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Session TI1: Ignition Target Design and Laser-Plasma Instabilities

Chair: Douglas Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 10:00AM		TI1.00001: Robustness studies of NIF ignition targets in two dimensions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:00AM - 10:30AM		TI1.00002: Multi-Variable Sensitivity Studies of NIF Ignition Targets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 11:00AM		TI1.00003: Ignition Capsule Design with a High-Density Carbon (HDC) Ablator for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:00AM - 11:30AM		TI1.00004: Analyses of laser-plasma interactions in National Ignition Facility (NIF) ignition targets Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 12:00PM		TI1.00005: Predictive modeling of Omega Laser Plasma Interaction Experiment Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00PM - 12:30PM		TI1.00006: Suppression of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in multiple-ion species inertial confinement fusion Hohlraum Plasmas. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session TI2: Plasma Technology, Nozzles, and the First Wall

Chair: David Ruzic, University of Illinois
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 10:00AM		TI2.00001: Industrial Plasma Antennas Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:00AM - 10:30AM		TI2.00002: Measurements of electric field strengths in ionization fronts during breakdown Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 11:00AM		TI2.00003: Plasma Shield for In-Air and Under-Water Beam Processes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:00AM - 11:30AM		TI2.00004: Plasma Physics and Radiation Hydrodynamics in Development of EUV Light Sources for Lithography Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 12:00PM		TI2.00005: Magnetic Nozzle and Plasma Detachment Scenario Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00PM - 12:30PM		TI2.00006: Lithium Surface Coatings and Improved Plasma Performance in NSTX Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session TO3: Magnetic Confinement Theory

Chair: Paul Terry, University of Wisconsin
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		TO3.00001: Decoupling of ion and electron heat transport via scale separation Frank Jenko, Tobias Goerler, Terry Rhodes, Stan Kaye Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		TO3.00002: Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulations for Stellarators F. Merz, P. Xanthopoulos, T. Gorler, F. Jenko, D. Mikkelsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		TO3.00003: The zonal flow back-reaction on ion-temperature-gradient mode turbulence Johan Anderson, Eun-jin Kim, Jiquan Li, Yasuaki Kishimoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		TO3.00004: Role of magnetic shear in flow shear suppression Eun-jin Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		TO3.00005: Trajectory trapping and structure generation in turbulent magnetized plasmas Madalina Olimpia Vlad, Florin Spineanu Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		TO3.00006: A stepped pressure profile model for internal transport barriers Matthew Hole, Stuart Hudson, Robert Dewar Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		TO3.00007: Self-consistent Modeling of the Pedestal in Tokamak \mbox{H-mode} Plasmas A.Y. Pankin, G. Bateman, A.H. Kritz, C.S. Chang, S. Ku, G. Park, J. Cummings, C. Sovinec, P. Snyder, L.D. Pearlstein, N. Podhorszki, S. Klasky Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		TO3.00008: Linear theory of n=0 geodesic acoustic mode T. Zhou, H.V. Wong, H.L. Berk Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		TO3.00009: The ideal stability of unity beta tokamaks P.-A. Gourdain, S.C. Cowley Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		TO3.00010: Dust dynamics and diagnostic applications in quasi-neutral plasmas and magnetic fusion Zhehui Wang, Catalin M. Ticos, Jiahe Si, Gian Luca Delzanno, Gianni Lapenta, Glen Wurden Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		TO3.00011: Dust in Fusion Plasmas: Modeling Approach R.D. Smirnov, A.Yu. Pigarov, S.I. Krasheninnikov, M. Rosenberg, D.A. Mendis Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		TO3.00012: Modeling of Dust-Wall Collisional Characteristics in Tokamaks David Benson, Roman Smirnov Preview Abstract

Session TO4: JET, EAST, RFX and FRCs

Chair: John Sarff, University of Wisconsin
