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Session CI1: Turbulence, Transport, and Laser Plasmas

Chair: Fred Skiff, University of Iowa
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:30PM		CI1.00001: Reduced kinetic descriptions of weakly driven plasma waves Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:30PM - 3:00PM		CI1.00002: Fluid theory of magnetized plasma dynamics at low collisionality Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:30PM		CI1.00003: Turbulent transport via wave-particle decorrelation in collisionless plasmas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:30PM - 4:00PM		CI1.00004: Experimental investigation of blob physics in the TORPEX toroidal plasma Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:30PM		CI1.00005: A Compact Double-pass Raman Backscattering Amplifier/Compressor Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:30PM - 5:00PM		CI1.00006: Broadband Dielectric Function of Non-equilibrium Warm Dense Gold Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session CT2: Tutorial: Laboratory Astrophysics Scaling

Chair: R. Paul Drake, University of Michigan
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 3:00PM

CT2.00001: Scaling extreme astrophysical phenomena to the laboratory - a tutorial Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session CO3: NSTX and General Spherical Tokamak

Chair: Mickey Wade, General Atomics
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO3.00001: Overview of the 2007 NSTX experimental campaign* D.A. Gates Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO3.00002: Experimental investigation of turbulent fluctuations with the scale of collisionless skin depth in NSTX plasmas E. Mazzucato, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. Leblanc, H.K. Park, D.R. Smith, J.R. Wilson, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., W. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO3.00003: Internal transport barriers in NSTX reversed-shear plasmas Howard Yuh, F.M. Levinton, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. LeBlanc, D.R. Smith, E. Mazzucato, H.K. Park, S.M. Kaye, S. Kubota Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO3.00004: Beta Scaling and Momentum Transport Studies in NSTX Stanley Kaye, W. Solomon, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, F.M. Levinton, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO3.00005: Gyroradius-Scale Ion Gradients in NSTX R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO3.00006: Active Resistive Wall Mode Feedback with Expanded Sensors in NSTX S.A. Sabbagh, J.M. Bialek, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO3.00007: Toroidal Alfven Eigenmode Avalanches on the National Spherical Torus Experiment Eric Fredrickson, D. Darrow, N.N. Gorelenkov, S.S. Medley, S. Kubota, N. Crocker Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO3.00008: Dependence of the L-H power threshold on magnetic balance and heating method in NSTX R. Maingi, T. Biewer, H. Meyer, R. Bell, B. LeBlanc, C.S. Chang Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO3.00009: Overview of Transient CHI Plasma Start-up in NSTX and HIT-II R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, D. Mueller, M.G. Bell Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO3.00010: Non-Solenoidal Startup of the Ultra-Low Aspect Ratio Pegasus ST N.W. Eidietis, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag, B.J. Squires, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO3.00011: Recent EBW Emission Results on NSTX S.J. Diem, G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, B.P. LeBlanc, J.B. Caughman, T.S. Bigelow, J.B. Wilgen, R.W. Harvey, J. Preinhaelter, J. Urban, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO3.00012: Recent results from MAST spherical tokamak Anthony Field Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO3.00013: Investigation of transient phenomena on MAST using high resolution Thomson scattering R. Scannell, M.J. Walsh, M. Dunstan Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO3.00014: Lithium Loaded Target Plate for driving NSTX toward high performance Leonid E. Zakharov, Richard Majeski Preview Abstract

