Bulletin of the American Physical Society

56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session Index

Session PP8: Poster Session VI: MST and Other Reversed Field Pinches; NSTX and Other Spherical Tori; Magnetic Reconnection	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Room: Preservation Hall

		PP8.00001: MST AND OTHER REVERSED FIELD PINCHES Preview Abstract
		PP8.00002: Overview of MST research J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00003: Ion Runaway Due to Magnetic Reconnection in the MST RFP J.A. Reusch, J.K. Anderson, W. Capecchi, S. Eilerman, J. Kim, J.J. Koliner, M.D. Nornberg, Y. Tsidulko Preview Abstract
		PP8.00004: Energy and Pitch Distribution of Spontaneously-generated High-energy Bulk Ions in the RFP Jungha Kim, Jay Anderson, Joshua Reusch, Scott Eilerman, William Capecchi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00005: Fast ion beta limit measurements by collimated neutron detection in the MST William Capecchi, Jay Anderson, Scott Eilerman, Jon Koliner, Josh Reusch, Liang Lin, Deyong Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00006: Characterization of an ultra-low-frequency beam-driven instability in the RFP E. Parke, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, S. Eilerman, J.J. Koliner, S. Munaretto, M.D. Nornberg, J.A. Reusch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00007: Investigation of fast-ion instabilities and tearing-mode reduction during neutral beam injection in a reversed field pinch L. Lin, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, J.K. Anderson, W. Capecchi, S. Eilerman, J.J. Koliner, M.D. Nornberg, J. Reusch, J.S. Sarff, D. Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00008: Alfv\'en Modes in the MST Revised Field Pinch Meng Li, Boris Breizman, Linjin Zheng, Liang Lin, Weixing Ding, David Brower Preview Abstract
		PP8.00009: Feasibility study of off-axis NBI in the Reversed Field Pinch J.K. Anderson, W. Capecchi, J. Kim, J.J. Koliner, M.D. Nornberg, J.A. Reusch, L. Lin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00010: An Update on the Retarding Potential Grid System for a Neutral Particle Analyzer Ephrem D. Mezonlin, James B. Titus, Jay K. Anderson, Josh A. Reusch Preview Abstract
		PP8.00011: Preliminary MHD Validation Studies on MST C.M. Jacobson, A.F. Almagri, K.J. McCollam, J.A. Reusch, J.P. Sauppe, J.C. Triana Preview Abstract
		PP8.00012: Using IDA to Understand Electron Temperature Structures in High Temperature Discharges in the Madison Symmetric Torus L.M. Reusch, M.E. Galante, D.J. Den Hartog, P. Franz, J.R. Johnson, M.B. McGarry, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		PP8.00013: Determination of $Z_{eff}$ in MST Plasmas through Integrated Data Analysis Matthew Galante, Lisa Reusch, Daniel Den Hartog, Paolo Franz, Jay Johnson, Meghan McGarry, Hillary Stephens Preview Abstract
		PP8.00014: Improvements in SXR and Te Measurements on MST J.A. Goetz, M.B. McGarry, P. Franz, D.J. Den Hartog, J. Johnson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00015: Statistical Analysis of Thomson Scattering Measurements for High-Frequency Temperature Fluctuations Lucas Morton, Daniel Den Hartog, Eli Parke, James Duff, Liang Lin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00016: Probing the limits on beta and density in the RFP B.E. Chapman, K.J. Caspary, J.K. Anderson, W. Capecchi, D.J. Den Hartog, S.T. Limbach, L.A. Morton, S.P. Oliva, E. Parke, J.S. Sarff, W.C. Young, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, J.R. Duff, L. Lin, S.K. Combs Preview Abstract
		PP8.00017: Ion energy transport in MST Z.A. Xing, D.J. Den Hartog, S. Kumar, M.D. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff, J.B. Titus Preview Abstract
