Bulletin of the American Physical Society

50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 53, Number 14

Monday–Friday, November 17–21, 2008; Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session NP6: Poster Session V: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas; Basic Plasma Physics and Simulation; MST, RFX-MOD, and Reversed Field Pinch; NSTX and Spherical Torus; General Spherical Torus	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Room: Marsalis A/B, 9:45am - 12:45pm

		NP6.00001: DUSTY AND LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA Preview Abstract
		NP6.00002: Conducting Particles in a Complex Plasma Jorge Carmona, Ke Qiao, Victor Zhang, Jay Murphee, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		NP6.00003: Dipole-dipole interactions of charged magnetic grains Erik Remkus, Jonathan Perry, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		NP6.00004: Diffraction of Dust Acoustic Waves Su-Hyun Kim, Jonathon R. Heinrich, Robert L. Merlino Preview Abstract
		NP6.00005: Dust Acoustic Wave Excitation in a Plasma with Warm Dust M. Rosenberg, E. Thomas, Jr., L. Marcus, R. Fisher, J.D. Williams, R.L. Merlino Preview Abstract
		NP6.00006: Using ion flows parallel and perpendicular to gravity to modify dust acoustic waves E. Thomas, R. Fisher Preview Abstract
		NP6.00007: Probability of metastable states in Yukawa clusters Patrick Ludwig, Hanno Kaehlert, Henning Baumgartner, Michael Bonitz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00008: Dust Particle Contamination Detection Mechanisms James Creel, Jorge Carmona Reyes, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		NP6.00009: Magnetic field structure generation in collisional dusty plasmas Padma Kant Shukla, Fernando Haas Preview Abstract
		NP6.00010: Laboratory plasma with nanoparticles Scott Robertson, G. Bano, W. Handley, X. Wang Preview Abstract
		NP6.00011: One-to-two dimensional transition in small Debye clusters T.E. Sheridan, K.D. Wells Preview Abstract
		NP6.00012: Observation of Dust Particle Gyromotion in a Magnetized Dusty Plasma C.S. Compton, W.E. Amatucci, G. Gatling, E. Tejero Preview Abstract
		NP6.00013: Frequency threshold for ion beam formation in expanding RF plasma Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Zane Harvey, Ioana Biloiu, Alex Hansen, Robert Hardin, William Przybysz, Earl Scime Preview Abstract
		NP6.00014: Evaporation studies of lithiated ATJ graphite Kenzo Ibano, Vijay Surla, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		NP6.00015: Ambipolar Potential of a Collisionless Scrape-off-Layer Erik Granstedt, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP6.00016: The role of presheaths in establishing anisotropy at the sheath edge Noah Hershkowitz, Dongsoo Lee, Greg Severn Preview Abstract
		NP6.00017: Characteristics of High-Density Helicon Plasma with Large Diameter Excited by a Flat Spiral Antenna Shunjiro Shinohara, Kenji Tanaka, Taisei Motomura, Katsuhiko Murakami Preview Abstract
		NP6.00018: Characteristics of Helicon-Plasma Produced Using a Segmented Multi-Loop Antenna II Takao Tanikawa, Shunjiro Shinohara Preview Abstract
		NP6.00019: Wave Characteristics of Large-Diameter, High-Density Helicon Plasma with Short Axial Length Taisei Motomura, Kenji Tanaka, Katsuhiko Murakami, Shunjiro Shinohara, Takao Tanikawa, Shamrai Konstantin Preview Abstract
		NP6.00020: Dust Devil Dynamics W. Horton, H. Miura Preview Abstract
		NP6.00021: BASIC PLASMA PHYSICS AND SIMULATION Preview Abstract
		NP6.00022: Active Magnetic Experiment: a magnetic bubble in the ionospheric stream Alessandro Biancalani, Francesco Ceccherini, Francesco Pegoraro Preview Abstract
		NP6.00023: Magnetic Detachment and Plume Control in Escaping Magnetized Plasma Paul Schmit, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		NP6.00024: Measuring 3D Plasma Velocity in the TS-4 Compact Toroid Setthivoine You, Alexander Balandin, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		NP6.00025: Transport of parallel momentum by drift-Alfven turbulence Chris McDevitt, Pat Diamond Preview Abstract
