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 CP12: Poster Session II (C-Mod, MST, RFP, Stellarator; Waves, Shocks, and Instabilities; Shock Wave and Discontinuity)

Poster

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Monday, November 16, 2015
Room: Exhibit Hall A

		CP12.00001: C-MOD, MST, RFP AND STELLARATOR Preview Abstract
		CP12.00002: ADX -- Advanced Divertor and RF Tokamak Experiment Martin Greenwald, Brian LaBombard, Paul Bonoli, Jim Irby, Jim Terry, Greg Wallace, Rui Vieira, Dennis Whyte, Steve Wolfe, Steve Wukitch, Earl Marmar Preview Abstract
		CP12.00003: Impact of the Pedestal on Global Performance and Confinement Scalings in I-mode John Walk, Jerry Hughes, Amanda Hubbard, Dennis Whyte, Anne White Preview Abstract
		CP12.00004: Access to high-confinement regimes on Alcator C-Mod and the complex influence of divertor geometry J.W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, D. Brunner, A. Hubbard, J. Terry, J. Rice, J. Walk, I. Cziegler, E. Edlund, C. Theiler Preview Abstract
		CP12.00005: Helium ELMy H-modes in Alcator C-Mod in Support of ITER Helium Operating Phases C.E. Kessel, S.M. Wolfe, M.A. Chilenski, J.W. Hughes, Y. Lin, M.L. Reinke, S.J. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00006: Validation of MMM7.1 and TGLF anomalous transport models for predicting the evolution of Alcator C-Mod temperature profiles A.H. Kritz, T. Rafiq, A.Y. Pankin, J. Hughes, M. Greenwald Preview Abstract
		CP12.00007: Search for Correlation Between Plasma Rotation and Electron Temperature Gradient Scale Length in LOC/SOC Transition at Alcator C-Mod Saeid Houshmandyar, William L. Rowan, Perry E. Phillips, John R. Walk, John E. Rice Preview Abstract
		CP12.00008: Impact of dilution of deuterium on ion thermal diffusivity and turbulence in C-Mod Ohmic plasmas Miklos Porkolab, P. Ennever, E. Edlund, J. Rice, J.C. Rost, D. Ernst, C. Fiore, A. Hubbard, J. Hughes, J. Terry, M.L. Reinke, G. Staebler, J. Candy Preview Abstract
		CP12.00009: Improved analysis of impurity transport coefficient profiles M.A. Chilenski, M. Greenwald, Y. Marzouk, N.T. Howard, J. Rice, A.E. White Preview Abstract
		CP12.00010: Mean Flows and Blob Velocities in Scrape-Off Layer (SOLT) Simulations of an L-mode discharge on Alcator C-Mod D.A. Russell, J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, B. LaBombard, J.L. Terry, S.J. Zweben Preview Abstract
		CP12.00011: Performance Assessment of the C-Mod Multi-Spectral Line Polarization MSE (MSE-MSLP) Diagnostic Steven Scott, Robert Mumgaard, Matthew Khoury Preview Abstract
		CP12.00012: Performance of spectral MSE diagnostic on C-Mod and ITER Ken Liao, William Rowan, Robert Mumgaard, Robert Granetz, Steve Scott, Oleksandr Marchuk, Yuri Ralchenko Preview Abstract
		CP12.00013: First operation of a high-heat flux, flush mounted ``rail'' Langmuir probe array on Alcator C-Mod Adam Q. Kuang, Dan Brunner, Brian LaBombard, Rick Leccacorvi, Rui Vieira Preview Abstract
		CP12.00014: Development of a reciprocating probe servomotor control system with real-time feedback on plasma position for the Alcator C-Mod tokamak D. Brunner, A.Q. Kuang, B. LaBombard, W. Burke Preview Abstract
		CP12.00015: Upgrades to and Recommissioning of the C-Mod FIR Polarimeter R. Watterson, J.H. Irby, D. Garnier, R. Vieira, R. Leccacorvi, R. Murray, E. Marmar Preview Abstract
		CP12.00016: Measurements of electron temperature profiles on Alcator C-Mod using a novel energy-resolving x-ray camera J. Maddox, L. Delgado, N. Pablant, K.W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. Efthimion, J. Rice Preview Abstract
		CP12.00017: Locked-mode avoidance and recovery without momentum input L. Delgado-Aparicio, J.E. Rice, S. Wolfe, I. Cziegler, C. Gao, R. Granetz, S. Wukitch, J. Terry, M. Greenwald, L. Sugiyama, A. Hubbard, J. Hugges, E. Marmar, P. Phillips, W. Rowan Preview Abstract
