Bulletin of the American Physical Society

49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 52, Number 11

Monday–Friday, November 12–16, 2007; Orlando, Florida

Session Index

Session PP8: Poster Session VI: Shocks, Flows, Dusty and Complex Plasmas; Z Pinches, X Pinches, EOS, and HEDP; Stellarator; FRC’s, Flow Pinch, HBT-EP, Helimak and LDX	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

		PP8.00001: SHOCKS, FLOWS, DUSTY AND COMPLEX PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		PP8.00002: Heating and cooling in dusty plasmas Y. Feng, J. Goree, Bin Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00003: Dispersion relation of Dust-acoustic waves in three-dimensional complex plasmas under microgravity Silvia V. Annibaldi, A.V. Ivlev, U. Konopka, S. Ratynskaia, H. Thomas, G. Morfill, A. Lipaev, V. Molotkov, O. Petrov, V. Fortov, J. Drake Preview Abstract
		PP8.00004: Dust Impact Studies in Regard to Dust/Wall Interactions in Fusion Research James Creel, Jorge Carmona-Reyes, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		PP8.00005: Complex Plasma Studies on Ferromagnetic Dust Jorge Carmona, Matthew Benesh, Chelsea Chan, Jimmy Schmoke, Michael Cook, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		PP8.00006: Sensitivity Analysis on Boundary Conditions for Continuum Regime Probe H.L. Rappaport Preview Abstract
		PP8.00007: Complex Plasma with Multiple Distinct Particle Sizes Bernard Smith, Truell Hyde, Mike Cook, Jimmy Schmoke Preview Abstract
		PP8.00008: Dispersion relation for the dust-acoustic wave in a Lorentzian plasma Myoung-Jae Lee, Taejoon Kim, Kyu-Sun Chung, Hyun-Jong Woo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00009: Dispersion properties of the dust-acoustic waves in a Lorentzian plasma containing elongated dust grains. Taejoon Kim, Myoung-Jae Lee, Kyu-Sun Chung Preview Abstract
		PP8.00010: Oblique dust density waves Alexander Piel, Oliver Arp, Kristoffer Menzel, Markus Klindworth Preview Abstract
		PP8.00011: Observations of dust acoustic waves driven at high frequencies Ross Fisher, Robert Merlino, Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00012: Vertically propagating driven dust acoustic waves in a dc glow discharge dusty plasma E. Thomas, J. Williams, L. Marcus, R. Merlino Preview Abstract
		PP8.00013: Preliminary measurement of ion heating in a weakly-coupled complex (dusty) plasma Jeremiah Williams, Edward Thomas, Lydia Marcus Preview Abstract
		PP8.00014: Floating potential and collisionless ion drag force on a spherical grain under weakly magnetized conditions Leonardo Patacchini, Ian H. Hutchinson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00015: Observation of melting in a heated, two-dimensional complex plasma T.E. Sheridan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00016: Ionosphere Dusty Plasma in the Laboratory Scott Robertson, Gregor Bano, Ward Handley, Mihaly Horanyi, Zoltan Sternovsky Preview Abstract
		PP8.00017: Theoretical and experimental studies of dust particle charging in the presence of a magnetic field Chris Fichtl, Gian Luca Delzanno, Su-Hyun Kim, Robert Merlino, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		PP8.00018: 0-D and 2-D LIF Measurements of Small Coulomb Crystals in a Linear RF Trap Mitsutoshi Aramaki, Akihiro Kono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00019: Crystallization in mass and charge asymmetric bilayers Michael Bonitz, Patrick Ludwig, Alexei Filinov, Yurii Lozovik, Heinrich Stolz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00020: Breathing Mode in Complex Plasmas K. Fujioka, C. Henning, P. Ludwig, M. Bonitz, A. Melzer, S. Vitkalov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00021: Measurement of emission from a radiatively collapsed shock A. Visco, R.P. Drake, M.J. Grosskopf, N. Gjeci, R.S. Gillespie, J.D. Shultz, D.A. Campbell, J. Human Preview Abstract
