Bulletin of the American Physical Society

54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 57, Number 12

Monday–Friday, October 29–November 2 2012; Providence, Rhode Island

Session Index

Session PP8: Poster Session VI: NSTX, Field- Reversed Configurations, Other Magnetic Confinement; Intense LPI and FI; Beams and Coherent Radiation	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Room: Hall BC

		PP8.00001: NSTX, FIELD-REVERSED CONFIGURATIONS, OTHER MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Preview Abstract
		PP8.00002: New plasma techniques for mass separation Renaud Gueroult, Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00003: Toroidal current induced by particle trapping inside a new toroidal laboratory magnetized plasma device with poloidal magnetic field induced by a central conductor Th. Pierre, X. Caron, E. Gravier, G. Antar Preview Abstract
		PP8.00004: Fuelling and plasma flow change by compact torus injection into the STOR-M Tokamak Takumi Onchi, Yelu Liu, Mykola Dreval, David McColl, Chijin Xiao, Akira Hirose, Tomohiko Asai, Sean Wolfe Preview Abstract
		PP8.00005: Active feedback stabilization of the flute instability in a mirror machine using field-aligned coils Assaf Lifshitz, Ilan Be'ery, Amnon Fruchtman, Amnon Fisher, Amiram Ron Preview Abstract
		PP8.00006: Overview of NSTX Facility Upgrades Status and Research Plans M. Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00007: The effect of progressively increasing lithium coatings on plasma performance, and the underlying role of collisionality, in the NSTX R. Maingi, S.M. Kaye, D.P. Boyle, J.M. Canik, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder Preview Abstract
		PP8.00008: Response of Electron-scale Turbulence and Thermal Transport to Continuous ExB Shear Ramping-up in NSTX Y. Ren, W. Guttenfelder, S.M. Kaye, E. Mazzucato, K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier Preview Abstract
		PP8.00009: Survey of microinstability and simulated turbulent transport in NSTX Walter Guttenfelder, Jeff Candy, Stanley Kaye, Ronald Bell, Benoit LeBlanc, Yang Ren, Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00010: Thermal Transport and Characterization of Fluctuations at the Pedestal Top using Gyrokinetic Simulations in ELMy H-mode on NSTX Ahmed Diallo, S-H. Ku, W. Guttenfelder, B. LeBlanc, F. Scotti, R. Maingi, C.-S. Chang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00011: Comparison of Pedestal Stability on the Power Scrape-Off Layer Width in NSTX Travis Gray, Rajesh Maingi, Joon-Wook Ahn, Thomas Osborne, Adam McLean Preview Abstract
		PP8.00012: Impact of rotation and kinetic damping on the NSTX ideal-wall limit Jonathan Menard, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00013: Kinetic RWM Stabilization Physics and RWM State-Space Control in NSTX High Beta Plasmas J. Bialek, J. Berkery, S. Sabbagh, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, R. Betti, R. Bell, S. Gerhardt, B. LeBlanc, Y. Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00014: Multiple harmonic oscillations and magnetic islands in NSTX King-Lap Wong, Ronald E. Bell, Benoit P. LeBlanc, Joel P. Hosea Preview Abstract
		PP8.00015: Error Field in Ideal Magnetically Symmetric Tokamaks Generated through Asymmetric Shadows Cast by Neutral Beams on Divertor Floor Hironori Takahashi, Eric Fredrickson, Stefan Gerhardt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00016: Characterization of Disruption Halo Currents in NSTX S.P. Gerhardt, J. Breslau, E. Fredrickson, S. Jardin, R. Kaita, J. Manickam, J. Menard, S. Sabbagh, F. Scotti, H. Takahashi, A.H. Boozer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00017: MHD Calculation of halo currents and vessel forces in NSTX VDEs J.A. Breslau, H.R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella Preview Abstract
		PP8.00018: Predator-prey modeling of the coupling of co-propagating CAE to kink modes Eric Fredrickson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00019: M3D-K simulations of wave-particle interaction with realistic fast ion distribution D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, G.Y. Fu, J.A. Breslau, M. Podesta, F. Wang, N.A. Crocker, S. Kubota Preview Abstract