		CP12.00018: The effect of ICRF and LHCD waveguide and launcher location on tritium breeding ratio and radiation damage J.M. Sierchio, D.G. Whyte, G.M. Wallace, S.J. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00019: Current Profile Measurements from Moderate to Strong Lower Hybrid Single-Pass Damping on Alcator C-Mod R.T. Mumgaard, G.M. Wallace, S.D. Scott, S. Shiraiwa, I. Faust, R.R. Parker Preview Abstract
		CP12.00020: Absorption and Modification of Lower Hybrid Waves in the Scrape Off Layer R. Parker, G. Wallace, S. Shiraiwa, S-G. Baek, I. Faust Preview Abstract
		CP12.00021: Improved LHCD simulation model and implication for future experiments S Shiraiwa, G Wallace, S Baek, P Bonoli, I Faust, R Parker, B LaBombard, A White, S Wukitch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00022: Wavenumber measurement of lower hybrid waves using multiple RF magnetic probes on Alcator C-Mod T. Shinya, S.G. Baek, G.M. Wallace, S. Shiraiwa, R.R. Parker, D. Brunner, B. LaBombard, Y. Takase Preview Abstract
		CP12.00023: ICRF mode conversion flow drive study with enhanced wave detection by phase contrast imaging on Alcator C-Mod Y. Lin, E. Edlund, P. Ennever, A.E. Hubbard, M. Porkolab, J.E. Rice, S.J. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00024: ICRF Experiments in Alcator C-Mod S.J. Wukitch, Y. Lin, J. Terry, J. Wright, A. Hubbard, P. Ennever, Ye.O. Kazakov, J. Ongena, D. Van Eester Preview Abstract
		CP12.00025: Overview of MST Research J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		CP12.00026: Advanced control of MST's poloidal field with a programmable power supply B.E. Chapman, D.J. Holly, K.J. McCollam, J.C. Morin, J.S. Sarff, A. Squitieri, J.K. Anderson, A.H. Seltzman Preview Abstract
		CP12.00027: Evidence for density-gradient-driven trapped-electron modes in improved confinement RFP plasmas James Duff, Brett Chapman, John Sarff, Paul Terry, Zach Williams, Weixing Ding, David Brower, Eli Parke Preview Abstract
		CP12.00028: Gyrokinetic Studies of Microturbulence in the Madison Symmetric Torus Zachary Williams, James Duff, M.J. Pueschel, Paul Terry Preview Abstract
		CP12.00029: Initial Studies of Validation of MHD Models for MST Reversed Field Pinch Plasmas C.M. Jacobson, A.F. Almagri, D. Craig, K.J. McCollam, J.A. Reusch, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec, J.C. Triana Preview Abstract
		CP12.00030: Comparing MHD simulations of RFP plasmas to RELAX experiments K.J. McCollam, D.J. Den Hartog, C.M. Jacobson, J.P. Sauppe, S. Masamune, A. Sanpei Preview Abstract
		CP12.00031: Analysis of Helicities and Hall and MHD Dynamo Effects in Two-Fluid Reversed-Field Pinch Simulations Joshua Sauppe, Carl Sovinec Preview Abstract
		CP12.00032: Behavior of m$=$0 Modes in DEBS Modeling and MST Plasmas D. Craig, R. Hesse, D. Martin, D.J. Den Hartog, C.M. Jacobson, K.J. McCollam, M.D. Nornberg, J.A. Reusch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00033: Measurements of the Hall Dynamo in MST Plasmas J.C. Triana, A.F. Almagri, K.J. McCollam, J.S. Sarff, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		CP12.00034: Measurements of Electric Field Fluctuations Using a Capacitive Probe on the MST Reversed Field Pinch Mingsheng Tan, A.F. Almagri, J.S. Sarff, K.J. McCollam, J.C. Triana, H. Li, W.X. Ding, W. Liu Preview Abstract
		CP12.00035: Improvements in electron temperature measurements from soft x-rays in MST plasmas L.M. Reusch, P. Franz, M.E. Galante, J. Goetz, D.J. Den Hartog, M.B. McGarry, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		CP12.00036: Combining impurity X-ray and impurity density measurements to determine $Z_{\rm eff}$ M.D. Nornberg, M.E. Galante, L.M. Reusch, D.J. Den Hartog, P. Franz, H.D. Stephens Preview Abstract
		CP12.00037: Electron Bernstein Wave Studies in MST Andrew Seltzman, Jay Anderson, Cary Forest, Paul Nonn, Mark Thomas, Abdulgader Almagri, Brett Chapman, Ami DuBois, John Goetz, Karsten McCollam Preview Abstract