		PP8.00018: Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of improved confinement RFP plasmas Daniel Carmody, M.J. Pueschel, J.K. Anderson, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		PP8.00019: Measurement of high-frequency, small scale density fluctuations in improved confinement RFP plasmas J.R. Duff, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, D. Carmody, P.W. Terry, D.J. Den Hartog, L.A. Morton, L. Lin, W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower Preview Abstract
		PP8.00020: Investigation of density and potential fluctuations measured in the interior of improved confinement RFP plasmas P.J. Fimognari, D.R. Demers, D. Carmody, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		PP8.00021: 3D Equilibrium Reconstruction with Internal Measurements on Madison Symmetric Torus J.J. Koliner, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, J.K. Anderson, S. Munaretto, W. Capecchi, L. Lin, J.D. Hanson, M.R. Cianciosa Preview Abstract
		PP8.00022: Dynamics of helical states in MST Stefano Munaretto, F. Auriemma, D. Brower, B.E. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, W.X. Ding, J. Duff, P. Franz, J.A. Goetz, D. Holly, L. Lin, K.J. McCollam, M. McGarry, L. Morton, M.D. Nornberg, E. Parke, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00023: Diagnosing 50kV hydrogen neutral beam characteristics M.D. Nornberg, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, S. Munaretto, S. Oliva, D. Craig Preview Abstract
		PP8.00024: Electron Bernstein Wave Studies in MST Andrew Seltzman, Jay Anderson, Cary Forest, Paul Nonn, Mark Thomas Preview Abstract
		PP8.00025: First Assessment of the MST Plasma Wall Interaction Ryan Norval, John Goetz, Daniel Den Hartog, Oliver Schmitz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00026: Studies of X-ray Spectroscopy in Improved Confinement Plasmas on MST J.D. Lee, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, B.E. Chapman, J.S. Sarff, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		PP8.00027: Investigation of Electron Energization During Magnetic Reconnection Events in MST Ami M. DuBois, J.D. Lee, A.F. Almagri, B. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Goetz, K. McCollam, M. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00028: Burst Electron Heating Measured with High-Repetition-Rate Thomson Scattering on the MST Reversed-Field Pinch William Young, L.A. Morton, E. Parke, D.J. Den Hartog Preview Abstract
		PP8.00029: Effects of m$=$0 mode suppression on m$=$1 magnetic and velocity fluctuations in the RFP D. Craig, D.J. Den Hartog, D. Martin, M.R. Nornberg, J.A. Reusch, J. Triana Preview Abstract
		PP8.00030: Using Temperature Fluctuation Measurements for Equilibrium Reconstruction and Dynamo Measurement D.J. Den Hartog, E. Parke, J.K. Anderson, C.A. Johnson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00031: Density Fluctuation Induced Kinetic Dynamo and Tearing Mode Nonlinear Saturation in the MST Reversed Field Pinch Weixing Ding, Liang Lin, J.R. Duff, D.L. Brower, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		PP8.00032: Extended Measurements of Current-Momentum Relaxation in the Madison Symmetric Torus J.C. Triana, A.F. Almagri, J.S. Sarff, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP8.00033: Dissipation Range of Anisotropic Magnetic Fluctuations in MST plasmas James B. Titus, Abdulgader F. Almagri, Paul W. Terry, John S. Sarff, Ephrem D. Mezonlin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00034: Electromagnetic energy transport in RFP magnetic relaxation K.J. McCollam, D.J. Thuecks, D.R. Stone, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, J. Duff, J. Ko, S. Kumar, E. Parke, L. Lin, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding Preview Abstract
		PP8.00035: NIMROD Extended MHD Simulations of Reversed-Field Pinch Relaxation Dynamics Joshua Sauppe, Carl Sovinec, John Sarff, Joseph Triana Preview Abstract