		PP8.00022: Plasma Formation on an Aluminum Surface Driven by MG Fields Stephan Fuelling, Bruno Bauer, Richard Siemon, Tom Awe, Volodymyr Makhin, Tasha Goodrich, Andrew Oxner, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
		PP8.00023: Numerical Modeling of Megagauss Fields on Aluminum Rods Volodymyr Makhin, Thomas Awe, Bruno Bauer, Irvin Lindemuth, Richard Siemon, Walt Atchison, Thomas Tierney, Michael Frese, Sherry Frese, Michael Desjarlais, Thomas Haill, Rickey Faehl, Sergey Garanin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00024: Interaction of laser-produced plasmas with large magnetoplasmas Christoph Niemann, Carmen Constantin, Andrew Collette, Shreekrishna Tripathi, Patrick Pribyl, Erik Everson, Alexandre Gigliotti, Stephen Vincena, Radu Presura, Stephan Neff, Christopher Plechaty, Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00025: Observation of Thermal Effects for Shock Wave Acceleration in Glow Discharge Plasma Nirmol K. Podder, Anastasia V. Tarasova, Ralph B. Wilson IV Preview Abstract
		PP8.00026: Self similar nonlocal electron heat flow Jean-Pierre Matte Preview Abstract
		PP8.00027: Modeling the influence of interelectrode spacing in the Pulsed Discharge Nozzle Jerome Remy, Bart Broks, Wouter Brok, Joost v.d. Mullen, Abdessamad Benidar, Ludovic Biennier, Farid Salama Preview Abstract
		PP8.00028: Experimental Characterization of Plasma Flow in Reconnection Scaling Experiment. L. Dorf, X. Sun, T. Intrator, J. Hendryx, G. Wurden Preview Abstract
		PP8.00029: Measuring 3D plasma flow in compact toroids Setthivoine You, Alexander Balandin, Yasuchi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00030: Evaluation of Kinematic Viscosity of Rotating Cylindrical Plasmas Using Flow Velocity Profile Measurements Shinji Yoshimura, Masayoshi Tanaka Preview Abstract
		PP8.00031: Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Ropes in a Laboratory Plasma Eric Lawrence, Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00032: Ultracold Plasma Expansion in Magnetic Field Xianli Zhang, Robert Fletcher, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
		PP8.00033: Models of low-beta plasma expansion across magnetized vacuum D.V. Rose, D.R. Welch, T.C. Genoni Preview Abstract
		PP8.00034: Numerical Modeling of a Magnetic Nozzle Mikhail Tushentsov, Boris Breizman, Alexey Arefiev Preview Abstract
		PP8.00035: Ambipolar acceleration of ions in a magnetic nozzle Alexey Arefiev, Boris Breizman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00036: Plume Narrowing in a Cylindrical Hall Thruster Nathaniel Fisch, Amnon Fruchtman, Yevgeny Raitses, Jean Marcel Rax Preview Abstract
		PP8.00037: Z PINCHES, X PINCHES, EOS, AND HEDP Preview Abstract
		PP8.00038: Time dependent VISAR current diagnostic for pulsed power loads Kyle Peterson, Raymond Lemke Preview Abstract
		PP8.00039: Validation of an ablation model for simulating wire array z-pinches R.W. Lemke, E.M. Waisman, E.P. Yu, D.B. Sinars, T.A. Haill, T.A. Brunner, H.L. Hanshaw, M.E. Cuneo, M.P. Desjarlais, T.A. Mehlhorn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00040: Two-Dimensional Radiation MHD Modeling of Gas Puff Z-Pinch Implosions J.W. Thornhill, J.L. Giuliani, Y.K. Chong, J. Davis, A. Dasgupta, R.W. Clark, K.G. Whitney, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
		PP8.00041: Lumped-state CRE Modeling of the Ionization Dynamics of O- and N-like Krypton K.G. Whitney, A. Dasgupta, J.W. Thornhill, J. Davis Preview Abstract