		NP6.00026: Interactions Between Magnetic Flux Ropes in a Laboratory Plasma Eric Lawrence, Walter Gekelman, Stephen Vincena Preview Abstract
		NP6.00027: LES-MHD Models for Turbulence George Vahala, Tao Wang, Min Soe, Linda Vahala Preview Abstract
		NP6.00028: Linear stability of resistive interchange modes in a cylindrical Reversed-field pinch plasma Mio Suzuki, Fatima Ebrahimi, Dalton Schnack Preview Abstract
		NP6.00029: Ideal Kink Modes In a Line-Tied Screw Pinch With Finite Plasma Pressure* V.V. Mirnov, V.A. Svidzinski, H. Li Preview Abstract
		NP6.00030: Why the resistive magnetohydrodynamic equations do not form a closed system Robert Johnson Preview Abstract
		NP6.00031: Dynamics of conical wire array implosions on a central plasma David Martinez, Radu Presura, Sandra Wright, Chris Plechaty, Stephan Neff Preview Abstract
		NP6.00032: Grid generation and adaptation via Monge-Kantorovich optimization in 2D and 3D Gian Luca Delzanno, Luis Chacon, John M. Finn Preview Abstract
		NP6.00033: Fully implicit adaptive mesh refinement solver for 2D MHD B. Philip, L. Chacon, M. Pernice Preview Abstract
		NP6.00034: Adaptive Mesh Refinement in Calculations of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability David Fyfe, Gopal Patnail, Doug Schwer, C. Richard DeVore, Kevin Olson Preview Abstract
		NP6.00035: Kinetic Plasma Simulation Using a Quadrature-based Moment Method David J. Larson Preview Abstract
		NP6.00036: Fluid-kinetic Simulation via Pseudo-Particle Method : 1D Nonlinear Simulation of the Weibel instability Shuhei Numazawa, Zensho Yoshida Preview Abstract
		NP6.00037: A Symplectic Energy and Momentum Conserving Spectral Particle Method David Fillmore, Peter Messmer Preview Abstract
		NP6.00038: Statistical treatment of relativistic binary collisions in particle codes Fabio Peano, Michael Marti, Luis Silva, Gianni Coppa Preview Abstract
		NP6.00039: Calculation of the Nanbu-Trubnikov Kernel: Implications for Numerical Modeling of Coulomb Collisions* Chiaming Wang, Andris Dimits, Russel Caflisch, Bruce Cohen, Yanghong Huang Preview Abstract
		NP6.00040: Accelerated Monte Carlo Methods for Coulomb Collisions Russel Caflisch, Richard Wang, Yanghong Huang, Bruce Cohen, Andris Dimits Preview Abstract
		NP6.00041: Efficient hybrid algorithms for collisional plasma simulation Y. Huang, A.M. Dimits, R.E. Caflisch, B.I. Cohen, C.M. Wang Preview Abstract
		NP6.00042: Test problems for dense kinetic plasmas John Luginsland, Andrew Christlieb Preview Abstract
		NP6.00043: Gyrokinetic Vlasov-Poisson simulation in slab geometry using the conservative IDO scheme Kenji Imadera, Yasuaki Kishimoto, Jiquan Li, Daisuke Saito, Takayuki Utsumi Preview Abstract
		NP6.00044: MST, RFX-MOD AND REVERSED FIELD PINCH Preview Abstract
		NP6.00045: Overview of MST Results and Plans J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		NP6.00046: High confinement high temperature plasmas in MST B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, K.J. Caspary, D.J. Clayton, D.J. Den Hartog, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, J.A. Goetz, R. O'Connell, R.M. Magee, S.C. Prager, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, H.D. Stephens, F. Bonomo, P. Franz, D.L. Brower, B. Deng, W.X. Ding, T. Yates, D. Craig Preview Abstract
		NP6.00047: Pellet-fueled, high-$\beta $, improved confinement RFP plasmas K.J. Caspary, M.D. Wyman, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, J.A. Goetz, S.T. Limbach, R. O'Connell, S.P. Oliva, S.C. Prager, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, H.D. Stephens, F. Bonomo, P. Franz, D.L. Brower, B.H. Deng, W.X. Ding, T. Yates, S.K. Combs, C.R. Foust, D. Craig Preview Abstract
