Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 30–November 3 2006; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session CO1: DIII-D

Chair: Steve Wukitch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Salon G

Monday, October 30, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO1.00001: Overview of Recent DIII-D Experimental Results D.N. Hill Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO1.00002: Progress Toward Fully Noninductive, High Performance Conditions in DIII-D M. Murakami Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO1.00003: Modeling of DIII-D Discharges With Feedback Control of the Safety Factor Profile Evolution J.R. Ferron, P. Gohil, C.M. Greenfield, T.C. Luce, C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, M.R. Wade, V. Basiuk, F. Imbeaux, T.A. Casper, M. Murakami, Y. Ou, E. Schuster, Q. Gao, A. Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO1.00004: Density Control Using the New Divertor Pumping Configuration in DIII-D T.W. Petrie, M.A. Mahdavi, N.H. Brooks, P.M. Anderson, J.R. Ferron, C.M. Greenfield, A.W. Hyatt, T.C. Luce, C.J. Murphy, C.C. Petty, M.R. Wade, W.P. West, C.J. Lasnier, R.J. Colchin, J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO1.00005: Study of RWM Stability and RWM Feedback Control in Reactor Relevant Low-Rotation Discharges in DIII-D H. Reimerdes, J. Bialek, A.M. Garofalo, M.J. Lanctot, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, G.A. Navratil, R. Budny, M. Okabayashi, W.M. Solomon, M.S. Chu, G.L. Jackson, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, Y. In, J.S. Kim Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO1.00006: Decoupling the Effects of Momentum and Power Input From Neutral Beam Injection W.M. Solomon, K.H. Burrell, J.S. deGrassie, R.-M. Hong, J.T. Scoville, M. Peng Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO1.00007: DIII-D Quiescent H-Mode Experiments With Co Plus Counter Neutral Beam Injection K.H. Burrell, W.P. West, P. Gohil, R.J. Groebner, P.B. Snyder, M.E. Fenstermacher, C.J. Lasnier, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO1.00008: RMP Assisted ELM-Free H-modes in DIII-D Plasmas With ITER Shapes and Pedestal Collisionalities T.E. Evans, K.H. Burrell, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, W.P. West, R.A. Moyer, I. Joseph, M.E. Fenstermacher, C.J. Lasnier, J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO1.00009: Pedestal Turbulence Evolution After L-H Transition and During ELM Cycles on DIII-D G. Wang, W.A. Peebles, E.J. Doyle, T.L. Rhodes, L. Zeng, X.V. Nguyen, G.J. Kramer, R. Nazikian, P.B. Snyder, T.H. Osborne, R.J. Groebner, K.H. Burrell, A.W. Leonard, E.J. Strait, M.E. Fenstermacher Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO1.00010: Understanding the High Confinement Properties of Hybrid Plasmas in DIII-D C.C. Petty Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO1.00011: Integrated Scenario Modeling for Steady State and Hybrid Scenario in DIII-D and ITER J.M. Park, M. Murakami, H.E. St. John Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO1.00012: Disruption and Runaway Electron Mitigation With MGI in DIII-D J.C. Wesley, D.A. Humphreys, P.B. Parks, E.J. Strait, E.M. Hollmann, G. Antar, T.C. Jernigan, S.K. Combs, M. Groth Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO1.00013: Modification of Sawteeth Periods By Trapped Fast Ions in DIII-D M. Choi, V.S. Chan, M.S. Chu, L.L. Lao, A.D. Turnbull Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO1.00014: Neoclassical Tearing Mode Control With Modulated Electron Cyclotron Current Drive in DIII-D W.S. Welander Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:48PM - 5:00PM		CO1.00015: Neutral Beam Driven Current During MHD Activity in DIII-D Hybrid Plasmas R. Nazikian, R. Budny, N.N. Gorelenkov, G.J. Kramer, R. White, M.S. Chu, C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, E.J. Strait, M.R. Wade, W.W. Heidbrink, R.J. Jayakumar, M.A. Van Zeeland Preview Abstract