		PP8.00042: Wire Ablation Plasma Source Studies at Sandia National Laboratories M.D. Johnston, K. Hahn, B.V. Oliver, T.A. Mehlhorn, D.W. Droemer, R.L. Starbird, Y. Maron, E. Klodzh, E. Stambulchik Preview Abstract
		PP8.00043: Investigations of stagnated plasma conditions and opacity for K-shell x-ray sources at the Z Accelerator C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, J.P. Apruzese, B. Jones, P.D. LePell Preview Abstract
		PP8.00044: Quantitative investigation of mass ablation rates of wire arrays at current levels from 80kA to 1MA S. Bott, D. Haas, F. Beg, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, D. Hammer, B. Kusse, J. Greenly, T. Shelkovenko, S. Pikuz, I. Blesener, R. McBride, J. Douglass, K. Bell, P. Knapp, J. Chittenden, S. Lebedev, S. Bland, G. Hall, F. Suzuki Vidal, A. Marocchino, A. Harvey-Thompson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00045: Quantitative Measurements of Ablation in Wire Array Z-Pinches A. Harvey-Thompson, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, G.N. Hall, J.B.A. Palmer, F. Suzuki-Vidal, S.C. Bott Preview Abstract
		PP8.00046: Mitigation of end-effects in wire array z-pinches through hardware modification D.J. Ampleford, C.A. Jennings, B. Jones, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott Preview Abstract
		PP8.00047: Relative Timing of Coronal Plasma Formation for Individual Wires in a Wire Array Z-Pinch Patrick Knapp, D.A. Chalenski, J.D. Douglass, J.B. Greenly, R.D. McBride, S. Pikuz, T. Shelkovenko, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse Preview Abstract
		PP8.00048: Time Evolution of the Magnetic Field Topology of Cylindrical Wire Array Z-Pinches Matthew Martin, John Greenly, Charles Seyler Preview Abstract
		PP8.00049: Studies of the Dynamics of Ablation Stream development in Wire Arrays on COBRA John Greenly, Matthew Martin, Charles Seyler Preview Abstract
		PP8.00050: Studies of Hot Spots in Wire-Array Z-Pinches and X-Pinches Kate Bell, Tatiana Shelkovenko, Sergey Pikuz, David Hammer, Jonathan Douglass, Ryan McBride, John Greenly Preview Abstract
		PP8.00051: X-pinch Wire-number Scan at 1 MA D.B. Sinars, M.E. Cuneo, D.F. Wenger, J.D. Douglass, R.D. McBride, S.A. Pikuz, J.B. Greenly, D. Chalenski, T.A. Shelkovenko, A. Mingaleev, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, J.P. Chittenden Preview Abstract
		PP8.00052: Quantification of axially correlated ablation in z-pinch wire arrays. Jacob Zier, T. Strickler, M.R. Gomez, R. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, W.W. Tang, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, J. Greenly, J. Douglass, R. McBride, D. Chalenski, K. Bell, P. Knapp, W. Syed Preview Abstract
		PP8.00053: A higher-dimensional theory of electrical contact resistance Wilkin Tang, Y.Y. Lau, M. Gomez, R.M. Gilgenbach, J. Zier, M. Haworth, E. Yu, M. Cuneo, T.A. Mehlhorn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00054: Study of Wire Contact Resistance in Single and Multi-wire Z-Pinch Experiments M.R. Gomez, J. Zier, W. Tang, D.M. French, R.M. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, M.E. Cuneo, M.D. Johnston, M.G. Mazarakis, T.A. Mehlhorn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00055: Designs and Plans for MAIZE: a 1 MA LTD-Driven Z-Pinch R.M. Gilgenbach, M.R. Gomez, J. Zier, W. Tang, D.M. French, B.W. Hoff, N. Jordan, E. Cruz, Y.Y. Lau, T. Fowler-Guzzardo, J. Meisel, M.G. Mazarakis, M.E. Cuneo, M.D. Johnston, T.A. Mehlhorn, A.A. Kim, V.A. Sinebryukhov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00056: Measurements of plasma conditions in precursor plasmas at the 1-MA Zebra facility N.D. Ouart, C.A. Coverdale, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, K.M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