		PP8.00020: Temporal Dynamics of NSTX NBI+HHFW Discharges using CQL3D-Hybrid-FOW R.W. (Bob) Harvey, Yu. V. Petrov, D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, G. Taylor, P.T. Bonoli Preview Abstract
		PP8.00021: Effects of TAE avalanches and energetic particle mode bursts in NSTX on neutral beam ion confinement, loss, and current drive Douglass Darrow, Alessandro Bortolon, Neal Crocker, Eric Fredrickson, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Marina Gorelenkova, Shigeyuki Kubota, Deyong Liu, Mario Podest\`a, Roscoe White Preview Abstract
		PP8.00022: Numerical Simulations of NBI-driven CAE modes in H-mode Discharges in NSTX E.V. Belova, N.N. Gorelenkov, N.A. Crocker, E.D. Fredrickson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00023: Initial predictions of linear TAE stability in NSTX-U M. Podesta, N.N. Gorelenkov, E.D. Fredrickson, S.P. Gerhardt, G.J. Kramer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00024: Feasibility Study for Local Helicity Injection Startup in the NSTX Upgrade Device A.J. Redd, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, S.C. Jardin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00025: Flux-surface closure during resistive-MHD simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) in NSTX E.B. Hooper, C.R. Sovinec, R. Raman, Fatima Ebrahimi, J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
		PP8.00026: SOL Properties of HHFW Electron Heating Generated H-modes in NSTX Joel Hosea, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, S. Gerhardt, M.A. Jaworski, G.J. Kramer, B.P. LeBlanc, R.J. Perkins, C.K. Phillips, L. Roquemore, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson, J-W. Ahn, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi, A. McLean, P.M. Ryan, S. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00027: Divertor scenario development for NSTX Upgrade V.A. Soukhanovskii, A.G. McLean, E.T. Meier, T.D. Rognlien, D.D. Ryutov, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, S.P. Gerhardt, R. Kaita, E. Kolemen, B.P. Leblanc, J.E. Menard, M. Podesta, F. Scotti Preview Abstract
		PP8.00028: UEDGE modeling of NSTX and NSTX-U snowflake divertor configurations E.T. Meier, V.A. Soukhanovskii, A.G. McLean, T.D. Rognlien, D.D. Ryutov, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, S. Gerhardt, R. Kaita, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, M. Podesta, F. Scotti Preview Abstract
		PP8.00029: Local effects of biased electrodes in the divertor of NSTX Lane Roquemore, Stewart Zweben, Michael Campanell, Brendan Lyons, Ricardo Maqueda, Yevgeny Raitses, Filippo Scotti, Hiro Takahashi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00030: Physics design of a cryo-pumping system for NSTX-U J.M. Canik, R. Maingi, S.P. Gerhardt, M.A. Jaworski, J.E. Menard, D.P. Stotler, E. Meier, V.A. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		PP8.00031: A mechanism for large divertor plasma energy loss via lithium radiation in tokamaks T.D. Rognlien, E.T. Meier, V.A. Soukhanovskii Preview Abstract
		PP8.00032: Collaborative Research and Development on Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Components M.A. Jaworski, T. Abrams, R. Ellis, A. Khodak, B. LeBlanc, J. Menard, M. Ono, C.H. Skinner, D.P. Stotler, G. DeTemmerman, M.A. Gleeson, A.R. Lof, J. Scholten, M.A. van den Berg, H.J. van den Meiden, T.K. Gray, S.A. Sabbagh, V.A. Soukhanovskii, J. Hu, L. Wang, G. Zuo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00033: Compositional changes of lithium coatings on TZM molybdenum during plasma bombardment T. Abrams, M.A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, G. De Temmerman, M.A. Gleeson, A.R. Lof, J. Scholten, M.A. van den Berg, H.J. van der Meiden, P. Raman, D.N. Ruzic Preview Abstract
		PP8.00034: Deuterium retention via highly oxygenenated lithium coatings C.N. Taylor, K.E. Luitjohan, J.P. Allain, P.S. Krstic Preview Abstract
		PP8.00035: Algorithm Development for Multi-Energy SXR based Electron Temperature Profile Reconstruction D.J. Clayton, K. Tritz, M. Finkenthal, D. Kumar, D. Stutman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00036: Utilization of passive emission contributing to charge exchange spectra in NSTX R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, B.P. Leblanc, M. Podesta, F. Scotti Preview Abstract