		PP8.00036: Effect of parallel electron heat transport on drift and drift-tearing modes in RFP plasmas V.V. Mirnov, C.C. Hegna, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		PP8.00037: 3D MHD modeling of fusion plasmas with the PIXIE3D and SpeCyl codes D. Bonfiglio, S. Cappello, M. Veranda, L. Chac\'on, D.F. Escande Preview Abstract
		PP8.00038: A new technique for effective core fueling and density control in RFX-mod Gianluca De Masi, Fulvio Auriemma, Roberto Cavazzana, Emilio Martines, Gianluca Spizzo Preview Abstract
		PP8.00039: Neutron and Gamma-ray Detection in Reversed-Field Pinch Deuterium Plasmas in the RFX-mod Device Matteo Zuin, Luca Stevanato, Emilio Martines, Winder Gonzalez, Roberto Cavazzana, Davide Cester, G. Nebbia, Laszlo Sajo-Bohus, Giuseppe Viesti Preview Abstract
		PP8.00040: Magnetic topology change induced by reconnection events in RFP plasmas Barbara Momo, Emilio Martines, Paolo Innocente, Rita Lorenzini, Cristina Rea, Paolo Zanca, Matteo Zuin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00041: Fast growing instabilities and non-linear saturated states in hybrid tokamak and RFP plasmas Daniele Brunetti, Jonathan Graves, Wilfred Cooper, David Terranova, Christer Wahlberg Preview Abstract
		PP8.00042: Evaluation of time evolution of 3-D Structure in RELAX RFP with SXR Imaging Technique Akio Sanpei, Sadao Masamune, Kanae Nishimura, Ryota Ueba, Go Ishii, Ryosuke Kodera, Yosuke Aoki, Haruhiko Himura, Satoshi Ohdachi, Naoki Mizuguchi, Tsuyoshi Akiyama Preview Abstract
		PP8.00043: Reversed Field Pinch Dynamics in Toroidal and Cylindrical Geometries Jorge A. Morales, Wouter J.T. Bos, Kai Schneider, David C. Montgomery Preview Abstract
		PP8.00044: NSTX AND OTHER SPHERICAL TORI Preview Abstract
		PP8.00045: Overview of NSTX Facility Upgrades Status and Research Plans Masayuki Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00046: Plans for Conditioning Plasma-Facing Components at Initiation of NSTX-U Operations R. Kaita, W. Blanchard, D. Cai, S. Gerhardt, M.A. Jaworski, M. Lucia, S. Rossi, C.H. Skinner, J.-P. Allain, F. Bedoya Preview Abstract
		PP8.00047: Status and Plans for Transient CHI and MGI Experiments on NSTX-U R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, D. Mueller, F. Ebrahimi, G. Taylor, S.C. Jardin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00048: Plasma injection and evolution in CHI simulations of NSTX E.B. Hooper, C.R. Sovinec, R. Raman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00049: Magnetic Field Measurements in NSTX-U with the MSE-LIF Diagnostic Fred Levinton, Jill Foley, Darrell DiCicco, David Cylinder, Hannah La Fleur, Howard Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00050: Preparing Plasma Control and Digital Coil Protection for NSTX-U S.P. Gerhardt, K. Erickson, D.A. Gates, R. Kaita, D. Mueller, S.A. Sabbagh, T. Stevenson, P. Titus, W. Que Preview Abstract
		PP8.00051: First-Principles-Driven Model-Based Optimal Control of the Current Profile in NSTX-U Zeki Ilhan, Justin Barton, William Wehner, Eugenio Schuster, David Gates, Stefan Gerhardt, Egemen Kolemen, Jonathan Menard Preview Abstract
		PP8.00052: A framework for control simulations using the TRANSP code Mark D. Boyer, Rob Andre, David Gates, Stefan Gerhardt, Imene Goumiri, Jon Menard Preview Abstract
		PP8.00053: Modeling and control of plasma rotation for NSTX using Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity (NTV) and Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) Imene Goumiri, Clarence Rowley, Steven Sabbagh, David Gates, Stefan Gerhardt Preview Abstract
		PP8.00054: Modeling of fully non-inductive startup and ramp-up towards development of advanced scenarios in NSTX-U Francesca Poli, Robert Andre, Nicola Bertelli, Stefan Gerhardt, Charles Kessel, Roger Raman, Gary Taylor Preview Abstract
