Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

Session Index

Session BP9: Poster Session I: Magnetic Reconnection I; Plasma Astrophysics Theory; Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics; MST and Other Reversed Field Pinches; Laser and Beam Driven Acceleration	Show Abstracts
Monday, November 14, 2011 Room: Hall A

		BP9.00001: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION I Preview Abstract
		BP9.00002: Large scale electron acceleration by parallel electric fields during magnetic reconnection J. Egedal, A. Le, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		BP9.00003: Unmagnetized Electron Jets in Reconnection with a Guide Field A. Le, J. Egedal, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		BP9.00004: Reconnection experiments with 3D magnetic nulls A. Vrublevskis, J. Egedal, A. Le, P. Montag Preview Abstract
		BP9.00005: A Two-Fluid Reconnection Code, Implementing the Electron Pressure Tensor With New Anisotropic Equations of State O. Ohia, J. Egedal, A. Le, S. Lukin, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		BP9.00006: A Design Study of a New Magnetic Reconnection Experiment, MITPX P. Montag, J. Egedal, M. Porkolab, A. Le, A. Vrublevskis, O. Ohia Preview Abstract
		BP9.00007: Effects of Ion Anisotropy in reconnection exhausts J. N, J. Egedal, A. Le, H. Karimabadi, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		BP9.00008: Interactions between magnetic flux ropes Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		BP9.00009: Quasi-separatrix layers and three-dimensional reconnection diagnostics for line-tied tearing modes Andrew S. Richardson, John M. Finn Preview Abstract
		BP9.00010: Magnetic reconnection studies with wire ablation plasmas John Greenly, Charles Seyler, Xuan Zhao Preview Abstract
		BP9.00011: Simulation Study of Magnetic Reconnection Using Wire Ablation Plasma Xuan Zhao, John Greenly, Charles Seyler Preview Abstract
		BP9.00012: The kinetic structure of collisionless slow shocks and reconnection exhausts Yi-Hsin Liu, James Drake, Marc Swisdak, William Daughton, Hui Li Preview Abstract
		BP9.00013: Kinetic Simulations of Current-Sheet Formation and Reconnection at a Magnetic X Line Carrie Black, S.K. Antiochos, M. Hesse, J.T. Karpen, C.R. DeVore, M.M. Kuznetsova, S. Zenitani Preview Abstract
		BP9.00014: Compressible gyrofluid simulations of collisionless reconnection F.L. Waelbroeck, D. Grasso, E. Tassi, L. Comisso Preview Abstract
		BP9.00015: Slow shock formation and its structure with sub-Alfvenic shear flow in magnetic reconnection Zhi-Wei Ma Preview Abstract
		BP9.00016: Self-Generation of Turbulence in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection William Daughton, Vadim Roytershteyn, Homa Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00017: Effect of Inflow Density on Magnetic Reconnection: Particle-in-Cell Simulations Pin Wu Preview Abstract
		BP9.00018: Variational approach to collisionless magnetic reconnection Makoto Hirota, Philip J. Morrison Preview Abstract
		BP9.00019: Self-Organization of Reconnecting Plasmas to a Marginally Collisionless State Ellen Zweibel, Shinsuke Imada Preview Abstract
		BP9.00020: Reconnecting Modes in Weakly Collisional Plasmas* P. Buratti, B. Coppi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00021: PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS THEORY Preview Abstract
		BP9.00022: Tridimensional Plasma Spirals and High Frequency Quasi Periodic Oscillations Around Black Holes* P. Rebusco, B. Coppi, M. Bursa Preview Abstract
		BP9.00023: Solitary Ring Pairs and Non-Thermal Regimes in Plasmas Connected with Black Holes* Bruno Coppi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00024: Structure and Scale of Cosmic Ray Modified Shocks Vassili Rozanov, Mikhail Malkov, Patrick Diamond, Roald Sagdeev Preview Abstract
