Bulletin of the American Physical Society

55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 58, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 11–15, 2013; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session PP8: Poster Session VI: Mixing Mini-Conference, Sources, Edge and Divertor, MHD, Waves, Instabilities & Reconnection	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Room: Plaza ABC

		PP8.00001: Mix mitigation with external magnetic fields and hot-spot ion viscosity in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas Bhuvana Srinivasan, Xian-Zhu Tang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00002: Mixing the directions of thermodynamic time Alexander Klimenko, Ulrich Maas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00003: Diffusivity of Mixtures in Warm Dense Matter Regime Tomorr Haxhimali, Robert Rudd, Julie Jackson, A. Bruce Langdon, James Glosli, Frank Graziani Preview Abstract
		PP8.00004: Equation of State Models for Low-Z Materials at High Energy Densities Konstantin V. Khishchenko Preview Abstract
		PP8.00005: Characterization of Hard X-ray Radiation Produced From Gas Targets During Laser-Plasma Interactions With an Ultra-intense, Terawatt Class Laser System Zhen Zhao, William Schumaker, Keegan Behm, Michael Vargas, Vladimir Chvykov, Victor Yanovsky, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Alexander Thomas, Karl Krushelnick Preview Abstract
		PP8.00006: Two-stream instability at soft X-ray wavelengths for increasing brightness of Compton sources Nikolai Yampolsky, Chengkun Huang, Gian Luca Delzanno, Dmitry Shchegolkov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00007: Modeling Nonlinear Thomson/Compton scattering of LWFA GeV electron bunches Joana Luis Martins, Marija Vranic, Jorge Vieira, Thomas Grismayer, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00008: Interaction of Ultra relativistic Fireball beam (e$^{-}$e$^{+})$ with Plasma Nitin Shukla, Jorge Vieira, Patric Muggli, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		PP8.00009: Particle-In-Cell simulations of electron beam microbunching instability in three dimensions Chengkun Huang, Y. Zeng, M.D. Meyers, S. Yi, B.J. Albright, T.J.T. Kwan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00010: Strong terahertz generation from relativistic laser-solid interactions Yutong Li Preview Abstract
		PP8.00011: Experimental observation of frequency up-conversion by flash ionization phenomena Noboru Yugami, Takamitsu Otsuka, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Akinori Nishida, Ryosuke Kodama Preview Abstract
		PP8.00012: Experimental and simulation study of electric field screening of carbon fiber field emitters Wilkin Tang, Don Shiffler, Matthew LaCour, Ken Golby, Tim Knowles Preview Abstract
		PP8.00013: Parallel Simulation of Underdense Plasma Photocathode Experiments David Bruhwiler, Bernhard Hidding, Yunfeng Xi, Gerard Andonian, James Rosenzweig, Estelle Cormier-Michel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00014: Brillouin Flow in Recirculating Planar Magnetron D.H. Simon, Y.Y. Lau, M. Franzi, G. Greening, R.M. Gilgenbach Preview Abstract
		PP8.00015: Characterizing Electrical and Thermal Breakdown of Metamaterial Structures for HPM Applications T. Wynkoop, M. Gilmore, A.G. Lynn, S. Prasad, E. Schamiloglu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00016: The current understanding of transitions from large to small ELMs and to edge turbulence with no ELMs X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00017: BOUT++ simulations of edge turbulence in Alcator C-Mod's EDA H-mode E.M. Davis, M. Porkolab, J.W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, P.B. Snyder, X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00018: Simulations of Edge Current Driven Kink Modes with BOUT$++$ code G.Q. Li, X.Q. Xu, P.B. Snyder, A.D. Turnbull, T.Y. Xia, C.H. Ma, P.W. Xi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00019: Six-field two-fluid simulations of ELM power depositions on divertor target in real tokamak geometry using BOUT$++$ code T.Y. Xia, X.Q. Xu, M.E. Fenstermacher Preview Abstract