Session CO2: Z Pinches

Chair: John Porter, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Salon H

Monday, October 30, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO2.00001: Measurements of three-dimensional instability growth of the imploding mass distribution for single and nested wire arrays M.E. Cuneo, D.B. Sinars, G.R. Bennett, E.P. Yu, R.W. Lemke, M.P. Desjarlais, R.G. Adams, D.E. Bliss, M.C. Jones, G.T. Leifeste, J.L. Porter, I.C. Smith, W.A. Stygar, E.M. Waisman Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO2.00002: Variations on Nested Stainless Steel Wire Arrays B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, D.J. Ampleford, E.M. Waisman, P.D. LePell Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO2.00003: Wire-array on foil implosions for radiation pulse shaping D.B. Sinars, M.E. Cuneo, R.W. Lemke, M. Martin, E.M. Waisman, M.P. Desjarlais, J.L. Porter Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO2.00004: Investigation of the interaction pulse in nested wire array z-pinches D.J. Ampleford, C.A. Jennings, M.E. Cuneo, C. Deeney, S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, S.C. Bott, G.N. Hall, F. Suzuki, J.P. Chittenden Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO2.00005: Spectroscopy and implosion dynamics of nested wire arrays produced on the 1 MA z-pinch generator at Cornell University A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, N.D. Ouart, M.F. Yilmaz, K. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G. Osborne, J.B. Greenly, K.M. Chandler, R.D. McBride, D.A. Chalenski, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, P.D. LePell Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO2.00006: Modifying Wire-Array Z-pinch Ablation Structure and Implosion Dynamics Using Coiled Arrays Gareth Hall, Simon Bott, Simon Bland, Sergey Lebedev, James Palmer, Francisco Suzuki, Jeremy Chittenden Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO2.00007: Implosion dynamics and radiation characteristics of planar wire arrays and their comparison with low-wire number cylindrical wire arrays features on the 1 MA z-pinch generator at UNR V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, V.V. Ivanov, K. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G. Osborne, N.D. Ouart, M.F. Yilmaz, A. Haboub, T.E. Cowan, L.I. Rudakov, A.L. Velikovich, C.A. Coverdale, B. Jones, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, A.S. Chuvatin Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO2.00008: Simulations of high current wire array Z-pinches using a parallel 3D resistive MHD J.P. Chittenden, C.A. Jennings, A. Ciardi Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO2.00009: Simulation of Wire-Array Z Pinches with ALEGRA Sophie Chantrenne, David Bliss, Kyle Cochrane, Christine Coverdale, Chris Deeney, Clint Hall, Thomas Haill, Brent Jones, Paul Lepell, Bryan Oliver, Daniel Sinars Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO2.00010: Z-pinch stagnation and radiation production using a MHD turbulence model Kyle Peterson, James Hammer Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO2.00011: Wire initiation critical for radiation symmetry in Z-pinch driven Dynamic Hohlraums T.W.L. Sanford, G.A. Rochau, S.E. Rosenthal, L.F. Bennett, D.E. Bliss, M.E. Cuneo, W.A. Stygar, C.A. Jennings, J.P. Chittenden, M.G. Haines, R.C. Mock, G.S. Sarkisov, P.V. Sasorov, D.L. Peterson, M.J. Berninger Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO2.00012: Effects of Wire Ablation on Foam Targets in Wire Array Z-pinches J.B.A. Palmer, S.N. Bott, S.C. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, G. Hall, F. Suzuki, D.J. Ampleford, J. Rapley, M. Sherlock, M.G. Haines Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO2.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO2.00014: Experimental Radial Density Profiles in Wire Array Z-Pinches Simon Bott, S. Lebedev, S. Bland, J. Chittenden, M. Haines, G. Hall, J. Rapley, F. Suzuki, A. Marocchino, J. Palmer, D. Ampleford, C. Jennings Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:48PM - 5:00PM		CO2.00015: Nonlinear Interaction Between the Radiation and Multidimensional Plasma in Large Diameter Structured Argon Gas Puff Z-Pinch Loads Y.K. Chong, J.W. Thornhill, A.L. Velikovich, J.P. Apruzese, J. Davis, N. Qi, H. Sze, J.S. Levine, B.H. Failor Preview Abstract