		PP8.00057: Implosion Dynamics and X-Ray Production in Cylindrical Wire Arrays 1-16 mm in Diameter Abdelmoula Haboub, Vladimir Ivanov, Vladimir Sotnikov, Alexey Astanovitskiy, Alexey Morozov, Sara Altemara, Chris Thomas, Vidya Nalajala, Steve Batie Preview Abstract
		PP8.00058: Effect of an axial wire on wire array z-pinch dynamics R. Presura, D. Martinez, S. Wright, C. Plechaty, S. Neff, L. Wanex, D. Ampleford Preview Abstract
		PP8.00059: Investigation of particle beams in 1-MA wire array z-pinches by Faraday cups A.A. Morozov, A. Haboub, V.V. Ivanov, V.I. Sotnikov, R. Presura, A.L. Astanovitskiy, T. Jarrett, V. Nalajala, S.D. Altemara, C.M. Thomas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00060: Plasma Formation from a Single Solid Conductor Carrying a Multi-Magaampere Current Milena Angelova, Bruno Bauer, Irvin Lindemuth, Volodymyr Makhin, Richard Siemon Preview Abstract
		PP8.00061: Radiography using a dense plasma focus device as a source of pulsed X-rays Julio Herrera, Ferm\'in Castillo, Isabel Gamboa, Jos\'e Rangel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00062: Reconstruction of Neutron and Deuteron Energy Spectra in Z-pinch Experiments Karel Rezac, Daniel Klir, Pavel Kubes, Josef Kravarik Preview Abstract
		PP8.00063: Characteristics of extreme ultraviolet radiation from laser triggered vacuum spark discharge plasma Masato Watanabe, Nozomu Kishi, Eiki Hotta Preview Abstract
		PP8.00064: Soft X-ray emission from plasma channel created by wire explosion in water Vaclav Prukner, Karel Kolacek, Jiri Schmidt, Oleksandr Frolov, Jaroslav Straus Preview Abstract
		PP8.00065: Improved EOS for Describing Off-Hugoniot States in Epoxy/Foam IC Targets Roberta Mulford, Nicholas Lanier, Damian Swift, Shane Walton, Ian Tregillis, Jonathan Workman, Peter Graham, Alastair Moore Preview Abstract
		PP8.00066: Preheat Measurements for Supernova Hydrodynamics Experiments Christine Krauland, Carolyn Kuranz, Paul Drake, Mike Grosskopf, Duncan Campbell Preview Abstract
		PP8.00067: Exploration of Plasma-Jet Magneto-Inertial Fusion Burn Dynamics John F. Santarius Preview Abstract
		PP8.00068: EMHD Calculations of Plasma Jet Acceleration Thomas Hughes, Carsten Thoma, Jin-Soo Kim, Sergei Galkin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00069: Plasma jets merging simulation S.A. Galkin, I.N. Bogatu, J.S. Kim, F.D. Witherspoon, M.W. Phillips, T.P. Hughes, D.R. Welch, I. Golovkin, J. MacFarlane Preview Abstract
		PP8.00070: Dense Hypervelocity Plasma Jets Andrew Case, F. Douglas Witherspoon, Sarah Messer, Richard Bomgardner, Michael Phillips, David van Doren, Raymond Elton, Ilker Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
		PP8.00071: Probe Measurements on the HyperV Plasma Gun S.J. Messer, F.D. Witherspoon, R. Bomgardner, A. Case, M.W. Phillips, D. Van Doren Preview Abstract
		PP8.00072: Laser-Driven Magnetic-Flux Compression Experiments on the OMEGA Laser O.V. Gotchev, N.W. Jang, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer, R. Betti Preview Abstract
		PP8.00073: Development and benchmarking of radiation transport models in LSP. Igor Golovkin, Joseph MacFarlane, Pamela Woodruff, Peter Hakel, Roberto Mancini, Thomas Hughes, Dale Welch, Carsten Thoma, Bob Clark, Chris Mostrom, F. Douglas Witherspoon, Mike Phillips , N.I. Bogatu, Jin-Soo Kim, Sergei Galkin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00074: Configuration based Collisional-Radiative Model including configuration interaction Michel Busquet Preview Abstract