		PP8.00037: The NSTX-U Thomson scattering diagnostic system B.P. LeBlanc, A. Diallo, H. Feder, G. Labik, D.R. Stevens, R. Upcavage Preview Abstract
		PP8.00038: High-k poloidal scattering and FIR tangential interferometer/polarimeter diagnostics on NSTX-U R. Barchfeld, C.W. Domier, C.M. Muscatello, C. Robertson, N.C. Luhmann, R. Kaita, Y. Ren, B.C. Stratton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00039: Reduced-order-model based feedback control of the Modified Hasegawa-Wakatani equations Imene Goumiri, Clarence Rowley, Zhanhua Ma, David Gates, Jeffrey Parker, John Krommes Preview Abstract
		PP8.00040: High Performance Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas in the C-2 Device H. Gota, M. Tuszewski, A. Smirnov, H. Guo, M. Binderbauer, D. Barnes, T. Akhmetov, A. Ivanov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00041: High-Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas with Neutral Beam Injection Matthew Thompson, Ryan Clary, Sergey Korepanov, Andrew Longman, Andy Sibley, Artem Smirnov, Michel Tuszewski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00042: Interaction of Fast Ions with Global Plasma Modes in the C-2 Field Reversed Configuration Experiment Artem Smirnov, Sean Dettrick, Ryan Clary, Sergey Korepanov, Matthew Thompson, Erik Trask, Michel Tuszewski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00043: Charge separation and transport of the n=2 instability in C-2 FRC plasmas Bihe Deng, Xuan Sun, Michel Tuszewski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00044: Impurity behavior in high performance FRC plasmas in the C-2 device Deepak Gupta, J. Douglass, H. Gota, A. Qerushi, M. Tuszewski, A. VanDrie Preview Abstract
		PP8.00045: Upgrades to the Tri Alpha Energy Neutron Detector System [1] Eusebio Garate, Ian Allfrey, Travis Valentine, Vijay Patel, Artem Smirnov, Sergey Korepanov, Ryan Clary, Matthew Thompson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00046: Simulations And Observations Of Radiation In the Electron Cyclotron Frequency Range On the C-2 Device E. Trask, E.P. Garate, R.W. Harvey, Yu. Petrov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00047: Flux-Coil Generated, Field-Reversed Configuration Frank Wessel, Thomas Roche, Nathan Bolte, Michl Binderbauer, Mark Morehouse, Norman Rostoker, Mikhail Slepchenkov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00048: FRC edge physics using NIMROD Ales Necas, Richard Milroy Preview Abstract
		PP8.00049: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP8.00050: Rotational stability of a long, high-beta, field-reversed column D.C. Barnes, L.C. Steinhauer, J.P. Freidberg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00051: First operation of the PFRC-2 device Samuel Cohen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00052: Analysis and measurement of the 3D magnetic field in a rotating magnetic field driven FRC K.M. Velas, R.D. Milroy Preview Abstract
		PP8.00053: Improvements in FRC Stability and Confinement by Neutral Beam Injection in the TS-4 Device Toru Ii, Michiaki Inomoto, Keii Gi, Toshiyuki Umezawa, Taichi Ito, Yasuhiro Kaminou, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00054: Spectroscopic Measurement of Ion Flow During Merging Start-up of Field-Reversed Configuration Hirotaka Oka, Michiaki Inomoto, Hiroshi Tanabe, Masanobu Annoura, Yasushi Ono, Koshichi Nemoto Preview Abstract
		PP8.00055: Microwave Emission Observations on the Maryland Centrifugal Experiment Remington Reid Preview Abstract
		PP8.00056: Overview of HIT-SI Progress and Results B.S. Victor, C. Akcay, B.T. Doty, D.A. Ennis, R.P. Golingo, C.J. Hansen, A.C. Hossack, T.R. Jarboe, K.D. Morgan, B.A. Nelson, R.J. Smith, G.J. Marklin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00057: Measurements of Ion Temperature and Velocity in HIT-SI with Comparison to NIMROD Calculations, Development of Piezoelectric Valve A.C. Hossack, C. Akcay, T.R. Jarboe, J.A. Rogers, A.M. Kirkpatrick, R.J. Smith Preview Abstract