Session CO5: Compression and Burn I

Chair: Radha Bahukutumbi, University of Rochester
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO5.00001: Measurable Lawson Criterium and Hydro-Equivalent Curves for Inertial Confinement Fusion R. Betti, C.D. Zhou Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO5.00002: Implosion experiments using D$_{2}\backslash ^{3}$He filled glass capsules doped with noble gases: A Study. John Benage, George Kyrala, Doug Wilson, Mark Gunderson, Hanna Makaruk, Johann Frenje, C.K. Li, Richard Petrasso, Baruch Yaakobi, Warren Garbett Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO5.00003: Radiative Effects on Direct Drive Implosion Temperatures J.A. Koch, H.-K. Chung, R. Heeter, W. Hsing, R.W. Lee, A. Miles, H.-S. Park, H. Robey, H. Scott, R. Tommasini, J. Frenje, C.K. Li, R. Petrasso, V. Glebov Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO5.00004: Modeling NLTE effects in thin-shell direct-drive Omega capsule implosions A.R. Miles, J.A. Koch, W. Hsing, H.-S. Park, H.F. Robey, H.A. Scott, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, F.H. Seguin, V.Yu. Glebov, C. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO5.00005: Effects of $^{3}$He Addition on Implosion of DT Capsules on Omega H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, D.C. Wilson, J.R. Langenbrunner, C.S. Young, J.H. Cooley, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, G.A. Kyrala, L. Welser-Sherrill, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller, V. Yu Glebov Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO5.00006: Mix Degradation in DT Filled Capsules When Shock and Compression Yields are Resolved D.C. Wilson, H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, C.S. Young, G.A. Kyrala, J.H. Cooley, L. Welser-Sherrill, J.R. Langenbrunner, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller, V. Yu. Glebov Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO5.00007: Evaluation and modeling of burn reaction histories using a directly driven capsule with two laser pulses J.H. Cooley, L. Welser-Sherrill, D.C. Wilson, H.W. Herrmann, J.M. Mack, S.C. Evans, T.J. Sedillo, C.S. Young, C.J. Horsfield, D.W. Drew, E.K. Miller, V. Yu. Glebov, C. Stoekl, R.A. Lerche Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO5.00008: Development of Shock-Timing Techniques for the National Ignition Facility T.R. Boehly, M.A. Barrios, D.E. Fratanduono, T.C. Sangster, D.D. Meyerhofer, P.M. Celliers, D. Munro, G.W. Collins, O.L. Landen, R.E. Olson Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO5.00009: X-Ray Ablation Rates of ICF Capsule Materials R.E. Olson, G.A. Rochau, R.J. Leeper Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO5.00010: Time-resolved measurements of in-flight ablator performance using streaked x-ray radiography Damien Hicks, Brian Spears, Chuck Sorce, Peter Celliers, Otto Landen, Gilbert Collins, Thomas Boehly Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO5.00011: Influence and measurement of mass ablation in ICF implosions Brian Spears, D. Hicks, C. Velsko, M. Stoyer, H. Robey, D. Munro, S. Haan, O. Landen, D. Wilson, A. Nikroo Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO5.00012: Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Studies of Matter and Field Distributions in Cone-in-Shell Capsule Implosions J.R. Rygg, F.H. Seguin, C.K. Li, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, R. Betti, D.D. Meyerhofer, C. Stoekl, W. Theobald Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO5.00013: Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Observations of E and B Field Evolution Outside Imploding, Direct-Drive ICF Capsules F.H. Seguin, C.K. Li, J.R. Rygg, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, R. Betti, O.V. Gotchev, J.P. Knauer, F.J. Marshall, D.D. Meyerhofer, V.A. Smalyuk Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO5.00014: Monoenergetic Proton Radiography Measurements of Implosion Dynamics in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion C.K. Li, F.H. Seguin, J.R. Rygg, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, V.A. Smalyuk, R. Betti, J. Delettrez, J.P. Knauer, F.J. Marshall, D.D. Meyerhofer, D. Shvarts, R.P.J. Town, O.L. Landen Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:48PM - 5:00PM		CO5.00015: Double-shell capsules, an alternative to the single-shell cryogenic NIF design G.R. Magelssen, N.D. Delamater, M.A. Gunderson, I.L. Tregillis, M.J. Schmitt Preview Abstract

