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Session NI2: ICF Implosions

Chair: Mordecai Rosen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: Ballroom DE

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 10:00AM		NI2.00001: Inertial confinement fusion implosions at 500 TW laser drive on NIF Invited Speaker: John Kline Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:00AM - 10:30AM		NI2.00002: Improving Cryogenic-DT Implosion Performance on OMEGA Invited Speaker: T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		NI2.00003: Mix mitigation experiments on cryogenic DT layered implosions on the NIF Invited Speaker: Tilo Doeppner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		NI2.00004: Inflight Properties of NIF Ignition Capsules Inferred from Convergent Ablator Experiments Invited Speaker: Nathan Meezan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		NI2.00005: X-ray Thomson scattering measurements of temperature and density from multi-shocked CH capsules Invited Speaker: Luke Fletcher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		NI2.00006: Polar-Drive--Implosion Physics on OMEGA and the NIF Invited Speaker: P.B. Radha Preview Abstract

Session NI3: Flow and MHD in Stellarators and RFPs

Chair: John Sarff, University of Wisconsin
Room: Ballroom BC

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 10:00AM		NI3.00001: Direct Evidence of Magnetic Fluctuation-Driven Intrinsic Flow in a Toroidal Plasma Invited Speaker: Weixing Ding Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:00AM - 10:30AM		NI3.00002: RFX-MOD: A Multi-Configuration Fusion Facility for 3D Physics Studies Invited Speaker: Paolo Piovesan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 11:00AM		NI3.00003: Self-consistent simulations of nonlinear MHD and profile evolution in stellarator configurations Invited Speaker: Mark Schlutt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:00AM - 11:30AM		NI3.00004: 3D effects on viscosity and generation of toroidal and poloidal flows in LHD Invited Speaker: Kenichi Nagaoka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 12:00PM		NI3.00005: Simulation Study on Neoclassical Poloidal Viscosity in Helical Plasmas Invited Speaker: Shinsuke Satake Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:00PM - 12:30PM		NI3.00006: Measurement and Modeling of Large Helical Flows in the HSX Stellarator Invited Speaker: Alexis Briesemeister Preview Abstract

Session NO4: DIII-D Tokamak

Chair: Randy Wilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: 551AB

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO4.00001: Overview of Recent DIII-D Experimental Results P. Gohil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO4.00002: Latest Results on Resonant Magnetic Perturbation (RMP) Induced ELM Suppression on DIII-D R. Nazikian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO4.00003: Edge Soft X-Ray Imaging Measurements of 3D Plasma Response to Resonant Magnetic Perturbations M.W. Shafer, E.A. Unterberg, A. Wingen, J.H. Harris, D.L. Hillis, T.E. Evans, D.M. Orlov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO4.00004: Modeling Edge Plasma Response to 3D Fields in \hbox{DIII-D} N.M. Ferraro, T.E. Evans, L.L. Lao, A.D. Turnbull, M.J. Lanctot, M.W. Shafer, E.A. Unterberg, R. Nazikian, R.A. Moyer, D.M. Orlov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO4.00005: Time Evolution of the H-mode Pedestal Characteristics in Type I ELM Discharges on DIII-D T.H. Osborne, R.J. Groebner, S.P. Smith, P.B. Snyder, D.M. Thomas, J.A. Boedo, T.L. Rhodes, H. Stoschus, Z. Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO4.00006: Measurements and modeling of the divertor heat flux width in DIII-D M.A. Makowski, C.J. Lasnier, J. Nichols, A.W. Leonard, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO4.00007: The Dynamics of Turbulence and Flow During the L-H Transition Z. Yan, G.R. McKee, J.A. Boedo, D.L. Rudakov, G.R. Tynan, P.H. Diamond, R.J. Groebner, T.H. Osborne, G. Wang, L. Schmitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO4.00008: Plasma Fluctuation Measurements in Ion Stiffness Experiments using Phase Contrast Imaging A. Marinoni, J.C. Rost, M. Porkolab, K.H. Burrell, J. Candy, T.C. Luce Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO4.00009: Electron Transport Stiffness and Heat Pulse Propagation on DIII-D C.C. Petty, J.C. DeBoo, S.P. Smith, K.H. Burrell, A.E. White, J.C. Hillesheim, C.H. Holland Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO4.00010: Control of Neoclassical Tearing Modes in DIII-D A.S. Welander, R.J. LaHaye, B.G. Penaflor, J. Lohr, V. Noraky, R. Prater, N.W. Eidietis, D.A. Humphreys, E. Kolemen, F. Turco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO4.00011: Neutral Beam-ion Prompt Loss Induced by Alfv\'en Eigenmodes in DIII-D X. Chen, W.W. Heidbrink, R.K. Fisher, D.C. Pace, C.C. Petty, M.A. Van Zeeland, G.J. Kramer, R. Nazikian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO4.00012: Particle assimilation study during shattered pellet injection on DIII-D N. Commaux, L.R. Baylor, T.C. Jernigan, D.A. Humphreys, N.W. Eidietis, P.B. Parks, J.C. Wesley, C.L. Lasnier, E.M. Hollmann, V.A. Izzo, R.A. Moyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO4.00013: Transport and Stability Characteristics of High $q_{min}$ Steady-State Scenarios with Off-Axis NBI J.M. Park, J.R. Ferron, C.T. Holcomb, T.C. Luce, R.J. Buttery, L.L. Lao, R. Prater, F. Turco, M. Murakami Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO4.00014: Impact of Torque and Rotation in High Fusion Performance Plasmas W.M. Solomon, K.H. Burrell, R.J. Buttery, J.S. deGrassie, A.M. Garofalo, G.L. Jackson, T.C. Luce, C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, E.J. Doyle, F. Turco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO4.00015: ELM-free, Quiescent H-mode Operation in DIII-D Under Reactor-relevant Conditions Using Non-Axisymmetric Magnetic Fields from Coils Outside the Toroidal Field Coil K.H. Burrell, A.M. Garofalo, W.M. Solomon, M.E. Fenstermacher Preview Abstract

