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 PP9: Poster Session VI: General and NSTX Spherical Torus; Other ICF and HEDP Physics and Diagnostics; Pinches, Plasma Focus, CRASH; Low Temperature Plasmas	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Room: Hall A

		PP9.00001: GENERAL SPHERICAL TORUS AND NSTX SPHERICAL TORUS Preview Abstract
		PP9.00002: Plasma Startup via Local Helicity Injection in Pegasus R.J. Fonck, J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, M.G. Burke, E.T. Hinson, A.J. Redd, N.L. Schoenbeck, D.J. Schlossberg, K.E. Thome Preview Abstract
		PP9.00003: Peeling Instability in the Pegasus ST M.W. Bongard, J.L. Barr, R.J. Fonck, A.J. Redd, D.J. Schlossberg Preview Abstract
		PP9.00004: Impedance Model for Outboard Midplane Helicity-Injection Sources E.T. Hinson, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, A.J. Redd Preview Abstract
		PP9.00005: MHD Evolution in Point-Source Helicity Injection Driven Plasmas on Pegasus J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, M.G. Burke, R.J. Fonck, E.T. Hinson, A.J. Redd Preview Abstract
		PP9.00006: Ohmic Confinement Studies in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment K.E. Thome, J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, M.G. Burke, A.S. Dowd, R.J. Fonck, A.J. Redd, D.J. Schlossberg Preview Abstract
		PP9.00007: Development of a Multichannel Spectrometer for the Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on Pegasus N.L. Schoenbeck, A.S. Dowd, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Schlossberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00008: Implementation of a Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on Pegasus D.J. Schlossberg, A.S. Dowd, R.J. Fonck, J.I. Moritz, N.L. Schoenbeck, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00009: Numerical Simulation of Non-inductive Startup in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment J.B. O'Bryan, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP9.00010: Results from the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Majeski, T. Abrams, L. Berzak, D.P. Boyle, M. Cassin, E.M. Granstedt, C.M. Jacobson, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, B.P. LeBlanc, D.P. Lundberg, M. Lucia, A. Ryou, J. Squire, D.P. Stotler, L. Zakharov, L.R. Baylor, T.M. Biewer, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi, K. Tritz, C.E. Thomas, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		PP9.00011: The design and status of a ChERS diagnostic for LTX T.M. Biewer, D. Boyle, T.K. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Maingi, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP9.00012: Results from the LTX High-Speed Digital Holography System C. E. (Tommy) Thomas Jr., L.R. Baylor, S.K. Combs, S.J. Meitner, D.A. Rasmussen, E.M. Granstedt, D.P. Lundberg, C.M. Jacobson, R. Majeski, R. Kaita Preview Abstract
		PP9.00013: Accurate Physical and Electromagnetic Tokamak Model Developed with a Response Function Technique L. Berzak Hopkins, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, L. Zakharov Preview Abstract
		PP9.00014: First Electron Temperature Profile Measurements on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment C.M. Jacobson, R. Kaita, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Majeski, Q. Zang Preview Abstract
		PP9.00015: Effect of Molecular Cluster Injector Fueling on Lithium Tokamak Experiment Plasmas with Lithium-Coated Walls D.P. Lundberg, E. Granstedt, R. Kaita, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP9.00016: Spectroscopic Measurements on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment E.M. Granstedt, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi, K. Tritz, V.A. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		PP9.00017: Simulations of Diffusive Lithium Evaporation onto the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Vessel Walls T. Abrams, D.P. Stotler, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP9.00018: Equilibrium reconstruction and interpretive edge modeling for LTX J. Squire, E. Granstedt, C.M. Jacobson, M. Jaworski, R. Kaita, D. Lundberg, R. Majeski, J. Menard Preview Abstract
		PP9.00019: The Spherical Tokamak MEDUSA for Mexico C. Ribeiro, M. Salvador, J. Gonzalez, O. Munoz , A. Tapia, V. Arredondo, R. Chavez, A. Nieto, J. Gonzalez, A. Garza, I. Estrada, E. Jasso, C. Acosta, C. Briones, G. Cavazos, J. Martinez, J. Morones, J. Almaguer, R. Fonck Preview Abstract