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		TO4.00001: High beta-N experiments at JET Clive Challis Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		TO4.00002: Toward the stationary operation at high $\beta_{N}$ at JET: experiments and modelling I. Voitsekhovitch, C.D. Challis, C. Giroud, R.V. Budny , D. McCune, P. Buratti, E. Joffrin, T.C. Luce, M. Murakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		TO4.00003: Reversed shear Alfv\'en Eigenmodes in the frequency range of the triangularity induced gap on JET G.J. Kramer, G.Y. Fu, R. Nazikian, R.V. Budny, N.N. Gorelenkov, C.Z. Cheng, B. Alper, S.D. Pinches, F. Rimini, S.E. Sharapov, P. de Vries, K-D. Zastrow, V. Zoita Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		TO4.00004: EAST First Plasma -- Design, Simulation {\&} Experimental Results J.A. Leuer, D.A. Humphreys, A.W. Hyatt, G.L. Jackson, R.D. Johnson, B.G. Penaflor, D.A. Piglowski, M.L. Walker, A.S. Welander, D. Mueller, B.J. Xiao, Q.P. Yuan, H.Z. Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		TO4.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		TO4.00006: The ITER ICRF Antenna Design with TOPICA Daniele Milanesio, Riccardo Maggiora, Orso Meneghini, Giuseppe Vecchi Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		TO4.00007: Finite Electron Temperature Effects on Interferometric Measurements in Fusion Plasmas V.V. Mirnov, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		TO4.00008: Direct Measurement of the Electron Bernstein Wave Absorption and Current Drive at the WEGA Stellarator. Heinrich Laqua, Stefan Marsen, Matthias Otte, Yuriy Podoba, Josef Preinhaelter, Jakub Urban Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		TO4.00009: Electron temperature measurements and heat transport improvement in the RFX-mod experiment. Alberto Alfier, Federica Bonomo, Paolo Franz, Lionello Marrelli, Roberto Pasqualotto, Paolo Piovesan, Gianluca Spizzo, Silvia Valeria Annibaldi Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		TO4.00010: Enhanced confinement, magnetic topology and diffusion in RFX-mod for poloidal current drive David Terranova, Alessandra Canton, Paolo Innocente, Rita Lorenzini, Paolo Zanca, Alberto Alfier, Federica Bonomo Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		TO4.00011: High Current Regimes in RFX-mod Marco Valisa, T. Bolzonella, P. Innocente, L. Marrelli, S. Martini, S. Ortolani, R. Paccagnella, M.E. Puiatti, M. Spolaore, P. Zanca Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		TO4.00012: Filamented current density structures measured in the edge region of the RFX-mod experiment M. Spolaore, N. Vianello, R. Cavazzana, E. Martines, G. Serianni, E. Spada, M. Zuin, V. Antoni, M. Agostini, P. Scarin Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		TO4.00013: Dynamic Formation of FRCs on the PHD Experiment John Slough, Samuel Andreason, Hiroshi Gota, Chris Pihl Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		TO4.00014: Compression of Dynamically Formed and Merged FRCs George Votroubek, John Slough, Arthur Blair, Chris Pihl, Samuel Andreason, Richard Milroy, Thomas Weber Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		TO4.00015: FRC rotation control using an electric field Edward Ruden, Michael Frese Preview Abstract

Session TO6: Fast Ignition II

Chair: Christian Stoeckl, University of Rochester
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		TO6.00001: OMEGA EP: Status and Use Planning D.D. Meyerhofer, J.H. Kelly, S.J. Loucks, R.L. McCrory, S.F.B. Morse, C. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		TO6.00002: Integrated Simulation of Fast-Ignition ICF A.A. Solodov, K.S. Anderson, R. Betti, V. Gotcheva, J. Myatt, J.A. Delettrez, S. Skupsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		TO6.00003: Direct-Drive Fuel-Assembly Simulations of Fast-Ignition Cone-in-Shell Implosions K.S. Anderson, P.W. McKenty, R. Betti, M.M. Marinak Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		TO6.00004: Hydrodynamic Relations for Direct-Drive, Fast-Ignition Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions C.D. Zhou, R. Betti Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:18AM - 10:30AM		TO6.00005: Control of the Fast Electron Beam Divergence for Fast Ignition Inertial Fusion P. Norreys Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 10:42AM		TO6.00006: Kinetic and Fluid Models of the Filamentation Instability of Relativistic Electron Beams for Fast-Ignition Conditions R.W. Short, J. Myatt Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:42AM - 10:54AM		TO6.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:54AM - 11:06AM		TO6.00008: Kinetic and Collisional Effects on the Linear and Non-Linear Evolution of Fast Ignition Relevant Beam Instabilities Larissa A. Cottrill, B.F. Lasinski, S.M. Lund, M. Tabak, R.P.J. Town Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:06AM - 11:18AM		TO6.00009: Onset of Coherent Electromagnetic Structures In the REB-DT Fuel Interaction for Fast Ignition Claude Deutsch, Antoine Bret, Marie-Christine Firpo Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:18AM - 11:30AM		TO6.00010: Laser Channeling in Millimeter-Scale Underdense Plasmas of Fast Ignition G. Li, R. Yan, C. Ren, V.N. Goncharov, T.L. Wang, J. Tonge, W.B. Mori Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 11:42AM		TO6.00011: Collision of high-velocity impactor with high-density plasma as another