		PP8.00075: Benchmarking algorithms for the solution of Collisional Radiative Model (CRM) equations. Marcel Klapisch, Michel Busquet Preview Abstract
		PP8.00076: M-shell transmission measurements of gadolinium in LTE at 30 eV Robert Heeter, Brian Wilson, Scott Anderson, John Castor, Kevin Fournier, Carlos Iglesias, Steve Maclaren, Marilyn Schneider Preview Abstract
		PP8.00077: STELLARATOR Preview Abstract
		PP8.00078: Overview of HSX Results and Experimental Program Plan D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00079: Transport Studies in HSX at 1 Tesla J. Lore, D.T. Anderson, J.M. Canik, K.M. Likin, J.N. Talmadge, K. Zhai Preview Abstract
		PP8.00080: Modeling of Anomalous Transport in ECRH Plasmas at HSX W. Guttenfelder, D.T. Anderson, J.M. Canik, K.M. Likin, J. Lore, J.N. Talmadge, W. Dorland, M. Barnes Preview Abstract
		PP8.00081: Measurement of the Pfirsh-Schl\"{u}ter and Bootstrap Currents in HSX J.C. Schmitt, J.N. Talmadge, D.T. Anderson, P.H. Probert Preview Abstract
		PP8.00082: ECRH at 0.5 and 1 Tesla in the Helically Symmetric Experiment Konstantin Likin, David Anderson, Simon Anderson, Chuanbao Deng, Huijuan Lu, Jerahmie Radder, Joseph Talmadge, Kan Zhai Preview Abstract
		PP8.00083: 5-D Kinetic Modeling of ECRH Plasmas in the HSX Stellarator J.W. Radder, J.N. Talmadge, K.M. Likin, D.T. Anderson, S. Murakami Preview Abstract
		PP8.00084: Alfv\'{e}nic Modes in HSX Stellarator C. Deng, D.L. Brower, D.A. Spong, B.N. Breizman, A.F. Almagri, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, W. Guttenfelder, K. Likin, J. Lore, J. Lu, S. Oh, J.W. Radder, J. Schmitt, K. Zhai Preview Abstract
		PP8.00085: Wall Conditioning for 1T Operation in HSX A. Herr, C. Clark, F.S.B. Anderson, D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00086: Ion Temperature Measurements and Impurity Radiation in HSX A.R. Briesemeister, K. Zhai, F.S.B. Anderson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00087: Overview of Recent Results from HSX and the Planned Experimental Program K. Zhai, A. Briesemeister, F.S.B. Anderson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00088: Simulation and Implementation of HIBP Electric Field Measurements for the HSX Stellarator C. Clark, D.T. Anderson, J. Hillesheim, M. Bingham, K. Connor, D. Demers, A. Dunckle, P. Schoch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00089: Stability of Current-Driven Discharges in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment S.F. Knowlton, G.J. Hartwell, J.D. Hanson, J. Peterson, J. Shields, B.A. Stevenson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00090: Vacuum Magnetic Field Mapping of the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH) J.T. Peterson, J. Hanson, G.J. Hartwell, S.F. Knowlton, C. Montgomery, J. Munoz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00091: Soft X-Ray Tomography and Temperature Measurements on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH) Experiment G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton, J. Peterson, B.A. Stevenson, J. Hanson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00092: Density Measurements of Compact Toroidal Hybrid Plasmas and Design of an Interferometer-Polarimeter Diagnostic B.A. Stevenson, G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton, J. Shields Preview Abstract
		PP8.00093: Triple probe measurements of edge plasma parameters in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid torsatron M. Cianciosa, E. Thomas, G. Hartwell, S. Knowlton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00094: Calculated Refraction and Cotton-Mouton Effect for a Millimeter-wave Interferometer/Polarimeter on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid (CTH) Experiment J. Shields, S. Knowlton, B.A. Stevenson, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell Preview Abstract