		PP8.00055: Experimental Observation of High-k Turbulence Evolution across L-H Transition in NSTX Y. Ren, R.E. Bell, D.R. Smith, S.J. Zweben, W. Guttenfelder, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, E. Mazzucato, K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier, L. Shao, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00056: Studying high-k turbulence with microwave scattering in NSTX J. Ruiz, Y. Ren, A.E. White, W. Guttenfelder, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, E. Mazzucato, K.C. Lee, C.W. Domier, D.R. Smith, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00057: Core electron thermal transport in NSTX due to orbit stochastization by high frequency Alfv\'{e}n eigenmodes N.A. Crocker, E. Belova, E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, K. Tritz, W.A. Peebles, S. Kubota, R.E. Bell, A. Diallo, B.P. Leblanc, J.E. Menard, R.B. White, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		PP8.00058: Reduced model prediction of electron temperature profiles in microtearing-dominated NSTX plasmas S.M. Kaye, W. Guttenfelder, R. Bell, S. Gerhardt, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00059: Identification of new turbulence contributions to plasma transport in NSTX W.X. Wang, S. Ethier, Y. Yen, S. Kaye, J. Chen, Z. Lu, E. Startsev Preview Abstract
		PP8.00060: Variations in Edge and SOL Turbulence in NSTX S.J. Zweben, W.M. Davis, R.M. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, S.M. Kaye, T. Munsat, J.R. Myra, Y. Sechrest Preview Abstract
		PP8.00061: Direct Comparison of GPI and BES measurements of Edge Fluctuations in NSTX Y. Sechrest, T. Munsat, D. Smith, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		PP8.00062: Experimental Study of Kink-like Modes in NSTX Plasmas Ge Dong, Mario Podesta Preview Abstract
		PP8.00063: Equilibrium reconstruction including kinetic effects and impact on MHD stability interpretation Jonathan Menard, Zhirui Wang, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		PP8.00064: Kinetic resistive wall mode stability evaluation and physics insight application in NSTX J. Berkery, S. Sabbagh, R. Betti, R. Bell, A. Diallo, S. Gerhardt, B. LeBlanc, J. Menard, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		PP8.00065: Effect of Externally Applied Perturbation Fields on Alfv\'{e}nic MHD Activity in the NSTX Tokamak Alessandro Bortolon Preview Abstract
		PP8.00066: Time-series classification of ELMs on NSTX with machine learning analysis David Smith, R. Fonck, G. McKee Preview Abstract
		PP8.00067: Pedestal Structure Evolution between ELMs for Different Lithium Wall Conditioning on NSTX Qian Teng, Ahmed Diallo, Travis Gray, Rajesh Maingi, Benoit LeBlanc Preview Abstract
		PP8.00068: The 3D Structure of Flux Tubes That Admit Flute Instability in the Scrape-Off-Layer (SOL) of Tokamaks Hironori Takahashi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00069: Characterization of inter-ELM impurity transport following 3D-field-triggered ELMs in NSTX Filippo Scotti, V.A. Soukhanovskii, R.E. Bell, J.M. Canik, A. Diallo, B.P. LeBlanc, M. Podesta' Preview Abstract
		PP8.00070: Midplane Neutral Density Profiles in NSTX D.P. Stotler, F. Scotti, R.E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Raman Preview Abstract
		PP8.00071: Effects of TAE Avalanches on the neutral beam driven current profile and fast ion loss in NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas Douglass Darrow, Alessandro Bortolon, Neal Crocker, Eric Fredrickson, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Marina Gorelenkova, Gerrit Kramer, Shigeyuki Kubota, Mario Podesta, Roscoe White Preview Abstract
		PP8.00072: The Effect of Different Fast-ion Instabilities on the Fast-ion Profile E. Ruskov, W. Heidbrink, D. Liu, E. Fredrickson, A. Bortolon Preview Abstract
