview Abstract
		RP1.00078: Shock wave acceleration in weakly ionized plasmas Nirmol K. Podder, Anastasia V. Tarasova, Ralph B. Wilson IV Preview Abstract
		RP1.00079: Quasicoherent Nonlinear Interactions in Ion Density Fluctuations Ilker Uzun, Frederick Skiff Preview Abstract
		RP1.00080: NSTX Research, Recent Results, and Advancing Plasma Science Through Complementarity with Other U.S. Program Elements E.J. Synakowski Preview Abstract
		RP1.00081: Progress of NSTX Program in Physics Basis for 10-MA Devices Y.-K. M. Peng Preview Abstract
		RP1.00082: Development of Particle and Impurity Control Techniques for NSTX M.G. Bell, H.W. Kugel, D.A. Gates, R. Kaita, D. Mueller, C.H. Skinner, B.C. Stratton, R. Maingi, V.A. Soukhanovskii, R. Raman Preview Abstract
		RP1.00083: Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy on NSTX R.E. Bell, D.W. Johnson, R. Feder, T.M. Biewer Preview Abstract
		RP1.00084: Measurements of ion and electron temperature profiles on NSTX with an X-ray imaging crystal spectrometer M. Bitter, C. Bush, K.W. Hill, L. Roquemore, B. Stratton, D. Mastrovito, P. Beiersdorfer, M.F. Gu Preview Abstract
		RP1.00085: Upgrade to the NSTX Thomson Scattering Diagnostic Benoit LeBlanc, David Johnson Preview Abstract
		RP1.00086: Tangential multi-color ``optical'' soft X-ray array for electron temperature and transport measurements L.F. Delgado-Aparicio, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, R. Bell, D. Johnson, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, B. LeBlanc, L. Roquemore Preview Abstract
		RP1.00087: Plasma Flow Measurements on NSTX using the SWIFT (Shifted Wavelength/Interference Filter Technology) diagnostic Stephen Paul, Robert Kaita, Lane Roquemore, Brett McGeehan, Nobuhiro Nishino Preview Abstract
		RP1.00088: The Motional Stark Effect (MSE) Diagnostic on NSTX Howard Yuh, Fred Levinton Preview Abstract
		RP1.00089: Progress towards measurement of ETG turbulence on NSTX D.R. Smith, R.E. Feder, E. Mazzucato, H.K. Park, L. Lin, C.W. Domier, M. Johnson, N.C. Luhmann, Jr. Preview Abstract
		RP1.00090: Fast visible 2-D camera imaging on NSTX A.L. Roquemore, R. Kiata, D. Darrow, S. Zweben, T. Gray, N. Nishino, R. Maqueda, C. Bush, L. Dorf, G. Wurden, K. Shinohara Preview Abstract
		RP1.00091: Fast imaging of visible phenomena in NSTX R.J. Maqueda, C.E. Bush, L. Roquemore, K.M. Williams, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		RP1.00092: Recent Analysis of Fast Time Series GPI Data on NSTX Kyron M. Williams, Ricardo Maqueda, Stewart J. Zweben, Charles E. Bush Preview Abstract
		RP1.00093: Bispectral analysis of the L-H transition as seen in the NSTX GPI data A.E. White, M.J. Burin, T.A. Carter, T.S. Hahm, J.A. Krommes, R.J. Maqueda, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		RP1.00094: Velocity Field Analysis of NSTX Gas Puff Imaging Data T. Munsat, R. Maqueda, J. Myra, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, S. Zweben Preview Abstract
		RP1.00095: Analysis of Flow Patterns in NSTX Edge Turbulence T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, N. Pomphrey, J. Krommes, S. Zweben, T. Munsat, R. Maqueda Preview Abstract
		RP1.00096: Blob birth and transport in NSTX: GPI data analysis and theory J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, D.P. Stotler, S.J. Zweben, R. Maqueda, J. Boedo, T. Munsat Preview Abstract
		RP1.00097: Simulation of convective cross-field transport, toroidal plasma flows, and dust dynamics in NSTX with UEDGE and DUSTT codes. A.Yu. Pigarov, S. Krasheninnikov, J. Boedo, R. Bell, S. Paul, A. Roquemore, V. Soukhanovskii, R. Maingi, C. Bush, T. Soboleva Preview Abstract
		RP1.00098: RWM Critical Rotation Frequency and Beta Dependence in NSTX Aaron Sontag, S.A. Sabbagh, J.M. Bialek, W. Zhu, H. Reimerdes, A.M. Garofalo, J.E. Menard, D.A. Gates, R.E. Bell, M.G. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, D.J. Battaglia Preview Abstract
		RP1.00099: Error Fields and Locked Modes in NSTX Jong-kyu Park, Jonathan Menard, Russell Feder, George Labik, Christiane Ludescher, Aaron Sontag, Christina Tcheyan Preview Abstract
		RP1.00100: Improved Mode Number Identification of Low-frequency MHD Activity in NSTX S.P. Smith, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh, R.E. Bell Preview Abstract
		RP1.00101: Study of Type I ELM Systematics Using Soft X-ray Analysis on NSTX K. Tritz, D. Stutman, L. Delgado-Aparicio, M. Finkenthal, R. Bell, R. Kaita, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, L. Roquemore, R. Maingi, S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		RP1.00102: Characteristics of ELM precursors on NSTX Philipp Ridha, Jonathan Menard, Dan Stutman, Kevin Tritz Preview Abstract
		RP1.00103: Fast soft x-ray camera observation of fast and slow reconnection events on NSTX Brentley Stratton, Schwick von Goeler, Joshua Breslau, Eric Fredrickson, Wonchull Park, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract

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2005 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 24–28, 2005; Denver, Colorado

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