		PP8.00058: Design of Thomson Scattering Diagnostic for HIT-SI Kyle Morgan, Taylor Fryett, Raymond Golingo, Tom Jarboe, Brian Victor Preview Abstract
		PP8.00059: Extended MHD NIMROD Simulations of HIT-SI plasmas Cihan Akcay, Charlson Kim, Tom Jarboe, Brian Nelson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00060: Equilibrium and Stability Calculations in HIT-SI Chris Hansen, George Marklin, Thomas Jarboe Preview Abstract
		PP8.00061: Progress on the HIT-SI3 Experiment R.P. Golingo, J.A. Rogers, D.A. Ennis, C.J. Hansen, A.C. Hossack, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, G.J. Marklin, B.S. Victor Preview Abstract
		PP8.00062: Imposed-Dynamo Current Drive (IDCD) Thomas Jarboe, Brian Victor, Brian Nelson, Chris Hansen, Cihan Akcay, David Ennis, Aaron Hossack, George Marklin, Roger Smith Preview Abstract
		PP8.00063: Extended MHD Simulations of Spheromaks E.C. Howell, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP8.00064: Measurements of dynamo electric field and momentum transport induced by fluctuations on HIST H. Hirono, T. Hanao, T. Hyobu, K. Ito, K. Matsumoto, T. Nakayama, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		PP8.00065: Propagation analysis of the helicity-drive Alfven wave in the HIST spherical torus plasmas T. Hyobu, T. Hanao, H. Hirono, K. Ito, K. Matsumoto, T. Nakayama, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		PP8.00066: Investigation of internal magnetic structures and comparison with two-fluid equilibrium configurations in the multi-pulsing CHI on HIST T. Nakayama, T. Hanao, H. Hirono, T. Hyobu, K. Ito, K. Matsumoto, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata, T. Kanki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00067: Measurements of Doppler-ion temperature and flow in the multi-pulsing CHI experiment on HIST T. Hanao, M. Ishihara, H. Hirono, T. Hyobu, K. Ito, K. Matsumoto, T. Nakayama, Y. Kikuchi, N. Fukumoto, M. Nagata Preview Abstract
		PP8.00068: Effects of the current boundary conditions at the plasma-gun gap on density in SSPX Roman Kolesnikov, L.L. LoDestro, W.H. Meyer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00069: Effects of multi-pulsed coaxial helicity injection on dynamics of spherical torus T. Kanki, M. Nagata, Y. Kagei Preview Abstract
		PP8.00070: Increase in compact toroid mass by accelerator-region ionization of high-Z noble gas on CTIX Robert D. Horton, David Q. Hwang, Fei Liu, Sean Hong, Ruth Klauser, Russell W. Evans, Dean A. Buchenauer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00071: Observation of Vertical Charge Separation Current in a Troidal ECR Plasma Kengoh Kuroda, Masaki Uchida, Hitoshi Tanaka, Takashi Maekawa Preview Abstract
		PP8.00072: INTENSE LPI AND FI Preview Abstract
		PP8.00073: Spectral and angular distribution of photons via radiative damping in extreme ultra-intense laser-plasma interaction Rishi Pandit, Yasuhiko Sentoku Preview Abstract
		PP8.00074: Radiation transport in PIC modeling of laser interaction with high-Z targets Ioana Paraschiv, Yasuhiko Sentoku Preview Abstract
		PP8.00075: QED-PIC Codes for 10PW Laser-Plasma Simulation Christopher Ridgers, Christopher Brady, Roland Duclous, John Kirk, Keith Bennett, Tony Arber, Anthony Bell Preview Abstract
		PP8.00076: On the path to pair production: self-consistent PIC modeling of high energy photons in laser-plasma interaction Thomas Grismayer, Marija Vranic, Ricardo Fonseca, Christopher Harvey, Anton Ilderton, Mattias Marklund, Luis Oliveira Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00077: Simulation study of radiation enhancement through an interaction between periodically aligned carbon nanotubes and an intense laser Toshihiro Taguchi, Masahiko Inoue, Thomas Antonsen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00078: Ion Acceleration in a Solitary Wave by Laser Pulse with Ramping-up Amplitude Min-Qing He, Vipin Tripathi, Chuan-Sheng Liu, Xi Shao, Tung-Chang Liu, Jao-Jang Su, Zheng-Ming Sheng Preview Abstract