		PP9.00020: Design and Construction of Versatile Experiment Spherical Torus (VEST) at Seoul National University YoungHwa An, Kyoung-Jae Chung, BongKi Jung, HyunYeong Lee, ChoongKi Sung, Hyun-Seok Kim, Yong-Su Na, Yong-Seok Hwang Preview Abstract
		PP9.00021: Overview of NSTX Research Operations and Facility Upgrades Masayuki Ono Preview Abstract
		PP9.00022: Control Development for NSTX and the Effects of Strong Shaping Egemen Kolemen, D.A. Gates, S.P. Gerhardt, D.A. Humphreys, D. Mueller, V. Soukhanovskii, M.L. Walker Preview Abstract
		PP9.00023: System Modeling, Validation, and Design of Shape Controllers for NSTX M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys, N.W. Eidietis, J.A. Leuer, A.S. Welander, E. Kolemen Preview Abstract
		PP9.00024: Overview of NSTX Liquid Lithium Divertor Performance and Divertor Upgrade Plans R. Kaita, H. Kugel, M.G. Bell, R. Bell, M. Diallo, S. Gerhardt, M. Jaworski, J. Kallman, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, D. Mansfield, J. Menard, D. Mueller, S. Paul, A.L. Roquemore, F. Scotti, C.H. Skinner, L. Zakharov, J.P. Allain, A. McLean, R. Maingi, R. Nygren, R. Raman, S. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		PP9.00025: Plasma facing surface composition during Li evaporation in NSTX and LTX C.H. Skinner, M. Jaworski, H.W. Kugel, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, V. Surla, R. Sullerberger, B. Koel Preview Abstract
		PP9.00026: Measurements of core lithium concentration in NSTX R.E. Bell, M. Podesta, B.P. Leblanc, A. Diallo, F. Scotti Preview Abstract
		PP9.00027: 2-D thermal response calculations of the liquid lithium divertor on NSTX K. Gan, A.G. McLean, J-W. Ahn, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00028: L-H power threshold scaling with magnetic geometry on NSTX and the role of ion orbit loss D.J. Battaglia, C.-S. Chang, S.M. Kaye, S. Ku, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00029: Edge turbulence and flow behavior preceding L-H and H-L transitions in NSTX Y. Sechrest, T. Munsat, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		PP9.00030: Effect of collisionality on energy transport in NSTX Stanley Kaye, Stefan Gerhardt, Rajesh Maingi, Ron Bell, Ahmed Diallo, Benoit LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		PP9.00031: Density fluctuation measurement by FIReTIP for the Enhanced Pedestal H-mode on NSTX K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., R. Kaita, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00032: Turbulence suppression and poloidal flow dynamics at the L-H transition in NSTX D.S. Thompson, R.J. Fonck, G.R. McKee, D.R. Smith, I.U. Uzun-Kaymak Preview Abstract
		PP9.00033: Edge turbulence changes with increasing lithium coating in NSTX Bin Cao, Stewart Zweben, Daren Stotler, Ahmed Diallo, Benoit LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		PP9.00034: Studies of impurity transport in NSTX with the edge multi-energy SXR diagnostic D.J. Clayton, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, D. Kumar, D. Stutman, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		PP9.00035: Study of C and Li neoclassical transport in NSTX Li-conditioned ELM-free H-mode discharges F. Scotti, V.A. Soukhanovskii, S. Kaye, R. Andre, S. Gerhardt, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, B.P. Leblanc, M. Podest\`a, S.A. Sabbagh, H.W. Kugel, R. Kaita, M.G. Bell Preview Abstract
		PP9.00036: Effect of lithium on the power exhaust channel in NST Travis Gray, Adam McLean, Rajesh Maingi, Michael Jaworski, Tom Osborne, Vlad Soukanouvskii Preview Abstract
		PP9.00037: Heuristic Drift-Based Model for the Power Scrape-off Width in H-Mode Tokamaks at Low Gas Puff Robert Goldston Preview Abstract
		PP9.00038: Determination of Sheath Heat Transmission Coefficient in NSTX Discharges with Applied Lithium Coatings J. Kallman, M.A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, A. McLean, V. Surla Preview Abstract
		PP9.00039: Effect of 3-D magnetic perturbations on pedestal structure and transport in NSTX J.M. Canik, J.-W. Ahn, R. Maingi, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, S.P. Gerhardt, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, J.-K. Park, M. Podesta, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		PP9.00040: Amplifying and Transforming of External Error Field by Scrape-Off-Layer Current (SOLC) in Tokamaks Hironori Takahashi, Eric Fredrickson, Stefan Gerhardt, Stewart Zweben Preview Abstract
