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Session GI1: Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion and Z Pinches

Chair: Craig Sangster, University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 10:00AM		GI1.00001: Performance of Direct-Drive Cryogenic Targets on OMEGA Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:30AM		GI1.00002: OMEGA Experiments on the Shock-Ignition ICF Concept Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 11:00AM		GI1.00003: Time-Resolved Absorption in Cryogenic and Room-Temperature, Direct-Drive Imploding Targets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:30AM		GI1.00004: Monoenergetic Proton Radiography of Electromagnetic Fields and Areal Density in Implosions and in Laser-Plasma-Interaction Experiments$^{\ast ,\dag}$ Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:30AM - 12:00PM		GI1.00005: Radiation energetics of inertial confinement fusion relevant wire-array z pinches Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:00PM - 12:30PM		GI1.00006: Investigation of trailing mass in Z-pinch implosions and comparison to experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session GI2: Alternates

Chair: Simon Woodruff, Woodruff Scientific, LLC
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 10:00AM		GI2.00001: Extension of High-Ion-Temperature Regime in the Large Helical Device (LHD) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:30AM		GI2.00002: Theoretical and experimental studies of high-beta plasmas formed by odd-parity rotating magnetic fields Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 11:00AM		GI2.00003: Higher Temperature Steady-State FRCs Formed and Sustained by Rotating Magnetic Fields in the New TCS-Upgrade Device Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:00AM - 11:30AM		GI2.00004: Gyrokinetic simulations of plasma turbulence, transport and zonal flows in a closed field line geometry Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:30AM - 12:00PM		GI2.00005: Magnetic Field Generation and Energy Confinement with T$_{e} >$ 500 eV in the SSPX Spheromak Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:00PM - 12:30PM		GI2.00006: High confinement in fusion oriented plasmas with kV-order potential, ion, and electron temperatures with controlled radial turbulent transport in GAMMA 10 Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session GO3: DIII-D Tokamak

Chair: Earl Marmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO3.00001: Overview of Recent DIII-D Experimental Results C.M. Greenfield Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO3.00002: Effects of Resonant Magnetic Perturbations on Edge Turbulence and Profiles in DIII-D J.A. Boedo, D.L. Rudakov, I. Joseph, R.A. Moyer, G.R. McKee, D. Reiser, T.E. Evans, W.P. West, J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO3.00003: Resistive Wall Mode and Plasma Stability at High $\beta $ and Slow Rotation A.M. Garofalo, H. Reimerdes, M.J. Lanctot, M. Okabayashi, H. Takahashi, G.L. Jackson, R.J. Groebner, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, Y. In, J. Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO3.00004: Plasma Initiation and Startup in DIII-D Simulating the ITER Scenario G.L. Jackson, T.C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, A.W. Hyatt, T.W. Petrie, W.P. West, T.A. Casper, E.A. Lazarus, R.A. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO3.00005: High Performance Operation on DIII-D With Reduced Frequency of Wall Conditioning W.P. West, N.H. Brooks, A.W. Hyatt, G.L. Jackson, C.M. Greenfield, P.A. Politzer, M.R. Wade, M. Groth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO3.00006: Observation of Carbon Dust in the DIII-D Divertor and SOL D.L. Rudakov, A.Yu. Pigarov, R.D. Smirnov, J.H. Yu, W.P. West, C.P.C. Wong, M. Groth, M.E. Fenstermacher, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO3.00007: Extension of DIII-D Hybrid Plasmas Towards Operation with T$_{e}$ $\sim$ T$_{i}$ and Low Rotation E.J. Doyle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO3.00008: Towards Demonstration of Steady-State High-Performance Scenarios in DIII-D T.C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, P.A. Politzer, C.M. Greenfield, A.W. Hyatt, G.L. Jackson, T.W. Petrie, R.I. Pinsker, W.P. West, A.M. Garofalo, R. Reimerdes, T.A. Casper, C.T. Holcomb, M.A. Makowski, M. Okabayashi, M. Murakami, J.M. Park, E.J. Doyle, S. Ide Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO3.00009: Integrated Scenario Modeling for Advanced Scenario Development in DIII-D J.M. Park, M. Murakami, H.E. St John, L.L. Lao, J.R. Ferron, R. Prater Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO3.00010: Locked Neoclassical Tearing Mode Control on DIII-D by Electron Cyclotron Current Drive and Magnetic Perturbations F. Volpe, R.J. La Haye, R. Prater, E.J. Strait Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO3.00011: Local Turbulence Suppression and Flow Shear Dynamics During \textit{q}$_{min}$-Triggered Internal Transport Barriers M.W. Shafer, G.R. McKee, D.J. Schlossberg, M.E. Austin, R.E. Waltz, J. Candy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO3.00012: Role of Pedestal in Hybrid Discharges in DIII-D R.J. Groebner, C.F. Maggi, C.C. Petty, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, J.R. Ferron, A.W. Hyatt, P.A. Politzer, J.C. DeBoo, W.P. West, B.D. Bray Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO3.00013: Effect of Reverse Shear Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmodes on Delivered Neutral Beam Torque W.M. Solomon, R.V. Budny, G.J. Kramer, D. Mikkelsen, R. Nazikian, S.D. Scott, M.C. Zarnstorff, K.H. Burrell, J.S. deGrassie, C.C. Petty, M.A. Van Zeeland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO3.00014: DIII-D Quiescent H-mode Experiments With Co Plus Counter Neutral Beam Injection K.H. Burrell, W.P. West, P. Gohil, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder, M.E. Fenstermacher, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO3.00015: Prediction of Sawtooth Periods in Fast-Wave Heated DIII-D Experiments Using Extensions of the Porcelli Model A.D. Turnbull, M. Choi, L.L. Lao, V.S. Chan, M.S. Chu, Y.M. Jeon, G. Li, Q. Ren, N. Gorelenkov Preview Abstract