Session CO6: Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions I

Chair: Kazuo Tanaka, Osaka University
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Monday, November 12, 2007 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO6.00001: Design of a Positron--Electron Pair-Plasma Production Experiment on OMEGA EP J. Myatt, A.V. Maximov, R.W. Short, D.D. Meyerhofer Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO6.00002: High-Brightness $\sim $keV Source and Diagnostic Development C. Stoeckl, W. Theobald, P.A. Jaanimagi, P. Nilson, M. Storm, J.A. Delettrez, R. Epstein, T.C. Sangster, D. Hey, A.J. MacKinnon, H.-S. Park, P.K. Patel, R. Shepherd, J. Green, K.L. Lancaster, P.A. Norreys Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO6.00003: The Trident 250TW Short-Pulse Laser Upgrade at LANL: System and Initial Results J.C. Fernandez, K.A. Flippo, C. Gautier, B.M. Hegelich, R.P. Johnson, T. Shimada, J.B. Workman Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO6.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO6.00005: Short-pulse laser K-alpha conversion efficiency in gas jet targets N.L. Kugland, C.G. Constantin, P. Neumayer, A. Collette, A.L. Kritcher, E.L. Dewald, J.S. Ross, S.H. Glenzer, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO6.00006: High resolution 17 to 68 keV K-alpha backlighter for high-energy density experiments . Hye-Sook Park, B.R. Maddox, M. Key, S. Lepape, A.G. Macphee, P.K. Patel, T.W. Phillips, B.A. Remington, R. Tommasini, C.A. Back, E. Giraldez Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO6.00007: Polarized K-shell radiation due to anisotropic fast electron distribution in ultra-intense laser produced plasmas Toru Kawamura, Takeshi Kai, Fumihiro Koike, Shinobu Nakazaki, Yuichi Inubushi, Yasuaki Okano, Shinsuke Fujioka, Tatsufumi Nakamura, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Hideo Nagatomo, Hiroaki Nishimura, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO6.00008: Laser Generated Ion Beams in the Context of Sandia's HEDP Mission Matthias Geissel, Briggs Atherton, Guy Bennett, Aaron Edens, Patrick Rambo, Jens Schwarz, Erik Brambrink Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO6.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO6.00010: Ion acceleration due to explosions of nanoparticles driven by hot electrons Masakatsu Murakami, Motohiko Tanaka Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO6.00011: Angular distribution of fast electrons and protons in short pulse laser target interaction Hui Chen, Y. Ping, S. Wilks, A. Kemp, R. Shepherd, D. Offermann, A. Link, L. van Woerkom, L. Elberson, J. King, C. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO6.00012: Influence of sheath fields on hot electron emission from small foils irradiated by intense laser pulses Toshinori Yabuuchi, Hideaki Habara, Tsuyoshi Tanimoto, Kazuo A. Tanaka, Tatsufumi Nakamura, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO6.00013: CPA backlighting using 1$\omega $ and 2$\omega $ light Steven James, Colin Brown, David Hoarty Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO6.00014: Cone surface roughness and angle dependence in high intensity laser-plasma interactions Nathalie Le Galloudec, Byoung Ick Cho, Emmanuel D'Humieres, Jens Osterholz, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Todd Ditmire Preview Abstract
Monday, November 12, 2007 4:48PM - 5:00PM		CO6.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session CP8: Poster Session II: Reconnection and Non-Neutral I; Spheromaks and MCX; MFC Diagnostics; Simulation: Algorithm; Simulation: Kinetic/Edge

Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

		CP8.00001: RECONNECTION AND NON-NEUTRAL I Preview Abstract
		CP8.00002: Boundary conditions in magnetic reconnection J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, A. Le, M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