		PP9.00041: Characterization of small transport events triggered with n=3 fields below the ELM destabilization threshold in NSTX J.D. Lore, J.M. Canik, R. Maingi, J.W. Ahn, E.D. Fredrickson, A.G. McLean, F. Scotti, V. Soukhanovskii, K. Tritz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00042: Observations of ELM Magnetic Precursors and Harmonic Oscillations in NSTX F. Kelly, E. Frederickson, R. Bell, K. Tritz, H. Takahashi, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00043: Measurements of Divertor Particle and Energy Deposition Profiles During Transient Events in NSTX Vijay Surla, Michael Jaworski, Vlad Soukhanovskii, Travis Gray, Robert Kaita, Josh Kallman, Henry Kugel, Adam McLean, David Ruzic, Filippo Scotti Preview Abstract
		PP9.00044: Correlation Between ELM Average SOL Velocities, ELM Sizes, and Pedestal Temperatures and Gradients in NSTX R.Q. Maingi, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00045: Progress toward Triggering ELMs with Injected Li Granules on NSTX D. Mansfield, A.L. Roquemore, H.W. Kugel, L.R. Baylor, R. Maingi, P. Parks, W. Wu Preview Abstract
		PP9.00046: The role of kinetic dissipation in modifying RWM eigenfunctions Jonathan Menard, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		PP9.00047: Validation of RWM Kinetic Stability Model and Physics Implications in NSTX J. Bialek, J.W. Berkery, S.A. Sabbagh, R. Betti, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, S.P. Gerhardt, B.P. LeBlanc, J. Manickam, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
		PP9.00048: Onset conditions for disruptions during VDEs Janardhan Manickam, Stefan Gerhardt, Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		PP9.00049: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP9.00050: Detailed drive balance for NTMs on the MAST tokamak Jack Snape, Kieran Gibson, Thomas O'Gorman, Howard Wilson Preview Abstract
		PP9.00051: MHD Simulations of Disruptions in NSTX J.A. Breslau, H.R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, S.C. Jardin Preview Abstract
		PP9.00052: Formation of long-lived phase space structures by high frequency Alfv\'en Eigenmodes through the Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, E. Belova, N.A. Crocker, G. Kramer Preview Abstract
		PP9.00053: Comparison of measurements and modeling of beam ion loss during TAE avalanches in NSTX Douglass Darrow, N. Crocker, E. Fredrickson, N. Gorelenkov, M. Podesta, L. Shi, R. White Preview Abstract
		PP9.00054: Modeling of the effect of TAEs and TAE avalanches on neutral beam ion orbits in NSTX L. Shi, N. Crocker, D. Darrow, E. Fredrickson, N. Gorelenkov, M. Podesta, R. White Preview Abstract
		PP9.00055: Novel Alfv\'{e}n eigenmode structure measurements in NSTX via reflectometry N.A. Crocker, W.A. Peebles, S. Kubota, J. Zhang, R.E. Bell, E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, M. Podest\`a, S.A. Sabbagh, K. Tritz, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP9.00056: Fast Ion Redistribution and CAE Destabilization in Presence of Low Frequency MHD, in NSTX H-mode Plasmas Alessandro Bortolon, Eric Fredrickson, Gerrit Kramer, Mario Podesta, William Heidbrink Preview Abstract
		PP9.00057: Comparison of Fast-ion D-alpha Measurements with Classical Theory W.W. Heidbrink, A. Bortolon, E. Ruskov, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
		PP9.00058: Transient energetic charge exchange flux enhancement observed in NSTX neutral-beam-heated H-mode discharges S.S. Medley, G.J. Kramer, R.E. Bell, E. Belova, E.D. Fredrickson, S.P. Gerhardt, B.P. LeBlanc, M. Podest\'a, Y. Ren, A.L. Roquemore, N.A. Crocker Preview Abstract
		PP9.00059: Progress on CHI and MGI Experiments on NSTX R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, D. Mueller, S.P. Gerhardt, H.W. Kugel, G. Taylor Preview Abstract
		PP9.00060: Comparing resistive MHD simulations and experiments of Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) in NSTX E.B. Hooper, C.R. Sovinec, R. Raman, J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
		PP9.00061: Performance of High Non-Inductive Current Fraction H-Modes Generated by HHFW Heating in NSTX G. Taylor, N. Bertelli, J.C. Hosea, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Perkins, C.K. Phillips, M. Podesta, E.J. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, P.T. Bonoli, J.C. Wright, R.W. Harvey, E.F. Jaeger, P.M. Ryan Preview Abstract