Session CO3: Laser-Plasma Coupling

Chair: Kazuo Tanaka, Osaka University
Room: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Salon KL

Monday, October 30, 2006 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO3.00001: Design and Analysis of Laser Plasma Interaction Experiments Relevant to the National Ignition Facility Richard London, Laurent Divol, Dustin Froula, Nathan Meezan, Shon Prisbrey Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO3.00002: Simulating Extremely Large-Scale Laser-Plasma Interactions of NIF Experiments Steven H. Langer, Richard L. Berger, Laurent M. Divol, Milo R. Dorr, Denise E. Hinkel, Jeffrey A. F. Hittinger, A. Bruce Langdon, Charles H. Still, Edward A. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO3.00003: Laser-plasma interactions in 2010 ignition targets D.E. Hinkel, E.A. Williams, C.H. Still, R.L. Berger, D.A. Callahan, L. Divol, J.A. Hittinger, A.B. Langdon, S.M. Pollaine Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO3.00004: Hohlraum Energetics with Elliptical Phase Plates on OMEGA S.P. Regan, D.D. Meyerhofer, T.C. Sangster, R. Epstein, L.J. Suter, O.S. Jones, N.B. Meezan, M.D. Rosen, S. Dixit, C. Sorce, O.L. Landen, J. Schein, E.L. Dewald Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO3.00005: Thomson scattering in both the collective and non-collective regime in a laser produced plasma James Ross, Jeffrey Levesque, Bradley Pollock, Dustin Froula, Laurent Divol, Dwight Price, Siegfried Glenzer, Allan Offenberger Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO3.00006: Fokker-Planck transport simulations relevant to Polar-Direct-Drive Robert Kingham, C. Ridgers, P.W. McKenty, S. Skupsky, V.N. Goncharov, G. Li Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO3.00007: Laser--Plasma Coupling Near Critical Density in Direct-Drive ICF Plasmas A.V. Maximov, J. Myatt, R.W. Short Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO3.00008: Dynamics of high power and long pulse laser propagation and its control in underdense plasmas M. Nakatsutsumi, J. Fuchs, P. Antici, P. Audebert, N. Bourgeois, M. Grech, R. Kodama, T. Lin, J.R. Marqu\`es, G. Riazuelo, L. Romagnani, V. Tikhonchuk Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO3.00009: Nonlocal Electron Transport in Laser Ablation Atsushi Sunahara, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO3.00010: Langmuir wave damping decreases slowly Harvey Rose Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO3.00011: The nonlinear evolution of driven nonlinear ion acoustic waves with kinetic electrons Richard Berger, Stephan Brunner, Ernest Valeo, Laurent Divol, Charles Still Preview Abstract
Monday, October 30, 2006 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO3.00012: Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two beam laser-solid interactions Philip Nilson, Louise Willingale, Malte Kaluza, Christos Kamberides, Mingsheng Wei, Paulo Fernandes, Robert Kingham, Zulfikar Najmudin, Malcolm Haines, Bucker Dangor, Karl Krushelnick, Stefano Minardi, Michalis Tatarakis, Margaret Notley, Sujit Bandyopadhyay, Mark Sherlock, Roger Evans, Wojciech Rozmus Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2006 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Monday–Friday, October 30–November 3 2006; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Session Index

Session CO1: DIII-D

Session CO2: Z Pinches

Session CO3: Laser-Plasma Coupling

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