		CP12.00038: Particle Heating and Energization During Magnetic Reconnection Events in MST Plasmas Ami M. DuBois, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.J. Den Hartog, C. Forest, M. Nornberg, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		CP12.00039: Identification of an Island-induced Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmode in MST plasmas J.K. Anderson, C.R. Cook, C.C. Hegna, J. Boguski, R. Feng, K.M. McCollam, S.H. Sears, D.A. Spong, S.P. Hirshman Preview Abstract
		CP12.00040: Damping of Energetic-Particle-Driven Alfven Eigenmodes in Different Magnetic Equilibria in the MST Reversed-Field Pinch Stephanie Sears, Jay Anderson, William Capecchi, Phillip Bonofiglo, Jungha Kim Preview Abstract
		CP12.00041: Measuring Fast Ion Losses in a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma P.J. Bonofiglo, J.K. Anderson, A.F. Almagri, J. Kim, J. Clark, W. Capecchi, S.H. Sears Preview Abstract
		CP12.00042: Fast ion beta limit measurements by collimated neutron detection in MST plasmas William Capecchi, Jay Anderson, Phillip Bonofiglo, Jungha Kim, Stephanie Sears Preview Abstract
		CP12.00043: Investigation of interaction between fast ions and tearing modes in MST plasmas using full orbit tracing Jungha Kim, Jay Anderson, William Capecchi, Phillip Bonofiglo, Stephanie Sears, Yuri Tsidulko Preview Abstract
		CP12.00044: Recent Ion Energy Distribution Observations on MST RFP Plasmas Jerry Clark, J.B. Titus, E.D. Mezonlin, J.A Johnson III, A.F. Almagri, J.A. Andeson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00045: Optimizing 50kV hydrogen diagnostic neutral beam performance for active spectroscopy in MST X. Feng, J. Boguski, D. Craig, D.J. Den Hartog, S. Munaretto, M.D. Nornberg, S. Olivia Preview Abstract
		CP12.00046: Upgrade of a CHERS diagnostic system for fast-ion and drift-instability measurements Takashi Nishizawa, D. Craig, D.J. Den Hartog, M.D. Nornberg Preview Abstract
		CP12.00047: Neutral dynamics and ion energy transport in MST plasma Zichuan Xing, Mark Nornberg, Daniel Den Hartog, Santosh Kumar, Jay Anderson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00048: Identification of Neutral Particle Sources in MST Plasmas Ryan Norval, Stefano Munaretto, John Goetz, Oliver Schmitz Preview Abstract
		CP12.00049: Effect of Resonant Magnetic Perturbations on 3D equilibria in the MST RFP Stefano Munaretto, B.E. Chapman, A.F. Almagri, J. Boguski, M. Cianciosa, D.J. Den Hartog, A.M. DuBois, J.A. Goetz, J.D. Hanson, D.J. Holly, K.J. McCollam, T. Nishizawa, M.D. Nornberg, R.J. Norval, J.S. Sarff Preview Abstract
		CP12.00050: Modeling the Time Evolution of QSH Equilibria in MST Plasmas Using V3FIT J. Boguski, M. Nornberg, S. Munaretto, B.E. Chapman, M. Cianciosa, P.W. Terry, J. Hanson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00051: Thermal Transport Barrier Behavior in a Dynamic Model of the Quasi Single Helicity State I.J. Mckinney, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		CP12.00052: Observation of Hot Remnant Islands using Fast Thomson Scattering L.A. Morton, W.C. Young, D.J. Den Hartog, C.C. Hegna, E. Parke, J.A. Reusch, C.M. Jacobson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00053: A Flexible Master Oscillator for a Thomson Scattering Pulse-Burst Laser System D.J. Den Hartog, W.C. Young Preview Abstract
		CP12.00054: Thomson Scattering at 250 kHz William Young, D. J. Den Hartog, L. A. Morton Preview Abstract
		CP12.00055: Upgrades to the MST Thomson scattering diagnostic S.Z. Kubala, M.T. Borchardt, D.J. Den Hartog, D.J. Holly, C.M. Jacobson, L.A. Morton, W.C. Young Preview Abstract
		CP12.00056: Development of a magnetic vector potential profile measurement using a Heavy Ion Beam Probe P.J. Fimognari, D.R. Demers, T.P. Crowley Preview Abstract
		CP12.00057: Characterization and initial results from the upgraded MST interferometer-polarimeter E. Parke, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, J.R. Duff Preview Abstract