		PP9.00062: Effects of the Spatial Extent of Multiple Cyclotron Harmonic Layers J.W. Burby, G.J. Kramer, C.K. Phillips, E.J. Valeo Preview Abstract
		PP9.00063: Evaluation of the High Power Performance of the Upgraded NSTX HHFW Antenna P.M. Ryan, A. McLean, J.C. Hosea, B.P. LeBlanc, R.J. Perkins, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson, R.I. Pinsker Preview Abstract
		PP9.00064: MPTS Operation and Recent Upgrade B.P. LeBlanc, A. Diallo, G. Labik, D.R. Stevens Preview Abstract
		PP9.00065: Initial results from the NSTX Real-Time Velocity diagnostic M. Podesta, R.E. Bell Preview Abstract
		PP9.00066: Absolute Calibration of the Neutron Monitoring System for NSTX A.L. Roquemore, D.S. Darrow, S.S. Medley Preview Abstract
		PP9.00067: The ME-SXR fast electron temperature diagnostic for NSTX K. Tritz, D. Clayton, M. Finkenthal, D. Kumar, D. Stutman Preview Abstract
		PP9.00068: SXR to XUV imaging diagnostics for NSTX Upgrade D. Stutman, K. Tritz, D.J. Clayton, D. Kumar, M. Finkenthal Preview Abstract
		PP9.00069: Dual-band infrared observation of temperature dynamics on the NSTX liquid lithium divertor (LLD) A.G. McLean, J-W. Ahn, T.K. Grey, R. Maingi, J.H. Nichols, H.W. Kugel, A.L. Roquemore Preview Abstract
		PP9.00070: Design and Deployment of a Wide-Angle Two-Color Infrared Camera with Optical Relay on NSTX J.H. Nichols, A.G. McLean, R. Maingi, J.-W. Ahn, A.L. Roquemore, B.C. Stratton, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, K. Gan, M. Benjamin Preview Abstract
		PP9.00071: Implementation of millimeter-wave polarimetry on NSTX Jie Zhang, William Peebles, Neal Crocker, Troy Carter, Shigeyuki Kubota, Walter Guttenfelder Preview Abstract
		PP9.00072: High-resolution Time-resolved Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy on NSTX J.K. Lepson, P. Beiersdorfer, J. Clementson, M. Bitter, K. Hill, R. Kaita, L. Roquemore, C.H. Skinner, G. Zimmer Preview Abstract
		PP9.00073: OTHER ICF AND HEDP PHYSICS AND DIAGNOSTICS Preview Abstract
		PP9.00074: Low-density foam characterization using monochromatic soft x-ray sources J.M. Taccetti, P.A. Keiter, N. Lanier, B.M. Patterson Preview Abstract
		PP9.00075: Manipulating nonstationary plasmas through wave-particle interactions Paul Schmit, Ilya Dodin, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP9.00076: Using Monoenergetic Proton Radiography to Probe Magnetic Reconnection of Laser-Generated Plasma Bubbles M. Rosenberg, C. Li, F.H. Seguin, J. Frenje, M. Manuel, R. Petrasso, C. Stoeckl, V. Glebov, J. Kilkenny, A. Nikroo Preview Abstract
		PP9.00077: Adiabatic compression and expansion of a plasma jet Chiping Chen Preview Abstract
		PP9.00078: Rarefaction Waves in Van der Waals Fluids Albert Yuen, John Barnard, Richard More Preview Abstract
		PP9.00079: Electrical conductivity and equation of state data from Ohmically exploded tamped planar foils E.L. Ruden, D.J. Amdahl, R.H. Cooksey, T.P. Fleming, F.T. Analla, D.J. Brown, M.R. Kostora, J.F. Camacho Preview Abstract
		PP9.00080: Measurements of Sound Velocity of Diamond at the Pressure Around the Melt K. Shigemori, K. Shimizu, Y. Asakura, D. Hayashi, Y. Nakamoto, T. Kagayama, T. Sakaiya, T. Kondo, H. Sumiya, T. Irifune, K. Kurosawa, S. Sugita, T. Kadono, Y. Hironaka Preview Abstract
		PP9.00081: Modeling of EOS and Ion Coupling Experiments on NDCX-II* J.J. Barnard, F.M. Bieniosek, A. Friedman, E. Henestroza, B.G. Logan, W. Liu, R.M. More, P.A. Ni, A. Yuen, N.A. Tahir Preview Abstract
		PP9.00082: Modeling droplet breakup effects with diffuse interface methods in ALE-AMR code with application in modeling NDCX-II experiments Wangyi Liu, John Barnard, Alex Friedman, Nathan Masters, Aaron Fisher, Alice Koniges, David Eder Preview Abstract
		PP9.00083: A possible 12C(n,2n)11C total cross section measurement Andrew Evans, Keith Mann, Mark Yuly Preview Abstract
		PP9.00084: Radiative diagnostics for sub-Larmor scale magnetic turbulence S.J. Reynolds, M.V. Medvedev Preview Abstract
		PP9.00085: Electron density and temperature measurements of laser-produced plasmas from electron-feature Thomson-Scattering Jena Meinecke, Bradley Pollock, Chris Stoafer, James Ross, Laurent Divol, George Tynan, Siegfried Glenzer Preview Abstract
		PP9.00086: High Resolution Shadowgraphy and Interferometry at 266nm for 1-MA Z-Pinches Sara Altemara, Vladimir Ivanov, Daniel Papp, Austin Anderson, Alexey Astanovitskiy Preview Abstract