Session GO6: ICF/HEDP Diagnostics

Chair: Yefim Aglitskiy, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO6.00001: Magnetic Field Measurements in Wire-Array Z-Pinches using Magneto-Optically Active Waveguides Wasif Syed, David Hammer, Michal Lipson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO6.00002: Time-Gated X Pinch Backlighting of Imploding Wire Array Z Pinches Using MCP Isaac Blesener, Kate Bell, Dave Chalenski, Jon Douglass, Pat Knapp, Ryan Mcbride, Sergei Pikuz, Tania Shelkovenko, Bruce Kusse, Simon Bott, David Haas, Utako Ueda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO6.00003: Electron density determination in a MgFe dense plasma via Stark-broadening analysis Roberto Mancini, James Bailey, Gregory Rochau, Patrick Lake, Carlos Iglesias, Joseph Abdallah, Joseph MacFarlane, Igor Golovkin, Ping Wang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO6.00004: Experimental Stark widths of the 3p-3s transition of Ne VIII Siegfried Glenzer, James Ross, Hans Kunze Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO6.00005: Development of Compton radiography using multi-pulse high-Z backlighters Riccardo Tommasini, S. Hatchett, H-S. Park, P. Patel, B Maddox, S. Le Pape, B. Remington, M. Key, M. Tabak, J. Koch, O. Landen, N. Izumi, A. MacKinnon, J. Seely, G. Holland, L. Hudson, C. Szabo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO6.00006: Neutron-Induced Signal Measurements in Cables on OMEGA V.Yu. Glebov, T.C. Sangster, C. Stoeckl, S. Roberts, W. Bittle, R.A. Lerche, J.L. Bourgade, J.L Leray Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO6.00007: EMP Measurements on the Omega Laser System at LLE Zaheer Ali, Vladimir Glebov, Wade Bittle, Christian Stoeckl, Greg Pien, Thomas Hintermann, Mark Labuzeta, Tim Duffy, Craig Sangster, Alan Throop, Dave Eder, Joe Kinbrough, Charlie Brown, Joel Raimbourg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO6.00008: First Tests on OMEGA of a Bubble Chamber for Neutron Detection M.C. Ghilea, D.D. Meyerhofer, T.C. Sangster, D.J. Lonobile, A. Dillenbeck, R.A. Lerche, L. Disdier Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO6.00009: First Measurements of Neutron Spectra using the Magnetic Recoil Spectrometer (MRS) at OMEGA J.A. Frenje, D. Casey, C.K. Li, J. Rygg, F.H. Seguin, R.D. Petrasso, V.Yu. Glebov, D.D. Meyerhofer, T.C. Sangster, K. Fletcher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO6.00010: Multiview observation and analysis of OMEGA direct-drive implosion cores T. Nagayama, R.C. Mancini, L.A. Welser-Sherrill, R. Tommasini, J.A. Koch, J. Delettrez, S. Regan, V. Smalyuk, I. Golovkin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO6.00011: X-ray Thomson scattering on compressed Be plasmas Hae Ja Lee, Paul Neumayer, Otto Landen, Roger Falcone, Siegfried Glenzer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO6.00012: Low-Aberration Diffraction Mirror to Focus X-Rays Achim Seifter, Damian Swift, James Hawreliak Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO6.00013: Characterization of High-Current Relativistic Electron Beam Transport Through Solid-Density Matter Using High-Resolution Imaging of Coherent Transition Radiation M. Storm, J. Myatt, C. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO6.00014: Quasi-DC Terahertz Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Dense Aluminum Plasma George Rodriguez, Balakishore Yellampalle, James Glownia, Antoinette Taylor, Ki-Yong Kim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO6.00015: Short pulse laser coupling efficiency to hot electrons for fast-ignition studies. A.G. MacPhee, C.D. Chen, D. Hey, I. Jovanovic, M.H. Key, T.W. Phillips, A.J. Mackinnon, R. Clarke, K. Akli, D. Offermann, A. Link, V. Ovchinnikov, L. Van Woerkom, R. Freeman, J. Pasley, M. Wei, T.Y. Ma, J. King, F.N. Beg, R.B. Stephens Preview Abstract

Session GO7: Laser Driven Electron and Ion Acceleration

Chair: Karl Krushelnick, University of Michigan
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7/8