		BP9.00025: Probing Nearby CR Accelerators and ISM Turbulence with Milagro and IceCube Hot Spots Luke Drury, Mikhail Malkov, Patrick Diamond, Roald Sagdeev Preview Abstract
		BP9.00026: Alfven Wave Collisions: The Fundamental Building Block of Plasma Turbulence Gregory Howes, Kevin Nielson, Frederick Skiff, Craig Kletzing Preview Abstract
		BP9.00027: Gyrokinetic Study of Nonlinearly Interacting Pairs of Alfv\'en Waves Kevin Nielson, Gregory Howes Preview Abstract
		BP9.00028: Hybrid Simulation of Propagating Magnetospheric Alfven Wave in the Earth Polar Area Galina Dudnikov, Lyudmila Vshivkova Preview Abstract
		BP9.00029: Electron pitch-angle scattering by magnetic waves A.N. Simakov, J. Daligault, S.P. Gary, D. Lemons, K. Liu, D. Winske Preview Abstract
		BP9.00030: Particle acceleration via the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Eduardo Paulo Alves, Thomas Grismayer, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		BP9.00031: Comparison of 2-D PIC simulations with 2-D quasilinear calculations of ion-election energy transfer from instabilities driven by counter-streaming ion beams Jaehong Park, Eric G. Blackman, Xianglong Kong, Chuang Ren, Z.-M Sheng Preview Abstract
		BP9.00032: UHECR Acceleration at Filaments of Cosmological Structure Formation Roald Sagdeev, Mikhail Malkov, Patrick Diamond Preview Abstract
		BP9.00033: LABORATORY PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS Preview Abstract
		BP9.00034: The Eagle Nebula on NIF Jave Kane, Amy Cooper, Bruce Remington, Dmitri Ryutov, Vladimir Smalyuk, Marc Pound Preview Abstract
		BP9.00035: Measuring Magnetic Fields Using Protons for Characterizing Laser-Driven Collisionless Shocks* N.L. Kugland, H.-S. Park, L. Gargate, C. Plechaty, R. Presura, J.S. Ross, D.D. Ryutov, A. Spitkovsky, B.A. Remington Preview Abstract
		BP9.00036: Inter-relation of radiative and transport properties of HED plasmas with small-scale magnetic turbulence B. Keenan, M.V. Medvedev Preview Abstract
		BP9.00037: Spectroscopic Signature of Radiative Shocks Michel Busquet Preview Abstract
		BP9.00038: Comparison of Sub- and Super-Alfv\'{e}nic Laser-Plasma Explosions through Low-Density, Magnetized Helium and Hydrogen Plasmas E.T. Everson, D. Schaeffer, M. Lauter, G. Rennenkampff, A.S. Bondarenko, C.G. Constantin, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
		BP9.00039: Simulations of Magnetic Field Generation in Laser-Produced Blast Waves D. Lamb, M. Fatenejad, G. Gregori, F. Miniati, H.-S. Park, B. Remington, A. Ravasio, M. Koenig, C.D. Murphy Preview Abstract
		BP9.00040: Development of a Compact RF Pre-Ionization System for an MHD-Driven Jet Experiment Vernon H. Chaplin, Paul M. Bellan, Hannah V. Willett Preview Abstract
		BP9.00041: Experiment to Study Alfven Wave Pulses in Plasma Loops Mark Kendall, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		BP9.00042: Overview of recent results from the Princeton MRI experiment Erik Spence, Austin Roach, Eric Edlund, Hantao Ji, Christophe Gissinger Preview Abstract
		BP9.00043: Observation of a spiral instability in the Princeton MRI Experiment A.H. Roach, E.J. Spence, C. Gissinger, E.M. Edlund, P. Sloboda, H. Ji Preview Abstract
		BP9.00044: In search of a subcritical transition to turbulence in rotating hydrodynamic flows E.M. Edlund, A.H. Roach, P. Sloboda, E.J. Spence, H. Ji Preview Abstract
		BP9.00045: Global MHD simulations of the magneto-rotational instability in complex magnetic topologies Bertrand Lefebvre, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Fatima Ebrahimi, Kai Germaschewski Preview Abstract
		BP9.00046: Momentum transport and magnetic field generation by magnetorotational instability in the Hall-MHD regime Fatima Ebrahimi, A. Bhattacharjee, C.B. Forest, B. Lefebvre Preview Abstract