		CP12.00058: Effects of Thin Shell on the Resistive Wall Mode in Keda Torus eXperiment Wei Bai, Ping Zhu, Tao Lan, Hong Li, Jin-lin Xie, Ah-di Liu, Chi-jin Xiao, Wei-xing Ding, Wan-dong Liu Preview Abstract
		CP12.00059: Current drive in toroidal geometry driven by external helical electrostatic perturbations Richard Nebel, Daniel Barnes, John Finn Preview Abstract
		CP12.00060: Generation of rotational transform in a toroidal confinement device with tilted coils Lucas Zeppetello, Michel Doumet, Kenneth Hammond, Ben Israeli, Justin Mann, Francesco Volpe, Anthony Clark, Donald Spong, Samuel Lazerson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00061: Experimental characterization and equilibrium reconstructions of first electron cyclotron heated plasmas in the low-aspect ratio CNT stellarator Kenneth Hammond, Alek Anichowski, Francesco Volpe, Yumou Wei, Samuel Lazerson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00062: Filterscope edge plasma diagnostic for the W7-X stellarator Jeffrey Harris, Ezekial Unterberg, Jeremy Lore, Laurie Stephey, Oliver Schmitz, Glen Wurden, Christoph Biedermann, Maciej Krychowiak, Ralf Koenig Preview Abstract
		CP12.00063: Expected performance and recent results from the X-ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometer on the W7-X stellarator Novimir A. Pablant, Andreas Langenberg, Manfred Bitter, Luis Delgado-Aparicio, David A. Gates, Kenneth W. Hill, Michael Mardenfeld, George H. Neilson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00064: Visible/IR Observations of the Poloidal Limiter in W7-X G.A. Wurden, C. Biedermann, M.W. Jakubowski, S.A. Bozhenkov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00065: Optimizing Stellarators for Energetic Particle Confinement using BEAMS3D Peter Bolgert, Michael Drevlak, Sam Lazerson, David Gates, Roscoe White Preview Abstract
		CP12.00066: Radial electric field computations with DKES and neoclassical models in TJ-II stellarator Julio Martinell, Cesar Gutierrez-Tapia, Daniel Lopez-Bruna Preview Abstract
		CP12.00067: Global gyrokinetic models for energetic particle driven Alfv\'{e}n instabilities in 3D equilibria Don Spong, Ihor Holod Preview Abstract
		CP12.00068: High-beta extended MHD simulations of stellarators with Spitzer resistivity Torrin Bechtel Preview Abstract
		CP12.00069: Overview of recent results and future plans on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid experiment D.A. Maurer, M.C. ArchMiller, M.R. Cianciosa, D.A. Ennis, J.D. Hanson, G.J. Hartwell, J.D. Hebert, J.L. Herfindal, S.F. Knowlton, X. Ma, S. Massidda, M.D. Pandya, N.A. Roberds, P.J. Traverso Preview Abstract
		CP12.00070: Operation in low edge safety factor regime and passive disruption avoidance due to stellarator rotational transform in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid M.D. Pandya, D.A. Ennis, G.J. Hartwell, D.A. Maurer Preview Abstract
		CP12.00071: Non-axisymmetric equilibrium reconstruction on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment using external magnetic and soft x-ray inversion radius measurements X. Ma, M. Cianciosa, J.D. Hanson, G.J. Hartwell, S.F. Knowlton, D.A. Maurer, D.A. Ennis, J.L. Herfindal Preview Abstract
		CP12.00072: NIMROD Modeling of CTH Current Rise Dynamics Jonathan Hebert, James Hanson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00073: First Results from a Coherence Imaging Diagnostic for the Compact Toroidal Hybrid D.A. Ennis, G.J. Hartwell, C.A. Johnson, D.A. Maurer, S.L. Allen Preview Abstract
		CP12.00074: Sawtooth Instability in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid J.L. Herfindal, D.A. Maurer, G.J. Hartwell, D.A. Ennis, S.F. Knowlton Preview Abstract
		CP12.00075: Simulations of Sawtooth Oscillations In CTH Nicholas Roberds, Luca Guazzotto, James Hanson, David Maurer Preview Abstract
		CP12.00076: Installation of a Thomson scattering diagnostic on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment P.J. Traverso, D.A. Maurer, D.A. Ennis, G.J. Hartwell, M.R. Cianciosa Preview Abstract