Session NO5: Intense Laser Plasma Interactions: Theory and Simulations

Chair: Paul Schmit, Princeton University
Room: 552AB

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO5.00001: Laser hosing in relativistically hot plasmas C. Ren, G. Li, W.B. Mori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO5.00002: Strong radiation damping effects in a gamma-ray source generated by the interaction of a high intensity laser with a wakefield accelerated electron beam Alexander Thomas, Christopher Ridgers, Stepan Bulanov, Blake Griffin, Stuart Mangles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO5.00003: Angular distribution of high-harmonic emission in laser-solid interactions P.A. Norreys, W. Boekee-West, R. Trines, A.G. Machacek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO5.00004: Phenomenological Quantum Model for Ionization in Strong, Time Dependent, Electric Fields T.C. Rensink, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., J.P. Palastro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO5.00005: Controlling Fast Electrons Divergence via Thin High-Z Layer Near Source Rohini Mishra, Mingsheng Wei, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Sugreev Chawla, Rich Stephens, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO5.00006: Simulations of MA current transport in conductor and insulator laser irradiated targets Philippe Leblanc, Yasuhiko Sentoku Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO5.00007: Role of preplasma for shortpulse laser-driven electron transport in mass-limited targets M. Schollmeier, A.B. Sefkow, M. Geissel, B. Atherton, S.E. Corwell, M.W. Kimmel, P. Rambo, J. Schwarz, A. Arefiev, B. Breizman, J.M. Koning, M.M. Marinak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO5.00008: Higher Order Nonlocal Effects of Relativistic Ponderomotive Force in High Power Lasers Natsumi Iwata, Yasuaki Kishimoto, Kenji Imadera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO5.00009: Post-Laser Radiation Pressure Acceleration: Coulomb Acceleration of Mono-Energetic Protons by Electron-Screened Carbon Ions in Laser Irradiated Multi-Ion Targets Chuan-Sheng Liu, Tung-Chang Liu, Xi Shao, Minqing He, Bengt Eliasson, Vipin Tripathi, Jao-Jang Su, Jyhpyng Wang, Shih-Hung Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO5.00010: Interaction between high power laser and clustered medium -propagation, acceleration, and radiation Y. Kishimoto, N. Iwata, Y. Suguyama, T. Uchida, Y. Fukuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO5.00011: Relativistic laser interactions with near-critical density plasmas L. Willingale, K. Krushelnick, A.G.R. Thomas, F.J. Dollar, A. Maksimchuk, C. Zulick, H. Chen, A.U. Hazi, G.J. Williams, P.M. Nilson, R.S. Craxton, T.C. Sangter, V. Glebov, C. Stoeckl, W. Nazarov, J. Cobble, P.A. Norreys Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO5.00012: Dynamics of high-energy proton beam acceleration and focusing from advanced hemisphere-cone target by high-intensity lasers B. Qiao, M.E. Foord, R.B. Stephens, M.S. Wei, P. Patel, H. McLean, M. Key, F.N. Beg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO5.00013: X-ray emission from femtosecond laser irradiation of vertically aligned nanowires Vyacheslav Shlyaptsev, Michael Purvis, Reed Hollinger, Clayton Bargsten, Amy Prieto, Alexander Noy, Jianfei Zhang, Alexander Pukhov, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO5.00014: Beat Wave Generation and Current Drive in Unmagnetized Plasmas Dale Welch, Scott Hsu, David Rose, Carsten Thoma, Thomas Genoni Preview Abstract