		CP8.00003: Experimental study of fast fluctuations and turbulence during magnetic reconnection events on the VTF experiment W. Fox, M. Porkolab, J. Egedal, N. Katz, A. Le Preview Abstract
		CP8.00004: Three-Dimensional Magnetic and Electrostatic Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Reconnection A. Le, J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
		CP8.00005: Experiments on the Propagation of Plasma Blobs Noam Katz, Jan Egedal, Will Fox, Miklos Porkolab Preview Abstract
		CP8.00006: On the filamentary structure of energetic electrons during reconnection in flares J.F. Drake, R. Fermo, M. Swisdak, M.A. Shay Preview Abstract
		CP8.00007: The Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection is Localized John Meyer, Paul Cassak, Michael Shay, James Drake, Bruno Eckhardt Preview Abstract
		CP8.00008: Two-scale structure of the electron dissipation region during collisionless magnetic reconnection: PIC simulations and Cluster satellite observations Michael Shay, James Drake, Marc Swisdak, Tai Phan, Jonathan Eastwood Preview Abstract
		CP8.00009: Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations Paul Cassak, Michael Shay Preview Abstract
		CP8.00010: Diamagnetic effects in driven magnetic reconnection Julio Martinell, Jesus Ramos Preview Abstract
		CP8.00011: A first-principles analytical theory for 2D magnetic reconnection in electron and Hall MHD. A. Zocco, A.N. Simakov, L. Chacon Preview Abstract
		CP8.00012: Energetic electrons and magnetic islands during reconnection L.-J. Chen, N. Bessho, W. Daughton, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		CP8.00013: PIC simulations of core magnetic field generation in magnetic islands by reconnection N. Bessho, L.-J. Chen, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		CP8.00014: Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Large-Scale Electron-Positron Plasmas W. Daughton, H. Karimabadi, L. Yin, B.J. Albright, K. Bowers Preview Abstract
		CP8.00015: Kinetic Theory and Simulation of Collisionless Tearing in Bifurcated Current Sheets Tatsuki Matsui, William Daughton, Vadim Roytershteyn Preview Abstract
		CP8.00016: The Influence of Sheared Parallel Flows on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection V. Roytershteyn, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		CP8.00017: Forced Magnetic Reconnection with Open Boundary Conditions Weigang Wan, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		CP8.00018: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		CP8.00019: Micro-reconnection at the $c/\omega_{pe}$ Scale Length$^*$ K. Tummel, B. Coppi Preview Abstract
		CP8.00020: Roles of Magnetic Reconnection and Developments of Modern Theory$^*$ B. Coppi Preview Abstract
		CP8.00021: Overview of recent results from the Columbia Non-neutral Torus and future plans Thomas Sunn Pedersen, J.W. Berkery, A.H. Boozer, Q.R. Marksteiner, M.S. Hahn, P.W. Brenner, B. Durand de Gevigney, J.P. Kremer, R.G. Lefrancois, H. Himura Preview Abstract
		CP8.00022: Confinement of pure electron plasmas in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus John Berkery, Thomas Pedersen, Allen Boozer, Paul Brenner, Quinn Marksteiner, Michael Hahn, Jason Kremer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00023: Observations of an Ion Driven Instability in Non-neutral Plasmas Confined on Magnetic Surfaces. Q. Marksteiner, T. Pedersen, J. Berkery, J. Mendez, M. Hahn, P. Ennever, H. Himura Preview Abstract
		CP8.00024: Pure Electron Equilibrium and Transport Jumps in the Columbia Nonneutral Torus M. Hahn, T. Sunn Pedersen, Q.R. Marksteiner, J.W. Berkery Preview Abstract
		CP8.00025: Installation and Operation of a Conducting Boundary in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus P.W. Brenner, T. Sunn Pedersen, J.W. Berkery, R.G. Lefrancois, M.S. Hahn, Q.R. Marksteiner Preview Abstract
		CP8.00026: Numerical Studies of Transport in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus Benoit Durand de Gevigney, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Allen H. Boozer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00027: Confinement Time Exceeding One Second in a Toroidal Electron Plasma M.R. Stoneking, J.P. Marler, Bao Ha, J.C. Smoniewski Preview Abstract