		PP8.00095: Fast Particle Loss-Cone Measurements by the Novel Angular-Resolved Multi-Sightline Neutral Particle Analyzer (ARMS-NPA) on Large Helical Device. Evgeny Veshchev, Tetsuo Ozaki, Pavel Goncharov, Shigeru Sudo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00096: Calculation of a stable path to high beta for the LHD stellarator Benjamin Carreras, Katsuji Ichiguchi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00097: Quasi-linear fluxes in heliotron configurations Osamu Yamagishi, Masayuki Yokoyama, Hideo Sugama Preview Abstract
		PP8.00098: Shear Alfv\'{e}n spectrum and mode structures for 3D configurations D.A. Spong, Y. Todo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00099: Magnetic islands and confinement in the H-1NF heliac Santhosh T. A. Kumar, Boyd D. Blackwell, Michael G. Shats, John Howard, Jeffrey H. Harris Preview Abstract
		PP8.00100: A Preconditioned Newton-Krylov Code for Calculating 3D MHD Equilibria with Magnetic Islands Daniel Raburn, Allan Reiman, Donald Monticello, Ravi Samtaney Preview Abstract
		PP8.00101: V3FIT: Three-Dimensional MHD Equilibrium Reconstruction James D. Hanson, John Shields, S.P. Hirshman, E.A. Lazarus, L. Lao, S.F. Knowlton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00102: Studies of the neoclassical transport for CNT Bernhard Seiwald, Viktor V. Nemov, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Winfried Kernbichler Preview Abstract
		PP8.00103: Progress in NCSX Construction G.H. Neilson, J.H. Chrzanowski, P.J. Heitzenroeder, M. Kalish, J.F. Lyon, B.E. Nelson, M.E. Viola, M.C. Zarnstorff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00104: Magnetic Flexibility of NCSX. M.C. Zarnstorff, S. Hudson, L. Maingi, D. Mikkelsen, N. Pomphrey Preview Abstract
		PP8.00105: Status of the QPS Project J.H. Harris, J.F. Lyon Preview Abstract
		PP8.00106: FRC'S, FLOW PINCH, HBT-EP, HELIMAK, AND LDX Preview Abstract
		PP8.00107: Summary of the Magnetized Target Fusion physics demonstration T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P.E. Sieck, R.M. Renneke, W.W. Waganaar, L.A. Dorf, S.C. Hsu, M. Kostora, R.E. Siemon, T. Awe, A.G. Lynn, M. Gilmore, J. Degnan, C. Grabowski, E.L. Ruden Preview Abstract
		PP8.00108: Toroidal Field and Magnetic Helicity in a Translating, High-Density Field Reversed Configuration P.E. Sieck, T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden Preview Abstract
		PP8.00109: Guide and Mirror Magnetic Field Diffusion Calculations for the FRC Compression Heating Experiment (FRCHX) at AFRL Matthew Domonkos, David Amdahl, James Degnan, Michael Frese, Donald Gale, Chris Grabowski, Robin Gribble, Thomas Intrator, Gerald Kiuttu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00110: FRC Adiabatic Compression Heating Experiments J.H. Degnan, M.H. Frese, D.J. Amdahl, M. Babineau, J.F. Camacho, S.K. Coffey, M. Domonkos, S.D. Frese, D. Gale, C. Grabowski, J.V. Parker, D. Ralph, E.L. Ruden, W. Sommars, T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P. Sieck, P.J. Turchi, W.J. Waganaar, R.E. Siemon, T.J. Awe, B.S. Bauer, A. Oxner, A.G. Lynn, N.F. Roderick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00111: FRC Rotation in Extended MHD Modeling Michael H. Frese, Sherry D. Frese, Edward L. Ruden, James H. Degnan, Norman F. Roderick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00112: Power Balance on a High-Density Field Reversed Configuration Richard Renneke, Tom Intrator, Chan Choi, Glen Wurden, Scott Hsu, Theodore Grabowski, Ed Ruden, William Waganaar Preview Abstract