Session NO6: Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics III

Chair: Mikhail Medvedev, University of Kansas
Room: 555AB

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO6.00001: Laser driven high energy density radiative blast waves launched in clustered gases Stefan Olsson-Robbie, Hugo Doyle, Hazel Lowe, Chris Price, Damien Bigourd, Siddharth Patankar, Katalin Mecseki, Nicola Booth, Robbie Scott, Alastair Moore, Matthias Hohenberger, Rafael Rodriguez, Edward Gumbrell, Daniel Symes, Roland Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO6.00002: Grid-induced turbulence in laser driven shock wave experiments and magnetic field generation Hugo Doyle, Jena Meinecke, Alexander Schekochihin, Nicholas Hartley, Brian Reville, Anthony Bell, Gianluca Gregori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO6.00003: Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced by strong shocks Milos Stanic, Robert F. Stellingwerf, Jason Cassibry, Snezhana I. Abarzhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO6.00004: Instabilities in counter-propagating ion beams and plasmas Sophie Jequier, Vladimir Tikhonchuck, Emmanuel d'Humieres, Remi Capdessus, Stanley Davis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO6.00005: Collisional Particle-In-Cell simulation of collision-less counter-streaming plasmas Laurent Divol, A. Kemp, S. Ross, W. Rozmus, R. Berger, B. Cohen, D. Ryutov, H.-S. Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO6.00006: Particle-in-cell simulations of particle energization from low Mach number fast mode shocks Jaehong Park, Jared Workman, Eric Blackman, Chuang Ren, Robert Siller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO6.00007: Modeling High-Energy Density Astrophysical Shock Environments using the Hybrid Code LSP Matthew Levy, Scott Wilks, Matthew Baring, Wojciech Rozmus, Hye-Sook Park, Nathan Kugland, James Ross, Dmitri Ryutov, Christopher Plechaty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO6.00008: Experimental study of formation of differentially rotated supersonic plasma flows Sergey Lebedev, M. Bennett, G.N. Hall, S. Patankar, M. Bocchi, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. Swadling, S.N. Bland, G. Burdiak, J.P. Chittenden, P. de Grouchy, J. Skidmore, L. Pickworth, L. Suttle, R.A. Smith, A. Frank, E. Blackman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO6.00009: The impact of Hall physics on magnetized plasma jets produced by radial foil configurations P.-A. Gourdain, J.B. Greenly, D.A. Hammer, B.R. Kusse, P.C. Schrafel, C.E. Seyler, S.N. Bland, G.N. Hall, S.V. Lebedev, F. Suzuki-Vidal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO6.00010: Structure and dynamics of supersonic plasma jets, jet collisions, and their spontaneous fields C.K. Li, S.X. Hu, M.J. Rosenberg, A.B. Zylstra, F.H. S\'eguin, H.G. Rinderknecht, J.A. Frenje, D.T. Casey, M.J.-E. Manuel, R.D. Petrasso, P.A. Amendt, R.P.J. Town, S.C. Wilks, R. Betti, D.H. Froula, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO6.00011: Launching High Density, High Velocity Plasma Jet with A Ring of Laser Beams Wen Fu, Edison Liang, Milad Fatenejad, Donald Lamb, Michael Grosskopf, R. Paul Drake, Hye-Sook Park, Bruce Remington Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO6.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO6.00013: Modeling Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments in the High-Energy-Density Regime Using the CRASH Radiation-Hydrodynamics Model M.J. Grosskopf, R.P. Drake, M.R. Trantham, C.C. Kuranz, P.A. Keiter, E.M. Rutter, R.M. Sweeney, G. Malamud Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO6.00014: Laboratory Experimental Design of Molecular Cloud Implosions Paul Keiter, James Stone, Matt Trantham, Guy Malamud, Sallee Klein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO6.00015: Laboratory photoionized plasma experiments at Z relevant to astrophysics D. Mayes, T. Lockard, T. Durmaz, I. Hall, R. Mancini, J. Bailey, G. Rochau, D. Cohen, R. Heeter, D. Liedahl Preview Abstract

Session NO7: Particle Driven Wakefields and Laser Ion Acceleration

Chair: Stepan Bulanov, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 556AB