		PP8.00020: Analysis of different responses of ion and electron in six-field two-fluid ELM simulations Chenhao Ma, Xueqiao Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00021: Modeling of Tokamak Divertor Plasma for Weakly Collisional Parallel Electron Transport M.V. Umansky, A.M. Dimits, I. Joseph, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		PP8.00022: Tokamak turbulence simulations using BOUT$++$ framework in core region S.S. Kim, X.Q. Xu, H. Jhang, Tongnyeol Rhee, P.W. Xi, P.H. Diamond, A. Dimits, M. Umansky, G.Y. Park Preview Abstract
		PP8.00023: BOUT++ flux-driven simulation of edge transport barrier formation with sheared equilibrium flows G.Y. Park, S.S. Kim, T. Rhee, H.G. Jhang, P.H. Diamond, X.Q. Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00024: Validations of BOUT$++$ transport simulations with HL-2A experiments using SMBI Z.H. Wang, X.Q. Xu, D.L. Yu, A.P. Sun, J.Q. Dong, L.H. Yao Preview Abstract
		PP8.00025: Development of PIC-Fluid hybrid scheme for impurity generation and transport in BOUT++ framework Xiaotao Xiao, Xueqiao Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00026: Simulations of plasma response to RMP with BOUT$++$ code Bin Gui, Xueqiao Xu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00027: Peeling-Ballooning mode simulation in ``Snowflake'' divertor configuration using BOUT++ Jingfei Ma, Xueqiao Xu, Dmitri Ryutov, Maxim Umansky Preview Abstract
		PP8.00028: Model of a convective, fully detached snowflake divertor D.D. Ryutov, S.I. Krasheninnikov, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		PP8.00029: Extension of Gyro-Landau Fluid Equations to Higher Order Ilon Joseph, Andris Dimits Preview Abstract
		PP8.00030: Axisymmetric curvature-driven instability in a model toroidal geometry W.A. Farmer, D.D. Ryutov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00031: Simulations of Turbulence in Tokamak Edge and Effects of Self-Consistent Zonal Flows* Bruce Cohen, Maxim Umansky Preview Abstract
		PP8.00032: Statistical physics of inter-ELM time interval sequences Anthony Webster, Richard Dendy, Sandra Chapman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00033: Simulations of ELMs in realistic tokamak geometry with the nonlinear MHD code JOREK Isabel Krebs, Matthias Hoelzl, Stephen Jardin, Karl Lackner, Sibylle Guenter Preview Abstract
		PP8.00034: Computational analysis of two-fluid edge plasma stability in tokamak geometries Tom Neiser, Derek Baver, Troy Carter, Jim Myra, Phil Snyder, Maxim Umansky Preview Abstract
		PP8.00035: Simulation of a tokamak edge plasma with the kinetic code COGENT M. Dorf, R. Cohen, M. Dorr, J. Hittinger, T. Rognlien, P. Colella, D. Martin, P. McCorquodale Preview Abstract
		PP8.00036: Global $\delta f$ neoclassical calculations in a pedestal Matt Landreman, F. Parra, P.J. Catto, D.R. Ernst, I. Pusztai Preview Abstract
		PP8.00037: Applications of the ArbiTER edge plasma eigenvalue code D.A. Baver, J.R. Myra, M.V. Umansky Preview Abstract
		PP8.00038: Ballooning Stability of Separatrix Spanning Modes J.R. Myra, D.A. Baver, D.A. D'Ippolito, M.V. Umansky, L.L. LoDestro, R.J. Goldston, J.H. Nichols Preview Abstract
		PP8.00039: KInetic Effect on Dynamics of Plasma Coherent Structures Seiji Ishiguro, Hiroki Hasegawa Preview Abstract
		PP8.00040: Configuration of Spontaneous Flows in a Plasma Coherent Structure Hiroki Hasegawa, Seiji Ishiguro Preview Abstract
		PP8.00041: Parallel flow acceleration at the presence of magnetic trapping in an open field line plasma Zehua Guo, Xianzhu Tang, Chris McDevitt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00042: Global electromagnetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence Federico Halpern, Paolo Ricci, Sebastien Jolliet, Joaquim Loizu, Annamaria Mosetto Preview Abstract
		PP8.00043: Divertor heat-load width from gyrokinetic neoclassical and turbulence simulation in XGC1 Seung-Hoe Ku, Robert Hager, C.S. Chang, Jianying Lang, D.P. Stotler Preview Abstract
		PP8.00044: Theory of Advanced Magnetic Divertors Michael Kotschenreuther, Prashant Valanju, Swadesh Mahajan, Brent Covele Preview Abstract
		PP8.00045: Advanced Divertor Design and Application under Modern Superconducting Tokamak Constraints Brent Covele, Mike Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan, Prashant Valanju Preview Abstract
