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 TP8: Poster Session VII: C-MOD Tokamak; Divertors; Boundary/Edge Physics; Heating and Current Drive; Turbulence, Transport and Astrophysical Plasmas	Show Abstracts
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Room: Preservation Hall

		TP8.00001: C-MOD TOKAMAK; DIVERTORS; BOUNDARY / EDGE PHYSICS; HEATING AND CURRENT DRIVE Preview Abstract
		TP8.00002: ADX: a high field, high power density, Advanced Divertor test eXperiment R. Vieira, B. LaBombard, E. Marmar, J. Irby, S. Shiraiwa, J. Terry, G. Wallace, D.G. Whyte, S. Wolfe, S. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00003: Optimizing LHCD launcher using poloidal steering on Alcator C-Mod and ADX P. Bonoli, B. LaBombard, R. Parker, S. Shiraiwa, G. Wallace, S. Wukitch, R. Leccacorvi, R. Vieira Preview Abstract
		TP8.00004: ICRF Actuator Development for Alcator C-Mod and ADX W.M. Beck, S.J. Wukitch, P. Koert, B. Labombard, Y. Lin, R. Vieira, J. Terry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00005: ARC: A compact, high-field, disassemblable fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant Brandon Sorbom, Justin Ball, Timothy Palmer, Franco Mangiarotti, Jennifer Sierchio, Paul Bonoli, Cale Kasten, Derek Sutherland, Harold Barnard, Christian Haakonsen, Jon Goh, Choongki Sung, Dennis Whyte Preview Abstract
		TP8.00006: Upgraded PMI diagnostic capabilities using Accelerator-based In-situ Materials Surveillance (AIMS) on Alcator C-Mod Leigh Kesler, Harold Barnard, Zachary Hartwig, Brandon Sorbom, Richard Lanza, David Terry, Rui Vieira, Dennis Whyte Preview Abstract
		TP8.00007: The influence of divertor geometry on access to high confinement regimes on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak J.W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, A. Hubbard, E. Marmar, J. Terry, J. Rice, J. Walk, D. Whyte, Y. Ma, I. Cziegler, E. Edlund, C. Theiler Preview Abstract
		TP8.00008: Scalings of nonlinear transfer processes in the edge plasma and their connection to Istvan Cziegler, Eric Edlund, Amanda Hubbard, Jerry Hughes, Jim Irby, Jim Terry, Christian Theiler, George Tynan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00009: First analysis of I-mode pedestals with the BOUT$++$ code Zixi Liu, Xueqiao Xu, Xiang Gao, A.E. Hubbard, Jerry Hughes, T.Y. Xia, J.R. Walk, C. Theiler, Tao Zhang, J.G. Li Preview Abstract
		TP8.00010: Light impurity transport in I-mode in Alcator C-Mod W.L. Rowan, I.O. Bespamyatnov, D.R. Hatch, W.L. Horton, K.T. Liao Preview Abstract
		TP8.00011: Validation of spectral MSE for Alcator C-Mod and ITER I.O. Bespamyatnov, W.L. Rowan, R.T. Mumgaard, R.S. Granetz, S.D. Scott, F. Levinton, H. Yuh Preview Abstract
		TP8.00012: Design and construction of a multi-spectral MSE system for Alcator C-Mod Robert T. Mumgaard, Steven D. Scott Preview Abstract
		TP8.00013: Comparison of techniques for determining structure velocities in Gas-Puff Imaging data J.M. Sierchio, A.E. White, J.L. Terry, I. Cziegler, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		TP8.00014: Understanding the Role of Electron-Scale Turbulence in the Core of Alcator C-Mod Using Multi-Scale Gyrokinetic Simulation N.T. Howard, C. Holland, A.E. White, M. Greenwald, J. Candy Preview Abstract
		TP8.00015: Investigating electromagnetic effects on core transport in Alcator C-Mod H-mode discharges W. Guttenfelder, N.T. Howard, J. Irby, F.M. Poli, A.E. White, W.F. Bergerson, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, C.E. Kessel, C. Sung, S.M. Wolfe, P. Xu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00016: Gyrokinetic Simulations of Impurity Seeded C-Mod Ohmic Plasmas Miklos Porkolab, Paul Ennever, John Rice, J. Chris Rost, Evan Davis, Darin Ernst, Catherine Fiore, Amanda Hubbard, Jerry Hughes, Jim Terry, Naoto Tsujii, Jeff Candy, Gary Staebler, Matthew Reinke Preview Abstract
		TP8.00017: ICRF Induced Argon Pumpout in H-D Plasmas at Alcator C-Mod C. Gao, J.E. Rice, M.L. Reinke, Y. Lin, S.J. Wukitch, E.S. Marmar Preview Abstract