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO7.00001: Experimental Demonstration of 1 GeV Energy Gain and Stable Self Trapping in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator D. Panasenko, A.J. Gonsalves, K. Nakamura, C. Toth, C.G.R. Geddes, E. Cormier-Michel, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, S.M. Hooker, J. Cary, D. Bruhwiler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO7.00002: Stable electron bunches with low absolute momentum spread using plasma down ramp injection in a laser wakefield accelerator C.G.R. Geddes, K. Nakamura, C. Toth, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, W.P. Leemans, E. Cormier-Michel, J. Cary, D. Bruhwiler Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO7.00003: Observation of large-angle quasi-monoenergetic electrons from a laser wakefield Dmitri Kaganovich, Daniel Gordon, Antonio Ting, Natalie Milioutina, Phillip Sprangle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO7.00004: Electron Acceleration in Guiding and Non-Guiding Structures C. Kamperidis, S.P.D. Mangles, S. Kneip, K. Krushelnick, Z. Najmudin, T.P. Rowlands-Rees, A.J. Gonzalves, S.M. Hooker, E. Brunetti, J. Gallacher, D.A. Jaroszynksi, C.D.M. Murphy, P.A. Norreys, F. Budde Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO7.00005: Direct Acceleration of Electrons in a Corrugated Plasma Waveguide John Palastro, Andrew York, Thomas Antonsen, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO7.00006: Evolution of Relativistic Plasma-Wave front in LWFA Fang Fang, Christopher Clayton, Kenneth Marsh, Joseph Ralph, Arthur Pak, Nelson Lopes, Chandrashekhar Joshi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO7.00007: Laser acceleration with imploding plastic cylinder shell Kiminori Kondo, Nobuhiko Nakanii, Yoshitaka Mori, Eisuke Miura, Kazuki Tsuji, Kazuya Kimura, Kazuo Takeda, Syuji Fukumochi, Mamoru Kashihara, Tsuyoshi Tanimotoi, Hirotaka Nakamura, Takahiko Ishikura, Motonobu Tampo, Ryosuke Kodama, Yoneyoshi Kitagawa, Kunioki Mima, Kazuo Tanaka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO7.00008: Photon acceleration and modulational instability during wakefield excitation using long laser pulses Raoul Trines, Christopher Murphy, Robert Bingham, Kathryn Lancaster, Oleg Chekhlov, Peter Norreys, Jose Tito Mendonca, Luis Silva, Stuart Mangles, Christos Kamperidis, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick, Zulfikar Najmudin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO7.00009: Control of laser-accelerated ions: Recent advances and preliminary results from the new Trident 250-TW laser B. Manuel Hegelich, Brian J. Albright, Lin Yin, Kirk A. Flippo, D. Cort Gautier, Samuel Letzring, Roland Schulze, Mark Schmitt, Juan C. Fernandez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO7.00010: Proton acceleration: new developments for focusing and energy selection, and applications in plasma physics P. Audebert Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO7.00011: In-situ target preparation and characterization for mono-energetic laser driven ion sources Cort Gautier, Kirk Flippo, Roland Schulze, Brian Albright, Lin Yin, Juan Fernandez, Manuel Hegelich Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO7.00012: Generation of Monoenergetic proton beams from double-layer foils by flat-top laser pulses.. Stepan Bulanov, Vladimir Chvykov, Andrei Brantov, Valery Bychenkov, Galina Kalinchenko, Takeshi Matsuoka, Pascal Rousseau, Stephen Reed, Viktor Yanovsky, Dale Litzenberg, Karl Krushelnick, Anatoly Maksimchuk Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO7.00013: ABSTRACT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SESSION YP8.00079 Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO7.00014: Collimated High-Quality Proton Beam Generation in Laser Tailored-Target Interaction S. Kawata, M. Nakamura, R. Sonobe, N. Onuma, Y. Nodera, S. Miyazaki, T. Kikuchi, Q. Kong Preview Abstract

Session GP8: Poster Session III: Turbulence, Transport, and NL Processes; Fast Ignition and Laser-Plasma Interactions; Divertors, Edge Physics and Fueling; MHD Theory, Heating and Current Drive; Simulation: MHD; Optimal Helicon Source Performance

Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

		GP8.00001: TURBULENCE, TRANSPORT, AND NONLINEAR PROCESSES Preview Abstract
		GP8.00002: Fundamental Scalings of Zonal Flows in a Basic Plasma Physics Experiment Vladimir Sokolov, Xiao Wei, Amiya K. Sen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00003: A Basic Experiment on the Production and Identification of ETG Modes Xiao Wei, Vladimir Sokolov, Amiya K. Sen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00004: Edge turbulence scaling in RFX-mod with GPI diagnostic Paolo Scarin, Matteo Agostini, Roberto Cavazzana, Gianluigi Serianni Preview Abstract
		GP8.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		GP8.00006: Relaxation of weights in a $\delta f$ code Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		GP8.00007: Entropic Lattice Boltzmann Algorithms for Turbulence George Vahala, Jeffrey Yepez, Min Soe, Linda Vahala, Brian Keating, Jonathan Carter Preview Abstract
		GP8.00008: Nonlinear Excitation of Damped Eigenmodes in GYRO Microturbulence Simulations David Hatch, Paul Terry, Bill Nevins Preview Abstract
		GP8.00009: Exponential Frequency Spectrum in a Magnetized Plasma--UCLA Meixuan Shi, David Pace, James Maggs, George Morales Preview Abstract
		GP8.00010: Thermal Waves in a Magnetized Plasma David Pace, M. Shi, J.E. Maggs, G.J. Morales Preview Abstract
		GP8.00011: Basis function bispectral analysis in a cylindrical coordinate system D.A. Baver, P.W. Terry, G.R. Tynan, S.H. Mueller Preview Abstract
		GP8.00012: Investigation of electrostatic and magnetic structures at small scale in the edge region of RFX Roberto Cavazzana, Matteo Agostini, Paolo Scarin, Gianluigi Serianni Preview Abstract
		GP8.00013: Nonlinear Dynamics of Fluctuations and Convective Blobs in the Presence of Sheared Flows in a Magnetized Laboratory Plasma L. Yan, M. Gilmore, C. Watts, S. Xie Preview Abstract
		GP8.00014: Observation of Chaos in a Magnetized Laboratory Plasma under the Influence of Variable Biasing S. Xie, C. Watts, M. Gilmore, L. Yan Preview Abstract
		GP8.00015: On the Statistical Properties of the Turbulent Reynolds Stress Zheng Yan, George Tynan, Jonathan Yu, Chris Holland, Stefan Muller, Min Xu Preview Abstract
		GP8.00016: Microturbulence, shear and burstiness in basic experimental plasmas S.H. Muller, C. Holland, G.R. Tynan, M. Xu, Z. Yan, J.H. Yu, A. Fasoli, I. Furno, B. Labit, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
		GP8.00017: Experimental Study of Nonlinear Energy Transfer in Frequency Domain Min Xu, Chris Holland, Stefan Muller, George Tynan, Zheng Yan, Jonathan Yu Preview Abstract
		GP8.00018: Fluctuations, turbulence and related transport in the TORPEX magnetised toroidal plasma Ambrogio Fasoli, Ahmed Diallo, Ivo Furno, Davoud Iraji, Benoit Labit, Gennady Plyushchev, Francesca Poli, Paolo Ricci, Christian Teiler, Stefan Muller, Mario Podesta' Preview Abstract
		GP8.00019: Onsager Regression in phase-space resolved ion fluctuations. Fred Skiff Preview Abstract
		GP8.00020: Application of fractional diffusion to model perturbative transport experiments in JET Diego del-Castillo-Negrete, Paola Mantica, Volker Naulin, J. Rassmussen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00021: Numerical simulation of ETG fluid model in uniformly sheared $E\times B$ velocity Juhyung Kim, George Chagelishvili, Wendell Horton Preview Abstract
		GP8.00022: Feedback of large-scale fluctuations on driving noise Chang-Bae Kim Preview Abstract
		GP8.00023: Ion-Acoustic Turbulence in ECCD-driven TCV plasmas Christian Schlatter, Basil P. Duval, Alexander N. Karpushov, Timothy P. Goodman Preview Abstract
		GP8.00024: FACETS: Towards a flexible infrastructure for building coupled transport models Alexander Pletzer, Ammar Hakim, Mahmood Miah, Srinath Vadlamani, Johan Carlsson, Scott Kruger, John R. Cary, Alexei Pankin Preview Abstract
		GP8.00025: Transport in two-fluid MHD turbulence Ellen Kumar, E. Kim Preview Abstract
		GP8.00026: Turbulent resistivity in wavy 2D MHD turbulence Shane Keating, Patrick Diamond Preview Abstract
		GP8.00027: Numerical modeling of anisotropic 3D Drift-Alfven turbulence J.C. Perez, Stanislav Boldyrev Preview Abstract
		GP8.00028: Numerical Simulations of Strong MHD Turbulence J. Mason, F. Cattaneo, S. Boldyrev Preview Abstract
		GP8.00029: A laboratory study of a nonlinear interaction between co-propagating kinetic Alfven waves B.T. Brugman, T.A. Carter, D.W. Auerbach, S.C. Cowley Preview Abstract
		GP8.00030: Heating and background plasma modification associated with large amplitude kinetic Alfv\'{e}n wave launch in LAPD T.A. Carter, D.W. Auerbach, B.T. Brugman Preview Abstract
		GP8.00031: Studies of nonlinear interactions between counter-propagating Alfv\'{e}n waves in the LAPD D.W. Auerbach, J.C. Perez, T.A. Carter, S. Boldyrev Preview Abstract
		GP8.00032: Effect of ion composition on magnetosonic waves Mieko Toida, Hiroyuki Higashino, Yukiharu Ohsawa Preview Abstract
		GP8.00033: A non-linear 4-wave resonant model for non-perturbative fast ion interactions with Alfv\'{e}nic modes in burning plasmas Fulvio Zonca, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00034: Positive and negative effective mass of relativistic particles in oscillatory and static fields I.Y. Dodin, N.J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		GP8.00035: A water bag theory of autoresonant BGK modes Pavel Khain, Lazar Friedland Preview Abstract
		GP8.00036: Nonlinear Wave and Soliton Excitations in Coasting Charged Particle Beams Using a Kinetic g-Factor Model Ronald Davidson, Edward Startsev, Hong Qin Preview Abstract
		GP8.00037: KEEN Waves, Conformal Invariance and Connections to 2D Euler Turbulence Theory Bedros Afeyan, Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort Preview Abstract
		GP8.00038: Destruction of transport barriers in a nontwist map model of a reversed magnetic shear tokamak with an ergodic magnetic limiter Alexander Wurm Preview Abstract
		GP8.00039: FAST IGNITION AND LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS Preview Abstract
		GP8.00040: Hydrodynamic assembly for Fast Ignition Max Tabak, Daniel Clark, Richard Town, Stephen Hatchett Preview Abstract
		GP8.00041: Fast Ignition with Ultra-High Intensity Lasers John Tonge, M. Tzoufras, F.S. Tsung, W.B. Mori, C. Ren, M. Marti, L. Silva Preview Abstract
		GP8.00042: Observations of the Effect of Er-Hydride Targets on the Conversion Efficiency to Laser Accelerated Protons D.T. Offermann, L.D. Van Woerkom, A.J. Mackinnon, Y. Ping, A.G. MacPhee, N. Shen, M.E. Foord, J.J. Sanchez, C.D. Chen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00043: Proton Focusing in a FI Target Compatible Configuration R.B. Stephens, A.J. MacKinnon, S.P. Hatchett, M.H. Key, B.F. Lasinski, B. Langdon, P.K. Patel, M. Foord, M. Tabak, R.P.J. Town, S.C. Wilks, M.S. Wei, F. Beg, S. Chen, R.R. Freeman, J.A. King, J. Pasley, K.U. Akli, D. Clark, L. Van Woerkom, D. Hey Preview Abstract