		NP6.00048: Measurement of $Z_{eff}$ and Radial Diffusion via X-ray Spectroscopy in MST D.J. Clayton, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.R. Burke, B.E. Chapman, R. O'Connell, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		NP6.00049: Measuring power loss due to radiation and charge exchange in MST Jeff Waksman, Brett Chapman, Gennady Fiksel, Paul Nonn Preview Abstract
		NP6.00050: Multicolor SXR Tomography on MST M.B. McGarry, J.A. Goetz, D.J. Den Hartog, B.E. Chapman, P. Franz, F. Bonomo, L. Marrelli Preview Abstract
		NP6.00051: A toroidal CHERS diagnostic for MST R.M. Magee, D.J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, D. Craig, D.A. Ennis, S. Gangadhara Preview Abstract
		NP6.00052: Probe Measurements of Particle and Momentum Transport in the edge of MST M.C. Miller, A.F. Almagri, D. Craig, D.A. Ennis, G. Fiksel, S. Gangadhara, A. Kuritsyn, S.C. Prager, D. Stone, T.D. Tharp Preview Abstract
		NP6.00053: Core Measurement of Magnetic Fluctuation-Induced Particle Flux in the MST Reversed Field Pinch W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, G. Fiksel, D.J. Den Hartog, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff, T. Yates Preview Abstract
		NP6.00054: Density Profile and Fluctuations in Quasi-Single-Helicity MST Plasmas W.F. Bergerson, D.L. Brower, B. Chapman, W.X. Ding, J.S. Sarff, S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
		NP6.00055: Interferometric Measurement of Density and Magnetic Fluctuations in MST Travis Yates, Weixing Ding, Troy Carter, David Brower Preview Abstract
		NP6.00056: Electron temperature fluctuations from tearing modes in MST Hillary Stephens, Daniel Den Hartog, Chris Hegna, Rob O'Connell, Joshua Reusch Preview Abstract
		NP6.00057: Direct Comparison of Simulated Sawtooth Evolution to the Madison Symmetric Torus RFP J.A. Reusch, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, C.B. Forest, R. O'Connell, D.D. Schnack, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		NP6.00058: A Pulse-Burst Laser System for Thomson Scattering D.J. Den Hartog, M.T. Borchardt, Y.M. Yang, J.R. Ambuel, D.J. Holly, H.E. Mattison, P.E. Robl Preview Abstract
		NP6.00059: Energetics of ion heating during magnetic reconnections in Reversed Field Pinch Gennady Fiksel, A.F. Almagri, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		NP6.00060: Experimental Study of High Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in MST Y. Ren, A. Almagri, S.C. Prager, G. Fiksel, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		NP6.00061: Measurements of Linear and Nonlinear Hall Reconnection T.D. Tharp, A.F. Almagri, A.V. Kuritsyn, V.V. Mirnov, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff, D. Craig, M.C. Miller Preview Abstract
		NP6.00062: Measurements with a Heavy Ion Beam Probe during Improved Confinement in MST D.R. Demers, X. Chen, P.M. Schoch, P. Fimognari Preview Abstract
		NP6.00063: Localized SXR Emission During Electron Bernstein Wave Injection in MST Jay Anderson, Cary Forest, Andrew Seltzman Preview Abstract
		NP6.00064: HXR Observations with Lower Hybrid Current Drive on MST M.C. Kaufman, J.A. Goetz, D.R. Burke, C.B. Forest, S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
		NP6.00065: X-ray diagnosis of Lower Hybrid experiments on the MST D.R. Burke, A.F. Almagri, D.J. Clayton, C.B. Forest, J.A. Goetz, M.C. Kaufman, K. Makwana, R. O'Connell, S.C. Prager Preview Abstract
		NP6.00066: Oscillating Field Current Drive Experiments on MST K.J. McCollam, F. Ebrahimi, J.S. Sarff, D.R. Stone, D.J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, R. O'Connell, S.C. Prager, D.L. Brower, B.H. Deng, W.X. Ding, D. Craig Preview Abstract
		NP6.00067: Fluctuation-Induced Helicity Transport in Oscillating Field Current Drive Tests on MST D.R. Stone, A. Almagri, G. Fiksel, K.J. McCollam, M.C. Miller, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		NP6.00068: Programmable Power Supply for MST's Toroidal Field D.J. Holly, J.R. Adney, A.E. Anders, M.T. Borchardt, B.E. Chapman, J.C. Morin, J.S. Sarff, A.A. Squitieri Preview Abstract