		TP8.00018: Extending the Capabilities of the Shoelace Antenna on Alcator C-Mod T. Golfinopoulos, B. LaBombard, R.R. Parker, W. Burke, E.M. Davis, R. Granetz, M. Greenwald, J.W. Hughes, J.H. Irby, R. Leccacorvi, E.S. Marmar, W. Parkin, M. Porkolab, J.L. Terry, R.F. Vieira, S.M. Wolfe, S. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00019: Locked-mode avoidance and recovery without external momentum input L. Delgado-Aparicio, D.A. Gates, S. Wolfe, J.E. Rice, C. Gao, S. Wukitch, M. Greenwald, J. Hughes, E. Marmar, S. Scott Preview Abstract
		TP8.00020: Amplitude modulation of lower hybrid waves for transport control G.M. Wallace, S.G. Baek, I.C. Faust, T. Golfinopoulos, B.L. LaBombard, R.T. Mumgaard, R.R. Parker, S.D. Scott, S. Shiraiwa, J.L. Terry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00021: Scaling of Global LHCD Efficiency in Alcator C-Mod S. Scott, P. Bonoli, R. Mumgaard, S. Shiraiwa, G. Wallace, D. Whyte Preview Abstract
		TP8.00022: $\pi $Scope: python based scientific workbench with visualization tool for MDSplus data S. Shiraiwa Preview Abstract
		TP8.00023: Documenting scientific workflow: the metadata, provenance and ontology project Martin Greenwald, J. Stillerman, J. Wright, G. Abla, R. Chanthavong, D. Schissel, A. Romosan, A. Shoshani Preview Abstract
		TP8.00024: Towards a Lithium Radiative / Vapor-Box Divertor Robert Goldston, Marius Constantin, Michael Jaworski, Rachel Myers, Masayuki Ono, Jacob Schwartz, Filippo Scotti, Zhaonan Qu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00025: Classification of magnetic configurations for the cloverleaf divertor D.D. Ryutov, M.V. Umansky Preview Abstract
		TP8.00026: Modifying COGENT to Study Snowflake Divertors R.H. Cohen, M. Dorf, M. Dorr, D.D. Ryutov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00027: Modeling of ion orbit loss and intrinsic toroidal rotation with the COGENT code M. Dorf, M. Dorr, R. Cohen, T. Rognlien, J. Hittinger Preview Abstract
		TP8.00028: PIC Simulation of plasma detachment Seiji Ishiguro, Theerasarn Pianpanit, Hiroki Hasegawa, Ryutaro Kanno Preview Abstract
		TP8.00029: Seeking Stable Detachment Scenarios of Advanced X-Divertors with SOLPS 5.1 Brent Covele, Prashant Valanju, Mike Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan, John Canik, Hutch Neilson, Charles Kessel, Brian LaBombard, Stephen Wolfe Preview Abstract
		TP8.00030: Direct Measurement of the First Wall Recycling Coefficient on RFX mod Roberto Cavazzana, Matteo Agostini, Lorella Carraro, Paolo Innocente, Lionello Marrelli, Paolo Scarin, Gianluca Spizzo, Monica Spolaore, Nicola Vianello, Matteo Zuin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00031: Fundamental study on separation of fuel and impurity particles by using divertor simulator TPD-Sheet IV Takafumi Maekawa, Takaaki Iijima, Takuya Hase, Akira Tonegawa, Kohnosuke Sato, Kazutaka Kawamura Preview Abstract
		TP8.00032: Impact of the Pedestal Plasma Density on ELM Dynamics and Energy Loss Scaling X.Q. Xu, J.F. Ma, G.Q. Li Preview Abstract
		TP8.00033: Studies of impact of plasma shaping on edge localized modes with a nonlinear code BOUT$++$ G.Q. Li, X.Q. Xu, P.B. Snyder, A.D. Turnbull, T.Y. Xia Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		TP8.00034: Development of test particle module for impurity generation and transport in BOUT++ framework Xiaotao Xiao, Xueqiao Xu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00035: Simulations of particle and heat fluxes to divertor targets of ELMy H-mode in DIIID and EAST T.Y. Xia, X.Q. Xu, M.E. Fenstermacher, G.Q. Li, H.Y. Guo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00036: Mitigating impact of rectified RF sheath potential on the ELMs Bin Gui, Xueqiao Xu, Tianyang Xia Preview Abstract
		TP8.00037: Couple an ICRF core spectral solver to and edge FEM code John Wright, Syunichi Shiraiwa Preview Abstract
		TP8.00038: Iterative addition of perpendicular kinetic effects to finite-difference simulation of radio-frequency heating David Green, Lee Berry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00039: Modeling RF-induced Plasma-Surface Interactions with VSim Thomas G. Jenkins, David N. Smithe, Alexei Y. Pankin, Christine M. Roark, Peter H. Stoltz, Sean C.-D. Zhou, Scott E. Kruger Preview Abstract
