Bulletin of the American Physical Society

57th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 60, Number 19

Monday–Friday, November 16–20, 2015; Savannah, Georgia

Session Index

Session BP12: Poster Session I (FRC, Spheromak, Mirror)

Poster Session

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Monday, November 16, 2015
Room: Exhibit Hall A

		BP12.00001: FRC, SPHEROMAK, MIRROR Preview Abstract
		BP12.00002: Hall effect on a Merging Formation Process of a Field-Reversed Configuration Yasuhiro Kaminou, Xuehan Guo, Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono, Ritoku Horiuchi Preview Abstract
		BP12.00003: Preliminary Results on a low-energy RMF-FRC Plasma Translation Experiment for Space Propulsion Carrie Hill, Nolan Uchizono, Michael Holmes Preview Abstract
		BP12.00004: Preliminary Results on a Low-Energy RMF-FRC Experiment with Water Nolan Uchizono, Carrie Hill, Michael Holmes Preview Abstract
		BP12.00005: Conditioning of In-Situ Propellants for RMF-FRC Plasma Thrusters Michael Holmes, Carrie Hill, Nolan Uchizono Preview Abstract
		BP12.00006: Rotating Magnetic Field FRC Formation Studies using the Multi-Fluid Plasma Model Eder Sousa, Hai Le Preview Abstract
		BP12.00007: Experimental investigation of magnetic-field topology via a perturbation method in the PFRC-2 device Jackson Matteucci, Samuel Cohen Preview Abstract
		BP12.00008: LSP simulations of fast ions slowing down in cool magnetized plasma Eugene S. Evans, Samuel A. Cohen Preview Abstract
		BP12.00009: Beam ion effects on FRC stability Elena Belova Preview Abstract
		BP12.00010: NIMROD simulations of the IPA FRC experiment Richard Milroy Preview Abstract
		BP12.00011: 3D Hybrid Simulations of Interactions of High-Velocity Plasmoids with Obstacles Y.A. Omelchenko, T.E. Weber, R.J. Smith Preview Abstract
		BP12.00012: Overview of the C-2U Advanced Beam-Driven FRC Experimental Program H. Gota, M.W. Binderbauer, T. Tajima, S. Putvinski, M. Tuszewski, D. Barnes, S. Dettrick, E. Garate, S. Korepanov, A. Smirnov, M.C. Thompson, X. Yang, A.A. Ivanov Preview Abstract
		BP12.00013: Diagnostic Overview of the C-2U Advanced Beam-Driven Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma Experiment Matthew Thompson, Hiroshi Gota, Sergei Putvinski, Michel Tuszewski, Michl Binderbauer Preview Abstract
		BP12.00014: Neutral beam system for the C-2-Upgrade Field Reversed Configuration Experiment Sergey Korepanov, Artem Smirnov, Ryan Clary, Alexandr Dunaevsky, Ivan Isakov, Richard Magee, Vasily Matvienko, Alan Van Drie, Petr Deichuli, Alexandr Ivanov, Konstantin Pirogov, Aleksey Sorokin, Nickolay Stupishin, Roman Vakhrushev Preview Abstract
		BP12.00015: Comprehensive approach to fast ion measurements in the beam-driven FRC Richard Magee, Artem Smirnov, Marco Onofri, Sean Dettrick, Sergey Korepanov, Kurt Knapp Preview Abstract
		BP12.00016: Results from E$\parallel$B Neutral Particle Analyzer and Calibration Ion Beam System on C-2U Ryan Clary, A Roquemore, A Kolmogorov, A Ivanov, S Korepanov, R Magee, S Medley, A Smirnov, M Tiunov Preview Abstract
		BP12.00017: Studies of C-2U plasmas using Time-Resolved Multi-Chord Ion-Doppler Diagnostic (MCID) Deepak Gupta, Bihe Deng, Kan Zhai, Thomas Roche, Erik Granstedt, Matthew Thompson, Michel Tuszewski Preview Abstract