		PP8.00046: Comparison Between Experiments and EMC3-Eirene Simulations of the Snowflake Divertor in TCV G.P. Canal, T. Lunt, Y. Feng, H. Reimerdes, B.P. Duval, B. Labit, W.A.J. Vijvers, S. Coda, T.W. Morgan, F. Nespoli, B. Tal, G. De Temmerman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00047: Power exhaust in all geometric variations of the snowflake divertor on TCV Wouter Vijvers, Gustavo Canal, Basil Duval, Benoit Labit, Holger Reimerdes, Stefano Coda, Tilmann Lunt, Thomas Morgan, Greg de Temmerman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00048: Simulation for heat flux mitigation by gas puffing in KSTAR Seung Bo Shim, Vladislav Kotov, Suk-Ho Hong, Reiter Detlev, Jin Yong Kim, Yong Su Na, Hae June Lee Preview Abstract
		PP8.00049: Effects of toroidal field direction and heating power on divertor asymmetry and scrape-off layer flow in EAST Shaocheng Liu, Houyang Guo, Liang Wang, Huiqian Wang, Kaifu Gan, Guosheng Xu, Liang Chen, Ning Yan, Wei Zhang, Ran Chen, Linming Shao, Hao Xiong, Siye Ding, Guanghai Hu, Yelu Liu, Nan Zhao, YongLiang Li, Xiang Gao, Xianzu Gong Preview Abstract
		PP8.00050: Implication of a shock front in the X-point region of ASDEX Upgrade on the evolution of divertor detachment Marco Wischmeier, Steffen Potzel, Daniel Carralero, Stefan H. Muller Preview Abstract
		PP8.00051: Evaluating Stellarator Divertor Designs with EMC3 Aaron Bader, D.T. Anderson, Y. Feng, C.C. Hegna, J.N. Talmadge Preview Abstract
		PP8.00052: Secondary electron emission and the bifurcation of the heat flux to the targets in fusion plasmas Wonjae Lee, Sergei Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00053: Transport of Tungsten and Beryllium Droplets in ITER R.D. Smirnov, B.T. Brown, S.I. Krasheninnikov, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		PP8.00054: Time-dependent recycling modeling with edge plasma transport codes A. Pigarov, S. Krasheninnikov, T. Rognlien, S. Taverniers, E. Hollmann Preview Abstract
		PP8.00055: 3D Equilibrium Reconstruction with Magnetic Islands for DIII-D ELM Suppression Experiments Allan Reiman, Donald Monticello Preview Abstract
		PP8.00056: The PIES2012 Code for Calculating 3D Equilibria with Islands and Stochastic Regions Donald Monticello, Allan Reiman, Daniel Raburn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00057: Modified edge-localized mode (ELM) structures and dynamics under static n=1 resonant MP in the KSTAR tokamak J. Lee, G.S. Yun, M. Kim, M.J. Choi, W. Lee, H.K. Park, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., Y.M. Jeon, S.G. Lee Preview Abstract
		PP8.00058: The effects of weakly 3-D equilibrium on MHD stabiliyt of tokamak pedestals C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		PP8.00059: 3D Boundary Behavior in RFX-mod: Role of Advected Quantities P. Scarin, M. Agostini, L. Carraro, G. Ciaccio, G. Spizzo, N. Vianello Preview Abstract
		PP8.00060: NIMROD Computation of Plasma Response to Resonant Magnetic Perturbations in DIII-D P. Zhu, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP8.00061: Particle simulation in stochastic magnetic fields at tokamak edge C.C. Chang, Y. Nishimura, C.Z. Cheng Preview Abstract
		PP8.00062: Applications of 3D Equilibrium Reconstruction Samuel Lazerson, Joachim Geiger, Yuri Gribov, Stuart Hudson, David Gates Preview Abstract
		PP8.00063: Gyrokinetic particle simulation of internal kink modes in DIII-D Joseph McClenaghan, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00064: A Mechanism for Soft Beta Limits in NSTX Stephen Jardin, Nate Ferraro, Jin Chen, Josh Breslau, Stefan Gerhardt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00065: New picture of the 1/1 internal kink and sawtooth in compressible toroidal plasmas Linda Sugiyama Preview Abstract
		PP8.00066: Generalized resistive wall boundary conditions for cylindrical and toroidal geometry in NIMROD Andrea Montgomery, C.C. Hegna, C.R. Sovinec, S.E. Kruger, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00067: Resistive Wall Mode Simulations With JOREK-STARWALL Rachel McAdams, Ian Chapman, Howard Wilson, Matthias Hoelzl, Guido Huysmans, Yueqiang Liu, Peter Merkel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00068: Dynamics of tokamak plasma surface current in 3D ideal MHD model Sergei A. Galkin, V.A. Svidzinski, L.E. Zakharov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00069: Toroidal rotation and halo current produced by disruptions Henry Strauss, Linda Sugiyama, Roberto Paccagnella, Joshua Breslau, Stephen Jardin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00070: Guiding-center simulation of runaway electron confinement during tokamak disruptions Akinobu Matsuyama, Masatoshi Yagi, Yasuhiro Kagei Preview Abstract