		TP8.00040: Validation Studies of the Finite Orbit Width version of the CQL3D code Yu.V. Petrov, R.W. Harvey Preview Abstract
		TP8.00041: RF sheaths for arbitrary B field angles Daniel D'Ippolito, James Myra Preview Abstract
		TP8.00042: Plasma-Based Electrical Transformers and Electrostatic Current Drive in Tokamaks Richard Nebel, W. Gibson, K. Moser, D.C. Barnes, L.L. Glascock, J.M. Finn, J. Dunn Preview Abstract
		TP8.00043: Suprathermal electron dynamics and hard X-ray tomography in TCV Josef Kamleitner, Stefano Coda, Joan Decker Preview Abstract
		TP8.00044: Experimental Study of RF Sheaths due to Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves in the LAPD Michael Martin, Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle, Patrick Pribyl, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		TP8.00045: Scattering of radio frequency waves by density fluctuations A.K. Ram, K. Hizanidis Preview Abstract
		TP8.00046: Effects of lower hybrid waves on temperature gradient driven drift-modes in tokamaks: Momentum and impurity transport Salil Das, Hogun Jhang, Raghvendra Singh, Hans Nordman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00047: Parallel heat flux and flow acceleration in open field line plasmas with magnetic trapping Zehua Guo, Xianzhu Tang, Chris Mcdevitt Preview Abstract
		TP8.00048: Kinetic applications of the ArbiTER eigenvalue code D.A. Baver, J.R. Myra, M.V. Umansky Preview Abstract
		TP8.00049: Kinetic stability analysis on electromagnetic filamentary structure Wonjae Lee, Sergei Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		TP8.00050: Particle Simulation of the Blob Propagation in Non-Uniform Plasmas Hiroki Hasegawa, Seiji Ishiguro Preview Abstract
		TP8.00051: Turbulent transport regimes and the SOL heat flux width J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell Preview Abstract
		TP8.00052: Modeling of Weakly Collisional Parallel Electron Transport for Edge Plasma Simulations M.V. Umansky, A.M. Dimits, I. Joseph, J.T. Omotani, T.D. Rognlien Preview Abstract
		TP8.00053: Calculation of plasma dielectric response in inhomogeneous magnetic field near electron cyclotron resonance Evstati Evstatiev, Vladimir Svidzinski, Andy Spencer, Sergei Galkin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00054: Iterative Methods to Solve Linear RF Fields in Hot Plasma Joseph Spencer, Vladimir Svidzinski, Evstati Evstatiev, Sergei Galkin, Jin-Soo Kim Preview Abstract
		TP8.00055: Fully kinetic particle simulation of radio frequency waves in toroidal geometry Animesh Kuley, Jian Bao, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00056: On the nonlinear couplings among ICRF waves observed in GAMMA 10 R. Ikezoe, M. Ichimura, T. Okada, M. Hirata, T. Yokoyama, Y. Iwamoto, S. Sumida, K. Takeyama, S. Jang, T. Oi, M. Yoshikawa, J. Kohagura, Y. Shima Preview Abstract
		TP8.00057: TURBULENCE, TRANSPORT AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		TP8.00058: Global transition from drift wave dominated regimes to multi-instability plasma dynamics and simultaneous formation of a radial transport barrier in helicon plasma Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Lang Cui, Jordan Gosselin, Payam Vaezi, Chris Holland, George Tynan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00059: Heavy Impurity Entrainment in the Parallel Flows of CSDX Jordan Gosselin, Saikat Thakur, George Tynan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00060: Influence of Parallel Dynamics and Electron Temperature Fluctuations on Collisional Drift-Wave Simulations of CSDX Payam Vaezi, Christopher holland, George Tynan, Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Christian Brandt Preview Abstract
		TP8.00061: Up-Gradient Particle Flux driven by Nonlinear Flow-to-Fluctuation Energy Transfer Lang Cui, George Tynan, Patrick Diamond, Saikat Thakur, Christian Brandt Preview Abstract
		TP8.00062: Waves and instabilities in high $\beta$, warm ion plasmas in LAPD Troy Carter, Seth Dorfman, Giovanni Rossi, Daniel Guice, Walter Gekelman, Kris Klein, Greg Howes Preview Abstract