		BP12.00018: Core Electron Temperature and Density Sustainment in the C-2U Advanced Beam-Driven FRC Plasma Kan Zhai, John Kinley, Tania Schindler, Helen Zhang, Matthew Thompson Preview Abstract
		BP12.00019: Study of micro-bursts in C-2U[1] B.H. Deng, Michael Beall, Michael Binderbauer, Ryan Clary, Jon Douglass, Hiroshi Gota, Sergey Korepanov, Richard Magee, Sergei Putvinski, Thomas Roche, Matthew Thompson, Michel Tuszewski Preview Abstract
		BP12.00020: Improved density profile measurements in the C-2U advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas Michael Beall, B.H. Deng, Jon Schroeder, Greg Settles, John Kinley, Hiroshi Gota, Matt Thompson Preview Abstract
		BP12.00021: Studies of Jet Outflow from Advanced Beam-Driven FRC Plasma on C-2U Daniel Sheftman, Deepak Gupta, Francesco Giammanco, Fabio Conti, Paolo Marsili Preview Abstract
		BP12.00022: Control of Compact-Toroid Characteristics by External Copper Shell T. Matsumoto, J. Sekiguchi, T. Asai, H. Gota, T. Roche, I. Allfrey, M. Cordero, E. Garate, J. Kinley, T. Valentine, W. Waggoner Preview Abstract
		BP12.00023: Compact toroid injection into C-2U Thomas Roche, H. Gota, E. Garate, T. Asai, T. Matsumoto, J. Sekiguchi, S. Putvinski, I. Allfrey, M. Beall, M. Cordero, E. Granstedt, J. Kinley, M. Morehouse, D. Sheftman, T. Valentine, W. Waggoner Preview Abstract
		BP12.00024: Development of Multi-pulse Compact Toroid Injector System for C-2U I. Allfrey, E. Garate, M. Morehouse, T. Roche, H. Gota, T. Valentine, W. Waggoner, S. Putvinski, M. Cordero, T. Asai, T. Matsumoto, J. Sekiguchi Preview Abstract
		BP12.00025: Fueling Of The C-2U Device By Cryogenic Pellet Injection Erik Trask, Sangeeta Gupta, Marco Onofri, Igo Vinyar Preview Abstract
		BP12.00026: Dynamic Separatrix Control in C-2U E. Garate, I. Allfrey, S. Putvinski, G. Snitchler, E. Trask, J. Schroeder, J. Romero Preview Abstract
		BP12.00027: Fast Filtered Imaging of the C-2U Advanced Beam-Driven Field-Reversed Configuration E.M. Granstedt, P. Petrov, K. Knapp, M. Cordero, V. Patel Preview Abstract
		BP12.00028: Suppressed Ion-scale Turbulence and Critical Density Gradient in the C-2 Field Reversed Configuration. Lothar Schmitz, D. Fulton, C. Lau, I. Holod, Z. Lin, E. Ruskov, B. Deng, H. Gota, T. Tajima, M. Binderbauer, D. Gupta, J. Douglass Preview Abstract
		BP12.00029: Electron Beam-Blip Spectroscopic Diagnostics of the Scrape-off-Layer Parallel Transport in C-2 Dmitry Osin, Matthew Thompson, Eusebio Garate Preview Abstract
		BP12.00030: Sliding mode control of an FRC plasma axial position Jesus Antonio Romero Preview Abstract
		BP12.00031: FPIC: A Key Next Step for Stability Studies of Advanced Beam Driven FRCs Sean Dettrick, Dan Barnes, Francesco Ceccherini, Laura Galeotti, Victor Guerrero, Doug Hendrix, Kevin Hubbard, Richard Milroy, Ales Necas Preview Abstract
		BP12.00032: Simulations of the C-2/C-2U Field Reversed Configurations with the Q2D code Marco Onofri, Sean Dettrick, Daniel Barnes, Toshiki Tajima Preview Abstract
		BP12.00033: Beam-plasma instabilities and their impact on D-D reactivity Ales Necas, R. Magee, T. Tajima, B. Nicks, M. Seggebruch, E. Garate, I. Allfrey, T. Valentine Preview Abstract
		BP12.00034: Closed-loop, non-linear feedback control simulations of beam-driven field-reversed configurations (FRCs) N. Rath, M. Onofri, D. Barnes, J. Romero Preview Abstract