		CP8.00028: Magnetic Field Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient in Asymmetry-Induced Transport D.L. Eggleston, J.M. Williams Preview Abstract
		CP8.00029: Limits of Particle-beam Extraction from Single-Component Plasmas T.R. Weber, J.R. Danielson, C.M. Surko Preview Abstract
		CP8.00030: Attracting Fixed Points for Radially Compressed Single-Component Plasmas J.R. Danielson, C.M. Surko, M.W. Anderson, T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
		CP8.00031: A Multicell Trap for Positron Storage C.M. Surko, J.R. Danielson, T.R. Weber Preview Abstract
		CP8.00032: SPHEROMAKS AND MCX Preview Abstract
		CP8.00033: SSPX Achievements and Future Directions for Spheromak Research H.S. McLean, R.D. Wood, D.N. Hill, E.B. Hooper, B. Hudson, R.J. Jayakumar, L.L. LoDestro, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talamas, T.A. Casper, B.I. Cohen, T.K. Fowler, L.D. Pearlstein, D.D. Ryutov, J.C. Ortiz, J.H.T. Clementson, J. King, E.C. Morse, E.D. Mezonlin, J.A. Johnson III, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		CP8.00034: Magnetic Field Build-up in SSPX R.D. Wood, B.I. Cohen, D.N. Hill, E.B. Hooper, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talam\'as Preview Abstract
		CP8.00035: Electron Temperature Measurements and Energy Transport in SSPX B.F. Hudson, T.A. Casper, E.B. Hooper, R.J. Jayakumar, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, J.M. Moller, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood Preview Abstract
		CP8.00036: Predictive capability for whole-device spheromak MHD physics E.B. Hooper, B.I. Cohen Preview Abstract
		CP8.00037: Linear MHD Stability Analysis of the SSPX Spheromak R. Jayakumar, B.I. Cohen, E.B. Hooper, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, L.D. Pearlstein, R. Wood, A.D. Turnbull, C. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		CP8.00038: Neutral Beam Current Drive in Spheromak plasma and plasma stability L.D. Pearlstein, R.J. Jayakumar, B. Hudson, D.N. Hill, L.L. LoDestro, H.S. McLean, T.K. Fowler, T.A. Casper Preview Abstract
		CP8.00039: Flux amplification in SSPX Lynda LoDestro, E.B. Hooper, R.J. Jayakumar, L.D. Pearlstein, R.D. Wood, H.S. McLean Preview Abstract
		CP8.00040: Measurements of spheromak formation and field buildup at SSPX using a double magnetic probe array C.A. Romero-Talamas, O.O. Ohia, R. Jayakumar Preview Abstract
		CP8.00041: Stereo Imaging as a Diagnostic in SSPX J.C. Ortiz, C.A. Romero-Talamas Preview Abstract
		CP8.00042: Ion Doppler Spectroscopy Measurements on SSPX J. King, E.C. Morse, H.S. McLean, R.D. Wood, J.M. Moller Preview Abstract
		CP8.00043: EUV spectroscopy on the SSPX spheromak J.H.T. Clementson, P. Beiersdorfer, R.D. Wood Preview Abstract
		CP8.00044: Correlation between gun current and ion temperature in SSPX plasma E.D. Mezonlin, J.B. Titus, J.A. Johnson III, J.M. Moller, E.B. Hooper, H.S. McLean, B. Hudson, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood Preview Abstract
		CP8.00045: Correlations of Turbulent Magnetic Field Parameters with Electron and Ion Temperature Measurements in SSPX Plasmas J.A. Johnson III, J.B. Titus, E.-D. Mezonlin, J.M. Moller, E.B. Hooper, H.S. McLean, B. Hudson, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood Preview Abstract
		CP8.00046: Correlation of Soft X-ray Emission with Thompson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature in SSPX D.F. Montez, B.F. Hudson, H.S. McLean, C.A. Romero-Talamas, R.D. Wood, D. Correll Preview Abstract
		CP8.00047: Overview of results from the Caltech Spheromak Formation, Astrophysical Jet, and Solar Coronal Loop Simulation Experiments P.M. Bellan, D. Kumar, G.S. Yun, A.L. Moser, E.V. Stenson, R.J. Perkins, S.K.P. Tripathi Preview Abstract
		CP8.00048: Plasma tubes becoming collimated as a result of MHD pumping G.S. Yun, P.M. Bellan Preview Abstract
		CP8.00049: Flow velocity measurements and X-ray imaging of merging flux tubes D. Kumar, P.M. Bellan Preview Abstract
		CP8.00050: Overview of the Helicity Injected Torus Program Bret Thomas Stewart, A.J. Redd, T.R. Jarboe, R.Z. AboulHosn, C. Akcay, W.T. Hamp, G. Marklin, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R. Raman, P.E. Sieck, R.J. Smith, J.S. Wrobel Preview Abstract