		PP8.00079: Design of Laser Profile in Boosting the Energy of Monoenergetic Protons Accelerated by Radiation Pressure and Shielded Coulomb Repulsion Tung-Chang Liu, Xi Shao, Chuan-Sheng Liu, Minqing He, Bengt Eliasson, Vipin Tripathi, Jao-Jang Su, Jyhpyng Wang, Shih-Hung Chen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00080: On the saturation of stimulated Raman scattering in laser amplification E.S. Dodd, J. Ren, T.J.T. Kwan, M.J. Schmitt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00081: Nonlinear saturation of laser backward Raman amplification in plasmas Vladimir Malkin, Zeev Toroker, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00082: PIC Modeling of Relativistic Electron Transport Experiments on Omega EP Josh May, J. Tonge, W.B. Mori, F. Beg, C. McGuffey, M. Wei, R. Fonseca Preview Abstract
		PP8.00083: Parametric amplification of laser-driven electron acceleration in underdense plasma Alexey Arefiev, Boris Breizman, Marius Schollmeier, Vladimir Khudik Preview Abstract
		PP8.00084: Investigation of high-intensity laser-plasma interaction and fast electron source characteristics from 1-10 ps pulse length A. Sorokovikova, B. Qiao, M.S. Wei, R.B. Stephens, P. Patel, H. Mclean, F.N. Beg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00085: The ePLAS code for Ignition Studies R.J. Faehl, R.J. Mason, R.C. Kirkpatrick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00086: Generation and Compression of Magnetic Field in Non-spherical cone-guided Implosion for Fast Ignition Hideo Nagatomo, Tomoyuki Johzaki, Atsushi Sunahara, Hitoshi Sakagami, Akio Nishiguchi, Kunioki Mima Preview Abstract
		PP8.00087: Relativistic Particle Wakes and Their Impact on Electron Stopping Ian Ellis, Frank Graziani, David Strozzi, Frank Tsung, Viktor Decyk, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00088: Numerical and experimental investigations of fusion-relevant beam-plasma instabilities M. King, S.L. McConville, D.C. Speirs, R. Bryson, K.M. Gillespie, A.D.R. Phelps, A.W. Cross, C.G. Whyte, K. Ronald, R.A. Cairns, I. Vorgul, R. Bingham, R.M.G.M. Trines Preview Abstract
		PP8.00089: Simulation and Characterization of Gamma Ray Production by Petawatt Lasers Irradiating High-Z Solid Targets Alexander Henderson, Edison Liang, Pablo Yepes, Petr Chaguine, Nathan Riley, Gillis Dyer, Scott Pennington Preview Abstract
		PP8.00090: Preliminary characterization of ultra-short pulse laser-produced miniature hohlraum XUV sources A. Mckelvey, M. Vargas, L. Montier, J. Nees, B. Hou, A. Maksimchuk, A.G.R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00091: Paramount Deuteron Acceleration Using High-Intensity Short Laser Pulses F. Yu, A. Raymond, C. Zulick, L. Willingale, K. Krushelnick, A. Maksimchuk, G. Petrov, J. Davis Preview Abstract
		PP8.00092: Directional, energetic neutron generation via high-intensity laser/plasma interactions at CUOS Anthony Raymond, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Vladimir Chvykov, Franklin Dollar, Louise Willingale, Victor Yanovsky, Fan Yu, Calvin Zulick, Karl Krushelnick, Jack Davis, George Petrov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00093: Laser driven hard x-ray sources for phase contrast imaging Zhen Zhao, Bixue Hou, Zhaohan He, John Nees, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00094: Hollowing and filamentation of proton beams in high-intensity laser plasma interactions Yadab Paudel, N. Renard-Le Galloudec, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, A.Ya. Faenov, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, V.V. Shlyaptseva, Y. Sentoku Preview Abstract
		PP8.00095: Measurement of heating beam injection time in Fast Ignition experiment with Gekko-XII and LFEX lasers Hiroyuki Shiraga, Takehiro Sogo, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hiroshi Azechi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00096: BEAMS AND COHERENT RADIATION Preview Abstract
		PP8.00097: A Possible Proton Beam Self Modulation Experiment at Fermilab C. Joshi, W. An, W. Mori, J. Thangaraj, C. Park, J.D. Lewis, P. Spentzouris Preview Abstract