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO7.00001: The AWAKE Proton-driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN Patric Muggli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO7.00002: Hosing and self-modulation competition in self-modulated plasma acceleration Jorge Vieira, Ricardo Fonseca, Warren Mori, Patric Muggli, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO7.00003: Long lepton bunch self-modulation experiment at SLAC Mark Hogan, Jorge Vieira, Nelson Lopes, Ricardo Fonseca, Olaf Reimann, Mike Litos, Selina Li, Spencer Gessner, Ken Marsh, Navid Vafaei, Chan Joshi, Warren Mori, Erik Adli, Yun Fang, Luis Silva, Patric Muggli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO7.00004: Seeding of the Self-modulation of a Long Particle Bunch in a Plasma Yun Fang, Patric Muggli, Warren Mori, Jorge Vieira, Vitaly Yakimenko, Karl Kusche, Marcus Babzien, Christina Swinson, Mikhail Fedurin, Robert Malone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO7.00005: Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration of Electrons in Lithium and Rubidium Plasmas Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Kenneth Marsh, Christopher Clayton, Chandrasekhar Joshi, Erik Adli, Sebastien Corde, Michael Litos, Selina Li, Spencer Gessner, Joel Frederico, Mark Hogan, Dieter Walz, Joel England, Weiming An, Wei Lu, Warren Mori, Patric Muggli, Jean-Pierre Delahaye Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO7.00006: Frequency-Domain Interferometry of Electron Bunch Driven Wakefields Rafal Zgadzaj, M.C. Downer, Austin Yi, Gennady Shvets, Yun Fang, Patric Muggli, Vitaly Yakimenko, Marcus Babzien, Mikhail Fedurin, Karl Kusche Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO7.00007: Ion acceleration beyond 100MeV/amu from relativistic laser-matter interactions Daniel Jung, Cort Gautier, Randall Johnson, Samuel Letzring, Rahul Shah, Sasikumar Palaniyappan, Tsutomu Shimada, Juan Fernandez, Manuel Hegelich, Lin Yin, Brian Albright, Dieter Habs Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO7.00008: Laser-Driven Ion Beams for Fast Ignition Juan C. Fernandez, B.J. Albright, D.C. Gautier, B.M. Hegelich, C. Huang, D. Jung, S. Letzring, S. Palaniyappan, R. Shah, L. Yin, H. Wu, J.J. Honrubia, M. Roth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO7.00009: Shock Wave Acceleration of Ions on Omega EP D. Haberberger, S. Tochitsky, C. Gong, W.B. Mori, C. Joshi, F. Fiuza, R.A. Fonseca, L.O. Silva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO7.00010: Laser Radiation Pressure Acceleration of Ions by a Slow Electromagnetic Wave and Ion Beam Instabilities S.S. Bulanov, C.G.R. Geddes, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, S.V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando, F. Pegoraro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO7.00011: Neutron Generation through Ultra-Intense Laser Plasma Interactions C. Zulick, F. Dollar, L. Willingale, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, A. Maksimchuk, A.G.R. Thomas, V. Yanovsky, K. Krushelnick, J. Davis, G.M. Petrov, V. Glebov, P.M. Nilson, T.C. Sangster, C. Stoeckl, R.S. Craxton, P.A. Norreys, J. Cobble, H. Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO7.00012: A table-top laser-based source of short, collimated, ultra-relativistic positron beams Gianluca Sarri, Brendan Dromey, Mark Dieckmann, Matthew Zepf, Antonino Di Piazza, Cristoph Keitel, William Schumaker, Mike Vargas, Vladimir Chvykov, Alexander Maksimchuk, Viktor Yanovsky, Zhaohan He, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO7.00013: Laser-driven proton acceleration in thin micro-structured foils Jiri Limpouch, Ondrej Klimo, Jan Psikal, Richard Liska, Jan Proska, Lucie Stolcova, Jiri Vyskocil, Daniele Margarone, Georg Korn, Daniel Kramer, Tomas Mocek, Jan Prokupek, Tae Moon Jeong, I. Jong Kim, Hyung Taek Kim, K.H. Nam, Il Woo Choi, Seong Ku Lee, Jae Hee Sung, Tae Jun Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO7.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO7.00015: Positron and Gamma-Ray Creation using the Texas Petawatt Laser Irradiating Gold Targets Edison Liang, Devin Taylor, Taylor Clarke, Alexander Henderson, Petr Chaguine, Xin Wang, Gilliss Dyer, Kristina Serratto, Nathan Riley, Michael Donovan, Todd Ditmire Preview Abstract

Session NP8: Poster Session V: Non-neutral, Dusty, and Strongly-coupled Plasmas II; Plasma Sources and Boundaries; Space and Astrophysical Plasmas; Spherical Torus, MHD Stability, LTX, HICD

