Bulletin of the American Physical Society

51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 54, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 2–6, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia

Session Index

Session TP8: Poster Session VII: DIII-D Tokamak III; MST, RFP, and Stellarator; Magnetic Reconnection; Magneto-Inertial-Fusion	Show Abstracts
Thursday, November 5, 2009 Room: Grand Hall East

		TP8.00001: DIII-D TOKAMAK III Preview Abstract
		TP8.00002: Effect of Self-consistent Poloidal Electric Field on Neoclassical Angular Momentum Transport S.K. Wong, V.S. Chan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00003: Toroidal Rotation With Near-Balanced NBI in \hbox{DIII-D} H-Mode Discharges J.S. deGrassie, K.H. Burrell, R.J. Groebner, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00004: H-mode Power Threshold, ELM Characteristics and Control, and Plasma Startup in Helium Plasmas in DIII-D P. Gohil Preview Abstract
		TP8.00005: Core Turbulence and Flow Dynamics Across L-H Transition on DIII-D G. Wang, W.A. Peebles, T.L. Rhodes, J.C. Hillesheim, E.J. Doyle, L. Schmitz, L. Zeng, A.E. White, G.R. McKee, C.C. Petty, K.H. Burrell, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00006: Turbulence and Transport Dependence on Plasma Shape in DIII-D T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, L. Schmitz, J.C. Hillesheim, G. Wang, L. Zeng, E.J. Doyle, C. Holland, G.R. McKee, A.E. White, J.C. DeBoo, K.H. Burrell, C.C. Petty Preview Abstract
		TP8.00007: 2D Core Turbulence Properties on DIII-D M.W. Shafer, G.R. McKee, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Schlossberg, Z. Yan, C. Holland, A.E. White Preview Abstract
		TP8.00008: Density Fluctuation Enhancement During RMP ELM-Suppressed Discharges G.R. McKee, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Schlossberg, M.W. Shafer, Z. Yan, T.E. Evans, R.A. Moyer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00009: Transport of Energetic Ions Due to Interaction With Microturbulence in DIII-D D.C. Pace, W.W. Heidbrink, Z. Lin, W. Zhang, G.R. McKee, M. Murakami, J.M. Park, C.C. Petty, M.A. Van Zeeland Preview Abstract
		TP8.00010: Modeling the H-mode Barrier with TGLF G.M. Staebler, J.E. Kinsey, R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00011: Predictions of the Confinement in DIII-D Hybrids Using the TGLF Transport Model J.E. Kinsey, G.M. Staebler, R.E. Waltz, J. Candy Preview Abstract
		TP8.00012: Experimental Tests of Elongation Scaling in Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulations C. Holland, G.R. Tynan, T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, L. Schmitz, J.C. Hillesheim, G. Wang, L. Zeng, E.J. Doyle, G.R. McKee, Z. Yan, M.W. Shafer, A.E. White, J. Candy, R.E. Waltz, J.E. Kinsey, G.M. Staebler, J.C. DeBoo, R. Prater, K.H. Burrell, C.C. Petty, M.A. Makowski Preview Abstract
		TP8.00013: Study of the Variation of Turbulence with Poloidal Angle on DIII-D Using Phase Contrast Imaging J.C. Rost, M. Porkolab, J.R. Dorris, K.H. Burrell Preview Abstract
		TP8.00014: Measurements of the Wavenumber Spectrum of Multi-scale Turbulence in the Core of DIII-D H-mode Plasmas L. Schmitz, G. Wang, J.C. Hillesheim, W.A. Peebles, T.L. Rhodes, E.J. Doyle, L. Zeng, C. Holland, A.E. White, G.R. McKee, J.C. DeBoo, J.S. deGrassie, K.H. Burrell, C.C. Petty Preview Abstract
		TP8.00015: High Resolution Density Profile Measurement for Electron Transport Studies in DIII-D L. Zeng, E.J. Doyle, T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, C.C. Petty, J.C. DeBoo, W.M. Solomon, T. Tala Preview Abstract