		PP8.00073: TRANSP modeling of NB current drive including MHD efects M. Podest\`{a}, M. Gorelenkova, R.B. White Preview Abstract
		PP8.00074: Validation of critical gradient model for fast ion relaxation in NSTX Jeff Lestz, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Mario Podest\`{a} Preview Abstract
		PP8.00075: 3D halo neutral simulations in TRANSP code and application to NPA diagnostic on NSTX M.V. Gorelenkova, S.S. Medley Preview Abstract
		PP8.00076: Benchmark of 3D halo neutral simulation in TRANSP and FIDASIM and application to projected neutral-beam-heated NSTX-U plasmas D. Liu, S.S. Medley, M.V. Gorelenkova, W.W. Heidbrink, L. Stagner Preview Abstract
		PP8.00077: Upgrades to the NSTX SOL reflectometer to study plasma-antenna coupling and RF-edge interactions Cornwall Lau, John B. Wilgen, John B. Caughman, Greg R. Hanson, Joel Hosea, Rory Perkins, Phil Ryan, Gary Taylor Preview Abstract
		PP8.00078: Benchmark of ICRF codes in mid and high harmonic regimes in view of NSTX-U operation Nicola Bertelli, C.K. Phillips, E.J. Valeo, R. Bilato, M. Brambilla, E.F. Jaeger, P.T. Bonoli Preview Abstract
		PP8.00079: Comparison of NSTX FIDA, Charge Exchange, and Neutron Fluxes with Calculated Signals Based on CQL3D-FOW Distribution Functions R.W. Harvey, Yu.V. Petrov, J.E. Kinsey, D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, G. Taylor, P.T. Bonoli Preview Abstract
		PP8.00080: Numerical optimization of perturbative coils for tokamaks Samuel Lazerson, Jong-Kyu Park, Nikolas Logan, Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		PP8.00081: Suppressed gross erosion of high-temperature lithium films under high-flux deuterium bombardment Tyler Abrams, M.A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, A.M. Capece, J.H. Nichols, D.P. Stotler, J.P. Roszell, G. De Temmerman, M.A. van den Berg, H.J. van der Meiden, T.W. Morgan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00082: Advances in global mixed-material surface evolution modeling for NSTX-U J.H. Nichols, M.A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, T. Abrams, D.P. Stotler, K. Schmid Preview Abstract
		PP8.00083: Overview of results from the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) R. Majeski, R. Bell, D. Boyle, A. Capece, A. Diallo, E. Granstedt, C.M. Jacobson, R. Kaita, B. Koel, T. Kozub, B. LeBlanc, M. Lucia, R. Maingi, E. Merino, J. Schmitt, D. Stotler, G. Tchilingurian, T.M. Biewer, T.K. Gray, S. Kubota, W.A. Peebles, P. Beiersdorfer, K. Tritz, J.P. Allain, F. Bedoya Preview Abstract
		PP8.00084: Diagnostic Overview of the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) T.K. Gray, T.M. Biewer, J.M. Canik, R.E. Bell, D.P. Boyle, A. Diallo, E. Grandstedt, C.M. Jaocbson, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, B. LeBlanc, M. Lucia, R. Maingi, E. Merino, R. Majeski, J.C. Schmitt, S. Kubota, W.A. Peebles, P. Beiersdorfer, J.H.T. Clementson, A.G. McLean, K. Widmann, K. Tritz, J.P. Allain, F. Bedoya Preview Abstract
		PP8.00085: Enhanced Alignment Techniques for the Thomson Scattering Diagnostic on the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Enrique Merino, Tom Kozub, Dennis Boyle, Matthew Lucia, Richard Majeski, Robert Kaita, John C. Schmitt, Benoit Leblanc, Ahmed Diallo, C.M. Jacobson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00086: Estimates of the Electron Density Profile on LTX Using FMCW Reflectometry and mm-Wave Interferometry W.A. Peebles, S. Kubota, X.V. Nguyen, T. Holoman, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, D. Labrie, J.C. Schmitt, R. Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00087: Impurities in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment D.P. Boyle, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, T.M. Biewer, T.K. Gray, K. Tritz, K. Widmann Preview Abstract