Room: Hall BC

		NP8.00001: NON-NEUTRAL DUSTY AND STRONGLY-COUPLED PLASMAS II Preview Abstract
		NP8.00002: Diagnosing Energy and Angular Momentum Deposition Using Diocotron Mode Frequency Shifts A.A. Kabantsev, C.F. Driscoll Preview Abstract
		NP8.00003: Spatial Landau Damping of Diocotron Modes Caused by a Particle Flux C.F. Driscoll, A.A. Kabantsev, T.M. O'Neil Preview Abstract
		NP8.00004: Squeeze Effects on Plasma Wave Damping A. Ashourvan, D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00005: Electron Acoustic Waves in Pure Ion Plasmas F. Anderegg, M. Affolter, C.F. Driscoll, T.M. O'Neil, F. Valentini Preview Abstract
		NP8.00006: Cyclotron Resonances in a Non-Neutral Multispecies Ion Plasma M. Affolter, F. Anderegg, C.F. Driscoll, D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00007: Cyclotron Modes in a Multi-Species Nonneutral Plasma Column D. Dubin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00008: Collisional Relaxation of a Strongly Magnetized, Two-Isotope, Pure Ion Plasma C.Y. Chim, T.M. O'Neil, D.H.E. Dubin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00009: Electrostatic Beams Formed from Single-Component Plasmas N.C. Hurst, J.R. Danielson, T.R. Weber, C.M. Surko Preview Abstract
		NP8.00010: Novel Positron-beam Systems for Atomic Physics M.R. Natisin, J.R. Danielson, C.M. Surko Preview Abstract
		NP8.00011: Multicell Electrode Structure for Off-axis Plasma Confinement J.R. Danielson, N.C. Hurst, C.M. Surko Preview Abstract
		NP8.00012: Status of the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) E. Thomas, R. Fisher, S. LeBlanc, K. Wood, D. Artis, U. Konopka, R.L. Merlino, M. Rosenberg Preview Abstract
		NP8.00013: Using particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements adapted from high speed imaging for ground-based, microgravity, and magnetized dusty plasmas M. Kretschmer, T. Antonova, E. Thomas, J. Williams, U. Konopka, P. Badyopadhyay, G.E. Morfill Preview Abstract
		NP8.00014: Circular, Spiral and Point-like Filamentation of a Magnetized, Radio Frequency Discharge U. Konopka, P. Badyopadhyay, D. Sharma, E. Thomas, G.E. Morfill Preview Abstract
		NP8.00015: Spatially resolved energy distribution measurements in a weakly-coupled dusty plasma Ross Fisher, Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
		NP8.00016: Laser-induced fluorescence measurements of ion densities and flows near a dusty plasma Keith Wood, Ross Fisher, Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
		NP8.00017: Intergrain forces in low Mach-number plasma wakes Ian Hutchinson Preview Abstract
		NP8.00018: Magnitude and Direction of Fine-Particle Gyrophase Drift Jeffrey Walker, Mark Koepke, Michael Zimmerman, William Farrell, Vladimir Demidov Preview Abstract
		NP8.00019: Fundamental mode of ultra-low frequency electrostatic dust-cyclotron surface waves in a magnetized complex plasma with drifting ions Seungjun Lee, Myoung-Jae Lee Preview Abstract
		NP8.00020: Solitary wave evolution in inhomogeneous electron-positron pair plasma having dust grains Rakhee Malik, Hitendra K. Malik, Subash C. Kaushik Preview Abstract
		NP8.00021: PLASMA SOURCES AND BOUNDARIES Preview Abstract
		NP8.00022: Instabilities in ion rich sheaths J. Manuel Urrutia, Reiner Stenzel Preview Abstract
		NP8.00023: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00024: Theoretical and computational studies of the sheath of a planar, electron emitting wall Martina Giraudo, Gian Luca Delzanno, Enrico Camporeale Preview Abstract
		NP8.00025: Oscillation, Collapse and Disappearance of Debye Sheaths Due to Secondary Electron Emission Michael Campanell, Alexander Khrabrov, Igor Kaganovich Preview Abstract
		NP8.00026: Transport in a field-aligned magnetized plasma and neutral gas boundary: the end of the plasma Christopher Cooper, Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
		NP8.00027: A gas-puff-driven theta pinch for plasma-surface interaction studies Soonwook Jung, Leigh Kesler, Hyun-Ho Yun, Davide Curreli, Daniel Andruczyk, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		NP8.00028: Electrodeless Plasma Source: Phase II Update James Prager, Timothy Ziemba, Kenneth Miller Preview Abstract
		NP8.00029: One-Dimensional Analysis of ECRH Preionization for Plasma Start-up in JT-60SA Kazuyoshi Hada, Kazunobu Nagasaki, Kai Masuda, Ryota Kinjo, Shunsuke Ide, Akihiko Isayama Preview Abstract
		NP8.00030: SPACE AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		NP8.00031: Measurement and Simulation of the Electric Current in a kpc-Scale Jet P.P. Kronberg, R.V.E. Lovelace, G. Lapenta, SA Colgate, L. Sanna Preview Abstract
		NP8.00032: Solar wind obervations of electric and magnetic field spectra beyond the MHD inertial range John J. Podesta Preview Abstract
		NP8.00033: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00034: Collective Escape of Cosmic Rays from their Acceleration Sites Mikhail Malkov, Patrick Diamond, Roald Sagdeev, Felix Aharonian, Igor Moskalenko Preview Abstract
		NP8.00035: Dissipation Mechanisms of Kinetic Plasma Turbulence Jason TenBarge Preview Abstract
		NP8.00036: Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Kinetic Alfv\'{e}n Wave Turbulence Onnie Luk, Xi Cheng, Peter Porazik, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00037: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00038: Magnetic Field Generation Processes Involving Gravity and Differential Rotation. Solitary Plasma Rings Formation around Black Holes Bruno Coppi Preview Abstract
		NP8.00039: Magnetogenesis through a Relativistic Biermann Effect Evan Miller Preview Abstract
		NP8.00040: Multi-level multi-domain simulations: a new approach to multi-scale multi-physics descriptions Arnaud Beck, M.E. Innocenti, Giovanni Lapenta, Stefano Markidis Preview Abstract
		NP8.00041: Resonant and diffusive transport of relativistic electrons in Earth's radiation belts Dimitris Vassiliadis, Mattias Tornquist, Xi Shao, Mark Koepke Preview Abstract
		NP8.00042: Compressional Mode ULF Waves Excitation and Relativistic Electron Acceleration during a Geomagnetic Storm Event Xi Shao, L.C. Tan, A.S. Sharma, S.F. Fung, Mattias Tornquist, Dimitris Vassiliadis Preview Abstract
		NP8.00043: The Farley-Buneman Instability in the Solar Chromosphere Chad A. Madsen, Yakov S. Dimant, Meers M. Oppenheim, Juan M. Fontenla Preview Abstract
		NP8.00044: Global stability of MHD disk equilibria with sheared flows: a unified perspective Bertrand Lefebvre, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Fatima Ebrahimi Preview Abstract
		NP8.00045: Global simulations of dynamo in flowing plasmas -- applications to laboratory and astrophysical plasmas Fatima Ebrahimi, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		NP8.00046: FLASH Hydrodynamic Simulations of Experiments to Explore the Generation of Cosmological Magnetic Fields Anthony Scopatz, Milad Fatenejad, Norbert Flocke, Gianluca Gregori, Don Lamb, Dongwook Lee, Jena Meineke, Petros Tzeferacos, Klaus Weide Preview Abstract