		PP8.00071: Hall-MHD resistive tearing modes in finite-aspect-ratio cylindrical geometry J.J. Ramos Preview Abstract
		PP8.00072: Computational Investigation of Extended-MHD Effects on Tokamak Plasmas Jacob R. King, Scott E. Kruger Preview Abstract
		PP8.00073: Stabilization of NTMs using real-time equilibrium reconstruction on TCV Doohyun Kim, Timothy P. Goodman, Olivier Sauter, Hoang Bao Le, Jean-Marc Moret Preview Abstract
		PP8.00074: Observation of the bifurcation of tearing modes due to supersonic gas injected into the J-TEXT plasmas Xiande Feng, Ge Zhuang, Zhoujun Yang, Jinshui Xiao, Jie Chen, Xiwei Hu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00075: Theory and simulation of the magnetic island-induced TAE mode Carson Cook, Chris Hegna, Don Spong, Steve Hirshman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00076: Dynamic evolutions of toroidal Alfven eigenmodes driven by energetic particles Zhiwei Ma, Jia Zhu, GuoYong Fu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00077: Energetic ion excited long-lasting ``sword'' modes in tokamak plasmas with low magnetic shear Xiaogang Wang, Ruibin Zhang, Wei Deng, Yi Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00078: Nonlinear Alfv\'en eigenmode studies through optimized PIC simulations Wenjun Deng, Guo-Yong Fu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00079: ESC-EEC-EPC code system for plasma core and edge equilibrium and particle orbits Xujing Li Preview Abstract
		PP8.00080: Ertel's vorticity theorem and new flux surfaces in multi-fluid plasmas Elie Hameiri Preview Abstract
		PP8.00081: Anisotropic pressure effects on magnetospheric MHD equilibrium M. Furukawa Preview Abstract
		PP8.00082: A direct comparison between single-fliud and Hall-MHD turbulence Hideaki Miura, Keisuke Araki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00083: Extended MHD Simulation of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a 2D Slab Tomoharu Hatori, Hideaki Miura, Atsushi Ito, Masahiko Sato, Ryosuke Goto Preview Abstract
		PP8.00084: Hall and gyro-viscous effects to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a 2D slab Ryosuke Goto, Hideaki Miura, Atsushi Ito, Masahiko Sato, Tomotoharu Hatori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00085: A pressure-driven model for the quasi periodical oscillations of the Single Helical States in Reversed Field Pinch plasmas Roberto Paccagnella Preview Abstract
		PP8.00086: Nonlinear Excitation of Acoustic Modes by Large Amplitude Alfv\'{e}n waves in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) S. Dorfman, T. Carter, P. Pribyl, S.K.P. Tripathi, B. Van Compernolle, S. Vincena, R. Sydora Preview Abstract
		PP8.00087: Prospects for studying temperature-anisotropy-driven instabilities in a high-beta laboratory plasma T.A. Carter, S. Dorfman, L. Bardoczi, A. Geraldini, J. Robertson, G. Rossi, S. Tang, S. Tripathi, S. Vincena, W. Gekelman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00088: Excitation of Alfven waves by a spiraling ion beam in the Large Plasma Device Shreekrishna Tripathi, Bart Van Compernolle, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, William Heidbrink, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		PP8.00089: Ion beam generated modes in the lower hybrid frequency range in a laboratory magnetoplasma Bart Van Compernolle, Shreekrishna Tripathi, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl Preview Abstract
		PP8.00090: Geometric theory of wave kinetics and the ray-tracing controversy I.Y. Dodin, N.J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00091: Alfv\'{e}n Wave Behavior in Partially Ionized Plasmas and a Strong Density Gradient in the Hot hELicon eXperiment (HELIX) Stephanie Sears, Jerry Carr Jr., Robert VanDervort, Greg Lusk, Richard Magee, Earl Scime Preview Abstract
		PP8.00092: Simulation of Ion Diffusion in Kinetic Alfven Waves Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang, Jay Johnson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00093: Impact of plasma core profiles on MHD stability at tokamak edge pedestal Nobuyuki Aiba, Hajime Urano Preview Abstract