		GP8.00044: Capsule Design Studies for Mid-Z Ion-Driven Fast Ignition B.J. Albright, M.J. Schmitt, G.E. Cragg, J.C. Fern\'andez, I.L. Tregillis, N.M. Hoffman, G.R. Magelssen, B.M. Hegelich, K.A. Flippo Preview Abstract
		GP8.00045: Liquid Cryogenic Target Development for Fast Ignition* D.L. Hanson, C. Russell, R.A. Vesey, D.G. Schroen, J.L. Taylor, C.A. Back, D. Steinman, A. Nikroo, J.L. Kaae, E. Giraldez, R.R. Johnston, K. Youngman Preview Abstract
		GP8.00046: PIC simulations of energetic electron transport in fast ignition Xianglong Kong, Rui Yan, Chuang Ren Preview Abstract
		GP8.00047: PIC simulations of energetic electron generation from laser-plasma interactions Rui Yan, Gang Li, Chuang Ren Preview Abstract
		GP8.00048: Laser channeling in mm-scale underdense plasmas of fast ignition C. Ren, G. Li, R. Yan, T.L. Wang, J. Tonge, W.B. Mori Preview Abstract
		GP8.00049: Hot electron energy coupling in cone-guiding fast ignition Brian Chrisman, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Andreas Kemp, Thomas Cowan Preview Abstract
		GP8.00050: Saturation and Long-Time Behavior of Weibel Instability and Electron Beam Transport in Dense Plasmas Oleg Polomarov, Ge Wange, Gennady Shvets, Adam Sefkow, Igor Kaganovich Preview Abstract
		GP8.00051: The effect of laser intensity on fast electron beam divergence in solid density plasmas V.M. Ovchinnikov, L. Van Woerkom, R.R. Freeman, J.S. Green, R.G. Evans, R. Heathcote, K.L. Lancaster, P.A. Norreys, K.U. Akli, M.H. Key, A.J. MacKinnon, A.G. MacPhee, F.N. Beg, J.A. King, T. Ma, R. Stephens, C. Bellei, Z. Najmudin, J. Waugh, H. Azechi, P. Nilson, W. Theobald, N.C. Lopes, R. Onofrei, J.R. Davies Preview Abstract
		GP8.00052: Measurement of Hot Electron Spatial Distribution Under the Presence of Laser Light Self-focusing in Over-dense Plasmas Tsuyoshi Tanimoto, Kazuo A. Tanaka, Anle Lei, Toshinori Yabuuchi, Hideaki Habara, Kiminori Kondo, Ryousuke Kodama, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00053: Simulation Studies on Fast Heating for FIREX-I project Tomoyuki Johzaki, Hideo Nagatomo, Hitoshi Sakagami, Tatsufumi Nakamura, Atsushi Sunahara, Yasuyuki Nakao, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00054: Optimization of Non-spherical Implosion for Fast Ignition Hideo Nagatomo, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Tatsufumi Nakamura, Atsushi Sunahara, Hitoshi Sakagami, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00055: Partial degeneracy effects in the stopping of relativistic electrons in supercompressed DT fuels Konstantin Starikov, Claude Deutsch Preview Abstract
		GP8.00056: Measurements of Bremsstrahlung and K-shell Emission to Determine the Hot Electron Temperature and Conversion Efficiency in Short-pulse Laser Experiments C.D. Chen, J.A. King, F.N. Beg, A.G. MacPhee, M.H. Key, A.J. Mackinnon, L. Van Woerkom Preview Abstract
		GP8.00057: Enhanced harmonic generation by relativistic laser interaction with a nanostructured target Xavier Lavocat-Dubuis, Jean-Pierre Matte Preview Abstract
		GP8.00058: Modeling High-Energy Backlighters Produced by Intense Laser-Matter Interaction Gregory Pollak Preview Abstract
		GP8.00059: Development of a collisional PIC code for an analysis of cluster plasmas Toshihiro Taguchi, Thomas Antonsen, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
		GP8.00060: PIC Simulations of Short-Pulse, High-Intensity Light Interacting with Cone Targets Barbara F. Lasinski, A. Bruce Langdon, C.H. Still, Max Tabak, Richard P.J. Town Preview Abstract
		GP8.00061: Quasi-monoenergetic ions from laser-triggered multi-stage particle acceleration V. Yu. Bychenkov, G. I. Dudnikova, W. Rozmus, R. Fedosejevs, A. Maksimchuk Preview Abstract
		GP8.00062: Energetic proton acceleration in ultra-intense laser interaction with super-low density targets M. Tampo, R. Kodama, K. Higashi, K. Endo, K.A. Tanaka, T. Matsuoka, V. Yanovsky, M. Maksimchuk, G. Kalintchenko, K. Krushelnick, R. Tezuka, H. Yokogawa, R. Stephens, T. Nakamura, K. Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00063: Preliminary high-energy x-ray measurements performed on the TRIDENT 250-TW laser Jonathan Workman, J. Cobble, K. Flippo, D.C. Gautier, S. Letzring, M. Sherrill, E.S. Dodd Preview Abstract
		GP8.00064: Specular Reflection of Intense Laser Light Interacting with Solid Targets A. Link, K. Akli, D. Offermann, V. Ovchinnikov, L. Van Woerkom, R.R. Freeman, H. Chen, I. Jovanovic, A. Kemp, A. Mackinnon, A. Macphee, Y. Ping, R. Shepherd, S.C. Wilks, Cliff Chen, L. Elberson, J. King, T. Ma, F. Beg, R. AkliClarke Preview Abstract
		GP8.00065: Determination of Electron-Heated Target Temperatures in Petawatt Laser Experiments Using Soft X-Ray Diagnostics Tammy Ma, Farhat Beg, Andrew MacPhee, Hyun-kyung Chung, Michael Key, Andrew Mackinnon, Stephen Hatchett, Richard Stephens, Kramer Akli, Linn Van Woerkom, Bingbing Zhang Preview Abstract
		GP8.00066: Hot Electron Generation Using High Intensity Laser Pulses on Machined Conical Targets Takeshi Matsuoka, Stephen Reed, Stepan Bulanov, Vladimir Chvykov, Andrei Brantov, Valery Bychenkov, Galina Kalinchenko, Christopher McGuffey, Pascal Rousseau, Victor Yanovsky, Dale Litzenberg, Karl Krushelnick, Anatoly Maksimchuk Preview Abstract
		GP8.00067: Implementation of a Stimulated Raman Amplifier/Compressor in Plasma Nikolai Yampolsky, Nathaniel Fisch, Shuanglei Li, Vladimir Malkin, Anatoli Morozov, Jun Ren, Szymon Suckewer, Ernest Valeo, Ryan Lindberg, Jonathan Wurtele Preview Abstract
		GP8.00068: X-ray polarization spectroscopy for oblique laser incidence relevant to fast igniter research Y. Okano, Y. Inubushi, H. Nishimura, T. Kai, T. Kawamura, D. Batani, A. Morace, R. Redaelli, C. Fourment, J. Santos, G. Malka, A. Boscheron, A. Casner, M. Koenig, S. Fujioka, T. Nakamura, T. Johzaki, H. Nagatomo, M. Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00069: X-ray polarization spectroscopy to study energy transport in laser produced plasma at 10$^{18}$ W/cm$^{2}$ H. Nishimura, Y. Inubushi, Y. Okano, S. Fujioka, T. Kai, T. Kawamura, D. Batani, A. Morace, R. Redaelli, C. Fourment, J. Santos, G. Malka, A. Boscheron, A. Casner, M. Koenig, T. Nakamura, T. Johzaki, H. Nagatomo, K. Mima Preview Abstract
		GP8.00070: Magnetic field effects on moving one-dimensional laser envelope solitons Poornakala Sethuraman Preview Abstract
		GP8.00071: Implications of different stopping power models on target heating simulations using HYDRA Seth Veitzer, Peter Stoltz, John Barnard, Enrique Henestroza, Gary Kerbel, Marty Marinak Preview Abstract