		BP9.00047: Plasma Dynamo Experiments David Weisberg, Cami Collins, Noam Katz, John Wallace, Ivan Khalzov, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00048: Construction Status of the Madison Plasma Dynamo Experiment John Wallace, Mike Clark, Cami Collins, Noam Katz, Dave Weisberg, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00049: Numerical modeling of the Parker instability in a rotating plasma Ivan Khalzov, Ben Brown, Noam Katz, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00050: Viscous Coupling of Momentum from a Magnetized to an Unmagnetized Plasma Noam Katz, Cami Collins, Ivan Khalzov, Ben Brown, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00051: Rotation Profile Measurements in the Plasma Couette Experiment C. Collins, N. Katz, D. Weisberg, J. Wallace, M. Clark, C.B. Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00052: Overview of recend developments in the Madison Dynamo Experiment Elliot Kaplan, Mike Clark, Kian Rahbarnia, Mark Nornberg, Zane Taylor, Alex Rasmus, Cary Forest, Erik Spence Preview Abstract
		BP9.00053: Construction of vanes for helical pitch flow control in the Madison Dynamo Experiment M.M. Clark, N.Z. Taylor, E.J. Kaplan, A.M. Rasmus, K. Rahbarnia, M.D. Nornberg, J.P. Wallace, C.B. Forest Preview Abstract
		BP9.00054: A Visco-Elastic Instability Analog of Magnetorotational Instability Don Huynh, Stanislav Boldyrev Preview Abstract
		BP9.00055: Turbulence and selective decay in the SSX plasma wind tunnel Tim Gray, Michael Brown, Dan Dandurand, Mike Fisher, Ken Flanagan, Darren Weinhold, V Lukin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00056: Magnetic Structures and Bursty Events in a Current-Carrying Arcade D. Craig, C. Adams, M. Cartolano, M. McMillan Preview Abstract
		BP9.00057: Plasma Jog Experiments on MRX in Collaboration with MMS team Masaaki Yamada, Jongsoo Yoo, Tim Tharp, Hantao Ji, Eric Lawrence Preview Abstract
		BP9.00058: Observation of the potential well at the neutral sheet and its effects on ion dynamics during magnetic reconnection in MRX Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Seth Dorfman, Eric Lawrence, Timothy Tharp, Clayton Myers Preview Abstract
		BP9.00059: Systematic Study of the Effects of Guide Field on Reconnection Layer Dynamics in MRX Tim Tharp, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
		BP9.00060: Hall Reconnection in Partially Ionized Plasmas in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment Eric Lawrence, Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada, Jongsoo Yoo Preview Abstract
		BP9.00061: Equilibrium and Stability of Solar-Relevant Magnetized Arc Discharges C.E. Myers, M. Yamada, E.E. Lawrence, H. Ji, R.M. Kulsrud, S. Dorfman, J. Yoo, T.D. Tharp Preview Abstract
		BP9.00062: Phase Diagram for Magnetic Reconnection in Heliophysical, Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas and Opportunities for A Next Generation Magnetic Reconnection Experiment H. Ji, M. Yamada, S. Prager, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn Preview Abstract
		BP9.00063: Laboratory Magnetospheric Plasma Studies in LDX and CTX M. Mauel, M. Davis, D. Garnier, T.M. Roberts, M. Worstell, J. Kesner Preview Abstract
		BP9.00064: Estimation of the Polytropic Index of the Thermal Electron Population in the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) M.S. Davis, D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel, J.L. Ellsworth, J. Kesner, P.C. Michael, P. Woskov Preview Abstract
		BP9.00065: Exciting quasi-coherent interchange modes in a dipole-confined plasma M.W. Worstell, M.E. Mauel, T.M. Roberts Preview Abstract
		BP9.00066: Observation and Measurement of Turbulent Radial Transport in a Dipole T.M. Roberts, M.E. Mauel, A.M. Senter, D.P. Singh, M.W. Worstell, A.Z. Qin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00067: MST AND OTHER REVERSED FIELD PINCHES Preview Abstract