		PP9.00087: On Optimizing K-Shell X-ray Conversion Efficiencies with New Nano-structured Laser Targets Jeffrey Colvin, Supakit Charnvanichborikarn, Tom Felter, Chad Flores, Kevin Fournier, Dustin Gilbert, Sergei Kucheyev, Kai Liu Preview Abstract
		PP9.00088: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP9.00089: Upgrade of a Theta Pinch Plasma Source for Energetic Plasma Flow Generation Soonwook Jung, Daniel Andruczyk, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		PP9.00090: Optimization of Shielded Scintillator for Neutron Detection Patrick Belancourt, John Morrison, Kramer Akli, Richard Freeman Preview Abstract
		PP9.00091: Advances in compact proton spectrometers for diagnosing ICF experiments F.H. Seguin, N. Sinenian, M. Manuel, H.G. Rinderknecht, M. Rosenberg, A. Zylstra, J. Frenje, C.K. Li, R. Petrasso, S. Roberts, T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
		PP9.00092: Detecting charged fusion products in high-fluence conditions on OMEGA and the NIF C. Waugh, M. Rosenberg, A. Zylstra, H. Rinderknecht, N. Sinenian, M. Manuel, D. Casey, M. Gatu Johnson, C.K. Li, F. Seguin, J. Frenje, R. Petrasso, V. Glebov, T.C. Sangster, S. Pape, R. Bionta, A. Mackinnon, O. Landen, Y. Kim, H. Hermann, J. Kilkenny, A. Nikroo Preview Abstract
		PP9.00093: New Imaging Geometry for Measuring Ion Temperatures with a Crystal Spectrometer on NIF P. Beiersdorfer, E. Wang, A. Graf, M. Schneider, R. Shepherd, M. Bitter, K.W. Hill Preview Abstract
		PP9.00094: Optimization of Neutron Activation of Carbon at the NIF S. Padalino, D. Polsin, M. Russ, T. Sangster Preview Abstract
		PP9.00095: Multiple Monochromatic Imaging (MMI) Status and Plans for LANL Campaigns on Omega and NIF F.J. Wysocki, S.C. Hsu, I.L. Tregillis, M.J. Schmitt, G.A. Kyrala, D.D. Martinson, T.J. Murphy, R.C. Mancini, T. Nagayama Preview Abstract
		PP9.00096: A versatile facility for advanced diagnostics development for OMEGA, Z and the NIF D.T. Casey, N. Sinenian, M. Manuel, M. Rosenberg, A. Zylstra, H.G. Rinderknecht, C. Waugh, H. Sio, M. Gatu Johnson, J. Frenje, C.K. Li, F.H. Seguin, R. Petrasso, R. Leeper, C.L. Ruiz, T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
		PP9.00097: Ion temperature measurements in shock-driven implosions on OMEGA and the NIF H. Sio, A. Zylstra, M. Rosenberg, C. Waugh, H. Rinderknecht, N. Sinenian, M. Manuel, D. Casey, M. Gatu Johnson, C.K. Li, F. Seguin, J. Frenje, R. Petrasso, V.Yu. Glebov, P.B. Radha, J. Delettrez, P. Mckenty, C. Stoeckl, T.C. Sangster, S. Pape, R. Bionta, A. Mackinnon, O. Landen, J. Kilkenny, A. Nikroo Preview Abstract
		PP9.00098: Dilation X-ray Imager (DIXI): A Sub-10ps \mbox{X-ray} Framing Camera for the NIF T.J. Hilsabeck, J.D. Kilkennny, T. Chung, B.S. Sammuli, J.D. Hares, A.K.L. Dymoke-Bradshaw, P.M. Bell, D.K. Bradley, S.R. Nagel Preview Abstract
		PP9.00099: Bang Time and Burn Width Analysis at the NIF E. Grafil, H.W. Herrmann, W. Stoeffl, Y. Kim, N.M. Hoffman, C.S Young, J.M. Mack, P.W. Watts, A.C. Carpenter, J. Church, L. Bernstein, J. Liebman, M. Rubery, C.J. Horsefield, E.K. Miller Preview Abstract
		PP9.00100: Gamma Reaction History Backgrounds at the NIF J.A. Church, W.S. Stoeffl, P.W. Watts, A.C. Carpenter, J. Liebman, H.W. Herrmann, Y.H. Kim, E. Grafil Preview Abstract
		PP9.00101: Neutron imaging development for ICF experiments Olivier Landoas, T. Caillaud, B. Rosse, M. Briat, I. Thfoin, S. Kime, S. Laffite, F. Philippe, J.L. Bourgade, L. Disdier, V. Yu Glebov, F.J. Marshall, T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
		PP9.00102: PINCHES, PLASMA FOCUS, CRASH Preview Abstract
		PP9.00103: PIC Simulations of Dense Plasma Focus Z-pinch A. Schmidt, D. Blackfield, V. Tang, D. Welch, D. Rose Preview Abstract
		PP9.00104: Cavitation and hollow foam-like structure formation in the dense core of exploded wire S.A. Pikuz, T.A. Shelkovenko, P.F. Knapp, C.L. Hoyt, D.A. Hammer, V.V. Zhakhovsky Preview Abstract
		PP9.00105: Improved Non-Local Radiation Coupling Model for Mach2-TCRE Joseph Thornhill, John Giuliani, Young Chong, John Apruzese Preview Abstract
		PP9.00106: Stagnation of a Gas Puff Z Pinch Henry Strauss Preview Abstract
		PP9.00107: Magneto Rayleigh Taylor Diagnostic Experiments on a MA-LTD David Chalenski, Ronal Gilgenbach, Jacob Zier, Yue Ying Lau, Sonal Patel, Adam Steiner, Andrew McKelvey, Nicholas Holmes Preview Abstract