		PP8.00088: Examining the temperature behavior of stainless steel surfaces exposed to hydrogen plasmas in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) Felipe Bedoya, Jean Paul Allain, Robert Kaita, Matthew Lucia, Denis St-Onge, Robert Ellis, Richard Majeski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00089: Dependence of LTX plasma performance on surface conditions as investigated by the Materials Analysis and Particle Probe M. Lucia, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, D.P. Boyle, M.A. Jaworski, J.C. Schmitt, D.A. St. Onge, F. Bedoya, J.P. Allain Preview Abstract
		PP8.00090: Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy of plasma-facing components with the Materials Analysis and Particle Probe D.A. St-Onge, R. Kaita, M. Lucia, R. Ellis, J.P. Allain, F. Bedoya Preview Abstract
		PP8.00091: Initiatives in Non-Solenoidal Startup and H-mode Physics at Near-Unity $A$ M.W. Bongard, J.L. Barr, M.G. Burke, R.J. Fonck, E.T. Hinson, B.T. Lewicki, J.M. Perry, A.J. Redd, D.J. Schlossberg, K.E. Thome, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00092: Magnetics and Power System Upgrades for the Pegasus-U Experiment R.C. Preston, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00093: Predictions for Non-Solenoidal Startup in Pegasus with Lower Divertor Helicity Injectors J.M. Perry, J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00094: Physics of Intense Electron Current Sources for Helicity Injection E.T. Hinson, J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, M.G. Burke, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, J.M. Perry, A.J. Redd, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00095: Anomalous Ion Heating, Intrinsic and Induced Rotation in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment M.G. Burke, J.L. Barr, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, E.T. Hinson, J.M. Perry, A.J. Redd, K.E. Thome Preview Abstract
		PP8.00096: Initial Thomson Scattering Survey of Local Helicity Injection and Ohmic Plasmas at the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment D.J. Schlossberg, G.M. Bodner, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00097: Probe Measurements in the H-mode Pedestal Region in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment G.M. Bodner, M.W. Bongard, R.J. Fonck, K.E. Thome, D.S. Thompson Preview Abstract
		PP8.00098: Progress Toward a Technique for Measuring Electric Field Fluctuations in Tokamak Core Plasmas D.S. Thompson, M.R. Bakken, M.G. Burke, H.P. Couto, R.J. Fonck, B.T. Lewicki, G.R. Winz Preview Abstract
		PP8.00099: Error field minimization strategies towards MAST Upgrade operation Lidia Piron, I. Chapman, G. Cunningham, G. Fishpool, R. Gowland, I. Katramados, A. Kirk, G. Naylon, R. Martin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00100: Heat flux and plasma flow in the scrape off layer on the spherical tokamak QUEST with inboard poloidal field null configuration Takumi Onchi, Hideki Zushi, Kishore Mishra, Kazuaki Hanada, Hiroshi Idei, Kazuo Nakamura, Akihide Fujisawa, Yoshihiko Nagashima, Makoto Hasegawa, Arseny Kuzmin, Kenichi Nagaoka Preview Abstract
		PP8.00101: Experimental and numerical studies of dynamic divertor with plasmoid Shizuo Inoue, Yasushi Ono, Yasuhiro Kaminou, Ritoku Horiuchi Preview Abstract
		PP8.00102: Conceptual Design of a Small Aspect Ratio Tokamak of Variable Configuration Julio Herrera-Velazquez, Ismael Arroyo-Diaz, Domenica Corona-Rivera, Esteban Chavez-Alarc\'on Preview Abstract
		PP8.00103: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		PP8.00104: Dual Species Trapping by RF Field Structure Nathaniel Hicks Preview Abstract
		PP8.00105: Anomalous resistivity due to high-frequency waves at the X-line during magnetic reconnection J. Jara-Almonte, H. Ji, W. Daughton, V. Roytershteyn, M. Yamada, J. Yoo, W. Fox Preview Abstract