		PP8.00113: Progress on the Colorado FRC Experiment A.D. Light, C.L. Ellison, T. Munsat, J.M. Nuger, W. Willcockson, S.E. Wurzel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00114: Diagnostics for the Colorado FRC Experiment T. Munsat, C.L. Ellison, A.D. Light, J.M. Nuger, W. Willcockson, S.E. Wurzel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00115: Compression of compact tori by use of efficient drivers Simon Woodruff, Angus Macnab Preview Abstract
		PP8.00116: Spectroscopic Diagnostics of the Irvine FRC J.M. Little, E.P. Garate, W.S. Harris, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche, E. Trask Preview Abstract
		PP8.00117: Triple Probe Array on Irvine FRC E. Trask, E.P. Garate, W.S. Harris, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche Preview Abstract
		PP8.00118: Ion Energy Distribution Function Measurements in the Irvine FRC W.S. Harris, E.P. Garate, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, T. Roche, E. Trask, Y. Zhang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00119: Irvine FRC Magnetic Field Structure T. Roche, E.P. Garate, W. Harris, W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, E. Trask Preview Abstract
		PP8.00120: Rotating Magnetic Field sustainment of hot FRCs at high zeta Alan Hoffman, Houyang Guo, Richard Milroy Preview Abstract
		PP8.00121: Use of a Magnetized Cascade Arc Source in TCSU to Enable RMF Formation of High Temperature FRCs Paul Melnik, Houyang Guo, Robert Brooks, Alan Hoffman, Kenneth Miller Preview Abstract
		PP8.00122: Density and Impurity Measurements on the TCSU Experiment Chris Deards, George Vlases Preview Abstract
		PP8.00123: Two-fluid flowing equilibria of spherical torus sustained by coaxial helicity injection Takashi Kanki, Loren Steinhauer, Masayoshi Nagata Preview Abstract
		PP8.00124: Comparison of Rotamak Plasma Discharges in Cylindrical and Spherical Devices Xiaokang Yang, Yuri Petrov, Tian-Sen Huang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00125: Magnetic field structure evolution in RMF plasmas Yuri Petrov, Xiaokang Yang, Tian-Sen Huang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00126: Studies of Inductively Sustained Compact Toroids in MRX S.P. Gerhardt, E.V. Belova, M. Yamada, H. Ji, Y. Ren, B. McGeehan, C. Jacobson, M. Inomoto Preview Abstract
		PP8.00127: Occurrence of anomalous resistivity in the inductively current driven FRC Eiichirou Kawamori, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00128: Overview and Recent Results from the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, C.S. Adams, D.M. Chahim, D.J. Den Hartog, R.P. Golingo, S.D. Knecht, R. Oberto, M. Sybouts, G. Vogman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00129: Thomson Scattering Measurements on the ZaP Experiment R.P. Golingo, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		PP8.00130: Density Profile of the ZaP Flow Z-pinch Plasma using a 4-chord Interferometer B.J. Chan, U. Shumlak, B.A. Nelson, R.P. Golingo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00131: Results of the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch Inner Electrode Upgrade Sean Knecht, Uri Shumlak, Raymond Golingo, Brian Nelson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00132: HBT-EP Kink Mode Control Research: Progress and Future Plans G.A. Navratil, B.A. Debono, J.M. Hanson, J.P. Levesque, K.D. Litzner, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, T.S. Pedersen, D. Shiraki, J. Bialek, A.H. Boozer, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, R. James, S.F. Paul Preview Abstract