		BP12.00035: Kinetic equilibria of very high-$\beta $ plasmas Loren Steinhauer Preview Abstract
		BP12.00036: Stochasticity and orbit types in advanced beam-driven FRCs Francesco Ceccherini, Laura Galeotti, Dan Barnes, Sean Dettrick, Henk Monkhorst Preview Abstract
		BP12.00037: Electrostatic Drift-Wave Instability in Field-Reversed Configuration Calvin Lau, Daniel Fulton, Ihor Holod, Zhihong Lin, Michl Binderbauer, Toshiki Tajima, Lothar Schmitz Preview Abstract
		BP12.00038: Physics of expander divertors for Field Reversed Configurations Dmitri Ryutov, Peter Yushmanov Preview Abstract
		BP12.00039: Design Point for a Spheromak Compression Experiment Simon Woodruff, Carlos A. Romero-Talamas, John O'Bryan, James Stuber Preview Abstract
		BP12.00040: Numerical investigation and optimization of multi-pulse CHI spheromak performance J.B. O'Bryan, C.A. Romero-Talamas, S. Woodruff Preview Abstract
		BP12.00041: Development of Synthetic Diagnostics for use in Validation Danielle Lemmon, Simon Woodruff, Carlos A. Romero-Talamas, John O'Bryan Preview Abstract
		BP12.00042: 3D MHD Simulations of Spheromak Compression James E. Stuber, Simon Woodruff, John O'Bryan, Carlos A. Romero-Talamas Preview Abstract
		BP12.00043: On the development of a compact toroid injector at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Michael Christenson, Soonwook Jung, Steven Stemmley, Xia Sang, Kishor Kalathiparambil, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
		BP12.00044: Spectroscopic Measurements of Non-Hydrogenic Compact Toroids on CTIX D.Q. Hwang, D. Buchenauer, R.D. Horton, R.W. Evans, R. Klauser, J.A. Whaley, B.E. Mills Preview Abstract
		BP12.00045: Overview of the HIT-SI3 Experiment and Ion Doppler Spectroscopy Results from HIT-SI A.C. Hossack, K.D. Morgan, C.J. Hansen, C.J. Everson, D.A. Sutherland, A.W. Summers, R.N. Chandra, N.H. Nguyen, B.A. Nelson, T.R. Jarboe, D.B. Elliott, B.S. Victor Preview Abstract
		BP12.00046: Thomson Scattering Measurements on HIT-SI3 C.J. Everson, K.D. Morgan, T.R. Jarboe Preview Abstract
		BP12.00047: NIMROD Modeling of HIT-SI and HIT-SI3 Kyle Morgan, Tom Jarboe Preview Abstract
		BP12.00048: Two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence (TALIF) neutral density measurements and two-fluid (plasma-neutral) 3D Extended-MHD simulations with PSI-TET on the HIT-SI3 experiment D.A. Sutherland, T.R. Jarboe, C.J. Hansen, D.B. Elliott Preview Abstract
		BP12.00049: A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field Thomas Jarboe, Brian Nelson, Derek Sutherland Preview Abstract
		BP12.00050: The Development of SiC MOSFET-based Switching Power Amplifiers for Fusion Science James Prager, Timothy Ziemba, kenneth Miller, Julian Picard Preview Abstract
		BP12.00051: Spherical Penning trap as a small fusion source Dan Barnes, Dan Knapp Preview Abstract
		BP12.00052: Development of Table-Top mirror trap for flute stabilization research Omri Seemann, Ilan Be'ery Preview Abstract
		BP12.00053: Recent Results from KMAX tandem mirror experiment Xuan Sun, M. Luo, Q. Zhang, M. Lin, P. Shi Preview Abstract
		BP12.00054: PLASMA SOURCES \& DIAGNOSTICS Preview Abstract
		BP12.00055: Electron Heating in Microwave-Assisted Helicon Plasmas John McKee, Umair Siddiqui, Zach Short, Miguel Henriquez, Julianne McIlvain, Earl Scime Preview Abstract