pathway towards laser fusion ignition Hiroshi Azechi, Tatsuhiro Sakaiya, Takeshi Watari, Hiroshi Saito, Kazuto Ohtani, Kazuo Takeda, Hirokazu Hosoda, Hiroyuki Shiraga, Mitsuo Nakai, Keisuke Shigemori, Shinsuke Fujioka, Masakatsu Murakami, Atsushi Sunahara, Hideo Nagatomo, Kunioki Mima, Max Karasik, John Gardner, D.G. Colombant, J.W. Bates, Alexander Velikovich, John Sethian, Steve Obenschain, Yafim Aglitsky, Shalom Eliezer, Peter Norreys Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:42AM - 11:54AM		TO6.00012: Suprathermal pressure in low mass short-pulse laser irradiated targets M. Tabak Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:54AM - 12:06PM		TO6.00013: Recent energy transport experiments on the VULCAN Petawatt laser Kate Lancaster Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:06PM - 12:18PM		TO6.00014: Quenching mode of efficient heating in entrant cone laser interactions. H. Nakamura, B. Chrisman, Y. Sentoku, M. Borghesi, J. Fuchs, K. Kondo, M. Nakatsutsumi, M. Tampo, K.A. Tanaka, T. Tanimoto, T. Yabuuchi, R. Kodama Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:18PM - 12:30PM		TO6.00015: Integrated LSP Modeling of Fast-electron Production and Transport in a Wire Target Mingsheng Wei, John Pasley, Farhat Beg, Richard Stephens, Dale Welch Preview Abstract

Session TP8: Poster Session VII: Reconnection and Non-Neutral II; High Power Microwave and Laser Driven Sources; NSTX Spherical / General Torus; Simulation: HEDP/Plasma Accelerator/Space

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

		TP8.00001: RECONNECTION AND NON-NEUTRAL II Preview Abstract
		TP8.00002: Hamiltonian Structure of a Collisionless Reconnection Model for High and Low $\beta$ Plasmas P.J. Morrison, E. Tassi, D. Grasso, F. Waelbroeck Preview Abstract
		TP8.00003: Fast magnetic reconnection regime in double tearing modes Z.X. Wang, X.G. Wang, J.Q. Dong, Y.X. Long, Z.Z. Mou, W.X. Qu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00004: Effects of a toroidal shear flow on magnetic reconnection Xiaogang Wang, Jiaqi Wang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00005: Current-sheet formation in compressible MHD David Rollins, Bhimsen Shivamoggi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00006: Identification of a Two-scale Diffusion Layer During Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma M. Yamada, Y. Ren, H. Ji, S. Gerhardt, B. McGeehan, C. Jacobson, J. Baumgaertel, R. Kulsrud, S. Dorfman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00007: Investigation of the 3-D profile of the reconnection layer with and without a guide field B. McGeehan, M. Yamada, H. Ji, S. Gerhardt, C. Jacobson, J. Baumgaertel, S. Dorfman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00008: Study of the Effects of Guide Field on Reconnection in MRX C. Jacobson, M. Yamada, H. Ji, S. Gerhardt, B. McGeehan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00009: Active Perturbations in the Outflow Region of the MRX Current Sheet J.A. Baumgaertel, S. Dorfman, B. McGeehan, S. Gerhardt, H. Ji, M. Yamada Preview Abstract
		TP8.00010: Anomalous Resistivity in a Slab Geometry William Tang, Seth Dorfman, Hong Qin, Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada Preview Abstract
		TP8.00011: Fully Kinetic Simulations of Driven Magnetic Reconnection with Boundary Conditions Relevant to MRX S. Dorfman, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn, H. Ji, M. Yamada, W. Tang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00012: New results on the perpendicularly propagating electromagnetic lower hybrid drift instability (LHDI) Yansong Wang, Russell Kulsrud, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
		TP8.00013: Global Two-Fluid Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection Nicholas Murphy, Carl Sovinec Preview Abstract
		TP8.00014: Current Sheet Dynamics in TS-4 Tokamak Reconnection Experiment Yasushi Ono, Tomoki Hayashi, Heizo Imanaka, Ryota Imazawa Preview Abstract
		TP8.00015: Mass dependence of impurity ion temperature in a reconnecting laboratory plasma Christopher Cothran, Michael Brown Preview Abstract
		TP8.00016: Experiment on two RMF-driven FRCs' magnetic reconnection Tian-Sen Huang, Yuri Petrov, Xiaokang Yang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00017: Coalescence of magnetic flux ropes in a 3D reconnection experiment Xuan Sun, Thomas Intrator, Leonid Dorf, Giovanni Lapenta Preview Abstract
		TP8.00018: Scaling of Reconnection and Stability of Current Sheets in Large Systems A. Bhattacharjee, H. Yang, N. Bessho, X. Qian Preview Abstract