		BP9.00068: 3-D soft-X ray imaging diagnostics for the study of MHD mode dynamics in RELAX Akio Sanpei, Sadao Masamune, Kensuke Oki, Daisuke Fukahori, Kazuaki Deguchi, Seiya Nakaki, Haruhiko Himura, Satoshi Ohdachi, Nobuhiro Nishino, Takumi Onchi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00069: Thermal conductivity effects on resistive g-mode stability of the RFP Jan Scheffel, Ahmed Mirza Preview Abstract
		BP9.00070: Overview of the RFX-mod fusion science program Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00071: Benchmark of Orbit and NEMATO codes on magnetic topology reconstruction in RFPs G. Ciaccio, M. Veranda, D. Bonfiglio, S. Cappello, G. Spizzo, L. Chac{\'o}n, R.B. White Preview Abstract
		BP9.00072: ITG turbulence and role of the impurities in the RFP I. Predebon, L. Carraro, S.C. Guo, F. Sattin, S.F. Liu Preview Abstract
		BP9.00073: Kinetic Stabilization of the Resistive Wall Mode in Reversed Field Pinch plasmas Zhirui Wang, Shichong Guo, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		BP9.00074: Physics and engineering design of KTX Reverse Field Pinch Wenzhe Mao Preview Abstract
		BP9.00075: Electrostatic Mode Locking and Mode Suppression in RFPs and Tokamaks Richard Nebel, John Finn Preview Abstract
		BP9.00076: Control of ideal and resistive magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in reversed field pinches with a resistive wall by sensing three components of B Karl Sassenberg, Andrew S. Richardson, Dylan P. Brennan, John Finn Preview Abstract
		BP9.00077: Overview of MST Research J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		BP9.00078: Pellet fueling of axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric MST plasmas K.J. Caspary, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Goetz, J. Ko, S. Kumar, S.T. Limbach, S.P. Oliva, E. Parke, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, F. Ebrahimi, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, L. Lin, S.K. Combs, C.R. Foust Preview Abstract
		BP9.00079: Suppression of Core-Resonanat Mode by Neutral Beam Injection in MST J.K. Anderson, D. Liu, D.J. Den Hartog, C.B. Forest, V.V. Mirnov, M.D. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff, J. Waksman, G. Fiksel , V.I. Davydenko, P. Deichuli, A.A. Ivanov, N. Stupishin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00080: Time-resolved measurements of the energetic ion distribution in MST S. Eilerman, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, S.T.A. Kumar, D. Liu, R.M. Magee, M.D. Nornberg, J. Waksman, V.V. Belykh, S.V. Polosatkin, J. Titus, G. Fiksel Preview Abstract
		BP9.00081: Neutral Beam Heating Of Reversed Field Pinch Plasmas in MST J. Waksman, J.K. Anderson, D. Liu, M.D. Nornberg, G. Fiksel, V.I. Davydenko, P. Deiculi, A.A. Ivanov, N. Stupishin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00082: Ion energization during magnetic reconnection in the RFP D.J. Den Hartog, R.M. Magee, S.T.A. Kumar, A.F. Almagri, B.E. Chapman, G. Fiksel, V.V. Mirnov, M.D. Nornberg, E.D. Mezonlin, J.B. Titus Preview Abstract
		BP9.00083: Hollow profile of effective ionic charge in the MST RFP S.T.A. Kumar, D.J. Den Hartog, B.E. Chapman, S. Eilerman, G. Fiksel, M. Nornberg, E. Parke, J. Reusch, D. Craig, L. Lin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00084: Momentum transport studies in the MST RFP M.D. Nornberg, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, D. Liu, J.S. Sarff, J. Waksman, W.X. Ding, L. Lin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00085: Biased electrode expperiments on MST A.F. Almagri, C.B. Forset, S.T.A. Kumar, J. Laufenberg, M.D. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff, A.H. Seltzman, J.C. Triana, J. Wallace Preview Abstract