		BP12.00056: Spatially Resolved Measurements of a Double Layer in an Argon Helicon Plasma Evan Aguirre, Umair Siddiqui, John McKee, Earl Scime Preview Abstract
		BP12.00057: Excitation, propagation and damping of helicon waves in a high density, low temperature plasma J.F. Caneses, B.D. Blackwell Preview Abstract
		BP12.00058: The MARIA Helicon Plasma Experiment at UW Madison: Upgrade, Initial Scientific Goals Mission and First Results Victoria Winters, Jonathan Green, Noah Hershkowitz, Oliver Schmitz, Greg Severn Preview Abstract
		BP12.00059: Ion acceleration and non-Maxwellian electron distributions in a low collisionality, high power helicon plasma source Yan Li, Yung-Ta Sung, John Scharer Preview Abstract
		BP12.00060: Localized electron heating and downstream density rise in expanding helicon plasma Soumen Ghosh, Kshitish Barada, Prabal Chattopadhyay, Joydeep Ghosh, Dhiraj Bora Preview Abstract
		BP12.00061: High-Beta Plasma Characteristics Using Helicon Sources Shunjiro Shinohara, Daisuke Kuwahara, Kazuki Yano, Amnon Fruchtman Preview Abstract
		BP12.00062: Self-consistent discharge growing model of helicon plasma Shogo Isayama, Tohru Hada, Shunjiro Shinohara, Takao Tanikawa Preview Abstract
		BP12.00063: General Color Rendering Index of Wall-stabilized Arc of Water-cooled Vortex Type Takaya Nakamura, Kentaro Yanagi, Shinji Yamamoto, Toru Iwao Preview Abstract
		BP12.00064: Radiation Power Affected by Current and Wall Radius in Water Cooled Vortex Wall-stabilized Arc Toru Iwao, Takaya Nakamura, Kentaro Yanagi, Shinji Yamamoto Preview Abstract
		BP12.00065: Contribution of moving speed of vacuum arc cathode spot to the heat conduction process Chihiro Nagasawa, Shinji Yamamoto, Toru Iwao Preview Abstract
		BP12.00066: Long-lived laboratory plasmas sustained by a free-space microwave beam Remington Reid Preview Abstract
		BP12.00067: keV-energy x-rays from a low-pressure, low-power, low-field, capacitively coupled 27-MHz hydrogen plasma source Peter Jandovitz, Charles Swanson, Jackson Matteucci, S.A. Cohen Preview Abstract
		BP12.00068: Development and characterization of a high-reliability, extended-lifetime H$^-$ ion source Gabriel Becerra, Preston Barrows, Joseph Sherman Preview Abstract
		BP12.00069: Two-fluid simulation of field-reversed configuration and application to conical implosion Zhengquan Yang, Cheng Li Preview Abstract
		BP12.00070: Modeling of energy exchange processes in laser-produced argon plasmas Richard June Abrantes, Ann Karagozian, Hai Le Preview Abstract
		BP12.00071: A new laboratory stellarator for basic plasma research and wave studies Thiery Pierre Preview Abstract
		BP12.00072: Experimental Study on Swirl Flow in an ECR Plasma Kenichiro Terasaka, Shinji Yoshimura, Kanshi Furuta, Takuya Yamada, Masayoshi Tanaka Preview Abstract
		BP12.00073: MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Preview Abstract
		BP12.00074: Confocal Laser Induced Fluorescence of Argon Plasmas Earl Scime, Mark Soderholm Preview Abstract
		BP12.00075: Temperature after Arc Discharge Affected by Current Decrement Ratio in Wall Stabilized Arc Ken Sato, Daichi Suzuki, Toru Iwao Preview Abstract
		BP12.00076: Contribution For Arc Temperature Affected By Current Increment Ratio At Peak Current In Pulsed Arc Ryota Kano, Hironori Mitubori, Toru Iwao Preview Abstract