		GP8.00072: Ion beam driven warm dense matter experiments F.M. Bieniosek, P.A. Ni, M. Leitner, P.K. Roy, R. More, J.J. Barnard, M. Kireeff Covo, A.W. Molvik, H. Yoneda Preview Abstract
		GP8.00073: Diagnostics for heavy ion beam driven Warm-dense-matter experiments. Pavel Ni, Frank Bieniosek, Matthaeus Leitner, William Waldron Preview Abstract
		GP8.00074: Measurement of ultra-fast material dependent heating from solid foils in high-intensity laser-plasma interaction experiments R.L. Weber, E. Chowdhury, R.R. Freeman, J. Morrison, L. van Woerkom, E. Garcia Saiz, F. Khattak, D. Riley, S. Rose, S. Glenzer, S. Hansen, S. Wilks, B. Barbrel, M. Koenig, A. Pelka, M. Roth, R.J. Clarke, M. Notley, D. Neely, G. Gregori Preview Abstract
		GP8.00075: DIVERTORS, EDGE PHYSICS AND FUELING Preview Abstract
		GP8.00076: Generation mechanisms of blobs in tokamak edge plasmas. Kowsik Bodi, Sergei Krasheninnikov, Andrei Smolyakov Preview Abstract
		GP8.00077: Linear Analysis and Verification Suite for Edge Turbulence J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, M. Umansky Preview Abstract
		GP8.00078: Calculation of ion distribution functions and neoclassical transport in the edge of single-null divertor tokamaks T.D. Rognlien, R.H. Cohen, X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
		GP8.00079: Implementation of an anomalous radial transport model for continuum kinetic edge codes K. Bodi, S.I. Krasheninnikov, R.H. Cohen, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		GP8.00080: Simulation of turbulence in tokamak edge plasmas M.V. Umansky, J. Boedo, B. LaBombard, R. Maqueda, J. Terry, S. Zweben Preview Abstract
		GP8.00081: Kinetic XGC0 study of the 3D resonance magnetic perturbation effect on edge pedestal dynamics and the ELM onset boundary Gunyoung Park, S. Ku, C.-S. Chang, H. Strauss, I. Joseph, R. Moyer, P. Snyder Preview Abstract
		GP8.00082: Effects of Elongation on Stochastic Layer and Magnetic Footprint in Divertor Tokamaks Hasina Wadi, Morgin Jones, Halima Ali, Alkesh Punjabi Preview Abstract
		GP8.00083: The DIII-D Map -- An Area-Preserving Map for Trajectories of Magnetic Field Lines in the DIII-D Tokamak Alkesh Punjabi, Halima Ali, Allen Boozer, Todd Evans Preview Abstract
		GP8.00084: Canonical Representations of the Simple Map Olivia Kerwin, Alkesh Punjabi, Halima Ali, Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		GP8.00085: Second Order Magnetic Barriers in Tokamaks, Noble Tori, and Topological Noise Halima Ali, Alkesh Punjabi Preview Abstract
		GP8.00086: H-mode edge physics in NSTX and Alcator C-Mod F. Kelly, R. Maqueda, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		GP8.00087: Recent results on ELM-like plasma-surface interactions produced by a conical theta-pinch Travis Gray, Michael Williams, David Ruzic, Isak KonKashbaev Preview Abstract
		GP8.00088: Divertor and confinement issues for next-step devices. Michael Kotschenreuther, Prashant Valanju, Swadesh Mahajan Preview Abstract
		GP8.00089: T$_{e}$ and n$_{e}$ profile measurements with HRTS during ELM mitigation experiments with external magnetic perturbation fields on JET Roberto Pasqualotto, Alberto Alfier, Marc Beurskens, Mark Kempenaars, Claire Mckenna, Edmondo Giovannozzi, Rudi Koslowski, Yunfeng Liang Preview Abstract
		GP8.00090: Two-dimensional structure of volume recombination in JT-60U detached divertor plasmas Fujimoto Kayoko, Nakano Tomohide, Kubo Hirotaka, Sawada Keiji, Takizuka Tomonori, Kawashima Hisato, Shimizu Katsuhiro, Asakura Nobuyuki Preview Abstract
		GP8.00091: Flute instability in the divertor plasma D.D. Ryutov, R.H. Cohen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00092: Effect of High Recycling Step-Wise Migration on ITER Co-deposition Jim Strachan Preview Abstract
		GP8.00093: Initial results from Langmuir probe and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurements in the Tritium Plasma Experiment (TPE) Masashi Shimada, Phil Sharpe, Robert Kolasinski, Rion Causey Preview Abstract
		GP8.00094: MHD THEORY, HEATING AND CURRENT DRIVE Preview Abstract
		GP8.00095: Theory of Intermediate Nonlinear Ballooning Mode in a Tokamak P. Zhu, C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		GP8.00096: Unified theory of resistive and inertial ballooning modes in three-dimensional configurations Tariq Rafiq, Chris C. Hegna, James D. Callen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00097: Stabilization of the Vertical Mode in Tokamaks by Localized Nonaxisymmetric Fields Allan Reiman Preview Abstract
		GP8.00098: Studies of ELMs and RMPs with M3D H.R. Strauss, Bernhard Hientzsch, G.Y. Park, C.S. Chang, L. Sugiyama Preview Abstract
		GP8.00099: Kinetic Effects of a Non-Maxwellian Distribution of Energetic Particles on 2/1 Stability R. Takahashi, D.P. Brennan, C.C. Kim, A.D. Turnbull, R.J. La Haye Preview Abstract
		GP8.00100: Reduced energy principle for ideal/tearing modes in separatrix limited plasmas Joshua Kallman, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		GP8.00101: A general MHD stability formulation for plasmas with flow and resistive walls Jeffrey Freidberg, Luca Guazzotto, Riccardo Betti Preview Abstract
		GP8.00102: A Model for Coupled Turbulence and Resistive MHD Evolution D.P. Brennan, C. Holland, R. Takahashi Preview Abstract
		GP8.00103: Extending the collisional fluid equations into the long mean-free-path regime in toroidal plasmas. IV. Banana Regime K. Shaing Preview Abstract
		GP8.00104: A family of analytic equilibrium solutions for the Grad-Shafranov equation. Luca Guazzotto, Jeffrey Freidberg Preview Abstract
		GP8.00105: Free boundary three-dimensional anisotropic pressure equilibria W.A. Cooper, J.P. Graves, M. Jucker, S.P. Hirshman, J. Kisslinger, P. Merkel, H. Wobig, Y. Narushima, S. Okamura, K.Y. Watanabe Preview Abstract
		GP8.00106: An Optimal Magnetic Coordinate system for High-Beta ST configurations Janardhan Manickam Preview Abstract
		GP8.00107: 3DMAPTOR Code for mapping toroidal magnetic field lines in three dimensions Esteban Ch\'avez, Julio Herrera Preview Abstract
		GP8.00108: Fast Particle Losses due to NTMs and Magnetic Field Ripple E. Strumberger, S. Guenter, E. Schwarz, C. Tichmann Preview Abstract
		GP8.00109: Supersonic drift-tearing magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas Richard Fitzpatrick, Francois Waelbroeck Preview Abstract
		GP8.00110: Nonlinear island dynamics in the presence of sheared toroidal flow C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		GP8.00111: Plasma Rotation Effects on the Externally Driven Magnetic Island Formation Yasutomo Ishii, Andrei Smolyakov Preview Abstract
		GP8.00112: Finite Ion Orbit Effects on Magnetic Islands in Toroidal Plasmas Xinzheng Liu, Chris Hegna Preview Abstract