		TP8.00019: Nonlinear evolution of the Resistive Kink Mode and its Nonlinear Stabilization Kai Germaschewski, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00020: Investigation of Current Sheet Instabilities Using a GKE/FKI Particle Simulation Model Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang, Liu Chen, Zhihong Lin, Wenlu Zhang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00021: Lower-hybrid-drift instabilities in current-sheet equilibriumin in presence of a guide field Wenlu Zhang, Zhihong Lin, Liu Chen, Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00022: Development of an ion source and plasma injection system for a non-neutral plasma using radioactive ions Bryan G. Peterson, David K. Olson, Kellen M. Giraud, Grant W. Hart Preview Abstract
		TP8.00023: Modeling the FTICR-MS signal of a $^{7}$Be Ion Plasma M. Takeshi Nakata, Grant W. Hart, Bryan G. Peterson, Ross L. Spencer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00024: Finite temperature m=0 upper-hybrid modes in a non-neutral plasma, theory and simulation. Grant W. Hart, M. Takeshi Nakata, Ross L. Spencer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00025: Collisional Damping of Plasma Waves on a Pure Electron Plasma Column. M.W. Anderson, T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
		TP8.00026: Collisional and Radiative Relaxation of Antihydrogen. E.M. Bass, D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00027: Theory and Simulation of Field Error Transport. D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00028: Spatial Landau Damping of Diocotron Modes in Nonneutral Disc Plasmas. J.C. Quinn, D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00029: Nonlinear Coupling of Plasma Waves Modified by Separatrix Dissipation A.A. Kabantsev, C.F. Driscoll, T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
		TP8.00030: Phase-Coherent Measurement of Particle Distributions in Electron Acoustic Waves. C.F. Driscoll, F. Anderegg, R.B. Lynch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00031: Frequency Variability of Electron Acoustic Waves. F. Anderegg, D.H.E. Dubin, T.M. O'Neil, C.F. Driscoll Preview Abstract
		TP8.00032: Antihydrogen Trapping with the ALPHA apparatus Niels Madsen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00033: HIGH POWER MICROWAVE AND LASER DRIVEN SOURCES Preview Abstract
		TP8.00034: Magnetic Priming at the Cathode and Anode of a Relativistic Magnetron B.W. Hoff, R.M. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, N.M. Jordan, J.C. Zier, M.R. Gomez, D.M. French, E.J. Cruz, K.L. Cartwright, M.D. Haworth, P.J. Mardahl, T.A. Spencer, D. Price Preview Abstract
		TP8.00035: Recent Advances in Magnetron Phase Locking: Effects of Frequency Chirps and Locking of Multiple Magnetrons Edward Cruz, Phongphaeth Pengvanich, Yue Ying Lau, Ronald Gilgenbach, John Luginsland, Edl Schamiloglu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00036: Metal-Oxide-Junction, Triple-Point Cathodes for High Current Vacuum Electron Devices Nicholas Jordan, Ron Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, Brad Hoff, David French, Phongphaeth Pengvanich Preview Abstract
		TP8.00037: Electric field and electron orbits near a triple point David M. French, Nicholas M. Jordan, Y.Y. Lau, R.M. Gilgenbach, P. Pengvanich Preview Abstract
		TP8.00038: Electric field distribution on knife-edge field emitters Ryan Miller, Yue Ying Lau, John Booske Preview Abstract
		TP8.00039: Effect of Random Circuit Fabrication Errors on Small Signal Gain and Phase in Helix Traveling Wave Tubes P. Pengvanich, D.P. Chernin, Y.Y. Lau, J.W. Luginsland, R.M. Gilgenbach Preview Abstract
		TP8.00040: Two-Dimensional Axisymmetric Child-Langmuir Scaling Law Benjamin Ragan-Kelley, John Verboncoeur Preview Abstract
		TP8.00041: Effect of abrasive surface roughening on the secondary yield of various metals Timothy Graves Preview Abstract
		TP8.00042: Formation of regular filamentary plasma arrays generated by a 1.5 MW, 110 GHz gyrotron Y. Hidaka, E.M. Choi, I. Mastovsky, M.A. Shapiro, J.R. Sirigiri, R.J. Temkin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00043: Initial Operation of a Wideband 140 GHz, 1kW Confocal Gyro-Traveling Wave Amplifier Colin Joye, Michael Shapiro, Richard Temkin, Jagadishwar Sirigiri, Antonio Torrezan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00044: A Cusp Gun Gyro-TWA with Helical Waveguide Interaction Region Craig Robertson, David Rowlands, Colin Whyte, Alan Young, Wenlong He, Adrian Cross, Alan Phelps, Kevin Ronald Preview Abstract
		TP8.00045: A High Power High Frequency Maser Based on a Two-Dimensional Structure Lorna Fisher, Ivan Konoplev, Adrian Cross, Alan Phelps Preview Abstract
		TP8.00046: Development of Multi-Frequency (105-140) GHz Gyrotron Alexander Litvak, Grigoriy Denisov, Vadim Myasnikov, Vadim Nechiporenko, Evgenii Tai, Vladimir Zapevalov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00047: Vortex structures in relativistic magnetrons John Davies, Jing Zhou, Chiping Chen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00048: Small-Signal Gain Theory of a Planar Magnetron Jing Zhou, Chiping Chen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00049: RF Modes in the Saturated Stage of a Magnetron D.J. Kaup Preview Abstract