		PP9.00108: Spectroscopic Analysis of First Experiments of Al Planar Foils and Single Planar Wire Arrays on Zebra at UNR* H.A. Zunino, M.E. Weller, A. Stafford, A.S. Safronova, V.I. Kantsyrev, A.S. Chuvatin, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, V.V. Shlyaptseva, S.F. Keim Preview Abstract
		PP9.00109: Decomposition of neutron signals into separate pulses and estimation of the proportion of scattered neutrons at PF-1000 Jiri Hitschfel, P. Kubes, D. Klir, K. Rezac, M. Paduch, M. Scholz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00110: Hybrid X pinches T.A. Shelkovenko, S.A. Pikuz, P.F. Knapp, A.D. Cahill, C.L. Hoyt, D.A. Hammer, S.N. Mishin, A.R. Mingaleev, V.M. Romanova, I.N. Tilikin, A.E. Ter-Oganesyan Preview Abstract
		PP9.00111: Neutron Diagnostics of a Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-pinch on the Level of 3 MA Karel Rezac, Daniel Klir, Pavel Kubes, Jozef Kravarik, Alexander Shishlov, Aleksey Labetsky, Nicolai Ratakhin Preview Abstract
		PP9.00112: Cylindrical Liner Z-pinch Experiments on MAGPIE Guy Burdiak, Sergey Lebedev, Adam Harvey-Thompson, George Swadling, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, Philip de Grouchy, Jonathon Skidmore, Gareth Hall, Essa Khoory, Louisa Pickworth, Lee Suttle, Simon Bland Preview Abstract
		PP9.00113: The effect of electron beams on emission line ratios used in spectroscopic diagnostics Nicholas Ouart, John Giuliani, Arati Dasgupta, John Apruzese, Robert Clark Preview Abstract
		PP9.00114: Spectroscopy of Ablated Aluminum Foil Plasmas Driven by MA-LTD S.G. Patel, J.C. Zier, D.A. Chalenski, R.M. Gilgenbach, A.M. Steiner, Y.Y. Lau Preview Abstract
		PP9.00115: Radiation characteristics of Al wire arrays on Z* C.A. Coverdale, D.J. Ampleford, B. Jones, M.E. Cuneo, S. Hansen, C.A. Jennings, N. Moore, S.C. Jones, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
		PP9.00116: Ablation and Implosion Dynamics Of Coiled Wire Arrays Gareth Hall, Sergey Lebedev, Simon Bland, Jeremy Chittenden, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, Philip de Grouchy, Adam Harvey-Thompson, George Swadling, Guy Burdiak, Louisa Pickworth, Essa Khoory, Jonathan Skidmore, Lee Suttle, Nicolas Niasse, Kwek Hiang Preview Abstract
		PP9.00117: Interaction of radiatively cooled plasma jets with static gas and collimated supersonic gas jets F. Suzuki-Vidal, S.V. Lebedev, J. Skidmore, M. Bocchi, S.N. Bland, G. Burdiak, J.P. Chittenden, P. de Grouchy, G.N. Hall, A.J. Harvey-Thompson, E. Khoory, L.A. Pickworth, L. Suttle, G.F. Swadling, M. Krishnan, R.E. Madden, K.W. Elliot, P.L. Coleman, A. Ciardi Preview Abstract
		PP9.00118: New Exact MHD Solutions Describing the Stagnating Z-pinch plasma A.L. Velikovich, J.L. Giuliani, J.W. Thornhill, S.T. Zalesak, Y. Maron, A. Starobinets, E.P. Yu Preview Abstract
		PP9.00119: Neutron and X-ray emissions in the FN-II dense plasma focus with needle implanted electrodes Julio Herrera, Fermin Castillo, Jose Rangel, Isabel Gamboa, Guillermo Espinosa, Jose-Ignacio Golzarri Preview Abstract
		PP9.00120: Study of magnetic field evolution in planar wire Z-pinch experiments Maria Pia Valdivia, Joohwan Kim, Derek Mariscal, Gilbert Collins IV, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		PP9.00121: Analysis of Ag Single-Wire Explosion Experiments on 1 MA Zebra pulsed power generator at UNR S.F. Keim, M.E. Weller, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, A.A. Esaulov, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, V.V. Shlyaptseva Preview Abstract
		PP9.00122: Laser Cut X-pinches Gilbert Collins, Maria Pia Valdivia, Joohwan Kim, Jun Yi, Kanchana Gunasekera, Farhat Beg, Rich Stephens Preview Abstract
		PP9.00123: The LLNL High-gradient Z-pinch Ion Probe Experiment V. Tang, S. Falabella, G. Guethlein, A. Schmidt, D. Blackfield, E. Cook, S. Hawkins, B. Rusnak, M. Adams, G. Akana, E. Anaya, C. Holmes, H. McLean, T. Houck, J. Watson, Y-J. Chen, G. Caporaso, D. Welch, D. Rose Preview Abstract
		PP9.00124: Estimating the inductance at the PF-1000 plasma focus Jiri Kortanek, Pavel Kubes, Josef Kravarik, Karel Rezac, Daniel Klir, Marian Paduch, Marek Scholz, Eva Zielinska Preview Abstract
		PP9.00125: A comparison of discrete-ordinates and flux-limited-diffusion methods for modeling radiation transport in radiative shock tubes Eric S. Myra, Wm. Daryl Hawkins Preview Abstract
		PP9.00126: Shock Capturing Anomalies and the Jump Conditions in One Dimension Daniel Zaide, Philip Roe Preview Abstract