		PP8.00094: A spherical Couette experiment to observe linear MHD instabilities at medium Reynolds numbers Elliot Kaplan, Benjamin Gohl, Thomas Gundrum, Martin Seilmayer, Frank Stefani Preview Abstract
		PP8.00095: GeFi Simulation of Electron-Ion Hybrid Instability Lei Qi, Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang, Ami Dubois, Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00096: Laboratory Investigation of the Dynamics of Shear Flows in a Plasma Boundary Layer Ami DuBois, Edward Thomas, William Amatucci, Gurudas Ganguli Preview Abstract
		PP8.00097: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		PP8.00098: Basic Experiments on the Production and Identification of Toroidal ETG Modes Abed Balbaky, Vladimir Sokolov, Amiya Sen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00099: Study of two-stream instability in low-pressure discharge Guiqiu Wang, Igor Kaganovich, Alexander Khrabrov, Dmytro Sydorenko, Hongyue Wang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00100: Pitch angle scattering of an anisotropic electron beam: linear theory and PIC simulations Xiangrong Fu, S. Peter Gary, Misa Cowee, Dan Winske, Kaijun Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00101: Surface Waves in a Semi-Bounded Collisional Plasma Modjtaba Moaied, Yuriy Tyshetskiy, Sergey Vladimirov Preview Abstract
		PP8.00102: Current driven instability in finite beta plasmas Istvan Pusztai, Peter J. Catto, Felix I. Parra, Michael Barnes Preview Abstract
		PP8.00103: A direct Vlasov simulation of nonlinear plasma waves Kentaro Hara, Iain Boyd, Igor Kaganovich Preview Abstract
		PP8.00104: Scattering of High Frequency Electromagnetic Waves in the Presence of Low Frequency Density Irregularities James Lundberg, Tony Kim, Vladimir Sotnikov, Evgeny Mishin, David Ross, Thomas Mehlhorn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00105: Interchange and Flow Velocity Shear Instabilitiesin the Presence of Finite Larmor Radius Effects Tony Kim, James Lundberg, Vladimir Sotnikov, Evgeny Mishin, Thomas Genoni, David Rose, Thomas Mehlhorn Preview Abstract
		PP8.00106: Simultaneous Multi-angle Radar Observations of Langmuir Turbulence Excited by RF Ionospheric Interactions at HAARP J.P. Sheerin, N. Rayyan, N. Watanabe, B.J. Watkins, W.A. Bristow, P.A. Bernhardt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00107: Study of Linear and Nonlinear Wave Excitation Feng Chu, Jorge Berumen, Ryan Hood, Sean Mattingly, Frederick Skiff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00108: Stability of Inhomogeneous Equilibria of Hamiltonian Continuous Media Field Theories George Hagstrom Preview Abstract
		PP8.00109: Study of Auroral Electron Acceleration in the Laboratory J.W.R. Schroeder, F. Skiff, G.G. Howes, C.A. Kletzing, T.A. Carter, S. Dorfman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00110: Essential Tokamak Geometric Effects for Global Ballooning Mode Studies Huasheng Xie, Yong Xiao Preview Abstract
		PP8.00111: RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		PP8.00112: Chaos in Magnetic Flux Ropes Walter Gekelman, Tim DeHaas, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00113: Ion Flows Associated with Two Flux Ropes in a Background Plasma Timothy DeHaas, Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00114: Quasi-separatrix layer analysis of line-tied tearing modes in kinetic simulation Zachary Billey, Ellen Zweibel, John Finn, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00115: Coexistence of drift-like and tearing instabilities in non-uniform plasma V.V. Mirnov, C.C. Hegna, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP8.00116: Generation of superthermal electrons in single X-line reconnection Jan Egedal, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00117: Quantifying the Reconnection Rate in Magnetopause Boundary Layers William Daughton, Takuma Nakamura, Vadim Roytershteyn, Homa Karimabadi, Burlen Loring Preview Abstract
		PP8.00118: Mechanisms of Energization of Plasma Particles in the Magnetic Reconnection Layer of a Laboratory Plasma M. Yamada, J. Yoo, J. Jara Almonte, H. Ji, C. Myers, C. Swanson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00119: Dependence of ion dynamics on upstream density asymmetry and guide field Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Clayton Myers, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Charles Swanson, Peter Bolgert Preview Abstract