		TP8.00063: Turbulence and transport in high density, increased $\beta$ LAPD plasmas Giovanni Rossi, Troy Carter, Danny Guice Preview Abstract
		TP8.00064: Scaling of Turbulence and Transport with $\rho^*$ in LAPD Daniel Guice, Troy Carter, Giovanni Rossi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00065: A Procedure to Predict the Subcritical Turbulent Onset Criterion Applied to a Modified Hasegawa-Wakatani Model Brett Friedman, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		TP8.00066: Fast Ion Transport by Magnetic Flux Ropes Adam Preiwisch, William Heidbrink, Heinrich Boehmer, Roger McWilliams, Troy Carter, Walter Gekelman, Shreekrishna Tripathi, Bart Compernolle, Steven Vincena Preview Abstract
		TP8.00067: MHD turbulence analyses in the plasma wind-tunnel of the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment D.A. Schaffner, A. Wan, E.R. Hudson, P.J. Weck, M.R. Brown, V.S. Lukin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00068: Overview of Recent Results on Turbulence and Flows Under Biasing in a Magnetized Linear Plasma M. Gilmore, T.R. Desjardins, D. Fisher, J.M. Reyholds Barredo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00069: Observation of the Early Transition from Slab to mixed Slab-Toroidal ETG Turbulence Abed Balbaky, Vladimir Sokolov, Amiya K. Sen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00070: Measurement of Electron Thermal Transport Induced by ETG Modes in the Transition from the Slab to the Toroidal Branch of Mode Vladimir Sokolov, Abed Balbaky, Amiya K. Sen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00071: On Zonal Flow Formation in Plasmas and Fluids: Probing the Drift-Rossby Analogy M.J. Burin, G.R. Tynan, H. Ji, E. Edlund, E. Gilson, P. Dang, R. Ezeta Preview Abstract
		TP8.00072: Turbulence and transport in a 3D magnetic boundary Matteo Agostini, Lorella Carraro, Giovanni Ciaccio, Gianluca De Masi, Cristina Rea, Paolo Scarin, Gianluca Spizzo, Monica Spolaore, Nicola Vianello Preview Abstract
		TP8.00073: Experimental Study on an Intermediate Plasma in the HYPER-II Device Kenichiro Terasaka, Fumiya Kawazu, Kanshi Furuta, Riku Nakano, Shinji Yoshimura, Masayoshi Y. Tanaka Preview Abstract
		TP8.00074: Investigation of the Scattering of Electromagnetic Signals from Low Frequency Turbulence Erik Tejero, Lon Enloe, Vladimir Sotnikov, Chris Crabtree, Eric Gillman, Bill Amatucci, Guru Ganguli Preview Abstract
		TP8.00075: Stability criteria for MHD equilibrium configurations with flows: a Hamiltonian approach P.J. Morrison, T. Andreussi, F. Pegoraro Preview Abstract
		TP8.00076: General Framework for statistical tracer analysis as a diagnostic for turbulent transport in gyrokinetic codes Jose-Miguel Reynolds-Barredo, Jorge-Alberto Alcuson, Raul Sanchez, Victor Tribaldos, David Newman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00077: Coherent Structures and Reconnection in Collisionless Turbulence Vadim Roytershteyn, Homa Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00078: Large Eddy Simulations of 2D Lattice Boltzmann MHD Turbulence Christopher Flint, George Vahala, Linda Vahala, Min Soe Preview Abstract
		TP8.00079: Characterizing transport with local perturbations and Lagrangian trajectories in two-dimensional plasma turbulence Douglas Ogata, David Newman, Raul Sanchez, Jose-Miguel Reynolds-Barredo Preview Abstract
		TP8.00080: Wave-Kinetic Simulations of Lower-Hybrid Turbulence driven by Velocity Ring Instabilities Guru Ganguli, Chris Crabtree, Leonid Rudakov, Manish Mithaiwala Preview Abstract
		TP8.00081: Investigation of magnetic field generation by non-Gaussian, non-Markovian velocity fluctuations using meshless, Lagrangian numerical schemes Raul Sanchez, David Newman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00082: Electromagnetic corrections to the zonal flow residual Istvan Pusztai, Peter J. Catto, Felix I. Parra Preview Abstract
		TP8.00083: Theoretical Issues on the Spontaneous Rotation of Axisymmetric Plasmas* T. Zhou, B. Coppi Preview Abstract