		TP8.00050: Phase-matched even harmonic generation in relativistic ionization fronts Frederico Fiuza, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		TP8.00051: Interaction of intense lasers with nanostructured plasmas Joana Martins, Fabio Peano, Lu\'is Gargat\'e, Ricardo Fonseca, Lu\'is Silva Preview Abstract
		TP8.00052: Soft X-ray radiation measured by four-segment vacuum photodiode Jiri Schmidt, Karel Kolacek, Oleksandr Frolov, Vaclav Prukner, Jaroslav Straus Preview Abstract
		TP8.00053: Fast capillary discharge facility CAPEX-U as a source of the soft X-ray radiation Oleksandr Frolov, Karel Kolacek, Jiri Schmidt, Vaclav Prukner, Jaroslav Straus Preview Abstract
		TP8.00054: Possibility of an H-like N recombination laser at 13.39 nm excited by capillary discharge Yusuke Sakai, Shunsuke Takahashi, Masato Watanabe, Akitoshi Okino, Eiki Hotta Preview Abstract
		TP8.00055: Relic crystal lattice effects on Raman compression of powerful x-ray pulses in plasmas Vladimir Malkin, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00056: High Power Picosecond Laser Pulse Recirculation for Compton Scattering M. Shverdin, S. Anderson, C. Brown, S. Betts, D. Gibson, J. Hernandez, M. Johnson, I. Jovanovic, D. McNabb, M. Messerly, J. Pruet, A. Tremaine, F. Hartemann, C. Siders, C.P.J. Barty Preview Abstract
		TP8.00057: Evolution of FEL-produced plasma with photoionized electron two-stream instability I.A. Andriyash, V. Yu. Bychenkov, W. Rozmus Preview Abstract
		TP8.00058: Commissioning of a high-brightness photoinjector for Compton scattering x-ray sources Scott Anderson, David Gibson, Mike Messerly, Miroslav Shverdin, Aaron Tremaine, Fred Hartemann, Craig Siders, Christopher Barty, Hristo Badakov, Pedro Frigola, Brendan O'Shea, James Rosenzweig Preview Abstract
		TP8.00059: Design and Initial Operation of a Tunable Compton-Scattering Based Gamma-Ray Source David Gibson, Scott Anderson, Shawn Betts, Micah Johnson, Dennis McNabb, Mike Messerly, Jason Pruet, Miroslav Shverdin, Aaron Tremaine, Fred Hartemann, Craig Siders, Chris Barty Preview Abstract
		TP8.00060: NSTX SPERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
		TP8.00061: Overview of NSTX Research Facility and Recent Experimental Results. Masayuki Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00062: Effects of Evaporated Lithium Coatings on Plasma-Facing Surfaces in NSTX M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Majeski, D.K. Mansfield, J.E. Menard, S.F. Paul, J.A. Robinson, H. Schneider, C.H. Skinner, J.R. Timberlake Preview Abstract
		TP8.00063: NSTX conditioning experiment using injected lithium powder Dennis Mansfield Preview Abstract
		TP8.00064: Effects of Lithiumization of Electron Temperature and Density Profiles B.P. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		TP8.00065: Measurements of radiated power during LiTER operation in NSTX Stephen Paul Preview Abstract
		TP8.00066: Spectroscopy of NSTX Plasmas During Lithium Wall Conditioning Experiments J. Robinson, S. Paul, R. Bell, C.H. Skinner Preview Abstract
		TP8.00067: XPS studies of NSTX tiles and in-situ analysis of Li exposed graphite simulating plasma-Li surface interactions. J.P. Allain, S. Harilal, M. Nieto, M.R. Hendricks, A. Hassanein Preview Abstract
		TP8.00068: UEDGE Simulations of the NSTX Liquid Lithium Divertor Module D.P. Stotler, R. Maingi, A.Yu. Pigarov, M.E. Rensink, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		TP8.00069: NSTX High-k Scattering System on NSTX: Status and Plan H.K. Park, E. Mazzucato, D. Smith, S. Kaye, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., W. Lee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00070: Investigation of electron gyroscale fluctuations in NSTX plasmas D.R. Smith, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, E. Mazzucato, H.K. Park, W. Lee, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, F.M. Levinton, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00071: In-situ calibration of the high-k scattering system on NSTX Woochang Lee, David Smith, Hyeon Park, Moo-Hyeon Cho, Calvin Domier, Neville Luhmann Preview Abstract
		TP8.00072: Separation of momentum diffusion and pinch using n=3 non-resonant braking perturbations on NSTX W. Davis, W.M. Solomon, S.M. Kaye, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00073: Beam Modulation Effects on NSTX Ion Power Balance P.W. Ross, D.A. Gates, S. Medley, S.M. Kaye, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, D.S. Darrow, R. White, G. Zimmer, W.W. Heidbrink, M. Podesta, D. Liu, H. Yuh, F.M. Levinton Preview Abstract