		PP8.00120: Electrostatic Microinstabilities within the Electron Diffusion Layer J. Jara-Almonte, W. Daughton, H. Ji, M. Yamada Preview Abstract
		PP8.00121: Experimental measurement of ion distribution function during magnetic reconnection C. Swanson, M. Yamada, H. Ji, J. Yoo, C.E. Myers, J. Jara-Almonte, P. Bolgert Preview Abstract
		PP8.00122: A new Schwarzschild optical system for two-dimensional EUV imaging of MRX plasmas P. Bolgert, M. Bitter, P. Efthimion, K.W. Hill, H. Ji, C.E. Myers, M. Yamada, J. Yoo, S. Zweben Preview Abstract
		PP8.00123: Equilibrium force balance and eruptive instabilities in solar-relevant laboratory magnetic flux ropes C.E. Myers, M. Yamada, E.V. Belova, H. Ji, J. Yoo, J. Jara-Almonte Preview Abstract
		PP8.00124: Development of Electromagnetic Particle Simulation Code in an Open System for Investigation of Magnetic Reconnection H. Ohtani, R. Horiuchi, S. Usami Preview Abstract
		PP8.00125: Collisionless Reconnection Comparison Between Gyrokinetic and Particle-in-Cell Simulations Jason TenBarge, Homa Karimabadi, William Daughton, Gregory Howes Preview Abstract
		PP8.00126: The Emergence, Motion, and Disappearance of Magnetic Null Points Nicholas Murphy, Clare Parnell, Andrew Haynes, David Pontin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00127: Properties of Magnetic Reconnection as a function of magnetic shear Yi-Hsin Liu, William Daughton, Homa Karimabadi, Hui Li, Peter Gary, Fan Guo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00128: Magnetic Reconnection in Crossed, Plasma-filled Flux Tubes Zachary Tobin, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00129: Nonlinear dynamics and saturation of magnetic islands A. Poye, A. Smolyakov, O. Agullo, S. Benkadda, X. Garbet Preview Abstract
		PP8.00130: Plasmoid Chain Dynamics in Three-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations S. Markidis, P. Henri, G. Lapenta, A. Divin, M. Goldman, D. Newman, E. Laure Preview Abstract
		PP8.00131: Large Magnetic Reconnection Simulations with Anisotropic Fluid Closure Obioma Ohia, Jan Egedal, Vyacheslav S. Lukin, William S. Daughton, Ari Le Preview Abstract
		PP8.00132: A Kinetic Approach to Shear Driven Magnetic Reconnection for Multi-Scale Modeling of CME Initiation Carrie Black, Spiro Antiochos, Rick DeVore, Kai Germaschewski, Judy Karpen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00133: Forced Magnetic Reconnection at an X-point: Particle-In-Cell and Ten-Moment Extended MHD Simulations Liang Wang, Naoki Bessho, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Kai Germaschewski, Ammar Hakim Preview Abstract
		PP8.00134: Diamagnetic Stabilization of Cylindrical $m=2$ Double-Tearing Modes Stephen Abbott, Kai Germaschewski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00135: Magnetic Reconnection Driven by the Nernst Effect Chang Liu, W. Fox, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Joglekar, A. Thomas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00136: Experimental studies of magnetic reconnection in 3D geometries Arturs Vrublevskis, Jan Egedal Preview Abstract
		PP8.00137: Transition in Electron Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in Weakly Collisional Plasma Ari Le, Vadim Roytershteyn, Homa Karimabadi, William Daughton, Jan Egedal, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		PP8.00138: Triggered Reconnection at 1 MA on COBRA John Greenly, Kate Blesener, Charles Seyler, Xuan Zhao Preview Abstract
		PP8.00139: The Coalescence of Magnetic Islands in a Large Aspect Ratio Current Sheet Jianhua Cheng Preview Abstract
		PP8.00140: Quasi-linear and nonlinear stabilization of the m=1 kink-tearing mode in cylindrical geometry Kai Germaschewski, Stephen Abbott, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		PP8.00141: Floating Potential Measurement of Magnetic Reconnection Region with High Guide Field in the UTST Merging Experiment Kotaro Yamasaki Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 58, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 11–15, 2013; Denver, Colorado

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Session PP8: Poster Session VI: Mixing Mini-Conference, Sources, Edge and Divertor, MHD, Waves, Instabilities & Reconnection

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