		TP8.00016: Analysis of Particle Transport in DIII-D H-mode Plasma with a Generalized Pinch-Diffusion Model L.W. Owen, W.M. Stacey, R.J. Groebner, J.D. Callen, X. Bonnin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00017: Analysis of Pedestal Transport J.D. Callen, R.J. Groebner, T.H. Osborne, J.M. Canik, L.W. Owen, A. Pankin, T. Rafig, T.D. Rognlien, W.M. Stacey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00018: Further Development of a Predictive Pedestal Model P.B. Snyder, R.J. Groebner, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, H.R. Wilson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00019: Test of a Model for Limits to Pedestal Pressure Gradient in DIII-D R.J. Groebner, P.B. Snyder, T.H. Osborne, A.W. Leonard, T.L. Rhodes, L. Zeng, Z. Yan, G.R. McKee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00020: Quiescent H-mode Plasmas in DIII-D with Strong, Co-Current Edge Rotation K.H. Burrell, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder, R.J. Groebner, P. Gohil, M.E. Fenstermacher, W.M. Solomon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00021: H-Mode Pedestal Structure and Transport in Hybrid Plasmas During Magnetic Perturbation in the DIII-D Tokamak B. Hudson, A.W. Leonard, T.E. Evans, T.H. Osborne, C.C. Petty, P.B. Snyder Preview Abstract
		TP8.00022: Non-Ideal ELM Stability and Non-Axisymmetric Field Penetration Calculations with M3D-C1 N.M. Ferraro, M.S. Chu, P.B. Snyder, S.C. Jardin, X. Luo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00023: 3D Equilibria for DIII-D ELM Suppression Experiments E.A. Lazarus Preview Abstract
		TP8.00024: Simulations of Nonlinear ELM Instabilities in Tokamaks T.E. Evans, A. Wingen, K.H. Spatschek, C.J. Lasnier Preview Abstract
		TP8.00025: Initial Results from Radiating Divertor Experiments with RMP ELM Suppression T.W. Petrie, N.H. Brooks, T.E. Evans, J.R. Ferron, A.W. Hyatt, T.C. Luce, P.A. Politzer, C.C. Petty, M.J. Schaffer, M.E. Fenstermacher, C.J. Lasnier, G.D. Porter, J.G. Watkins, S. Mordijck Preview Abstract
		TP8.00026: Particle Exhaust and Scrape-off Layer Conditions During RMPs in Deuterium and Helium Discharges on DIII-D E.A. Unterberg, T.E. Evans, J.M. Canik, O. Schmitz, R. Maingi, N.H. Brooks Preview Abstract
		TP8.00027: Scaling of Type-I ELM Divertor Energy, Heat Flux, and Profile Width in DIII-D C.J. Lasnier, M.A. Makowski, J.A. Boedo, N.H. Brooks, A.W. Leonard, W.P. West, J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
		TP8.00028: Characterization and Scaling of Heat Flux Transport in the DIII-D SOL M.A. Makowski, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, J.A. Boedo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00029: Characteristics of the Secondary Divertor on DIII-D J.G. Watkins, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, T.E. Evans, R. Pitts, P.C. Stangeby, J.A. Boedo, R.A. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00030: OEDGE Modeling of Deuterium Recycling in \hbox{DIII-D} J.D. Elder, P.C. Stangeby, S. Lisgo, A.W. Leonard, B.D. Bray, N.H. Brooks, M.E. Fenstermacher, M. Groth, J.A. Boedo, D.L. Rudakov, J.G. Watkins, E.A. Unterberg Preview Abstract
		TP8.00031: Some Divertor Scaling Considerations P.C. Stangeby Preview Abstract
		TP8.00032: Neutral Fueling From Recycling and Contributions to Pedestal Density Profiles in DIII-D A.W. Leonard, R.J. Groebner, G.D. Porter Preview Abstract
		TP8.00033: Analysis of Neutral Recycling Fueling of the DIII-D Edge Pedestal Z.W. Friis, W.M. Stacey, A.W. Leonard, M.R. Rensink Preview Abstract
		TP8.00034: Generalized Diffusion Theory Calculations of the Edge Pedestal Density Profile J.-P. Floyd, W.M. Stacey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00035: Evaluation of Particle Pinch and Diffusion Coefficients in the Edge Pedestal of DIII-D H-mode Discharges W.M. Stacey, R.J. Groebner Preview Abstract
		TP8.00036: Intrinsic Rotation of Pellet Ablation Clouds P.B. Parks, T. Lu, R. Samulyak Preview Abstract
		TP8.00037: Shell Pellet Experiments on DIII-D E.M. Hollmann, A.N. James, J.H. Yu, N. Commaux, T.C. Jernigan, T.E. Evans, D.A. Humphreys, G.L. Jackson, P.B. Parks, E.J. Strait, W. Wu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00038: Development of a Robust Current Profile Feedback Controller in DIII-D Y. Ou, E. Schuster, J.R. Ferron, T.C. Luce, M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys, T.A. Casper, W.H. Meyer Preview Abstract