		PP8.00098: Simulation Study of PWFA Experiments at FACET Weiming An, Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Ken Marsh, Chris Clayton, Warren Mori, Chan Joshi, Erik Adli, Sebastien Corde, Michael Litos, Selina Li, Spencer Gessner, Joel Frederico, Joel England, Dieter Walz, Mark Hogan, Patric Muggli, Jean P. Delahaye, Wei Lu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00099: Experimental Study of the Current Filamentation Instability Brian Allen, Patric Muggli, Luis O. Silva, Joana Martins, Vitaly Yakimenko, Mikhail Fedurin, Karl Kusche, Marcus Babzien, Chengkun Huang, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00100: Laser-seeded modulation instability within LHC proton beams Carl Siemon, Vladimir Khudik, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
		PP8.00101: Laser wakefield acceleration research by using a tapered capillary waveguide at GIST Minseok Kim, Donggyu Jang, Inhyuk Nam, Taehee Lee, Hyyong Suk Preview Abstract
		PP8.00102: Effects of asymmetric laser pulses in particle trapping and dephasing in the laser wakefield electron acceleration Myung-Hoon Cho, Min Sup Hur Preview Abstract
		PP8.00103: Threshold for electron self-injection in a nonlinear laser-plasma accelerator Carlo Benedetti, Carl Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		PP8.00104: Electron injection and emittance control by transverse colliding pulses in a laser-plasma accelerator Min Chen, Eric Esarey, Carl Schroeder, Cameron Geddes, Stepan Bulanov, Carlo Benedetti, Lule Yu, Sergei Rykovanov, Wim Leemans, Estelle Cormier, David Bruhwiler Preview Abstract
		PP8.00105: Electron number control by laser frequency detuning in three colliding pulses injection Lule Yu, Eric Esarey, Carl Schroeder, Cameron Geddes, Min Chen, Carlo Benedetti, Estelle Cormier-Michel, David Bruhwiler, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		PP8.00106: Numerical Study of Self and Controlled Injection in 3D and 2D Wakefield Accelerators Asher Davidson, Ming Zeng, Wei Lu, Chang Joshi, Luis Silva, Joana Martins, Ricardo Fonseca, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00107: Beam dynamics in ionization injection Xinlu Xu, Wei Lu, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00108: Study of trapping in nonlinear multi-dimensional wakes Ming Zeng, Asher Davidson, Wei Lu, Zhengming Sheng, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00109: Modeling laser wakefield acceleration in a Lorentz boosted frame using OSIRIS and UPIC Peicheng Yu, Xinlu Xu, Viktor Decyk, Wei Lu, Frank Tsung, Warren Mori, Jorge Vieira, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00110: Generalized SIMD algorithm for efficient EM-PIC simulations on modern CPUs Ricardo Fonseca, Viktor Decyk, Warren Mori, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00111: Analytic model of electron self-injection in a plasma wakefield accelerator in the strongly nonlinear bubble regime Sunghwan Yi, Vladimir Khudik, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
		PP8.00112: Modeling of electron self-injection and acceleration in the Texas Petawatt laser wakefield accelerator experiment Xi Zhang, Sunghwan Yi, Vladimir Khudik, Neil Fazel, Xiaoming Wang, Mike Downer, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
		PP8.00113: Ultracompact quasi-monoenergetic GeV-scale laser plasma accelerator based on all-optical control of dark current in longitudinally tapered plasmas S.Y. Kalmykov, B.A. Shadwick, X. Davoine Preview Abstract
		PP8.00114: An unconditionally-stable numerical method for laser-plasma interactions Jonathan Reyes, B.A. Shadwick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00115: Improved Particle Statistics for Laser-Plasma Self-Injection Simulations Benjamin Cowan, Serguei Kalmykov, Kyle Bunkers, John Cary, Brad Shadwick, Donald Umstadter Preview Abstract
		PP8.00116: Low noise particle in cell simulations of laser plasma accelerator 10 GeV stages Estelle Cormier-Michel, David L. Bruhwiler, Eric J. Hallman, Benjamin M. Cowan, John R. Cary, Cameron G.R. Geddes, Jean-Luc Vay, Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim P. Leemans Preview Abstract