		BP9.00086: Deep Insertion Probe Measurements on MST J.C. Triana, A.F. Almagri, D.J. Holly, J.R. King, K.J. McCollam, J.S. Sarff, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		BP9.00087: Bifurcation to 3D Helical Magnetic Equilibrium in an Axisymmetric Toroidal Device D.L. Brower, W.F. Bergerson, W.X. Ding, L. Lin, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, F. Auriemma, P. Zanca, P. Innocente, R. Lorenzini, E. Martines, M. Momo, D. Terranova Preview Abstract
		BP9.00088: Kinetic Stress as a Flow Driver in the MST Reversed Field Pinch W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, L. Lin, W.F. Bergerson, A. Almagri, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Reusch, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		BP9.00089: Internal Measurements of Density and Magnetic Fluctuations in MST-RFP L. Lin, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, B.E. Chapman, J.J. Koliner, D. Liu, M.D. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff, J. Waksman Preview Abstract
		BP9.00090: Electron Thermal Transport due to Magnetic Diffusion in the MST RFP J.A. Reusch, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, C.B. Forest, C.P. Kasten, D.D. Schnack, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		BP9.00091: MST's Programmable Power Supplies: Results and Plans D.J. Holly, B.E. Chapman, K.J. McCollam, J.C. Morin, M.A. Thomas Preview Abstract
		BP9.00092: Electron Bernstein Wave Studies in MST Andrew Seltzman, Jay Anderson, Cary Forest, Paul Nonn, Jason Kauffold, Allan O'Conner, Stephanie Diem Preview Abstract
		BP9.00093: RF Current Drive and Heating Experiments on MST M.A. Thomas, J.K. Anderson, D.R. Burke, C.B. Forest, J.A. Goetz, E.R. Hendries, M.C. Kaufman, A.H. Seltzman, S.J. Diem, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		BP9.00094: Magnetic Relaxation with Oscillating Field Current Drive on MST D.R. Stone, A.F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, K.J. McCollam, J.S. Sarff, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, L. Lin Preview Abstract
		BP9.00095: MHD phenomena with AC loop voltages in RFP plasmas K.J. McCollam, A.F. Almagri, D.J. Holly, J.S. Sarff, D.R. Stone, J.C. Triana Preview Abstract
		BP9.00096: Validity of atomic models for motional Stark effect diagnostic at low magnetic fields J. Ko, D.J. Den Hartog, K.J. Caspary, E.A. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		BP9.00097: Effects of boronization on reversed field pinch plasmas J.A. Goetz, J. Ko, D.J. Den Hartog, S.T. Limbach, P.J. Weix Preview Abstract
		BP9.00098: High-frequency Electron Temperature Fluctuations in MST E. Parke, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		BP9.00099: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		BP9.00100: Heavy Ion Beam Probe sample volume characteristics in the MST RFP and effects on single and multipoint measurements P.J. Fimognari, D.R. Demers, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		BP9.00101: Electron Temperature Measurement on MST Using SXR Brightness Meghan McGarry, Paolo Franz, Daniel Den Hartog, John Goetz Preview Abstract
		BP9.00102: Initial measurements from the new radial x-ray spectrometer on MST J.D. Lee, A.F. Almagri, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, D.J. Clayton, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		BP9.00103: LASER AND BEAM DRIVEN ACCELERATION Preview Abstract
		BP9.00104: Quasi-matched propagation of an ultrashort and intense laser pulse in a plasma channel Carlo Benedetti, Carl Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		BP9.00105: Coupling laser pulses and low-emittance lepton bunches into 10 GeV laser plasma stages David Bruhwiler, Estelle Cormier-Michel, Ben Cowan, John Cary, Cameron Geddes, Min Chen, Eric Esarey Preview Abstract