		TP8.00039: Model-based Adaptive Control of Resistive Wall Modes in DIII-D F. Xie, E. Schuster, D.A. Humphreys, M.L. Walker Preview Abstract
		TP8.00040: MST, RFP, AND STELLARATOR Preview Abstract
		TP8.00041: Overview of MST Results and Plans J.A. Goetz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00042: Advances in pellet-fueled, improved confinement MST plasmas K.J. Caspary, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Clayton, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, A.F. Falkowski, G. Fiksel, J.A. Goetz, S. Kumar, S.T. Limbach, R.M. Magee, M.B. McGarry, S.P. Oliva, E. Parke, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, H.D. Stephens, P. Franz, W.F. Bergerson, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, L. Lin, T. Yates, S.K. Combs, C.F. Faust Preview Abstract
		TP8.00043: Electron density and toroidal current density profile evolution in high-performance pellet-fueled MST plasmas L. Lin, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, W.F. Bergerson, T.F. Yates, K.J. Caspary, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		TP8.00044: Quasi-Single-Helicity Structures in the MST Reversed-Field Pinch W.F. Bergerson, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Reusch, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		TP8.00045: Role of Electron Density Fluctuations in Momentum Transport in a Stochastic Magnetic Field W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, W.F. Bergerson, L. Lin, T.F. Yates, A. Almagri, G. Fiksel, D.J. Den Hartog, S.C. Prager, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		TP8.00046: Measuring Density Fluctuations And Particle Transport On MST Using Laser Polarimetry-Interferometry Travis Yates, Weixing Ding, Troy Carter, David Brower Preview Abstract
		TP8.00047: Characterization of density and potential fluctuations with a Heavy Ion Beam Probe in MST improved confinement RFP plasmas X. Chen, P.M. Schoch, D.R. Demers, P.J. Fimognari, B.E. Chapman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00048: Heavy Ion Beam Probe Measurements of Equilibrium Potential in the Interior of the MST RFP D.R. Demers, X. Chen, P.M. Schoch, P.J. Fimognari Preview Abstract
		TP8.00049: Characterization of the Heavy Ion Beam Probe ion trajectory and sample volume in the MST RFP P.J. Fimognari, J.K. Anderson, J.A. Reusch, D.R. Demers, X. Chen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00050: Simulated and Measured Electron Thermal Transport with Varying Stochasticity in the MST 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
		TP8.00051: Initial results from 2 kHz Thomson scattering measurements on MST Y.M. Yang, B.E. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, E. Parke, J.A. Reusch, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		TP8.00052: Pulse-Burst Laser Systems for Thomson Scattering on MST D.J. Den Hartog, M.T. Borchardt, W.S. Harris, J.A. Reusch, Y.M. Yang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00053: Two-Color SXR Tomography on MST M.B. McGarry, J.A. Goetz, D.J. Den Hartog, P. Franz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00054: Tomographic SXR emissivity measurements on MST P. Franz, F. Bonomo, M.B. McGarry, B.E. Chapman, J.A. Goetz, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		TP8.00055: Similarities in QSH thermal measures in RFX-mod and MST experiments in high current regimes Alberto Alfier, Alessandro Fassina, Paolo Franz, Joshua A. Reusch, Hillary Stephens, Meghan McGarry , Daniel J. Den Hartog, Jay K. Anderson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00056: Measurement of $Z_{eff}$ and Particle Diffusion via X-ray Spectroscopy in MST D.J. Clayton, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.R. Burke, B.E. Chapman, C.B. Forest, R. O'Connell, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00057: Parallel and perpendicular ion heating in the MST RFP Richard Magee, Daniel Den Hartog, Gennady Fiksel, Santhosh Kumar, Darren Craig Preview Abstract