		TP8.00084: Hamiltonian gyro-averaged area preserving map models of finite Larmor radius effects on ExB chaotic transport Julio Fonseca, Diego del-Castillo-Negrete, Ibere Caldas Preview Abstract
		TP8.00085: Partial barriers to heat transport in monotonic-$q$ and reversed shear 3-dimensional chaotic magnetic fields Diego del-Castillo-Negrete, Daniel Blazevski Preview Abstract
		TP8.00086: Simulating MHD/Fluid type electromagnetic modes in the total-f gyrokinetic code XGC1 J. Lang, S.-H. Ku, C.-S. Chang, Y. Chen, S.E. Parker Preview Abstract
		TP8.00087: Energy Dissipation in Electromagnetic Microturbulence G.G. Whelan, M.J. Pueschel, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		TP8.00088: Gyrokinetic Simulation of Microturbulent Saturation at Finite $\beta$ P.W. Terry, M.J. Pueschel, D. Carmody, G.G. Whelan Preview Abstract
		TP8.00089: Passive advection in a collisionless plasma Anjor Kanekar, Alexander Schekochihin, Greg Hammett, William Dorland, Nuno Loureiro Preview Abstract
		TP8.00090: Self-Consistent evolution of radial electric field in a low flow ordered drift kinetic system W. Sengupta, A.B. Hassam, T.M. Antonsen Preview Abstract
		TP8.00091: Compression of spinning plasma Vasily Geyko, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		TP8.00092: Modeling magnetospheres of spinning black holes Alex Ford, Brett Keenan, Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
		TP8.00093: ``Pheudo-cyclotron'' radiation and transport of non-relativistic particles in inhomogeneous sub-Larmor-scale electro-magnetic fields Brett Keenan, Alex Ford, Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
		TP8.00094: Shear-Driven Dynamo Waves in Fully Nonlinear Regime Peera Pongkitiwanichakul, Fausto Cattaneo, Giuseppina Nigro Preview Abstract
		TP8.00095: Towards an Analytical Model of Differential Rotation in the Solar Convection Zone Lee Gunderson, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00096: Nonmodal growth and the magnetorotational dynamo instability Jonathan Squire, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		TP8.00097: MRI Turbulence at High Reynolds Numbers Justin Walker, Stanislav Boldyrev, Geoffroy Lesur Preview Abstract
		TP8.00098: Towards kinetic simulation of MRI using GPU T. Tatsuno, W. Dorland, A. Kanekar Preview Abstract
		TP8.00099: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		TP8.00100: Particle In Cell Codes on Highly Parallel Architectures Adam Tableman Preview Abstract
		TP8.00101: Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Driven Solar Wind Turbulence Jason TenBarge, James Juno Preview Abstract
		TP8.00102: Gyrokinetic Study of Intermittency in Interstellar Turbulence G. Lau, P.W. Terry, M.J. Pueschel Preview Abstract
		TP8.00103: A new method of driving turbulence in particle-in-cell simulations James Juno, Jason TenBarge, Marc Swisdak, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		TP8.00104: Parametric Antenna Concept for Efficient Very Low Frequency (VLF) Wave Excitation T. Kim, V. Sotnikov, E. Mishin, T. Genoni, D. Rose Preview Abstract
		TP8.00105: Nonlinear simulation of the whistler wave excited by the energetic particles Ge Wang, Guoyong Fu Preview Abstract
		TP8.00106: Effects of Induced Scattering of Lower-Hybrid Waves by Plasma Particles on the Lifetime of Plasma-sheet Turbulence Manish Mithaiwala, Leonid Rudakov, Gurudas Ganguli, Chris Crabtree Preview Abstract
		TP8.00107: Gyrokinetic simulations of kink modes in astrophysical jets Joseph McClenaghan, Ken Fowler, Hui Li, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		TP8.00108: Small-Scale Irregularities in Equatorial Spread-F Yakov Dimant, Meers Oppenheim Preview Abstract
		TP8.00109: Development and Validation of a Critical Gradient Energetic Particle Driven Alfv\'en Eigenmode Transport Model for DIII-D Tilted Neutral Beam Experiments R.E. Waltz, E.M. Bass 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

Session Index

Session TP8: Poster Session VII: C-MOD Tokamak; Divertors; Boundary/Edge Physics; Heating and Current Drive; Turbulence, Transport and Astrophysical Plasmas

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