		PP9.00127: Investigation of Mixed Cell Treatment via the Support Operator Method Nick Patterson, Katsuyo Thornton Preview Abstract
		PP9.00128: The Modeling of Turbulent Radiative Shocks with Applications to High-Energy-Density Physics and Astrophysics Tiberius Moran-Lopez, James Holloway, Oleg Schilling Preview Abstract
		PP9.00129: Laser Energy Deposition Package for CRASH B.R. Torralva, I.V. Sokolov, B. van der Holst, G. Toth, M.J. Grosskopf, K.G. Powel, R.P. Drake Preview Abstract
		PP9.00130: Validation and Verification of the multi-material EOS and Opacity Model used in CRASH Igor Sokolov, R. Paul Drake Preview Abstract
		PP9.00131: Effects of Opacity Uncertainties on Simulations of Radiative Shock Experiments Bruce Fryxell, Eric Myra Preview Abstract
		PP9.00132: Computer Model Calibration Using Outputs From Multi Fidelity Simulators Joslin Goh, Derek Bingham, James Paul Holloway, Mike J. Grosskopf, Forrest W. Doss, Erica Rutter, Carolyn C. Kuranz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00133: Incorporating Gradient Information for Uncertainty Quantification using Response Surface Methods Johann Dahm, Colin Miranda, Krzysztof Fidkowski, Kenneth Powell Preview Abstract
		PP9.00134: Target Fabrication for OMEGA Campaigns at the University of Michigan S.R. Klein, R.P. Drake, C.C. Kuranz, M.J. Grosskopf, D.C. Marion, C.M. Huntington, C. di Stefano, C.M. Krauland, E.J. Gamboa, R.S. Gillespie Preview Abstract
		PP9.00135: Evolution of a radiative shock system on the Omega laser facility Carolyn Kuranz, R.P. Drake, M.J. Grosskopf, C.M. Krauland, F.W. Doss, C.M. Huntington, B. Torralva, E. Rutter, S.R. Klein, D.C. Marion Preview Abstract
		PP9.00136: Imaging X-Ray Thomson Scattering E.J. Gamboa, C.C. Kuranz, C.M. Huntington, M.R. Trantham, R.P. Drake, D.S. Montgomery, J.F. Benage, S.A. Letzring Preview Abstract
		PP9.00137: A Data-Model Comparison Using a Novel X-Ray Thomson Scattering Diagnostic M.R. Trantham, E.J. Gamboa, R.P. Drake Preview Abstract
		PP9.00138: Modeling the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in High-Energy-Density Experiments Using CRASH Code Erica Rutter, R.P. Drake, K.I. Gasior, M.J. Grosskopf, C.C. Kuranz, B. Fryxell Preview Abstract
		PP9.00139: Simulation of Experiments Generating Collisionless Shocks With Intense Lasers Using the CRASH Code M.J. Grosskopf, R.P. Drake, C.C. Kuranz, E.M. Rutter, H.S. Park, N.L. Kugland, S. Pollaine, J.S. Ross, B.A. Remington, D. Ryutov, A. Spitkovsky, L. Gargate, G. Gregori, A. Bell, C. Murphy, Y. Sakawa, Y. Kuramitsu, H. Takabe, D.H. Froula, G. Fiksel, F. Miniati, M. Koenig, A. Ravasio, E. Liang, N. Woosley Preview Abstract
		PP9.00140: Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability with Biermann Battery Effect Chuan-Chih (Jason) Chou, Bruce Fryxell, R. Paul Drake, Bart van der Holst Preview Abstract
		PP9.00141: Turbulence characteristics of the mixing region in the planar Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability Pooya Movahed, Sreenivas Varadan, Eric Johnsen Preview Abstract
		PP9.00142: LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		PP9.00143: Standoff Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds In Air Using Laser Induced Fluorescence Jerry Clark, Alonzo Alexander, Delonia Wiggins, Sydney Williams, Charlemagne Akpovo, Ephrem Mezonlin, Joseph A. Johnson III Preview Abstract
		PP9.00144: Measurement of Electron Temperature and Plasma Density via Thomson Scattering and Electric Probe in Low Temperature Plasmas Hyun-Jong Woo, Kyu-Sun Chung, Taihyeop Lho Preview Abstract
		PP9.00145: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP9.00146: A spectroscopic study of the initial stages of pulsed glow discharges in noble gases V.I. Demidov, S.F. Adams, E.A. Bogdanov, A.A. Kudryavtsev, J.M. Williamson Preview Abstract
		PP9.00147: Numerical studies of helicon plasmas in the lower hybrid resonance frequency range Suwon Cho Preview Abstract
		PP9.00148: Low Pressure High Density Plasma Development on a Small Helicon Plasma Experiment (HPX)* R.W. James, L.A. Allen, R.N. Paolino, N. Thayer, B. Romano, B.S. Stutzman, C. Welicka Preview Abstract
		PP9.00149: Production of H, D, and He Plasmas in the ORNL High Flux Helicon Plasma Source R.H. Goulding, T.M. Biewer, J.B.O. Caughman, G.C. Chen, L.W. Owen, D.O. Sparks Preview Abstract