		TP8.00058: C$^{+6}$ impurity profiles in MST plasmas Santhosh T.A. Kumar, D.J. Den Hartog, R.M. Magee, G. Fiksel, D. Craig Preview Abstract
		TP8.00059: High Power Neutral Beam Injection on the MST Gennady Fiksel, J.K. Anderson, B.E. Chapman, S. Limbach, M. Nornberg, S.P. Oliva, J.S. Sarff, J. Waksman, G.F. Abdrashitov, V.P. Belov, V.I. Davydenko, P.P. Deichuli, A.A. Ivanov, V.A. Kapitonov, V.V. Kolmogorov, A.N. Selivanov, A.V. Sorokin, N.V. Stupishin, R.V. Voskoboinikov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00060: Computational Simulation Of Neutral Beam Injection On MST Jeff Waksman, Jay Anderson, Gennady Fiksel Preview Abstract
		TP8.00061: Oscillating Field Current Drive Experiments on MST K.J. McCollam, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, D.R. Stone, H.D. Stephens, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding Preview Abstract
		TP8.00062: Magnetic Relaxation with Oscillating Field Current Drive on MST D.R. Stone, A.F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, K.J. McCollam, M.C. Miller, R.M. Magee, S.T.A. Kumar, J.S. Sarff, D.C. Brower, W.X. Ding, W.F. Bergerson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00063: Lower Hybrid Antenna Coupling on MST M.C. Kaufman, D.R. Burke, J.A. Goetz, C.B. Forest Preview Abstract
		TP8.00064: Lower hybrid wave absorption on the MST D.R. Burke, A.F. Almagri, D.J. Clayton, C.B. Forest, J.A. Goetz, M.C. Kaufman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00065: Development of a MW-Level EBW Heating and Current Drive Experiment on the MST Jay Anderson, Cary Forest, Andrew Seltzman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00066: Electron Bernstein Wave Injection and Heating in MST Andrew Seltzman, Jay Anderson, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		TP8.00067: Modeling of EBW Propagation and Damping in MST S.J. Diem, J.K. Anderson, C. Forest, A. Seltzman, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00068: Flow Dynamics and 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
		TP8.00069: Experimental study of anisotropic magnetic turbulence in a reversed field pinch Y. Ren, A.F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00070: Measurements of Hall Reconnection in MST T.D. Tharp, A.F. Almagri, M.C. Miller, V.V. Mirnov, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		TP8.00071: Numerical Studies of Two-Fluid Tearing and Dynamo in a Cylindrical Pinch Jacob King, Carl Sovinec, Vladimir Mirnov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00072: Extended MHD Simulations of Tearing Instabilities and the Dynamo Effect in the Reversed-Field Pinch K. Germaschewski, J. Dearborn, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00073: Relaxed states and finite pressure effects in the reversed field pinch Ivan Khalzov, Fatima Ebrahimi, Dalton Schnack , Vladimir Mirnov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00074: The role of Nonlinear Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Drift Modes in a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma Varun Tangri, Paul Terry, R.E. Waltz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00075: Gyrokinetic simulations of ITG turbulence in the Reversed Field Pinch I. Predebon, C. Angioni, S.C. Guo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00076: Overview of RFX-mod Results Piero Martin, Maria Ester Puiatti Preview Abstract
		TP8.00077: Initial Exploitation of RFX-mod at 1.8 MA Plasma Current R. Cavazzana, S. Dal Bello, P. Franz, R. Lorenzini, G. Marchiori, G. Spizzo, M.E. Puiatti, M. Spolaore, D. Terranova, N. Vianello, L. Zanotto Preview Abstract
		TP8.00078: Existence of single helicity ohmic states in the RFP Dominique Escande, D. Bonfiglio, S. Cappello, P. Zanca Preview Abstract
		TP8.00079: Numerical reconstruction of spontaneous helical equilibria in RFX-mod M. Gobbin, A.H. Boozer, S.P. Hirschman, L. Marrelli, N. Pomphrey, D. Terranova Preview Abstract