		TP8.00074: Fast electron temperature, MHD and transport measurements on NSTX using a multi-energy SXR array L.F. Delgado-Aparicio, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, R. Bell, J. Hosea, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00075: Time-dependent measurements of the B, C, N, and O Lyman-$\alpha$ emission P. Beiersdorfer, M.-F. Gu, M. Bitter, K.W. Hill, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, L. Roquemore, J.K. Lepson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00076: The Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic on NSTX Fred Levinton, Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00077: Millimeter-wave measurements of edge electron density profile and fluctuations during NSTX H-mode discharges S. Kubota, W.A. Peebles, N.A. Crocker, X.V. Nguyen, R.J. Maqueda, R. Maingi, C.E. Bush, G.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00078: NSTX H-mode measurement in conjunction with gyrocenter shift via FIReTIP system M. Johnson, C.W. Domier, K.C. Lee, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., P.W. Ross, R. Bell, H. Park Preview Abstract
		TP8.00079: Bandwidth Upgrade for the NSTX FIReTIP System W-C. Tsai, C.W. Domier, K.C. Lee, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H.K. Park Preview Abstract
		TP8.00080: Control of asymmetric magnetic perturbation in tokamaks by computation of ideal perturbed equilibria Jong-kyu Park, Jonathan Menard, Allen Boozer, Michael Schaffer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00081: Nonlinear Study of Error Field Effects in NSTX J.A. Breslau, J.K. Park, A.H. Boozer, W. Park, J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
		TP8.00082: MHD Induced Neutral Beam Ion Loss from NSTX Douglass Darrow, Eric Fredrickson, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Lane Roquemore, Neal Crocker, Kouji Shinohara Preview Abstract
		TP8.00083: Neutral Particle Analyzer Vertically Scanning Measurements of MHD-induced Fast Ion Redistribution or Loss in NSTX S.S. Medley, R. Andre, R.E. Bell, D. Darrow, C.W. Domier, E. Fredrickson, N. Gorelenkov, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, F. Levinton, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., D. Liu, J. Menard, H. Park, D. Stutman, L. Roquemore, K. Tritz, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00084: Effect of halo neutrals on neutral particle measurements D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, S.S. Medley, A.L. Roquemore, R.J. Akers Preview Abstract
		TP8.00085: Excitation of Beta-induced Alfven-acoustic eigenmodes and q-profile MHD spectroscopy in NSTX. Nikolai Gorelenkov, E.D. Fredrickson, H.L. Berk Preview Abstract
		TP8.00086: Nonlinear simulations of NBI driven GAE modes in NSTX E.V. Belova, N.N. Gorelenkov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00087: Development of a Fast-Ion D-Alpha diagnostic for NSTX Mario Podesta', W.W. Heidbrink, R.E. Bell, W. Solomon, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		TP8.00088: Identification and Study of MHD modes on NSTX using Soft X-ray Images C.E. Bush, B.C. Stratton, J. Robinson, L.E. Zakharov, E.D. Fredrickson, D. Stutman, K. Tritz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00089: Numerical Investigations of Instability-Induced Current Redistribution in a Spherical-Torus Plasma Peter Norgaard, Jonathan Menard, Roscoe White, Yuriy Yakovenko, Douglas McCune, Clarence Rowley Preview Abstract
		TP8.00090: SOL width scale lengths in NSTX Joon-Wook Ahn, Jose Boedo, Rajesh Maingi, Vlad Soukhanovskii, Henry Kugel, Lane Roquemore Preview Abstract
		TP8.00091: Electrode Biasing Experiment for Local SOL Control In NSTX Lane Roquemore, Stewart Zweben, Charles Bush, Ricardo Maqueda, Robert Marsala, Yevgeny Raitses, Ronald Cohen, Dmitri Ryutov, Maxim Umansky Preview Abstract
		TP8.00092: Structure and evolution of ELMs in the edge and SOL of NSTX R.J. Maqueda, R. Maingi, C.E. Bush, K. Tritz, J.-W. Ahn, J.A. Boedo, S. Kubota, E. Fredrickson, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		TP8.00093: Study of statistical properties of edge turbulence in NSTX with the GPI diagnostic Matteo Agostini, Stewart Zweben, Roberto Cavazzana, Paolo Scarin, Gianluigi Serianni, Ricardo Maqueda, Daren Stotler Preview Abstract
		TP8.00094: Reduced simulations of boundary turbulence in NSTX D.A. Russell, J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, R. Maqueda, V. Soukhanovskii, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		TP8.00095: Modeling of Blob Formation in NSTX Edge Turbulence T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, J.A. Krommes, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		TP8.00096: Spectroscopic $T_e$ and $n_e$ measurements in a recombining divertor region and in MARFEs in NSTX using D~I and He~II high-$n$ series line emission. V.A. Soukhanovskii, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, A.L. Roquemore, R. Maqueda Preview Abstract
		TP8.00097: Recent observations of dust particle behavior in the NSTX W.U. Boeglin, A.L. Roquemore, C.H. Skinner, R. Maqueda, N. Nishino, A.Yu. Pigarov, R.D. Smirnov, S.I. Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00098: Upgrade of the NSTX Plasma Control System* D. Mueller, D. Gates, M. Isaacs, J. Lawson, C. Ludescher-Furth, R. Marsala, D. Matrovito, P. Sichta Preview Abstract