		PP8.00133: A Kalman Filter for Feedback Control of Rotating External Kink Instabilities in a Tokamak Plasma J.M. Hanson, R. James, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00134: Kink Radial Eigenmode Structure Measurements Using a Hall Sensor Array on the HBT-EP Tokamak D. Shiraki, J.M. Hanson, R. James, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00135: The Effects of Neutral Damping on Resistive Wall Mode Physics R. James, K. Becker, J.M. Hanson, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00136: Design and Implementation of a Compact Lithium Evaporator to Minimize Edge Neutral Drag on the HBT-EP Tokamak D.A. Maurer, D. Shiraki, J.M. Hanson, R. James, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00137: Real-Time Plasma Rotation Diagnostic for Measuring Small Doppler Shifts on the HBT-EP Tokamak Bryan DeBono, Jeremy Hanson, Royce James, David Maurer, Michael Mauel, Gerald Navratil, Thomas Pedersen, Steve Paul Preview Abstract
		PP8.00138: Thomson Scattering on the HBT-EP Tokamak J.P. Levesque, K.D. Litzner, J.M. Hanson, R. James, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00139: Helimak Turbulence and Simulation D. Miracle, J. Felkl, K. Lee, K.W. Gentle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00140: Control of SOL Turbulence Kenneth Gentle, Jakub Felkl, Kevin Lee, Dylan Miracle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00141: Heavy Atom Neutral Beam Probe Alvaro Garcia de Gorordo, Gary A. Hallock, Kenneth W. Gentle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00142: Drift-wave Turbulence in the Helimak Kevin Lee, Jakub Felkl, Kenneth Gentle, Dylan Miracle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00143: Simulations of extended MHD Turbulence and Sheared flows in the Helimak Configuration Russell B. Dahlburg, Jean C. Perez, Wendell Horton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00144: First Flight of the Levitated Dipole Experiment D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel, A.C. Boxer, J.E. Ellsworth, J. Kesner Preview Abstract
		PP8.00145: Prospects for Driven Particle Convection Tests in LDX M.E. Mauel, D.T. Garnier, A.C. Boxer, J.E. Ellsworth, J. Kesner Preview Abstract
		PP8.00146: Low Frequency Fluctuations in the Levitated Dipole Experiment J. Kesner, A. Boxer, J.E. Ellsworth, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00147: Density Profile Dynamics in the Levitated Dipole Experiment A.C. Boxer, J. Kesner, J.L. Ellsworth, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00148: Strong, Nonaxisymmetric Flows Driven in a Dipole Confined Plasma M.W. Worstell, B.A. Grierson, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00149: Simulating Interchange Turbulence in a Dipole Confined Plasma B.A. Grierson, M.W. Worstell, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00150: Linear Study of Electromagnetic Hot Electrons Instabilities in a Closed Field Line Plasma. Natalia Krasheninnikova, Luis Chacon, Jay Kesner Preview Abstract
		PP8.00151: Improved Plasma Properties in RT-1 with a Levitated Coil Haruhiko Saitoh, Zensho Yoshida, Yuichi Ogawa, Junji Morikawa, Sho Watanabe, Yoshihisa Yano, Junko Suzuki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00152: Wave-induced Helicity Current Drive by Helicon Waves Manash Kumar Paul Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 52, Number 11

Monday–Friday, November 12–16, 2007; Orlando, Florida

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Session PP8: Poster Session VI: Shocks, Flows, Dusty and Complex Plasmas; Z Pinches, X Pinches, EOS, and HEDP; Stellarator; FRC’s, Flow Pinch, HBT-EP, Helimak and LDX

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