		TP8.00080: Reversed Field Pinch helical self-organization studies with the volume preserving field line tracing code NEMATO D. Bonfiglio, M. Veranda, S. Cappello, L. Chacon, D.F. Escande, P. Piovesan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00081: Neoclassical transport in the helical Reversed-field pinch G. Spizzo, M. Gobbin, L. Marrelli, R.B. White Preview Abstract
		TP8.00082: Progresses in resonant modes control in RFX-mod Lionello Marrelli, Federica Bonomo, Paolo Piovesan, Lidia Piron, Gianluca Spizzo, Paolo Zanca, Barbara Zaniol Preview Abstract
		TP8.00083: Pseudo-decoupler approach to error field correction in RFX-mod Paolo Piovesan, Marco Gobbin, Luca Grando, Giuseppe Marchiori, Lionello Marrelli, Lidia Piron, Anton Soppelsa, David Terranova Preview Abstract
		TP8.00084: Characterization of magnetic field profiles at RFX-mod by Faraday rotation measurements Fulvio Auriemma, Matteo Brombin, Alessandra Canton, Leonardo Giudicotti, Paolo Innocente, Enrico Zilli Preview Abstract
		TP8.00085: Experimental background emissivity at the transitions useful for the active CXRS in RFX-mod F. Bonomo, M. Valisa, L. Carraro, M.E. Puiatti, B. Zaniol Preview Abstract
		TP8.00086: Transport and linear stability studies for PPCD optimization in RFPS Gian Luca Delzanno, John M. Finn, John Sarff Preview Abstract
		TP8.00087: High frequency MHD activity due to resistive interchange modes in a reversed field pinch plasma Matteo Zuin, Silvia Spagnolo, Roberto Paccagnella, Emilio Martines, Roberto Cavazzana, Gianluigi Serianni, Monica Spolaore, Nicola Vianello Preview Abstract
		TP8.00088: Resistive g-modes and RFP confinement Jan Scheffel, Ahmed Mirza Preview Abstract
		TP8.00089: Progress in Low-Aspect-Ratio RFP Research in RELAX S. Masamune, A. Sanpei, R. Ikezoe, T. Onchi, K. Oki, M. Sugihara, Y. Konishi, S. Fujita, M. Nakamura, A. Fujii, H. Motoi, H. Himura, R. Paccagnella, A. Ejiri, D. DenHartog Preview Abstract
		TP8.00090: Imaging Diagnostics for MHD Studies in Low-Aspect-Ratio Machine RELAX T. Onchi, R. Ikezoe, K. Oki, Y. Konishi, M. Sugihara, S. Fujita, A. Sanpei, H. Himura, S. Masamune, N. Nishino Preview Abstract
		TP8.00091: Rotating Helical Ohmic Configuration in a Low-Aspect-Ratio Reversed Field Pinch Kensuke Oki, Ryuya Ikezoe, Takumi Onchi, Shin-Ichi Fujita, Akio Sanpei, Haruhiko Himura, Sadao Masamune, Roberto Paccagnella Preview Abstract
		TP8.00092: Toroidal rotation of localized dynamo event in a low-aspect-ratio RFP plasma R. Ikezoe, T. Onchi, K. Oki, Y. Konishi, M. Sugihara, S. Fujita, A. Sanpei, H. Himura, S. Masamune Preview Abstract
		TP8.00093: Simultaneous measurement of electron temperature and density by a line pair method in the RFP plasma Masayuki Watanabe, S. Shimizu, H. Ogawa, T. Shinohara Preview Abstract
		TP8.00094: Effect of a strong equilibrium electric field on the zonal flow residual in quasisymmetric stellarators Matt Landreman, Peter Catto Preview Abstract
		TP8.00095: Transport in a stellarator with imperfect flux surfaces and quasisymmetry Harold Weitzner Preview Abstract
		TP8.00096: Rotation roots and neoclassical viscosity in quasi-symmetry A.J. Cole, C.C. Hegna, J.D. Callen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00097: Characterization of magnetic configurations of LHD in terms of boundary shape and the direction of their improvements Shoichi Okamura Preview Abstract
		TP8.00098: New QP/QI optimized stellarator configurations D.A. Spong, J.H. Harris Preview Abstract
		TP8.00099: Neoclassical and anomalous flows in stellarators A.S. Ware, T. Marine, D.A. Spong Preview Abstract
		TP8.00100: Linear and nonlinear gyrokinetic studies of turbulence in stellarator geometry with the GS2 code J.A. Baumgaertel, G.W. Hammett, D.R. Mikkelsen, W. Dorland, E.A. Belli Preview Abstract