		BP9.00106: Low noise particle in cell simulations of laser plasma accelerator stages Estelle Cormier-Michel, D.L. Bruhwiler, B.M. Cowan, J.R. Cary, C.G.R. Geddes, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, W.P. Leemans Preview Abstract
		BP9.00107: Betatron radiation calculation and application for electron beams accelerated in laser plasma accelerators M. Chen, C.G.R. Geddes, G.R. Plateau, E. Esarey, C.B. Schroeder, S.S. Bulanov, C. Benedetti, W.P. Leemans Preview Abstract
		BP9.00108: Precise charge measurement for laser plasma accelerators Kei Nakamura, Anthony Gonsalves, Chen Lin, Thomas Sokollik, Satomi Shiraishi, Jeroen van Tilborg, Alan Smith, Dave Rodgers, Rick Donahue, Warren Byrne, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		BP9.00109: Recent OSIRIS simulation results of LWFA using the Lorentz boosted frame method P. Yu, W. Lu, F.S. Tsung, W.B. Mori, J. Vieira, R.A. Fonseca, J.L. Martins, L.O. Silva Preview Abstract
		BP9.00110: Full-scale EM-PIC modeling: new developments in the OSIRIS framework Ricardo Fonseca, Paulo Abreu, Frederico Fi\'uza, Joana Martins, Jorge Vieira, Luis Silva, Frank Tsung, Viktor Decyk, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		BP9.00111: Ion motion in the proton driven plasma wakefield accelerator Jorge Vieira, Nelson Lopes, Carlos Russo, Ricardo Fonseca, Warren Mori, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		BP9.00112: Plasma heating by ultra-short laser pulses creates waveguides suitable for guiding J.M. Dias, Nuno Lemos, J. Berardo, N. Lopes, G. Figueira, F. Fiuza, R.C. Issac, D.A. Jaroszynski, L.O. Silva Preview Abstract
		BP9.00113: Numerical simulations towards reaching high transformer ratio in the nonlinear regime of the PWFA Yun Fang, Warren Mori, Chengkun Huang, Weiming An, Patric Muggli Preview Abstract
		BP9.00114: Excitation of plasma wakefields with tailored electron bunches Patric Muggli, Brian Allen, Yun Fang, Vitaly Yakimenko, Mikhail Fedurin, Karl Kusche, Marcus Babzien, Christina Swinson, Robert Malone Preview Abstract
		BP9.00115: Improvements and recent PWFA simulation results with QuickPIC Weiming An, Viktor Decyk, Wei Lu, Chan Joshi, Warren Mori, Chengkun Huang Preview Abstract
		BP9.00116: Electron self-injection in a plasma wakefield accelerator in the strongly nonlinear regime due to inhomogeneous plasma density S.A. Yi, V. Khudik, T.H. Ratliff, G. Shvets Preview Abstract
		BP9.00117: High energy low divergence electron beams generated with gas mixtures in sub-milimeter length gas cells Jessica Shaw, Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Ken Marsh, Chan Joshi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00118: Beam quality from self and ionization induced trapping in the nonlinear LWFA regime Asher Davidson, Wei Lu, Chan Joshi, Luis Silva, Joana Martins, Ricardo Fonseca, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		BP9.00119: Laser wakefield acceleration using lasers with longitudinal and transverse frequency chirp V.B. Pathak, J. Vieira, R.A. Fonseca, L.O. Silva Preview Abstract
		BP9.00120: Controlling nonlinear optical evolution of the laser pulse for dark-current-free electron acceleration in the blowout regime S.Y. Kalmykov, B.A. Shadwick, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre Preview Abstract
		BP9.00121: Modeling GeV-class single-stage laser-plasma electron acceleration in the blowout regime K. Bunkers, S.Y. Kalmykov, B.A. Shadwick, D.P. Umstadter, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, B.M. Cowan, D.L. Bruhwiler Preview Abstract
		BP9.00122: Numerical methods for laser-plasma interactions J. Paxon Reyes, B.A. Shadwick Preview Abstract