		NP6.00069: Linear Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Drift Modes in a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma Varun Tangri, Paul Terry, R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00070: Kinetic effects in RFP plasma Vladimir Svidzinski, Hui Li, Brian Albright Preview Abstract
		NP6.00071: Numerical Studies of Nonlinear Two Fluid Tearing Modes in Cylindrical RFPs J.R. King, C.R. Sovinec, V.V. Mirnov Preview Abstract
		NP6.00072: Overview of the recent results of RFX-mod M. Spolaore Preview Abstract
		NP6.00073: Current density filaments measured by electrostatic, magnetic and optical diagnostics in RFX-mod N. Vianello, M. Spolaore, M. Agostini, V. Antoni, R. Cavazzana, E. Martines, G. Serianni, P. Scarin, E. Spada, M. Zuin Preview Abstract
		NP6.00074: Helical states with ordered magnetic topology in the Reversed Field Pinch D. Bonfiglio, S. Cappello, M. Gobbin, G. Spizzo Preview Abstract
		NP6.00075: Density limit in the Reversed Field Pinch M.E. Puiatti, M. Agostini, S. Cappello, P. Innocente, R. Lorenzini, R. Paccagnella, I. Predebon, P. Scarin, G. Spizzo, D. Terranova, M. Valisa Preview Abstract
		NP6.00076: Measurements of characteristic pressure profile lengths and comparison to turbulence scale lengths in RFX-mod edge Paolo Scarin, Matteo Agostini, Roberto Cavazzana, Fabio Sattin, Gianluigi Serianni, Monica Spolaore, Nicola Vianello Preview Abstract
		NP6.00077: First experiments of impurity LBO injection in RFX-mod Alessandro Fassina, Alberto Alfier, Federica Bonomo, Lorella Carraro, Gianluca Spizzo, Maria Ester Puiatti, Roberto Pasqualotto, Marco Valisa Preview Abstract
		NP6.00078: An MHD-integrated model for impurity and core transport studies in RFP plasmas I. Predebon, R. Paccagnella, M.E. Puiatti, M. Valisa Preview Abstract
		NP6.00079: Nonlocal L\'{e}vy flight transport in the RFX G. Spizzo, R.B. White, S. Cappello, L. Marrelli Preview Abstract
		NP6.00080: NSTX AND SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
		NP6.00081: NSTX Facility/Research Status and Plans Masayuki Ono Preview Abstract
		NP6.00082: Plasma performance improvements from optimized error field correction in NSTX J.E. Menard, S.P. Gerhardt, D.A. Gates, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00083: Nonlinear Simulation of Plasma Response to the NSTX Error Field J.A. Breslau, J.K. Park, A.H. Boozer, W. Park Preview Abstract
		NP6.00084: NSTX Experiments with Lithium Plasma-Facing Components -- Recent Results and Future Plans H.W. Kugel, D. Mansfield, M.G. Bell, R. Bell, D. Gates, S. Gerhardt, R. Kaita, J. Kallman, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, R. Majeski, D. Mueller, S. Paul, A.L. Roquemore, P.W. Ross, H. Schneider, C.H. Skinner, J. Timberlake, S. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii, W.R. Wampler, R. Maingi, J. Wilgen, J.P. Allain, R. Raman Preview Abstract
		NP6.00085: Improved NSTX Plasma Performance with Lithium Aerosol Injection Dennis Mansfield, Lane Roquemore, Henry Kugel, Rajesh Maingi Preview Abstract
		NP6.00086: On some Challenges of Thomson Scattering Measurement in NSTX Benoit LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		NP6.00087: Effects of lithium on chemical sputtering, physical sputtering, and deuterium pumping on graphitic substrates Chase Taylor, Jean-Paul Allain, Bryan Heim, Henry Kugel, Robert Kaita, Charles Skinner, Richard Majeski Preview Abstract