		CP8.00051: The physics of steady-state CHI in an ST A.J. Redd, T.R. Jarboe, W.T. Hamp, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R. Raman, R.J. Smith Preview Abstract
		CP8.00052: Evidence of closed flux during CHI formation of a spherical tokamak in the HIT-II experiment W.T. Hamp, T.R. Jarboe, R. Raman, A.J. Redd, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, R.J. Smith Preview Abstract
		CP8.00053: Nimrod Simulations of Decaying and Driven HIT-SI Plasmas Cihan Akcay, Charlson C. Kim, Griff O'Neill, Tom R. Jarboe, Brian A. Nelson, Valerie A. Izzo Preview Abstract
		CP8.00054: Magnetic Diagnostics on HIT-SI Experiment R.J. Smith, J.S. Wrobel, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, A.J. Redd, C. Akcay, W.T. Hamp, B.T. Stewart Preview Abstract
		CP8.00055: Development of rotating magnetic field coil system in the HIST spherical torus device T. Yoshikawa, Y. Kikuchi, S. Yamada, S. Hashimoto, T. Nishioka, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		CP8.00056: Ion flow measurements during the rotating kink behavior of the central column in the HIST device S. Yamada, T. Yoshikawa, S. Hashimoto, T. Nishioka, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		CP8.00057: Interaction of Accelerated Compact Toroid with External Magnetic Fields D.Q. Hwang, S.J. Howard, R.D. Horton, S.E. Brockington, R.W. Evans, R. Klauser, D. Buchenauer, W.M. Clift Preview Abstract
		CP8.00058: Hall MHD Equilibrium of Accelerated Compact Toroids S.J. Howard, D.Q. Hwang, R.D. Horton, R.W. Evans, S.J. Brockington Preview Abstract
		CP8.00059: Plasma Density Gradient Profiles of Unconstrained CTs with an Array of Laser Deflectometers on CTIX Samuel Brockington, David Hwang, Robert Horton, Stephen Howard, Russ Evans, Peter Beiersdorfer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00060: Magnetic Field Effects on Accelerator-Region Gas Puffing on CTIX Robert Horton, David Hwang, Stephen Howard, Samuel Brockington, Russell Evans Preview Abstract
		CP8.00061: Impurity Content of Compact Toroid Plasmas in CTIX D. Buchenauer, W.M. Clift, S.J. Howard, R. Klauser, S.J. Brockington, R.W. Evans, D.Q. Hwang, R.D. Horton Preview Abstract
		CP8.00062: Preliminary experiment of high-speed gas flow generation by a compact toroid injection into a gas neutralizer Y. Ito, D. Liu, T. Shoji, R. Nakanishi, N. Fukumoto, T. Sekioka, Y. Kikuchi, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		CP8.00063: Spheromak merging studies in an oblate flux conserver in SSX M.R. Brown, C.D. Cothran, D.H. Cohen, V. Chaplin, A.M. Phillips, L.D. Bookman, T. Gray, M.J. Schaffer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00064: Nonlinear driven resonance in magnetic self-organization and the feasibility of a spheromak reactor Xianzhu Tang, Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00065: 2D MHD simulations of the High to Ordinary Mode Transitions in MCX I. Shamim, C. Teodorescu, P. Guzdar, A. Hassam, R. Clary, R. Ellis, R. Lunsford Preview Abstract
		CP8.00066: Magnetic Fluctuation Measurements in MCX Seung Choi, Parvez Guzdar, Richard Ellis, Adil Hassam Preview Abstract
		CP8.00067: Spectral Results of the Magnetic Fluctuations Observed in MCX Ilker Uzun-Kaymak, S. Choi, R. Clary, R. Ellis, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu Preview Abstract
		CP8.00068: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment(MCX) Richard Ellis, S. Choi, M.R. Clary, R. Elton, A.B. Hassam, R. Lunsford, C. Teodorescu, I. Uzun-Kaymak, A. Case, S. Messer, D. Witherspoon Preview Abstract
		CP8.00069: Progress on H$_{\alpha}$ at MCX R. Clary, S.H. Choi, R. Ellis, A. Hassam, C. Teodorescu, I. Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
		CP8.00070: Experimental study on the velocity limits of magnetized rotating plasmas Catalin Teodorescu, Ryan Clary, Richard Ellis, Adil Hassam, Ilker Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
		CP8.00071: MFC DIAGNOSTICS Preview Abstract
		CP8.00072: Study of magnetic dipole forbidden transitions in Large Helical Device and its application to impurity and $\alpha $ particle diagnostics in burning plasmas Shigeru Morita, Motoshi Goto, Ryuji Katai, Malay Chowdhuri, Atsushi Iwamae Preview Abstract