		TP8.00099: Model-Based Shape Control Design for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Majed Alsarheed, Eugenio Schuster, David Gates, Jim Leuer, Michael Walker, David Humphreys Preview Abstract
		TP8.00100: Supersonic gas jet fueling efficiency studies in NSTX.$^*$ D.P. Lundberg, V.A. Soukhanovskii, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, A.L. Roquemore, D.P. Stotler, R. Maingi, R. Raman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00101: HHFW Heating and Current Drive Progress on NSTX P.M. Ryan, E.F. Jaeger, J.B. Wilgen, J.C. Hosea, J.R. Wilson, R.E. Bell, S. Bernabei, B.P. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, L. Delgado-Aparicio, K. Tritz, S. Sabbagh, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00102: Numerical Modeling of High Harmonic Fast Wave Heating on NSTX C.K. Phillips, J.C. Hosea, R.E. Bell, B.P. Leblanc, J.B. Parker, E.J. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, P.M. Ryan, E.F. Jaeger, J.B. Wilgen, S.A. Sabbagh, P.T. Bonoli, J.C. Wright, R.W. Harvey, R.J. Dumont Preview Abstract
		TP8.00103: Recent EBW Emission Results and Plans for a 350 kW, 28 GHz EC/EBW Heating System on NSTX G. Taylor, S.J. Diem, R.A. Ellis, E. Fredd, N. Greenough, J.C. Hosea, T.S. Bigelow, J.B. Caughman, D.A. Rasmussen, P.M. Ryan, J.B. Wilgen, R.W. Harvey, A.P. Smirnov, N.M. Ershov, J. Preinhaelter, J. Urban, A.K. Ram Preview Abstract
		TP8.00104: Investigation of collisional EBW damping and its importance to EBW emission from NSTX Jakub Urban, Josef Preinhaelter, Stephanie J. Diem, Gary Taylor, Linda Vahala, George Vahala Preview Abstract
		TP8.00105: Mode conversion coupling to electron Bernstein waves D.S. Boone, Jr., A.K. Ram Preview Abstract
		TP8.00106: Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of High-Harmonic Relativistic Electron Bernstein Modes in the Princeton Spherical Tokamak Plasma. V. Stefan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00107: GENERAL SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
		TP8.00108: Overview of the Pegasus Experimental Program A.C. Sontag, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, N.W. Eidietis, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, B.A. Kujak-Ford, M.B. McGarry, B.J. Squires, B.T. Lewicki, E.A. Unterberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00109: Operations at High I$_{N}$ in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment E.A. Unterberg, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag Preview Abstract
		TP8.00110: Nonsolenoidal startup of Pegasus plasmas using DC helicity injection and poloidal field induction B.J. Squires, N.W. Eidietis, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00111: Global energy confinement studies on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Battaglia, M.J. Frost, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag, E.A. Unterberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00112: Initial Edge Stability Observations in the PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment M.W. Bongard, D.J. Battaglia, G.D. Garstka, A.C. Sontag, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
		TP8.00113: An Upgraded Soft X-ray Pinhole Camera for Current Profile Measurements on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment M.B. McGarry, M.J. Frost, G.R. Winz, A.C. Sontag Preview Abstract
		TP8.00114: The Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) - Status and Plans R. Kaita, R. Majeski, L. Berzak, T. Gray, T. Kozub, H. Kugel, T. Strickler, J. Timberlake, J. Yoo, L. Zakharov, J. Ahn, R. Doerner, R. Maingi, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		TP8.00115: Plasma Performance with Lithium PFCs in CDX-U and Projections to LTX R. Majeski, R. Kaita, L. Berzak, T. Gray, H. Kugel, D. Mansfield, J. Spaleta, J. Timberlake, J. Yoo, L. Zakharov, G. Pereverzev, J. Ahn, R. Doerner, R. Maingi, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		TP8.00116: Thomson Scattering Measurements on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) Trevor Strickler, Benoit LeBlanc, Richard Majeski, Robert Kaita Preview Abstract
		TP8.00117: Effects of Liquid Lithium Plasma Facing Components in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment Laura Berzak, Robert Kaita, Richard Majeski, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00118: Building a Lyman-$\alpha$ detector for measurement of recycling rates in LTX Jongsoo Yoo, Robert Kaita, Richard Majeski, Jill Foley, Enrique Merino Preview Abstract
		TP8.00119: Recycling Coefficient Calculation for Discharges with Lithium Plasma-facing Surfaces in CDX-U T. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, J. Spaleta, D. Stotler, J. Timberlake, L. Zakharov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00120: Spherical tokamak plasma startup by use of a washer gun Ryota Imazawa, Ryosuke Morii, Makoto Nakagawa, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00121: 2-Dimensional Imaging Measurement for Pressure-Driven Instability in High Beta Spherical Tokamak Heizo Imanaka, Yoshinori Hayashi, Eiitiro Kawamori, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00122: SIMULATION: HEDP/PLASMA ACCELERATOR/SPACE Preview Abstract