		NP6.00088: Momentum Transport in Electron-Dominated Spherical Torus Plasmas Stanley Kaye, Wayne Solomon, Ron Bell, Benoit LeBlanc, Fred Levinton, Jon Menard, Greg Rewoldt, Steve Sabbagh, Weixing Wang, Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00089: NSTX transport study via density fluctuation measurement of FIReTIP system M. Johnson, K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H. Park, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00090: Changes in edge turbulence characteristics across the L-H transition in NSTX S. Kubota, W.A. Peebles, N.A. Crocker, R. Maingi, C.E. Bush, R.J. Maqueda, S.J. Zweben, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, T.S. Hahm, G.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
		NP6.00091: Spontaneous Intrinsic Rotation and Changes in Turbulence in Ohmic H-modes on NSTX C.E. Bush, R.E. Bell, S. Kubota, J.-W. Ahn, R.J. Maqueda, S.J. Zweben, B.P. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, E. Mazzucato, J.B. Wilgen, E.D. Fredrickson, R. Raman, L. Delgado-Aparicio, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, S.M. Kaye Preview Abstract
		NP6.00092: Ion Power Balance in NSTX P.W. Ross, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, S. Gerhardt, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, S.S. Medley, R.B. White, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
		NP6.00093: Simulations of ETG-driven turbulent transport in NSTX D.R. Mikkelsen, S.M. Kaye, J. Candy, R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00094: Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulation Challenges in the NSTX Spherical Torus J.L. Peterson, G.W. Hammett, D. Mikkelsen, S. Kaye, J. Candy, R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00095: Ion loss during TAE avalanches in NSTX E.D. Fredrickson, D. Darrow, G. Kramer, N.N. Gorelenkov, S.S. Medley, B. LeBlanc, R.E. Bell, W.W. Heidbrink, D. Liu, M. Podesta, N.A. Crocker, S. Kubota, F.M. Levinton, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00096: Alfv\'{e}n Cascade modes in NSTX:~fast-ion transport and MHD spectroscopy N.A. Crocker, E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, W.W. Heidbrink, G.J. Kramer, R.E. Bell, D. Darrow, J. Hosea, S. Kubota, B.P. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, F.M. Levinton, J.E. Menard, M. Podesta, G. Taylor, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00097: Neutral Beam Ion Loss Accompanying Bursting MHD in NSTX Plasmas Douglass Darrow, Eric Fredrickson, Neal Crocker, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Lane Roquemore, Kouji Shinohara Preview Abstract
		NP6.00098: Correlations of Neutral Particle Analyzer Diagnostics with Instability Bursts D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, M. Podest\`a, E.D. Fredrickson, S.S. Medley, R.B. White Preview Abstract
		NP6.00099: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP6.00100: Overview of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Studies in NSTX Stefan Gerhardt, R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, R.J. Buttery, D. Brennan, E. Fredrickson, D. Gates, M. Maraschek, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00101: Investigation of the Complex Relationship Between Plasma Rotation and Resistive Wall Mode Stabilization in NSTX J.W. Berkery, S.A. Sabbagh, H. Reimerdes, R. Betti, B. Hu, J. Manickam Preview Abstract
		NP6.00102: Multi-energy SXR characterization of actively stabilized resistive wall modes in NSTX Luis F. Delgado-Aparicio, Kevin Trittz, Dan Stutman, Michael Finkenthal, Jeffrey Levesque, Steve Sabbagh, Ronald Bell, Benoit LeBlanc, Stephen Paul Preview Abstract
		NP6.00103: Results and Advances in VALEN Resistive Wall Mode Modeling James Bialek, Long Poe Ku, Allen Boozer, Steven Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00104: Progress on High Harmonic Fast Wave Heating and Current Drive on NSTX P.M. Ryan, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger, J.B. Wilgen, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, G. Taylor, E.J. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00105: Edge Plasma Properties for HHFW Heating on NSTX J. Hosea, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson, E.F. Jaeger, P.M. Ryan, J. Wilgen Preview Abstract