		PP8.00106: Studies of electron energization during magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Byungkeun Na, Clayton E. Myers, William Fox Preview Abstract
		PP8.00107: Laboratory evidence that line-tied tension forces can suppress loss-of-equilibrium flux rope eruptions in the solar corona C.E. Myers, M. Yamada, E. Belova, H. Ji, J. Yoo, W. Fox, J. Jara-Almonte, L. Gao Preview Abstract
		PP8.00108: Development of phosphor imaging diagnostics for particle energization and field line mapping studies in MRX W. Fox, S.J. Zweben, J. Yoo, J. Jara-Almonte, C. Myers, M. Yamada, H. Ji Preview Abstract
		PP8.00109: FLARE (Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments): A Major Next-Step for Laboratory Studies of Magnetic Reconnection H. Ji, A. Bhattacharjee, S. Prager, S. Bale, T. Carter, N. Crocker, J. Drake, J. Egedal, J. Wallace, E. Belova, R. Ellis, W. Fox, P. Heitzenroeder, M. Kalish, J. Jara-Almonte, C. Myers, W. Que, Y. Ren, P. Titus, M. Yamada, J. Yoo, W. Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00110: Experimental Study of a Linear/Non-Linear Flux Rope Timothy DeHaas, Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		PP8.00111: Experiments on the tearing of a current sheet into a bundle of interacting flux ropes Walter Gekelman, Tim DeHaas, Bart Van Compernolle, Alex Latshaw, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00112: Formation and Interaction of Magnetic Flux Ropes in Kinetic-Scale Current Layers William Daughton, Cihan Akcay, John Finn, Walter Gekelman, Zach Billey, Ellen Zweibel Preview Abstract
		PP8.00113: Blasting current sheets into flux ropes using laser plasmas S. Vincena, W. Gekelman, J. Bonde Preview Abstract
		PP8.00114: Nonlinear analysis of explosive growth of collisionless magnetic reconnection in the presence of the effect of finite electron temperature Makoto Hirota, Yuji Hattori Preview Abstract
		PP8.00115: Impulsive Magnetic Reconnection by Acceleration of Ejecting Plasmoid Motion Y. Ono, C.Z. Cheng, Y. Hayashi, A. Kuwahata, H. Tanabe, K. Kadowaki Preview Abstract
		PP8.00116: Electron Heating Characteristics of Magnetic Reconnection in UTST Merging Tokamak Experiment Xuehan Guo, Takamichi Sugawara, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00117: Floating Potential Measurement for High Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection in the UTST Tokamak Merging Experiment Kotaro Yamasaki, Shizuo Inoue, Shuji Kamio, Takenori Watanabe, Anqi Wang, Xuehan Guo, Hiroki Ishikawa, Tomohiko Ushiki, Hiroki Nakamata, Takumichi Sugawara, Keita Matsuyama, Naoto Kawakami, Takuma Yamada, Michiaki Inomoto, Frank Cheng, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00118: Impulsive magnetic reconnection induced by electromagnetic fluctuations during guide field magnetic reconnection experiment Akihiro Kuwahata, Ryoma Yanai, Michiaki Inomoto, Hiroshi Tanabe, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00119: Ion Heating Characteristics of Merging/Reconnection Startup in MAST Spherical Tokamak Experiment Hiroshi Tanabe, Takuma Yamada, Takenori Watanabe, Keii Gi, Akihiro Kuwahata, Kazutake Kadowaki, Yasuhiro Kaminou, Hideya Koike, Kento Nishida, Suguru Imanaka, Haruki Yamanaka, Setthivoine You, Brendan Crowley, Neil Conway, Rory Scannel, Mikhail Gryaznevich, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00120: A new coronal mass ejection experiment by use of PF and CS coils in TS-4 ST/CT device Kazutake Kadowaki, Akinori Sato, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		PP8.00121: Three-Dimensional Turbulent Reconnection Induced by the Plasmoid Instability Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		PP8.00122: Scaling of Hall Reconnection in the