		TP8.00101: Use of High Temperature Superconducting Monoliths for Field Shaping in Stellarators and Tokamaks Thomas Brown, Leslie Bromberg, Allen Boozer, Phil Heitzeroeder, Michael Zarnstorff , Joseph Minervini Preview Abstract
		TP8.00102: Overview of HSX Results and Future Directions D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00103: Modeling and Measurement of Toroidal Currents in the HSX Stellarator J.C. Schmitt, J.N. Talmadge, J. Lore Preview Abstract
		TP8.00104: Determining the Radial Electric Field in HSX Using Impurity Ion Velocity Measurements from CHERS A. Briesemeister, K. Zhai, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, J. Lore, J.N. Talmadge Preview Abstract
		TP8.00105: Disruptions in current-driven discharges in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid experiment S. Knowlton, G. Hartwell, J. Hanson, B. Stevenson, J. Eckberg, K. Kamdin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00106: Soft X-Ray Diagnostics on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment G.J. Hartwell, J. Eckberg, J.D. Hanson, S.F. Knowlton, K. Kamdin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00107: Reconstruction of current-driven equilibria in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid using magnetic diagnostics B.A. Stevenson, M. Cianciosa, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell, J. Hebert, S. Knowlton Preview Abstract
		TP8.00108: Plasma Equilibrium in a Magnetic Field with Stochastic Regions A. Reiman, J. Krommes, D. Monticello, M. Zarnstorff Preview Abstract
		TP8.00109: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		TP8.00110: Laboratory Study of Magnetic Reconnection with Variable Collisionality and its Application to Space Astro-physics M. Yamada, D. Uzdensky, R. Kulsrud, H. Ji, S. Dorfman, E. Oz, J. Yoo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00111: A Next-Generation Experiment To Study Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena in Large and Collisionless Plasmas H. Ji, M. Yamada, S. Prager, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn Preview Abstract
		TP8.00112: Local and Global 3-D Effects in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) S. Dorfman, H. Ji, M. Yamada, E. Oz, J. Yoo, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn Preview Abstract
		TP8.00113: Measurement of an Electrostatic Potential Well during Magnetic Reconnection in MRX Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Seth Dorfman, Erdem Oz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00114: Study of Ion heating and acceleration in magnetic reconnection and laboratory flux loop experiments at MRX Erdem Oz, Masaaki Yamada, Seth Dorfman, Hantao Ji, Jongsoo Yoo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00115: Fully kinetic 3D simulations of magnetic reconnection in MRX-relevant geometry including Coulomb collisions V. Roytershteyn, W. Daughton, L. Yin, B.J. Albright, K.J. Bowers, S. Dorfman, H. Ji, M. Yamada, H. Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00116: Fast Reconnection in High-Lundquist-Number Plasmas Due to Secondary Tearing Instabilities Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Hongang Yang, Barrett Rogers Preview Abstract
		TP8.00117: Two-dimensional Studies of Super-Alfvenic Instabilities of Thin Current Sheets L. Ni, K. Germaschewski, A. Bhattacharjee, Yi-Min Huang, H. Yang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00118: Current sheet extension and reconnection scaling in collisionless, hyperresistive, Hall MHD B.P. Sullivan, A. Bhattacharjee, Y.M. Huang Preview Abstract
		TP8.00119: Fast magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in pair plasmas Naoki Bessho, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00120: Plasmoid generation in resistive-MHD reconnection Ravi Samtaney, Nuno Loureiro, Dmitri Uzdensky, Alexander Schekochihin, Stephen Cowley Preview Abstract
		TP8.00121: Analytical model for fast reconnection in large guide field plasma configurations A.N. Simakov, L. Chac\'on, D. Grasso, D. Borgogno, A. Zocco Preview Abstract