		TP8.00123: Computational Efficiency and Parallelization Issues in ICF Calculations David Fyfe Preview Abstract
		TP8.00124: DRACO Development for Modeling 3D Instabilities Milad Fatenejad, Timothy Collins, Gregory Moses, Radha Bahukutumbi, Patrick McKenty, Vladimir Smalyuk Preview Abstract
		TP8.00125: Experiments to validate self-consistent beam-gas-electron code A.W. Molvik, W.M. Sharp, M. Kireeff Covo, R.H. Cohen, A. Friedman, S.M. Lund, J.-L. Vay, J.E. Coleman, F.M. Bieniosek, M.A. Furman, P.K. Roy, P.A. Seidl Preview Abstract
		TP8.00126: Simulation of the Spectral Properties of Materials with PrismSPECT Joseph MacFarlane, I. Golovkin, P. Wang, P. Woodruff, J. Bailey, T. Mehlhorn, G. Rochau Preview Abstract
		TP8.00127: Collision Models for Plasma Simulation of Thermonuclear Burn: Comparison of Models and Applications Dan Winske, Brian Albright, Kevin Bowers, Don Lemons Preview Abstract
		TP8.00128: Tests for Krook model for nonlocal heat transport in laser produced plasmas D. Colombant, W. Manheimer, M. Keskinen, V. Goncharov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00129: Generation of nonadiabatic laser pulse front from an overdense plasma Min Sup Hur, Victor Kulagin, Hae June Lee, Jaehoon Kim, Hyyong Suk Preview Abstract
		TP8.00130: Plasma Heating by Intense Electron Beams in Fast Ignition Nathan Sircombe, Mark Sherlock, Robert Bingham, Peter Norreys Preview Abstract
		TP8.00131: Using Mixtures of Ion Species to Control Stimulated Brillioun Scattering Richard Berger, S.H. Glenzer, L. Divol, M. Rosen, N.B. Meezan, D. Callahan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00132: Mitigation of Ion Motion in future Plasma Wakefield Accelerators Reza Gholizadeh, Tom Katsouleas, Patric Muggli, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		TP8.00133: Laser wakefield simulation using a speed-of-light frame envelope model Benjamin Cowan, David Bruhwiler, Ammar Hakim, Peter Messmer, Paul Mullowney, Eric Esarey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00134: Numerical simulation of microwave transmission in the presence of an electron cloud Kiran Sonnad, Seth Veitzer, Peter Stoltz, Miguel Furman, John Cary Preview Abstract
		TP8.00135: High order methods for electromagnetics simulation John Loverich, Ammar Hakim Preview Abstract
		TP8.00136: Advances in electron emission from conformal boundaries in the VORPAL code Chet Nieter, David N. Smithe, Peter H. Stoltz, Paul Mullowney, Kevin Paul, John R. Cary Preview Abstract
		TP8.00137: Benefits of Higher-Order Particle Shapes in the Electromagnetic PIC Code VORPAL Kevin Paul, David Bruhwiler, Paul Mullowney, Peter Messmer, John Cary, Cameron Geddes, Estelle Cormier-Michel, Eric Esarey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00138: Designing an RF thruster booster unit with TOPICA Vito Lancellotti, Giuseppe Vecchi, Riccardo Maggiora Preview Abstract
		TP8.00139: Numerical Model of a Spacecraft Shielding against High-Energy Particles Adrian Sun, Oleg Batishchev Preview Abstract
		TP8.00140: Numerical Study of Energy Release in Magnetized Corona Driven by Continuous Footpoint Motions Yi-Min Huang, Ellen Zweibel, Dalton Schnack, Zoran Mikic Preview Abstract

Session TM5: Mini-conference on the First Microns of the First Wall: Mixed Materials Issues

Chair: Tom Rognlien, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:50AM		TM5.00001: Review of C-Be mixed material plasma experiments in PISCES-B J. Hanna, D. Nishijima, R.P. Doerner, M. Baldwin, K.R. Umstadter, R. Seraydarian, R. Hernandez Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:50AM - 10:10AM		TM5.00002: Mixed plasma species effects on Tungsten Matt Baldwin, Russ Doerner, Daisuke Nishijima, Yoshio Ueda Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:10AM - 10:30AM		TM5.00003: Sputtering, impurity transport, and redeposition at the divertor and first wall Jeffrey N. Brooks Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:30AM - 10:50AM		TM5.00004: Hydrogenic Fuel Retention in Refractory Metals D.G. Whyte, B. Lipschultz, J. Irby, G.M. Wright Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:50AM - 11:10AM		TM5.00005: Effect of impurities on the thermo-oxidative removal of codeposits from DIII-D and JET divertor tiles A.A. Haasz, C. Tsui, J.W. Davis Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:10AM - 11:30AM		TM5.00006: Innovative Tokamak First Wall and Divertor Material Concepts C.P.C. Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:30AM - 11:50AM		TM5.00007: Evolution of Elemental Composition and Morphology in Fusion Reactor's First Wall Yong W. Kim Preview Abstract