		PP8.00117: Tailored supersonic gas jets for laser plasma accelerators Robert Madden, Mahadevan Krishnan, Bastian Baudisch, Brian Bures, Kristi Wilson-Elliot, Philip Coleman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00118: Modified Corrugated Plasma Waveguide for Low Energy Electron Trapping in Direct Laser Acceleration Sung Jun Yoon, John Palastro, Daniel Gordon, Thomas Antonsen, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00119: Plasma-based accelerator with magnetic compression Paul Schmit, Nathaniel J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00120: Laser guiding due to transverse frequency chirp and plasma inhomogeneity: Relevance to laser wakefield acceleration Vishwa Bandhu Pathak, Jorge Vieira, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00121: A Basic Study of Plasma Waves/Electromagnetic Waves/Electron Beam Interactions Arnesto Bowman, Ronald Williams Preview Abstract
		PP8.00122: CO$_{2}$ Laser Beat-Wave Experiment in an Unmagnetized Plasma Fei Liu, David Hwang, Robert Horton, Sean Hong, Russell Evans Preview Abstract
		PP8.00123: Laser Induced Autoresoance Acceleration of Charged Particle In Vacuum Vikram Sagar, Sudip Sengupta, Predhiman Kaw Preview Abstract
		PP8.00124: Laser Ion Acceleration from Shock Wave Generated Targets Michael Helle, Daniel Gordon, Dmitri Kaganovich, Antonio Ting Preview Abstract
		PP8.00125: Parametric study of ion acceleration in electrostatic shock waves Elisabetta Boella, Frederico Fi\'{u}za, Anne Stockem, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00126: Laser-ion acceleration through controlled surface contamination Bixue Hou, Zhaohan He, John Nees, George Petrov, Jack Davis, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00127: Ion acceleration in the RPA regime by shaped pulses Young-Kuk Kim, Min Sup Hur Preview Abstract
		PP8.00128: On the role of electrostatic potential well on electron acceleration in pre-plasma Booshan Paradkar, Sergei Krasheninnikov, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00129: Generation of high-energy ($>$15 MeV) neutrons using short pulse lasers Jack Davis, George Petrov, Tzvetelina Petrova, Drew Higginson, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00130: MPI implementation of a generalized implicit algorithm for multi-dimensional PIC simulations George Petrov, Jack Davis Preview Abstract
		PP8.00131: Monoenergetic ion acceleration and Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the composite target irradiated by the laser pulse Vladimir Khudik, S. Austin Yi, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
		PP8.00132: X-ray pulse generation via laser Compton scattering using quasi-monoenergetic electron beam driven by laser acceleration Eisuke Miura, Ryunosuke Kuroda, Hiroyuki Toyokawa Preview Abstract
		PP8.00133: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP8.00134: X-Ray Laser Driven Gold Planar Targets Tzvetelina Petrova, Kenneth Whitney, Jack Davis, George Petrov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00135: Seed laser chirping for enhanced backward Raman amplification in plasmas Z. Toroker, V.M. Malkin, N.J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00136: A two-color terawatt laser system for high-intensity laser-plasma experiments James Sanders, Rafal Zgadzaj, Michael Downer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00137: Fluid theory of beam spiraling in high intensity cyclotrons Antoine Cerfon, Felix Parra, Jeffrey Freidberg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00138: A class of generalized Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij solutions and associated envelope equations for high-intensity charged particle beams Hong Qin, Ronald C. Davidson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00139: Compact energy selector for use with intense, short-pulse laser produced proton beams Andrew Hazi, Hui Chen, Frederic Perez, Edward Marley, Jaebum Park, Jackson Williams, Laura Vassura, Julien Fuchs, Sophia Chen, Ronnie Shepherd Preview Abstract
		PP8.00140: Investigation of Nonlinear Collective Dynamics and Excitations in Intense Charged Particle Beams and Development of Laser-Induced-Fluorescence (LIF) Diagnostic Using the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment Hua Wang, Erik Gilson, Ronald Davidson, Philip Efthimion, Richard Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00141: Simulations of Ion Coupling Experiments on NDCX-II relevant to IFE J.J. Barnard, R.M. More, M. Terry Preview Abstract
		PP8.00142: Alternate Operating Modes For NDCX-II W.M. Sharp, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, R.H. Cohen, S.M. Lund, J.-L. Vay, W.L. Waldron Preview Abstract