		BP9.00123: Incremental chemical etching of CR-39 detectors for nondispersive proton spectroscopy with high resolution Chao Gong, Sergei Tochitsky, Dan Haberberger, Chan Joshi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00124: Laser-driven shock acceleration of monoenergetic ion beams Elisabetta Boella, Frederico Fiuza, Ricardo A. Fonseca, Luis O. Silva, Dan Haberberger, Sergei Tochitsky, Chao Gong, Warren B. Mori, Chan Joshi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00125: Medical Implication of Quasi-monoenergetic Proton Generated from Laser Acceleration of Ultra-thin Multi-Ion Foil Tung-Chang Liu, Xi Shao, Jao-Jang Su, Chuan-Sheng Liu, Minqing He, Bengt Eliasson, Roald Sagdeev Preview Abstract
		BP9.00126: Laser Radiation Pressure and Shock Acceleration of Quasi-Monoenergetic Protons in Thin Gas Target Min-Qing He, Xi Shao, Chuan-Sheng Liu, Tung-Chang Liu, Jao-Jang Su, Galina Dudnikova, Roald Sagdeev, Zheng-Ming Sheng Preview Abstract
		BP9.00127: Monoenergetic ion beam production through the generation of ion solitary waves in relativistically transparent plasma with a high intensity circularly polarized laser B.J. Albright, L. Yin, D. Jung, K.J. Bowers, R. Shah, S. Palaniyappan, J.C. Fern\'andez, B.M. Hegelich Preview Abstract
		BP9.00128: Study of the plasma expansion produced on ultra-thin foil targets with a high intensity and ultrashort laser pulse Semen Gnedyuk, Sylvain Fourmaux, Sebastien Buffechoux, Bruno Albertazzi, Francois Martin, Jean Claude Kieffer Preview Abstract
		BP9.00129: Conversion Efficiency Enhancement for Laser Generated Protons in Reduced Mass Targets Alessio Morace, Teresa Bartal, Louise Willingale, Joohwan Kim, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Karl Krushelnick, Mingsheng Wei, Bhooshan Paradkar, Dimitri Batani, Nicola Piovella, Richard Stephens, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		BP9.00130: Radiation Pressure Dominant Acceleration: Polarization and Radiation Reaction Effects in 3D PIC Simulations M. Tamburini, T.V. Liseykina, F. Pegoraro, A. Macchi Preview Abstract
		BP9.00131: Self-proton/ion radiography from high-intensity laser interactions with thin foil targets Y. Paudel, A.Ya. Faenov, Ph. Nicolai, E. d'Humieres, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, I. Shrestha, M.E. Weller, G.C. Osborne, V.V. Shlyaptseva, N. Renard-Le Galloudec Preview Abstract
		BP9.00132: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		BP9.00133: Directional Neutron Beams Using High-Intensity Ultrashort Laser Pulses A. Maksimchuk, F. Dollar, L. Willingale, G.M. Petrov, V. Chvykov, G. Kalinchenko, V. Yanovsky, C. Zulick, J. Davis, A. Thomas, K. Krushelnick Preview Abstract
		BP9.00134: LSP simulations of fast deuteron generation from CD$_{2}$ foils by high-intensity laser pulses Bin Qiao, D.P. Higginson, R.B. Stephens, G. Petrov, M.S. Wei, F.N. Beg Preview Abstract
		BP9.00135: Hot Electron generation from Laser and High-Z targets interaction Xin Wang, Edison Liang Preview Abstract
		BP9.00136: Observation of highly intense THz radiation from relativistic solid plasmas Sven Herzer, Amrutha Gopal, Albrecht Schmidt, Andreas Reinhard, Wolfgang Ziegler, Gerhard Paulus, Torsten May, Hans Georg Meyer Preview Abstract
		BP9.00137: Focusing Betatron Radiation Produced by Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electrons with a Spherically Curved Crystal M. Vargas, W. Schumaker, F. Dollar, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, V. Yanovsky, A. Maksimchuk, K. Krushelnick, A.G.R. Thomas Preview Abstract
		BP9.00138: Controlling the Betatron Oscillations of Accelerated Electron Beams by Temporally-Asymmetric Laser Pulses in LWFA Inhyuk Nam, Min Sup Hur, Han Sup Uhm, Nasr A.M. Hafz, Hyyong Suk Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

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Session BP9: Poster Session I: Magnetic Reconnection I; Plasma Astrophysics Theory; Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics; MST and Other Reversed Field Pinches; Laser and Beam Driven Acceleration

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