		PP9.00150: EBW and Whistler propagation and damping in a linear device S.J. Diem, J.B.O. Caughman, R.W. Harvey, Yu. Petrov Preview Abstract
		PP9.00151: Operation of a microwave plasma source for electron heating and antenna testing J.B.O. Caughman, T.S. Bigelow, S.J. Diem, R.H. Goulding, D.A. Rasmussen, C.R. Schaich, T.L. White Preview Abstract
		PP9.00152: Cold plasma selectivity in the interaction with various types of the cells Olga Volotskova, Mary Ann Stepp, Michael Keidar Preview Abstract
		PP9.00153: Application of electrostatic Langmuir probe to atmospheric arc plasmas Michael Keidar, Alexey Shashurin, Jian Li, Taisen Zhuang, Yevgeny Raitses, Isak Beilis Preview Abstract
		PP9.00154: Characteristics of line pulsed glow discharge plasma at atmospheric pressure for preparation of amorphous carbon films K. Fukui, M. Miyamae, Y. Kikuchi, Y. Matsuo, Y. Horiguchi, Y. Nishimura, M. Nagata, M. Yatsuzuka Preview Abstract
		PP9.00155: Plasma parameter measurements in a small-size atmospheric plasma jets Alexey Shashurin, Michael Keidar Preview Abstract
		PP9.00156: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP9.00157: Laser-based measurement of 3-dimensional dust trajectory in plasma Kil-Byoung Chai, Wonho Choe Preview Abstract
		PP9.00158: Modeling and simulation of arc discharges for nanoparticle synthesis Madhusudhan Kundrapu, Jian Li, Alexey Shashurin, Michael Keidar Preview Abstract
		PP9.00159: Ion Acceleration in Rotating Magnetized Plasma N.J. Fisch, Y. Raitses, A. Fruchtman Preview Abstract
		PP9.00160: Azimuthal Dynamics and Transport in a Two Dimensional Hall Thruster Hybrid Model Eduardo Fernandez, Mark Cappelli Preview Abstract
		PP9.00161: Conditions and growth rate of Rayleigh instability in a Hall thruster under the effect of ionization Sukhmander Singh, Hitendra Kumar Malik Preview Abstract
		PP9.00162: Generalized Causes and Consequences of Sheath Instability in Hall Thruster Simulations Michael Campanell, Alexander V. Khrabrov, Igor D. Kaganovich, Dmytro Sydorenko Preview Abstract
		PP9.00163: Experimental determination of plasma detachment from the diverging magnetic nozzle of the VASIMR VX-200 Electric Thruster Christopher Olsen, Jared Squire, Benjamin Longmier, Maxwell Ballenger, Leonard Cassady, Mark Carter, Andrew Ilin, Paul Cloutier, Edgar Bering, Matthew Giambusso Preview Abstract
		PP9.00164: Cross-field electron transport through a rotating spoke in Hall thrusters Yevgeny Raitses, Leland Ellison, Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP9.00165: Isotope Exchange Experiments in Divertor and First Wall Materials in PISCES Joseph Barton, Thomas Schwarz-Selinger, Yongqiang Wang, Russell Doerner, George Tynan Preview Abstract
		PP9.00166: Rotating plasmas as mass filters for nuclear waste Abraham Fetterman, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP9.00167: A New Optical Method to Measure Electron Impact Excitation Cross Sections of Atoms in a Metastable State Peeyush Sahay, Susan T. Scherrer, Chuji Wang Preview Abstract
		PP9.00168: Electron-ion recombination in laser-produced plasmas using optical interferometry Nathan Heilmann, Justin Peatross, Scott Bergeson Preview Abstract
		PP9.00169: Plasma-Surface Interactions in 2D and 3D Simulations for Materials Processing Paul Moroz Preview Abstract
		PP9.00170: On the exploration of molten salt (FLiNaK) interaction with plasma Yong-Sup Choi, HyonJae Park, Taihyeop Lho Preview Abstract
		PP9.00171: Study on hydrogen retention produced from reaction of FLiNaK in ECR plasma Hyunjae Park, Yong-sup Choi, Taiheop Lho Preview Abstract
		PP9.00172: Rate Change Graph Technology: Absolute Value Point Methodology Ken Strickland, Michael DuVernois Preview Abstract
		PP9.00173: An Alpha Schottky Junction Power Source Marc Litz, James Carroll, Stan Henriquez Preview Abstract

About APS

The American Physical Society (APS) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance the knowledge of physics.

Headquarters 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3844 (301) 209-3200
Editorial Office 100 Motor Pkwy, Suite 110, Hauppauge, NY 11788 (631) 591-4000
Office of Public Affairs 529 14th St NW, Suite 1050, Washington, D.C. 20045-2001 (202) 662-8700

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 PP9: Poster Session VI: General and NSTX Spherical Torus; Other ICF and HEDP Physics and Diagnostics; Pinches, Plasma Focus, CRASH; Low Temperature Plasmas

Follow Us

Engage

My APS

Information for

About APS