		BP12.00077: Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Measurement System for Neutral Argon (Ar I) Dynamics in the HelCat Plasma Device at UNM Ralph Kelly, Mark Gilmore, Alan Lynn, Tiffany Desjardins, Nick Boynton, Luan Nguyen, Andrew Scruggs, Jorge Romero Preview Abstract
		BP12.00078: A Lagrangian Interpretation of Laser Induced Fluorescence Signals in a Plasma Feng Chu, Fred Skiff, Jorge Berumen, Sean Mattingly, Ryan Hood Preview Abstract
		BP12.00079: New X-Ray Detector for Caltech Plasma Jet Experiment Ryan Marshall, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		BP12.00080: Development of Experimental System for Optical Vortex Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Shoma Asai, Shinji Yoshimura, Mitsutoshi Aramaki, Naoya Ozawa, Kenichiro Terasaka, Masayoshi Tanaka, Tomohiro Morisaki Preview Abstract
		BP12.00081: Initial Results of Optical Vortex Laser Absorption Spectroscopy in the HYPER-I Device Shinji Yoshimura, Shoma Asai, Mitsutoshi Aramaki, Kenichiro Terasaka, Naoya Ozawa, Masayoshi Tanaka, Tomohiro Morisaki Preview Abstract
		BP12.00082: Measuring Kinetic Plasma Eigenmodes Sean Mattingly, Jorge Berumen, Feng Chu, Ryan Hood, Fred Skiff Preview Abstract
		BP12.00083: Plasma magnetic field diagnostic using two-photon Doppler-free LIF Young Dae Yoon, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		BP12.00084: New level-resolved collision data for neutral argon, benchmarked against the ALEXIS and CTH plasma experiments N. Ivan Arnold, Stuart Loch, Connor Ballance, Ed Thomas Preview Abstract
		BP12.00085: Development of Triple Probe Diagnostic for the Auburn Linear Experiment of Instability Studies (ALEXIS) Csilla Czako, Ivan Arnold, Ami DuBois, Mark Cianciosa, Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
		BP12.00086: MOVED TO TP12.155 Preview Abstract
		BP12.00087: Investigation of Langmuir-probe-characteristic behavior at high bias frequency Sarah Newbury, Samuel Cohen, Jack Matteucci Preview Abstract
		BP12.00088: Measurement Of Magnetic Fields In Magnetized Plasmas Using Zeeman Broadening Diagnostics Showera Haque, Matthew S. Wallace, Paul Neill, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
		BP12.00089: Mass Spectrometry of 3D-printed plastic parts under plasma and radiative heat environments W.F. Rivera, C.A. Romero-Talamas, E.M. Bates, W. Birmingham, J. Takeno, S. Knop Preview Abstract
		BP12.00090: Thomson Scattering and Spectroscopy Diagnostics for Low Frequency Turbulence Produced in Dual-wire Implosions Christopher Plechaty, Andy Hamilton, Daniel Main, Nate Zechar, Vladimir Sotnikov Preview Abstract
		BP12.00091: Spectroscopic investigation of species separation in opening switch plasmas S.L. Jackson, D.G. Phipps, A.S. Richardson, R.J. Commisso, D.D. Hinshelwood, D.P. Murphy, J.W. Schumer, B.V. Weber, C.N. Boyer, R. Doron, S. Biswas, Y. Maron Preview Abstract
		BP12.00092: Experimental Characterization of a Laser-Triggered, Gas-Insulated, Spark-Gap Switch J.F. Camacho, D.J. Brown, M.T. Domonkos, E.L. Ruden, A. Schmitt-Sody, A.P. Lucero, J.P. Canright, R.L. Miner Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

57th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 60, Number 19

Monday–Friday, November 16–20, 2015; Savannah, Georgia

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