		GP8.00113: Critical Toroidal Rotation Profile for Resistive Wall Modes in Tokamaks K.C. Shaing, M. Chu, S.A. Sabbagh, M. Peng Preview Abstract
		GP8.00114: Toward incorporating the effects of a resistive wall in the linear stability spectrum of ideal MHD with arbitrary equilibrium flows S.P. Smith, S.C. Jardin, J.P. Freidberg, L. Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		GP8.00115: AEGIS-GK: Gyrokinetic investigation of resistive wall mode stability L.J. Zheng, M. Kotschenreuther, J.W. Van Dam Preview Abstract
		GP8.00116: Wall mode stabilization at slow plasma rotation Bo Hu, Riccardo Betti, Holger Reimerdes, Andrea Garofalo, Janardhan Manickam Preview Abstract
		GP8.00117: Stability analysis of resistive wall mode including effects of plasma rotation and error field. Masaru Furukawa, Linjin Zheng Preview Abstract
		GP8.00118: Control of magnetohydrodynamic modes in RFPs with a resistive wall above the wall stabilization limit John Finn, Gian Luca Delzanno Preview Abstract
		GP8.00119: RF Sheath Models D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra Preview Abstract
		GP8.00120: Electromagnetic high frequency gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulation of radio frequency waves in magnetically-confined plasmas. Roman Kolesnikov, Hong Qin, W.W. Lee Preview Abstract
		GP8.00121: Relativistic effects in electron cyclotron resonance heating and current drive A.K. Ram, J. Decker Preview Abstract
		GP8.00122: Progress in theoretical and numerical modeling of RF/MHD coupling using NIMROD Thomas G. Jenkins, Dalton D. Schnack, Chris C. Hegna, James D. Callen, Carl R. Sovinec, Eric D. Held, Jeong-Young Ji, Scott E. Kruger Preview Abstract
		GP8.00123: Sheath boundary in 3-D time-domain edge plasma simulation D.N. Smithe, A. Hakim, D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry Preview Abstract
		GP8.00124: Simulation of High Power ICRF Wave Heating in the ITER Burning Plasma E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry, R.F. Barrett, E.F. D'Azevedo Preview Abstract
		GP8.00125: Full wave simulations of lower hybrid waves in toroidal geometry with non-Maxwellian electrons John Wright, Ernest Valeo, Cynthia Phillips, Paul Bonoli, Marco Brambilla Preview Abstract
		GP8.00126: Influence of the poloidal phase difference of antenna current on eigenmodes and power absorption in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies Suwon Cho, Jong-Gu Kwak Preview Abstract
		GP8.00127: Design of the ITER Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive Waveguide Transmission Line T.S. Bigelow, D.A. Rasmussen, M.A. Shapiro, J.R. Sirigiri, R.J. Temkin , H. Grunloh, J. Koliner Preview Abstract
		GP8.00128: Modulated LHCD with Feedbak control to Active Suppress MHD m=2 on HT-7 J.S. Mao, J.R. Luo, Y.W. Sun, B.J. Ding Preview Abstract
		GP8.00129: SIMULATION: MHD Preview Abstract
		GP8.00130: SIESTA: an Scalable Island Equilibrium Solver for Toroidal Applications Raul Sanchez, Steven Hirshman, Vickie Lynch Preview Abstract
		GP8.00131: Results from the PSI-Center Interfacing Group B.A. Nelson, C.C. Kim, A.I.D. Macnab, R.D. Milroy, T.R. Jarboe, J. Kesner, D.T. Garnier, C.R. Sovinec, P.M. Bellan, M.R. Brown Preview Abstract
		GP8.00132: MHD Simulations with Self Consistent Boundary Conditions G.J. Marklin, T.R. Jarboe Preview Abstract
		GP8.00133: The Effect of a Weak Toroidal Field on the n=2 Rotational Instability in an FRC R.D. Milroy, L.C. Steinhauer, A.I.D. Macnab, C.C. Kim, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		GP8.00134: Nonlinear MHD simulation of DC helicity injection in spherical tokamaks R.A. Bayliss, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		GP8.00135: Impact of velocity space distribution on hybrid kinetic MHD simulation of the $(1,1)$ internal kink mode Charlson C. Kim Preview Abstract
		GP8.00136: Nonlinear simulations of the m=0 instability development in z-pinch equilibria with axial sheared flows Ioana Paraschiv, Bruno S. Bauer, Irvin R. Lindemuth, Volodymyr Makhin Preview Abstract
		GP8.00137: Time-dependent closures for plasma fluid equations Eric Held, Jeong-Young Ji, Michael Addae-Kagyah Preview Abstract
		GP8.00138: Comparing Reduced Fluid Models to the Two-Fluid Plasma System Bhuvana Srinivasan, Uri Shumlak Preview Abstract
		GP8.00139: Two-fluid simulations of sawteeth in a periodic boundary driven screw-pinch. V.S. Lukin, S.C. Jardin Preview Abstract
		GP8.00140: Toroidal Axisymmetric Extended-MHD Steady-States with Flow N.M. Ferraro, S.C. Jardin, A.C. Bauer Preview Abstract
		GP8.00141: A New Code for Resistive Wall Mode Modeling with 3D Conducting Structures Yueqiang Liu, R. Albanese, A. Portone, G. Rubinacci, F. Villone Preview Abstract
		GP8.00142: Simulations of NTM Stabilization using Current Drive Offset Relative to the ISLAND Center Jennifer Woodby, Eugenio Schuster, Arnold Kritz, Glenn Bateman, Alexei Pankin Preview Abstract
		GP8.00143: Numerical Studies of Linear Two Fluid Tearing Modes in Slab and Cylindrical Geometries J.R. King, C.R. Sovinec, V.V. Mirnov Preview Abstract
		GP8.00144: Simulations of Decaying Kinetic Alfv\'en Wave Turbulence: Intermittent and Coherent Structures Kurt Smith, Paul Terry Preview Abstract
		GP8.00145: Kinetic excitation of Alfv\'{e}nic instabilities near the second ballooning stability boundary in a high-$\beta$ toroidal plasma Andreas Bierwage, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00146: Large Eddy - Lattice Boltzmann (LES-LB) Simulations of Fluid and MHD Turbulence Brian Keating, Min Soe, George Vahala, Linda Vahala, Jeffrey Yepez, Jonathan Carter Preview Abstract
		GP8.00147: Low Frequency Plasma Lagrangian H. Vernon Wong Preview Abstract
		GP8.00148: Magnetohydrodynamics inside a rotating sphere. David Montgomery, Pablo Mininni, Leaf Turner Preview Abstract
		GP8.00149: Plasma Wave Echoes in a Weakly Collisional Plasma C. Black, K. Germaschewski, C.S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		GP8.00150: Driven, autoresonant three-oscillator interactions Oded Yaakobi, Lazar Friedland, Zohar Henis Preview Abstract
		GP8.00151: MH4D Benchmarking and Atomic Physics Implementation Eric Meier Preview Abstract
		GP8.00152: OPTIMAL HELICON SOURCE PERFORMANCE Preview Abstract
		GP8.00153: Cross-correlation diagnostics of electrostatic fluctuations in a helicon source Michael Kraemer Preview Abstract
		GP8.00154: Slow wave measurement using the WVU 300 GHz collective scattering diagnostic Robert Hardin, Earl Scime, Alex Hansen Preview Abstract
		GP8.00155: Resonant power absorption experiments on the Radially Localized Helicon mode C. Lee, G. Chen, D. Berisford, R. Bengtson, T. Scarborough Preview Abstract