		NP6.00106: Numerical Modeling of HHFW Heating and Current Drive on NSTX C.K. Phillips, R.E. Bell, J.C. Hosea, B.P. LeBlanc, G. Taylor, E.J. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger, P.M. Ryan, J.B. Wilgen, P.T. Bonoli, J.C. Wright, R.W. Harvey, H.Y. Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00107: Comparison of a New Self-Adjoint Calculation of NSTX High Harmonic Current Drive with CQL3D R.W. Harvey, A.P. Smirnov, C.K. Phillips, G. Taylor, J.C. Hosea, D. McCune, B. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		NP6.00108: Profiles of Fast Ions Accelerated by High-Harmonic Fast-Wave Heating in NSTX E. Ruskov, D. Liu, W. Heidbrink, M. Podesta, R. Bell, E. Fredrickson, J. Hosea, S. Medley, R. Harvey Preview Abstract
		NP6.00109: Investigation of EBW Coupling and Propagation in H-Mode Plasmas in NSTX S.J. Diem, G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, J.B. Caughman, J.B. Wilgen, J. Preinhaelter, J. Urban, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00110: Ramp-up of CHI initiated plasmas on NSTX D. Mueller, R. Raman, M.G. Bell, T.R. Jarboe, A.L. Roquemore, B.A. Nelson Preview Abstract
		NP6.00111: GENERAL SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
		NP6.00112: Edge and Scrape-off Layer Diagnostics for the NSTX Liquid Lithium Divertor J. Kallman, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, R. Ellis, S. Gerhardt, M.A. Jaworski, A.L. Roquemore, S. Zweben Preview Abstract
		NP6.00113: Dependence of SOL widths on plasma parameters in NSTX Joon-Wook Ahn, Rajesh Maingi, Jose Boedo, Vlad Soukhanovskii, Ben LeBlanc, Robert Kaita Preview Abstract
		NP6.00114: Separatrix location in NSTX Frederick Kelly, Rajesh Maingi, Ricky Maqueda, Jon Menard, Ben LeBlanc, Ron Bell, Stephen Paul Preview Abstract
		NP6.00115: Reduced-model (SOLT) validation from comparisons with GPI data on NSTX D.A. Russell, D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, R. Maqueda, T.L. Munsat, D.P. Stotler, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		NP6.00116: Velocity Field Analysis of Edge Turbulence Images from NSTX B.T. Brown, T. Munsat, R. Maqueda, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		NP6.00117: Maximum Controllable Displacement: Experimental Results from NSTX, and Comparison with Theoretical Results and Other Tokamaks Egemen Kolemen, David Gates Preview Abstract
		NP6.00118: Model-based Robust Shape Control Design for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Majed Alsarheed, Eugenio Schuster, Jim Leuer, Michael Walker, David Humphreys, David Gates Preview Abstract
		NP6.00119: Measurement of poloidal velocity on NSTX R.E. Bell, R. Feder Preview Abstract
		NP6.00120: Investigation of microtearing instability in NSTX with X-ray diagnostics K.L. Wong, K. Tritz, D.R. Smith, K. Hill, S. Kaye, A.L. Roquemore Preview Abstract
		NP6.00121: NSTX high-speed color camera as a low-resolution survey spectrometer A.L. Roquemore, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, D. Mueller, W. Davis, R.J. Maqueda, C. Bush Preview Abstract
		NP6.00122: The Motional Stark Effect (MSE) Diagnostic on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Fred Levinton, Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
		NP6.00123: Development of a 2-D Ion Velocity Diagnostic on NSTX Using the SWIFT Camera S. Paul, R. Bell, A. Lane Roquemore, N. Nishino Preview Abstract
		NP6.00124: LoWEUS, the Long Wavelength Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer, on the NSTX tokamak Jaan Lepson, Peter Beiersdorfer, Manfred Bitter, Layne Roquemore, Gretchen Zimmer Preview Abstract
		NP6.00125: High Bandwidth FIReTIP Operation on NSTX W-C. Tsai, C.W. Domier, K.C. Lee, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., H.K. Park Preview Abstract