		NP8.00047: Numerical simulations of anisotropic plasmas using a modified ZEUS-MP Benjamin Chandran, Varun Tangri, Aveek Sarkar, Jean Perez, Prateek Sharma Preview Abstract
		NP8.00048: Gyrokinetic simulation of the mirror instability and comparison with quasilinear results and hybrid simulations Peter Porazik, Jay Johnson, Peter Yoon, Pavel Travnicek Preview Abstract
		NP8.00049: Electron Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and Generation of Demagnetized Electron Rings Paul Cassak, Homa Karimabadi, Vadim Roytershteyn, William Daughton, Jack Scudder, Burlen Loring Preview Abstract
		NP8.00050: Rethinking Electrostatic Solvers in Particle Simulations for the Exascale Era Jan Deca, Stefano Markidis, Giovanni Lapenta, Erik J\'arleberg, Rossen Apostolov, Erwin Laure Preview Abstract
		NP8.00051: Space plasma-structure interaction: simulation with verification Oleg Batishchev Preview Abstract
		NP8.00052: Particle-in-cell simulations of electron energization from low Mach number quasi-perpendicular shocks in solar flares Eric Blackman, Jaehong Park, Chuang Ren, Jared Workman Preview Abstract
		NP8.00053: Numerical modeling of artificial ionospheric layers driven by high-power HF-heating Bengt Eliasson, Xi Shao, G. Milikh, E.V. Mishin, K. Papadopoulos Preview Abstract
		NP8.00054: Planetary and stellar auroral magnetospheric radio emission David Speirs, Robert A. Cairns, Robert Bingham, Barry J. Kellett, Sandra L. McConville, Karen M. Gillespie, Irena Vorgul, Alan D.R. Phelps, Adrian W. Cross, Kevin Ronald Preview Abstract
		NP8.00055: Laboratory measurement of cyclotron radiation inhibition by background plasma relevant to the polar magnetosphere Sandra L. McConville, Martin King, Mark Koepke, David Speirs, Karen Gillespie, Alan Phelps, Adrian Cross, Kathleen Matheson, Alan Cairns, Irena Vorgul, Robert Bingham, Barry Kellett, Kevin Ronald Preview Abstract
		NP8.00056: Variational Symplectic Algorithm for Whistler Wave Ray Tracing in the Inner Magnetosphere Chris Crabtree, Leonid Rudakov, Gurudas Ganguli, Manish Mithaiwala Preview Abstract
		NP8.00057: Co-existence of Whistler Waves with Kinetic Alfven Wave Turbulence for the High-Beta Solar Wind Plasma Manish Mithaiwala, Leonid Rudakov, Gurudas Ganguli, Chris Crabtree Preview Abstract
		NP8.00058: Magnetic Topology of Pseudo-Streamers in the 2010 August 1-2 Eruption Events Viacheslav Titov, Zoran Mikic, Tibor Torok, Jon Linker, Olga Panasenco Preview Abstract
		NP8.00059: SPHERICAL TORUS, MHD STABILITY, LTX, HICD Preview Abstract
		NP8.00060: Non-solenoidal Startup through Local Helicity Injection in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment M.W. Bongard, J.L. Barr, M.G. Burke, R.J. Fonck, E.T. Hinson, J.M. Perry, A.J. Redd, D.J. Schlossberg, N.L. Schoenbeck, P.C. Shriwise, K.E. Thome Preview Abstract
		NP8.00061: MHD During Relaxation and Growth of DC Helicity Injection Plasmas on Pegasus J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, A.J. Redd, S.M. Reiss Preview Abstract
		NP8.00062: Limiting Currents of Pegasus Helicity-Injection Sources E.T. Hinson, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, A.J. Redd, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00063: Magnetic Reconnection and Ion Flows During Point-Source DC Helicity Injection on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment M.G. Burke, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Schlossberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00064: Improved Density Control in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment using Internal Fueling K.E. Thome, M.W. Bongard, J.A. Cole, R.J. Fonck, A.J. Redd, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00065: Energy Confinement and Helicity Dissipation Studies Using Thomson Scattering on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Schlossberg, A.S. Dowd, R.J. Fonck, N.L. Schoenbeck, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00066: Design and Operation of a Frequency Doubled Nd:YAG Thomson Scattering System with Transmission Grating ICCD Spectrometer N.L. Schoenbeck, A.S. Dowd, R.J. Fonck, D.J. Schlossberg, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00067: Divertor Coil Design and Implementation on Pegasus P.C. Shriwise, M.W. Bongard, J.A. Cole, R.J. Fonck, B.A. Kujak-Ford, B.T. Lewicki, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00068: Upgrades to Power Systems and Magnetic Field Coils in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment J.M. Perry, M.W. Bongard, M.R. Bradisse, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, S.M. Swager Preview Abstract
		NP8.00069: Simulation of current-filament dynamics and relaxation in the Pegasus ST J.B. O'Bryan, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		NP8.00070: Fast Ion Redistribution due to Fishbones in MAST Richard Lake, Simon Pinches, Rob Akers, Erwin Verwichte Preview Abstract
		NP8.00071: Electron Bernstein Wave Experiments in the Low Aspect ratio Torus Experiment Device Yuto Noguchi, Tadahiko Fukunaga, Masaki Uchida, Hitoshi Tanaka, Takashi Maekawa Preview Abstract
		NP8.00072: Observation of nonlinear phenomena of edge fluctuations in the TST-2 spherical tokamak Yoshihiko Nagashima, Yuichi Takase, Akira Ejiri, Masateru Sonehara, Takuya Oosako Preview Abstract
		NP8.00073: Relationship between Magnetic Helicity Injection and Magnetic Reconnection in Double-Null Startup of the UTST Spherical Tokamak Takenori Watanabe, Shuji Kamio, Qinghong Cao, Hirotomo Itagaki, Koichiro Takemura, Kotaro Yamasaki, Koji Ishiguchi, Takuma Yamada, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		NP8.00074: Formation of Ultra High Beta Spherical Tokamak by Use of Merging Spheromak Plasmas Taichi Ito, Toru Ii, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		NP8.00075: Conceptual Study of the Steady-state of the Merging Start-up ST DEMO Reactor Keii Gi, Toru Ii, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono, Kenji Tobita Preview Abstract
		NP8.00076: Overview of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Kaita, L. Berzak-Hopkins, D.P. Boyle, E.M. Granstedt, J. Hare, C.M. Jacobson, M.A. Jaworski, T. Kozub, B. LeBlanc, M. Lucia, D.P. Lundberg, R. Majeski, E. Shi, J. Squire, J.C. Schmitt, D.P. Stotler, L. Zakharov, L.R. Baylor, T.M. Biewer, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi, S. Kubota, C.E. Thomas, K. Tritz, J. Clementson Preview Abstract
		NP8.00077: Magnetic Analysis of LTX plasmas J.C. Schmitt, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, L. Berzak Hopkins, T. Kozub, J. Squire, L. Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP8.00078: Development of liquid lithium plasma facing components on LTX M. Lucia, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, E. Kearns Preview Abstract