Session GM4: Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature I

Chair: Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 10:00AM		GM4.00001: The angular momentum cycle in tropical cyclones: transport, dissipation, and wave-mean flow interactions David Nolan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:00AM - 10:30AM		GM4.00002: Transport by Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks Philip Marcus, Joe Barranco Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 10:50AM		GM4.00003: Theory of momentum transport in rotating/stratified HD and MHD turbulence Eun-jin Kim, N Leprovost Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:50AM - 11:10AM		GM4.00004: Angular Momentum Transport Studies Relevant to Astrophysical Accretion Disks with the Princeton MagnetoRotational Instability Experiment Ethan Schartman, Mark Nornberg, Hantao Ji, Michael J. Burin, Jeremy Goodman Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:10AM - 11:40AM		GM4.00005: Numerical simulations of magneto-rotational turbulence in cylindrical geometry. Fausto Cattaneo, Paul Fischer, Aleksandr Obabko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:40AM - 12:10PM		GM4.00006: Experimental results on the magnetorotational instability in helical magnetic fields Frank Stefani, Thomas Gundrum, Gunter Gerbeth, G\"unther R\"udiger, Jacek Szklarski, Rainer Hollerbach Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:10PM - 12:30PM		GM4.00007: Axisymmetric Numerical and Analytical Studies of the Helical Magnetorotational Instability in a Magnetized Taylor-Couette Flow Wei Liu, Jeremy Goodman, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract

Session GM5: Mini-conference on Optimizing Helicon Source Performance-Absorption and Heating Mechanisms

Chair: Earl Scime, West Virginia University
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30AM - 9:50AM		GM5.00001: Helicon Sources: Why they work Rod Boswell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:50AM - 10:10AM		GM5.00002: Magnetic Field Dependencies in the Mini-RFTF Light Ion Helicon Plasma Source R.H. Goulding, F.W. Baity, D.A. Rasmussen, D.O. Sparks, M.D. Carter, M. Yoshitaka Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:10AM - 10:30AM		GM5.00003: Density and temperature maxima at specific w and B Matthew Balkey, Earl E. Scime, John L. Kline, Paul Keiter, Robert Boivin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:30AM - 10:50AM		GM5.00004: Radially localized helicon mode and power deposition in a helicon source Guangye Chen, Alexey Arefiev, Roger Bengtson, Boris Breizman, Charles Lee, Laxminarayan Raja Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:50AM - 11:10AM		GM5.00005: Helicon mode formation and rf power deposition in a helicon source Michael Kraemer, Kari Niemi Preview Abstract