		NP6.00126: Preliminary report of the U.S. Spherical Torus Coordinating Committee on proposed ST Strategic Plan Y.K. Martin Peng, William Dorland, Donald Hillis, Rob LaHaye, Fred Levinton, Richard Majeski, Jon Menard, Steve Sabbagh, Aaron Sontag Preview Abstract
		NP6.00127: Initial operation and performance projections for the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Majeski, L. Berzak, T. Gray, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, D.P. Lundberg, J. Manickam, K. Snieckus, D. Stotler, T. Strickler, J. Timberlake, J. Yoo, L. Zakharov, C.L. Ellison, G.V. Pereverzev, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		NP6.00128: Construction of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) Thomas Kozub, Richard Majeski, Robert Kaita, Laura Berzak, Daniel Lundberg, Trevor Strickler, Robert Woolley, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP6.00129: Thomson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature and Density on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) T. Strickler, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, B. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		NP6.00130: Initial Magnetics Data from the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment L. Berzak, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, D.P. Lundberg, R. Majeski, T. Strickler, K. Snieckus, L. Zakharov, C.L. Ellison Preview Abstract
		NP6.00131: Electron Density Diagnostics on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) D.P. Lundberg, L. Berzak, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, R. Majeski, K. Snieckus, T. Strickler, C.L. Ellison Preview Abstract
		NP6.00132: Three Potential LiWall regimes in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Jongsoo Yoo, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP6.00133: MHD stability limits in LTX Janardhan Manickam, Richard Majeski, Robert Kaita, Jongsoo Yoo, Leonid Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP6.00134: Overview of the Pegasus toroidal experiment A.C. Sontag, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, J.A. Cole, C.C. Hegna, E.T. Hinson, B.A. Kujak-Ford, B.T. Lewicki, A.J. Redd, A.P. Robinson, A.R. Wiersma, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00135: Non-solenoidal startup in Pegasus discharges A.J. Redd, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, E.T. Hinson, B.A. Kujak-Ford, B.T. Lewicki, A.C. Sontag, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00136: Characterization of edge instabilities in the Pegasus toroidal experiment M.W. Bongard, D.J. Battaglia, J.A. Cole, C.C. Hegna, E.T. Hinson, A.J. Redd, A.C. Sontag, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00137: Edge density and temperature measurements on the Pegasus toroidal experiment using Langmuir probe arrays E.T. Hinson, D.J. Battaglia, M.W. Bongard, A.J. Redd, A.C. Sontag, G.W. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00138: Pegasus power system facility upgrades B.T. Lewicki, B.A. Kujak-Ford, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP6.00139: Computational study of a non-ohmic flux compression startup method for spherical tokamaks J.B. O'Bryan, C.R. Sovinec, D.J. Battaglia, T.M. Bird Preview Abstract
		NP6.00140: The Dynamics of Flux Amplification of Coaxial Helicity Injection on the HIT-II Spherical Torus R.J. Smith, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson Preview Abstract
		NP6.00141: Recent Progress in TS-4 and UTST ST Merging Experiments Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 53, Number 14

Monday–Friday, November 17–21, 2008; Dallas, Texas

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Session NP6: Poster Session V: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas; Basic Plasma Physics and Simulation; MST, RFX-MOD, and Reversed Field Pinch; NSTX and Spherical Torus; General Spherical Torus

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