Coalescence Problem in Large Systems Jonathan Ng, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Yi-Min Huang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00123: Superthermal electron energization in magnetic reconnection exhausts Jan Egedal, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00124: Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection Obioma Ohia, Jan Egedal, Vyacheslav Lukin, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00125: In situ evidence of new magnetotail reconnection regime with embedded current layers and anisotropic exhaust electrons John Boguski, Jan Egedal, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00126: Asymmetric Reconnection in the Terrestrial Reconnection EXperiment Joseph Olson, Jan Egedal, Cary Forest, John Wallace Preview Abstract
		PP8.00127: Quasi-separatrix layer diagnostics and electron force balance in line-tied systems Zachary Billey, Ellen Zweibel, John Finn, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00128: A fluid theory of fast low-beta magnetic reconnection Adam Stanier, Andrei Simakov, Luis Chacon, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		PP8.00129: Influence of Line-Tied Boundary Conditions on the Development of Magnetic Reconnection in Force-Free Current Layers Cihan Akcay, William Daughton, Adam Stanier, Vyacheslav Lukin Preview Abstract
		PP8.00130: Developments of Electromagnetic Particle Simulation Code for Magnetic Reconnection Researches in Open System PASMO and Visualization Library VISMO H. Ohtani, R. Horiuchi, M. Nunami, S. Usami, N. Ohno Preview Abstract
		PP8.00131: Magnetic islands and energy conversion process in collisionless driven reconnection Ritoku Horiuchi, Shunsuke Usami, Hiroaki Ohtani Preview Abstract
		PP8.00132: ``Complex Reconnecting'' Modes and Critical Direction of their Propagation* P. Buratti, B. Coppi, G. Pucella Preview Abstract
		PP8.00133: Electron Temperature Fluctuations Associated with High Temperature Reconnecting Modes* B. Basu, B. Coppi, P. Montag Preview Abstract
		PP8.00134: Plasma Relaxation Dynamics Moderated by Current Sheets Robert Dewar, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Zensho Yoshida Preview Abstract
		PP8.00135: Kinetic Alfv\'{e}n waves in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection Ji Liang, Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang Preview Abstract
		PP8.00136: Magnetic island evolution in sheared flows for stellarator fields. Julio Martinell, Daniel Lopez-Bruna Preview Abstract
		PP8.00137: On the energy conversion and particle acceleration during magnetic reconnection Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, Bill Daughton, Yi-Hsin Liu, Gang Li Preview Abstract
		PP8.00138: Nonlinear Diamagnetic Stabilization of Double Tearing Modes in Cylindrical MHD Simulations Stephen Abbott, Kai Germaschewski Preview Abstract
		PP8.00139: Crossed Flux Tube Experiment (CroFT) Magnus Haw, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00140: Circularly polarized Magnetic Field of Whistler Wave during Fast Magnetic Reconnection Xiang Zhai, Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		PP8.00141: 3-D Gyrokinetic Electron and Fully Kinetic Ion Simulation of Current Sheet Instabilities Zhenyu Wang, Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang, Kurt Tummel, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		PP8.00142: 3D Gyrokinetic Theory of Electromagnetic Lower-Hybrid Drift Instabilities in a Harris Current Sheet with Guide Field Kurt Tummel, Liu Chen, Zhenyu Wang Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

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Session PP8: Poster Session VI: MST and Other Reversed Field Pinches; NSTX and Other Spherical Tori; Magnetic Reconnection

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