		PP8.00143: Focusing Intense Charged Particle Beams with Achromatic Effects for Heavy Ion Fusion James Mitrani, Igor Kaganovich Preview Abstract
		PP8.00144: Characterizing the Performance of the Princeton Advanced Test Stand Ion Source A. Stepanov, E.P. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. Kaganovich, R.C. Davidson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00145: Theory and Simulation of Passive Focusing of an Ion Beam Propagating Through Thin Foils S.M. Lund, R.H. Cohen, P. Ni, A. Yuen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00146: Scattering in Thin Foils Associated with Passive Proton and Ion Beam Focusing Albert Yuen, Steven Lund, John Barnard, Ronald Cohen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00147: Focusing and transport of high-energy protons in solid targets of different materials J. Kim, B. Qiao, C. McGuffey, D.C. Gautier, M.S. Wei, R.B. Stephens, E.M. Giraldez, M.E. Foord, M.H. Key, H.S. McLean, P.K. Patel, F.N. Beg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00148: Extended Underwater Plasma Generation Using Laser Filamentation T.G. Jones, M.H. Helle, D. Kaganovich, D. Gordon, A. Ting, J. Penano Preview Abstract
		PP8.00149: 2D Numerical Model And Self-Consistent Particle-In-Cell Simulations Of Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Thomas Kwan, Chengkun Huang, Bruce Carlsten Preview Abstract
		PP8.00150: Theoretical and Experimental study of Electric field Screenings of Carbon Fiber Field Emitters Wilkin Tang, Don Shiffler, Matthew LaCour, Ken Golby, Tim Knowles Preview Abstract
		PP8.00151: Theory and Experimental Characterization of Multipactor RF Window Breakdown Geoffrey Greening, Matthew Franzi, Peng Zhang, Y.Y. Lau, Adam Schutt, Ronald Gilgenbach Preview Abstract
		PP8.00152: Rapid Formation of Distributed Plasma Discharges using X-Band Microwaves Xun Xiang, Brian Kupczyk, John Booske, John Scharer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00153: Experimental Studies of sub-THz Gyrotron with Pulsed Solenoid for Air Breakdown Investigation Dmytro Kashyn, Gregory Nusinovich, John Rodgers, Carlos Romero-Talam\'as, Anatoly Shkvarunets Preview Abstract
		PP8.00154: High-Gradient Photonic Bandgap (PBG) Accelerator Structure Breakdown Testing Brian Munroe, Michael Shapiro, Richard Temkin, Roark Marsh, Valery Dolgashev, Sami Tantawi, Anahid Yeremian Preview Abstract
		PP8.00155: A 250 GHz Photonic Band Gap Gyrotron Amplifier Emilio A. Nanni, Samantha M. Lewis, Michael A. Shapiro, Richard J. Temkin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00156: 94 GHz Over-moded Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Michael A. Shapiro, William C. Guss, Richard J. Temkin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00157: A Two Frequency 1.5 MW Gyrotron Experiment David Tax, William Guss, Michael Shapiro, Richard Temkin, Ben Rock, Ronald Vernon, Jeffrey Neilson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00158: Progress of a 140 GHz gyro-amplifier for DNP NMR Studies Alexander Soane, Emilio Nanni, Michael Shapiro, Richard Temkin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00159: ECH on the Madison Plasma Dynamo Experiment Jason Milhone, Mike Clark, Cami Collins, Chris Cooper, Noam Katz, Paul Nonn, John Wallace, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		PP8.00160: Computational and Experimental Development of a Linear Cross-Field Amplifier John Watrous, Jim Browning, Marcus Pearlman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00161: Faceted Magnetron Device Using Discrete Current Sources Sulmer Fernandez-Gutierrez, Jim Browning, David Smithe, Jack Watrous Preview Abstract
		PP8.00162: Microwave Triggered Laser Ionization of Air Ehsan Vadiee, Sarita Prasad, C. Jerald Buchenauer, Edl Schamiloglu Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 57, Number 12

Monday–Friday, October 29–November 2 2012; Providence, Rhode Island

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Session PP8: Poster Session VI: NSTX, Field- Reversed Configurations, Other Magnetic Confinement; Intense LPI and FI; Beams and Coherent Radiation

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