		CP8.00073: Observation of Novel Instability by using Microwave Imaging Reflectometry in LHD Soichiro Yamaguchi, Yoshio Nagayama, Zhongbing Shi, Yuichiro Kogi, Atsushi Mase Preview Abstract
		CP8.00074: Magnetic Fluctuation Profile Measurement Using Optics of Motional Stark Effect Diagnostics in JT-60U Takahiro Suzuki, Akihiko Isayama, Go Matsunaga, Takaaki Fujita, Toshihiro Oikawa, Yutaka Kamada Preview Abstract
		CP8.00075: Fast ion collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic results at TEXTOR, ASDEX Upgrade and status of ITER design S.K. Nielsen, H. Bindslev, S.B. Korsholm, F. Leipold, P. Michelsen, P. Woskov, J.W. Oosterbeek, E. Westerhof, F. Leuterer, D. Wagner Preview Abstract
		CP8.00076: The motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic Elizabeth Foley, Fred Levinton Preview Abstract
		CP8.00077: Velocity Field Analysis for Edge Turbulence Imaging B.T. Brown, T. Munsat, C. Holland, G. Tynan Preview Abstract
		CP8.00078: Density fluctuation measurements with the microwave imaging reflectometry on TPE-RX Z.B. Shi, Y. Nagayama, S. Yamaguchi, Y. Hirano, S. Kiyama, H. Koguchi, H. Sakakita, K. Yambe Preview Abstract
		CP8.00079: Two-dimensional Thomson Scattering Measurement Using Multiple Reflection and the Time-of-Flight of Laser Light on TS-4 Takashi Sumikawa, Shingo Ito, Kohei Yamashita, Eiichirou Kawamori, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		CP8.00080: Electron Density Profile Measurements of a Field-Reversed Configuration Using an Optical Interferometer J.F. Camacho, E.L. Ruden Preview Abstract
		CP8.00081: Three dimensional full-wave simulations of reflectometry in toroidal plasma Ernest Valeo, Gerrit Kramer, Raffi Nazikian Preview Abstract
		CP8.00082: A Multi-Channel, Frequency Comb Doppler Reflectometry System J.C. Hillesheim, W.A. Peebles, T.L. Rhodes, L. Schmitz, T.A. Carter Preview Abstract
		CP8.00083: ECE Imaging Bandwidth Upgrade for TEXTOR C.W. Domier, P. Zhang, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H.K. Park, M.J. van de Pol, G.W. Spakman, R. Jaspers, A.J.H. Donne Preview Abstract
		CP8.00084: Development of free-standing diffractive optical elements as light extractors for burning plasma experiments D. Stutman, G. Caravelli, M. Finkenthal, A. Tolea, G. Wright, D. Whyte, N. Moldovan Preview Abstract
		CP8.00085: SIMULATION: ALGORITHM Preview Abstract
		CP8.00086: Implementation of Language Interoperability Interfaces for NTCC transport models as part of FMCFM project Srinath Vadlamani, A.Y. Pankin, S. Kruger, A. Pletzer, J. Carlsson, J. Cary Preview Abstract
		CP8.00087: Parallel, Implicit, Finite Element Solver Weston Lowrie, Uri Shumlak, Eric Meier, George Marklin Preview Abstract
		CP8.00088: New quasi-Newton solver for transport equations Johan Carlsson, John R. Cary, Alex Pletzer Preview Abstract
		CP8.00089: Mathematical Properties of the Flowing MHD Equilibrium Equations M. Miah, J. Cary, A. Hakim, S. Kruger, A. Pletzer, S. Vadlamani Preview Abstract
		CP8.00090: Mesoscopic Detailed Balance Representations of Nonlinear Physics Jeffrey Yepez, George Vahala, Linda Vahala Preview Abstract
		CP8.00091: A new nonlinear collision method for a particle code Eisung Yoon, Ravi Samtaney, Ting Rao, David Keyes, C.S. Chang, Harold Weitzner, L. Greengard Preview Abstract
		CP8.00092: A step towards addressing the temporal multi-scale problem. Jing-Mei Qiu, Andrew Christlieb, Robert Krasny Preview Abstract
		CP8.00093: Boundary Integral Corrected Particle In Cell Christlieb Andrew, Cartwright Keith Preview Abstract
		CP8.00094: PARSEK: a Parallel Software Package for Implicit Particle-in-Cell Simulations Stefano Markidis, Giovanni Lapenta, Enrico Camporeale Preview Abstract
		CP8.00095: The EMPOWER Code: Electro-Magnetic Particle Operation With Enhanced Resolution H. Karimabadi, Y.A. Omelchenko, H.X. Vu Preview Abstract
		CP8.00096: A New Simulation Algorithm Combining Fluid and Kinetic Properties David Larson, Dennis Hewett Preview Abstract
		CP8.00097: Discrete-Event Simulation of Poisson-Based Particle Systems Y.A. Omelchenko, H. Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		CP8.00098: A robust, efficient equidistribution 2D grid generation method Luis Chacon, Gian Luca Delzanno, John Finn, Jeojin Chung, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		CP8.00099: A Mesh-Free Method for the Simulation of Magnetic Diffusion Jeffrey Johnson, Michael Owen Preview Abstract