		TP8.00122: Influence of Current Aligned Instabilities on Magnetic Reconnection in Neutral Sheet Geometry W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn, L. Yin, B.J. Albright, K.J. Bowers, H. Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00123: Bi-directional Beams by Electron Trapping during Anti-parallel Reconnection Jan Egedal, A. Le, N. Katz, L.-J. Chen, B. Lefebvre, W. Daughthon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00124: Observation of electron holes and lower-hybrid turbulence during magnetic reconnection experiments on VTF W. Fox, M. Porkolab, J. Egedal, N. Katz, A. Le Preview Abstract
		TP8.00125: Rogowski Coil Array for Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Experiments at VTF A. Le, J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, A. Vrublevskis, M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
		TP8.00126: Washer-Gun Plasma Source for Magnetic Reconnection Experiments on VTF A. Vrublevskis, J. Egedal, W. Fox, N. Katz, A. Le, M. Porkolab Preview Abstract
		TP8.00127: Reconnection properties in Hall MHD Plasmas Zhi-Wei Ma, Xing-Qiang Lu, Ya-Wei Hou Preview Abstract
		TP8.00128: Suppression of Double-Tearing Modes by Poloidal Shear Flows Xiaogang Wang, Wenbin Xu, Zhengxiong Wang, Yue Liu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00129: The origin of the abrupt nonlinear growth in Double Tearing Mode Miho Janvier, Yasuaki Kishimoto, Jiquan Li Preview Abstract
		TP8.00130: Turbulence driven magnetic reconnections causing magnetic islands with long wavelengths Akihiro Ishizawa, Noriyoshi Nakajima Preview Abstract
		TP8.00131: Ion heating during magnetic reconnection with a guide field: a threshold for pickup behavior J.F. Drake, P.A. Cassak, M.A. Shay, M. Swisdak, E. Quataert Preview Abstract
		TP8.00132: Lower Hybrid Instability and Coherent Formation of Electron Holes Haihong Che, James Drake, Marc Swisdak, Peter H. Yoon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00133: Effects of Plasma Beta on Multiple Island Ion Acceleration Kevin Schoeffler, James Drake, Marc Swisdak Preview Abstract
		TP8.00134: Kinetic effects in gyrokinetic tearing instability Ryusuke Numata, William Dorland, Nuno Loureiro, Barrett Rogers, Alexander Schekochihin, Tomoya Tatsuno Preview Abstract
		TP8.00135: Progress in kinetic MHD simulation of magnetic reconnection in Harris sheet equilibrium Jianhua Cheng, Yang Chen, Scott Parker Preview Abstract
		TP8.00136: 3D Ion Temperature Reconstruction Hiroshi Tanabe, Setthivoine You, Alexander Balandin, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00137: Local and Global Transient Effect of Magnetic Reconnection Yoshinori Hayashi, Toru Ii, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00138: Experimental Study of Three-Dimensional Localized Magnetic Reconnection by Use of Merging Torus Plasmas Toru Ii, Yoshinori Hayashi, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		TP8.00139: Pulsed High-Power Heating of Magnetic Reconnection for Spherical Torus Plasmas Yasushi Ono, Michiaki Inomoto, Takuma Yamada Preview Abstract
		TP8.00140: Simulated and experimental compression of a compact toroid Jeffrey Johnson Preview Abstract
		TP8.00141: Mass dependent ion heating in the SSX reconnection device M. Brown, T. Gray, J. Santner, M. Korein, D. Weinhold Preview Abstract
		TP8.00142: MAGNETO-INERTIAL-FUSION Preview Abstract
		TP8.00143: Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) formation and compression using liners J.H. Degnan, P. Adamson, D.J. Amdahl, R. Delaney, M. Domonkos, F.M. Lehr, E.L. Ruden, W. Tucker, W. White, C. Grabowski, D. Gale, M. Kostora, J. Parker, W. Sommars, M.H. Frese, S.D. Frese, J.F. Camacho, S.K. Coffey, V. Makhin, T.F. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P.J. Turchi, R.E. Siemon, A.G. Lynn, N.F. Roderick Preview Abstract