		NP8.00079: Electron Temperature and Density Profiles for Low Recycling Wall Conditions in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment C.M. Jacobson, R. Kaita, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		NP8.00080: Edge Thomson Scattering System for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment E. Shi, R. Kaita, C.M. Jacobson, B.P. LeBlanc, Q. Zang, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		NP8.00081: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00082: Recycling and Edge Impurities on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment E.M. Granstedt, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, J. Squire, K. Tritz Preview Abstract
		NP8.00083: Passive CHERS measurements in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) D.P. Boyle, T.M. Biewer, T.K. Gray, R. Maingi, R. Kaita, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		NP8.00084: Effect of Lithium PFCs on impurity ion content in LTX Jack Hare, Dennis Boyle, Robert Kaita, Richard Majeski, Joel Clementson, Peter Beiersdorfer Preview Abstract
		NP8.00085: FMCW Reflectometry for Electron Density Measurements on LTX S. Kubota, X.V. Nguyen, W.A. Peebles, R. Majeski, R. Kaita Preview Abstract
		NP8.00086: Latest Results from the LTX High-Speed Digital Holography System C.E. (Tommy) Thomas Jr., E.M. Granstedt, C.M. Jacobson, D.P. Lundberg, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, L.R. Baylor, S.K. Combs, S.J. Meitner, D.A. Rasmussen Preview Abstract
		NP8.00087: Effects of nonlinear viscosity on plasma flow induced island healing in stellarators C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		NP8.00088: Scaling Optimization of the SIESTA MHD Code Sudip Seal, Steven Hirshman, Kalyan Perumalla Preview Abstract
		NP8.00089: Modifications to the shear Alfv\'{e}n continua due to the presence of a magnetic island C.R. Cook, S.P. Hirshman, D.A. Spong, C.C. Hegna, D.T. Anderson, R. Sanchez Preview Abstract
		NP8.00090: 3D DIII-D Equilibrium Calculations with Magnetic Islands Allan Reiman, Don Monticello, Sam Lazerson Preview Abstract
		NP8.00091: Enhancement of neoclassical toroidal viscosity by bounce harmonic resonance in perturbed tokamaks Kimin Kim, Jong-Kyu Park, Gerrit J. Kramer, Allen H. Boozer, Jonathan E. Menard Preview Abstract
		NP8.00092: Effects of nonaxisymmetric magnetic fields on tokamak equilibria with finite beta and rotation Francois Louis Waelbroeck, Linjin Zheng, Ilon Joseph Preview Abstract
		NP8.00093: Safety-factor profile dependence of the diamagnetic effect on fusion alpha particle losses in a rippled tokamak Michinao Bunno, Yuji Nakamura, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Koji Shinohara, Go Matsunaga, Keiji Tani Preview Abstract
		NP8.00094: A new look at the origin of tokamak density limit scalings D.A. Gates, L. Delgado-Aparicio Preview Abstract
		NP8.00095: Generalized resistive wall boundary conditions for cylindrical and toroidal geometry in Nimrod A.L. Montgomery, C.C. Hegna, C.R. Sovinec, S.E. Kruger, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP8.00096: Extended-MHD Studies of Flow-Profile Effects on Edge Harmonic Oscillations in QH-mode Discharges J.R. King, K.H. Burrell, A.M. Garofalo, T.G. Jenkins, S.E. Kruger, P.B. Snyder Preview Abstract
		NP8.00097: Fully Parallel MHD Stability Analysis Tool Vladimir Svidzinski, Sergei Galkin, Jin-Soo Kim, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		NP8.00098: Toroidal energy principle covering both ideal MHD and perturbed equilibria in tokamaks Leonid Zakharov, Luca Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		NP8.00099: A fast high-order solver for the Grad-Shafranov equation Andras Pataki, Antoine Cerfon, Jeffrey Freidberg, Leslie Greengard Preview Abstract
		NP8.00100: Computational Study of the Grad--Shafranov Equation with Flow in Helical Symmetry Lorenzo Siddi, Luca Guazzotto, Giovanni Lapenta, Roberto Paccagnella Preview Abstract
		NP8.00101: Gyrokinetic Simulation of Internal Kink Mode in Toroidal Geometry Joseph McClenaghan, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00102: Macroscopic MHD instabilities during current ramp-up phase under the operational constraints of superconducting coils Yongkyoon In, J.G. Bak, Y.M. Jeon, J. Kim, W.C. Kim, W.H. Ko, K.D. Lee, S.G. Lee, S.W. Yoon Preview Abstract
		NP8.00103: Sideways Force Produced During Disruptions H.R. Strauss, R. Paccagnella, J. Breslau, S. Jardin, L. Sugiyama Preview Abstract
		NP8.00104: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00105: Non-linear dynamics of plasma with surface current in tokamak disruption events S.A. Galkin, V.A. Svidzinski, J.E. Grubert, L.E. Zakharov Preview Abstract
		NP8.00106: Pressure driven tearing modes in the Reverse Field Pinch Roberto Paccagnella Preview Abstract
		NP8.00107: On the stability of a particle driven Alfven mode localized within the minimum q in reversed shear D.P. Brennan, C.C. Kim, J.M. Finn Preview Abstract
		NP8.00108: Modeling TAE Response To Nonlinear Drives Bo Zhang, Herbert Berk, Boris Breizman, Linjin Zheng Preview Abstract
		NP8.00109: LBQ2D, Extending the Line Broadened Quasilinear Model to TAE-EP Interaction Katy Ghantous, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Herbert Berk Preview Abstract
		NP8.00110: Theory and simulation of the fishbone burst cycle Fulvio Zonca, Sergio Briguglio, Liu Chen, Claudio Di Troia, Giuliana Fogaccia, Valeria Fusco, Gregorio Vlad, Xin Wang Preview Abstract
		NP8.00111: Analysis of energetic particle induced long-lived modes in HL-2A tokamak Xiaogang Wang, Xianqu Wang Preview Abstract
		NP8.00112: Simulation study of Alfven eigenmode induced energetic-ion transport in LHD Seiya Nishimura, Yasushi Todo, Noriyoshi Nakajima, Masaki Osakabe, Satoshi Yamamoto, Donald A. Spong, Yasuhiro Suzuki Preview Abstract
		NP8.00113: Transonic Flow in a Tokamak Eliezer Hameiri, Luca Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		NP8.00114: Model Improvement for Transonic Flows Luca Guazzotto, Riccardo Betti, Steve Jardin Preview Abstract
		NP8.00115: Snakes and sawteeth in nonlinear MHD Linda Sugiyama, Luis Delgado-Aparicio Preview Abstract
		NP8.00116: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP8.00117: Transport timescale calculations of sawteeth and helical structures in non-circular tokamak plasmas Stephen Jardin, Nate Ferraro, Josh Breslau, Jin Chen Preview Abstract
		NP8.00118: MHD instabilities in JET Hybrid Scenario with the ITER Like Wall Matteo Baruzzo, Barry Alper, Tommaso Bolzonella, Antonio Botrugno, Clarisse Bourdelle, Paolo Buratti, Rui Coelho, Clive Challis, Ian Chapman, Peter de Vries, Carine Giroud, Michela Gelfusa, Emmanuel Joffrin, Nick Hawkes, Tim Hender, Jorg Hobirk, Joelle Mailloux, Francesco Orsitto, Gianluca Pucella, Onofrio Tudisco Preview Abstract
		NP8.00119: Momentum transport due to overlapping tearing modes in tokamaks and reversed field pinches A.J. Cole, J.M. Finn, C.C. Hegna, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract

Session NM9: Mini-Conference: Flux Ropes and 3D Dynamics I

Sponsoring Units: GPAP
Chair: Tom Intrator, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 553AB

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:30AM - 9:50AM		NM9.00001: Connected Events and their Topologies Alan Title Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:50AM - 10:10AM		NM9.00002: Reconnecting Flux Ropes Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:10AM - 10:30AM		NM9.00003: Magnetic Separatrices and QSLs in Solar Eruptions Viacheslav Titov, Zoran Mikic, Jon Linker, Roberto Lionello, Tibor Torok Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30AM - 10:50AM		NM9.00004: Stability of magnetic flux ropes with background flow Hans Goedbloed, Rony Keppens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:50AM - 11:10AM		NM9.00005: 3-D simulations of magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density laser-produced plasmas W. Fox, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:10AM - 11:30AM		NM9.00006: Experimental Observations of 3D Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Ropes Paul Bellan, Eve Stenson, Auna Moser Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:30AM - 11:50AM		NM9.00007: Uncombed Penumbrae: Formation, Ongoing Reconnections and Fine Substructures Margarita Ryutova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:50AM - 12:10PM		NM9.00008: Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Energization in Relativistic Shear Flows Edison Liang, Markus Boettcher, Ian Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:10PM - 12:30PM		NM9.00009: Solar flares and magnetic reconnection in quasi-separatrix layers G. Aulanier, P. Demoulin, M. Janvier, S. Masson, E. Pariat Preview Abstract