		CP8.00100: Solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for arbitrary collisionality Mark L. Adams, Howard A. Scott Preview Abstract
		CP8.00101: Regions of Validity for Common Plasma Models R. Lilly, U. Shumlak Preview Abstract
		CP8.00102: SIMULATION: KINETIC/EDGE Preview Abstract
		CP8.00103: Stability of the Long Wavelength Limit of ETG Modes Eric Wang Preview Abstract
		CP8.00104: Nonlinear finite-Larmor-radius effects in reduced fluid models A.J. Brizard, R.E. Denton, W. Lotko Preview Abstract
		CP8.00105: Electrostatic turbulence on transport time scales Peter Catto, Andrei Simakov, Felix Parra, Grigory Kagan Preview Abstract
		CP8.00106: Development of a Grid-Based Gyrokinetic Simulation Code Stephan Brunner, Trach-Minh Tran, Xavier Lapillonne, Maura Brunnetti Preview Abstract
		CP8.00107: A Low Moment Kinetic MHD Simulation Model Scott Parker, Jianhua Cheng Preview Abstract
		CP8.00108: Discrete particle noise in gyrokinetic PIC simulations of plasma turbulence Igor Holod, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		CP8.00109: Collisionless Heating in Gyrokinetic Turbulence William Dorland Preview Abstract
		CP8.00110: Minimal models of finite Larmor radius effects on non-diffusive transport in two-dimensional plasmas Kyle Gustafson, Diego del Castillo Negrete, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		CP8.00111: The role of conserved quantities in turbulence simulations Ingmar Broemstrup, William Dorland, Michael Barnes, Kyle Gustafson Preview Abstract
		CP8.00112: Global gyrokinetic simulations using coupled flux-tubes Michael Barnes, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		CP8.00113: Plasma Turbulence Simulation and Visualization on Graphics Processors: Efficient Parallel Computing on the Desktop George Stantchev, Derek Juba, William Dorland, Amitabh Varshney Preview Abstract
		CP8.00114: Electrostatic kinetic turbulent cascade of entropy in magnetized plasmas T. Tatsuno, W. Dorland, A.A. Schekochihin, S.C. Cowley Preview Abstract
		CP8.00115: Excitation of geodesic acoustic modes by drift waves and ion temperature gradient modes Parvez Guzdar, Nikhil Charabarti, Raghvendra Singh, Predhiman Kaw Preview Abstract
		CP8.00116: Transport and the neoclassical tearing mode: Slab geometry Pavel Popovich, Simon Allfrey, Steven Cowley Preview Abstract
		CP8.00117: Hybrid Simulation of Ion Acoustic Waves Including Coulomb Collisions Bruce Cohen, Andris Dimits, Russel Caflisch, C.M. Wang, Yanghong Huang, Giacomo DiMarco Preview Abstract
		CP8.00118: A Hybrid Monte Carlo Method for Coulomb Collisions Russel Caflisch, Bruce Cohen, Giacomo DiMarco, Andris Dimits, Yanghong Huang, Richard Wang Preview Abstract
		CP8.00119: Simulation of sheath problems with an accelerated Monte Carlo method Yanghong Huang, Russel Caflisch, Bruce Cohen, Giacomo DiMarco, Andris Dimits, Chiaming Wang Preview Abstract
		CP8.00120: The neoclassical tearing mode: An anomalous transport process Simon Allfrey, Pavel Popovich, Steven Cowley Preview Abstract
		CP8.00121: Tempest simulations of kinetic GAM mode and neoclassical turbulence X.Q. Xu, A.M. Dimits Preview Abstract
		CP8.00122: Toward an implicit Drift-Lorentz mover R.H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, J.-L. Vay Preview Abstract
		CP8.00123: Gyrokinetic Models for Edge Plasmas A.M. Dimits, R.H. Cohen, X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
		CP8.00124: Particle-in-cell modelling of plasma deposition in castellated divertor targets Radomir Panek, Michael Komm, Renaud Dejarnac, James Gunn Preview Abstract
		CP8.00125: Simulations of dimensionless parameter experiments using theory-based transport models L. Laborde, D. McDonald, I. Voitsekhovitch Preview Abstract
		CP8.00126: Effect of fast-ion loss on momentum transport in tokamak plasmas with toroidal field ripples Mitsuru Honda, Tomonori Takizuka, Atsushi Fukuyama, Maiko Yoshida, Takahisa Ozeki Preview Abstract
		CP8.00127: Charging and Rotation of Pellet Ablation Cloud Roman Samulyak, Tianshi Lu, Paul Parks Preview Abstract