		TP8.00144: Progress on Field Reversed Configuration target for Magnetized Target Fusion T. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, P.E. Sieck, W.J. Waganaar, R. Oberto, T.D. Olson, D. Sutherland, J.H. Degnan, E.L. Ruden, M. Domonkos, P. Adamson, C. Grabowski, D.G. Gale, W. Sommars, M. Kostora, M.H. Frese, S.D. Frese, J.F. Camacho, S.K. Coffey, N.F. Roderick, D.J. Amdahl, P. Parks, R.E. Siemon, T. Awe, A.G. Lynn Preview Abstract
		TP8.00145: Translation and Capture of High-Density Field Reversed Configurations for Magnetized Target Fusion P.E. Sieck, T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, W.J. Waganaar, R.J. Cortez, R.J. Oberto Preview Abstract
		TP8.00146: Proposed profile measurements of internal B, ne and Te on the Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) plasmas using Pulsed Polarimetry R.J. Smith, G.A. Wurden Preview Abstract
		TP8.00147: Visibility Measurements on a Fiber-Optic Probe Interferometer System J.F. Camacho, A.G. Lynn, E.L. Ruden Preview Abstract
		TP8.00148: Time resolved visible spectroscopy of surface plasma radiation Tasha Goodrich, Thomas Awe, Stephan Fuelling, Richard Siemon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00149: Overview of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) S.C. Hsu, F.D. Witherspoon, M.A. Gilmore, J.T. Cassibry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00150: Plasma Guns for the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) F.D. Witherspoon, R. Bomgardner, A. Case, S.J. Messer, S. Brockington, L. Wu, R. Elton, S.C. Hsu, J.T. Cassibry, M.A. Gilmore Preview Abstract
		TP8.00151: Hydrodynamic Modeling of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) Jason Cassibry, Scott Hsu, Doug Witherspoon, Marc Gilmore Preview Abstract
		TP8.00152: Diagnostics for the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) Elizabeth Merritt, Mark Gilmore, Alan Lynn, Jason Cassibry, F. Douglas Witherspoon, Scott Hsu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00153: Optical Measurements of Dense Hypervelocity Plasmoids from Coaxial and Railgun Plasma Accelerators Andrew Case, Sarah Messer, Richard Bomgardner, Samuel Brockington, Douglas Witherspoon, Ray Elton Preview Abstract
		TP8.00154: The HyperV Full-Scale Contoured-Gap Coaxial Plasma Railgun Samuel Brockington, Andrew Case, Sarah Messer, Richard Bomgardner, Raymond Elton, Linchun Wu, F. Douglas Witherspoon Preview Abstract
		TP8.00155: One-Dimensional Burn Dynamics of Plasma-Jet Magneto-Inertial Fusion John Santarius Preview Abstract
		TP8.00156: Laser-driven preheat simulations of magnetized fusion fuel for magnetically-driven liner implosions on pulsed power accelerators A.B. Sefkow, M.C. Herrmann, S.A. Slutz, R.A. Vesey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00157: Simulation of laser-driven magnetic flux compression in inertial confinement fusion Chuandong Zhou, Ammar Hakim, John Loverich, Peter Stoltz Preview Abstract
		TP8.00158: Progress in plasma liner modeling for MIF John Loverich, Ammar Hakim, Sean Zhou Preview Abstract
		TP8.00159: Hybrid-PIC Algorithms for Simulation of Large-Scale Plasma Jet Accelerators Carsten Thoma, Dale Welch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00160: Plasma Formation and Evolution from Thick Metal Pulsed with Megagauss Magnetic Field Thomas Awe, Bruno Bauer, Stephan Fuelling, Richard Siemon, Jaspreet Billing, Tasha Goodrich Preview Abstract
		TP8.00161: Modeling of an aluminum wall-confined plasma created by MG magnetic fields Richard Siemon, Irvin Lindemuth Preview Abstract
		TP8.00162: Simulation of Formation and Implosion of Plasma Liners for Magnetized Target Fusion Roman Samulyak, Lingling Wu, Paul Parks Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 54, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 2–6, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia

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Session TP8: Poster Session VII: DIII-D Tokamak III; MST, RFP, and Stellarator; Magnetic Reconnection; Magneto-Inertial-Fusion

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