		CP12.00077: Electron cyclotron ray tracing and absorption predictions for Compact Toroidal Hybrid plasmas using TRAVIS S.F. Knowlton, G.J. Hartwell, D.A Maurer, N.B. Marushchenko, Y. Turkin, T. Bigelow Preview Abstract
		CP12.00078: Island Divertor Plate Modeling for the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment G.J. Hartwell, S.D. Massidda, D.A Ennis, S.F. Knowlton, D.A. Maurer, A. Bader Preview Abstract
		CP12.00079: HSX Program Overview and Research Directions Simon Anderson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00080: Progress in understanding flows and electric field in HSX S.T.A. Kumar, J. Smoniewski, T. Dobbins, J.N. Talmadge, F.S.B. Anderson, D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00081: Coherent Density Fluctuations in the HSX Stellarator C.B. Deng, D.L. Brower, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, K.M. Likin, J. Smoniewski, J.N. Talmadge Preview Abstract
		CP12.00082: A MSE Polarimetry diagnostic for the measurement of radial electric fields on the HSX stellarator T.J. Dobbins, S.T.A. Kumar, F.S.B. Anderson, D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00083: Simulation and experiment investigating neoclassical effects of impurities on bootstrap current in HSX J. Smoniewski, J. Talmadge, M. Landreman Preview Abstract
		CP12.00084: Neutral source and particle balance in the HSX edge Laurie Stephey, Santhosh Kumar, Aaron Bader, Adrian Akerson, Oliver Schmitz, David Anderson, Simon A, Joseph Talmadge, Chris Hegna Preview Abstract
		CP12.00085: Measurements of Edge Plasma Properties in the HSX Stellarator with Comparison to EMC3-EIRENE A.R. Akerson, A. Bader, O. Schmitz, F.S.B. Anderson, C.C. Hegna, D.T. Anderson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00086: WAVES, SHOCKS AND INSTABILITIES Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		CP12.00087: Saturation of Alfven modes in tokamaks Roscoe White, Nikolai Gorelenkov, Marina Gorelenkova, Mario Podesta, Yang Chen Preview Abstract
		CP12.00088: Two Fluid Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Tokamak Plasma Omar Lopez Ortiz, Luca Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		CP12.00089: Simultaneous existence of Kelvin Helmholtz and Drift wave Instabilities in IMPED P.K. Chattopadhyay, Sayak Bose, J. Ghosh, Y.C. Saxena Preview Abstract
		CP12.00090: Analytical and numerical treatment of drift-tearing and resistive drift instabilities in plasma slab V.V. Mirnov, C.C. Hegna, J.P. Sauppe, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		CP12.00091: Electromagnetic particle simulation of the linear mode conversion and the nonlinear parametric decay instability of lower hybrid waves in tokamaks Jian Bao, Zhihong Lin, Animesh Kuley, Zhixuan Wang Preview Abstract
		CP12.00092: MHD Stability and Constraints Tommaso Andreussi, Philip J. Morrison, Francesco Pegoraro Preview Abstract
		CP12.00093: Studies of waves and instabilities using increased beta, warm ion plasmas in LAPD Troy Carter, Seth Dorfman, Walter Gekelman, Steve Vincena, Bart Van Compernolle, Shreekrishna Tripathi, Pat Pribyl, George Morales Preview Abstract
		CP12.00094: High-Beta Electromagnetic Turbulence in LAPD Plasmas G. Rossi, T.A. Carter, M.J. Pueschel, F. Jenko, D. Told, P.W. Terry Preview Abstract
		CP12.00095: Laboratory Studies of Nonlinear Alfv\'{e}n Interactions and Decay Instabilities S. Dorfman, T. Carter, S. Vincena, P. Pribyl, G. Rossi, R. Sydora, Y. Lin Preview Abstract
		CP12.00096: Evidence of a New Instability in Gyrokinetic Simulations of LAPD Plasmas P.W. Terry, M.J. Pueschel, G. Rossi, F. Jenko, D. Told, T.A. Carter Preview Abstract
		CP12.00097: Laboratory Investigation of the Electromagnetic Electron-Ion Hybrid Instability C. Lon Enloe, Erik Tejero, Bill Amatucci, Chris Crabtree, Guru Ganguli Preview Abstract
		CP12.00098: Landau-fluid closure and drift-wave dispersion relations for arbitrary collisional plasmas Wonjae Lee, M.V. Umansky, J.R. Angus, M.A. Dorf, R.H. Cohen, M.R. Dorr, S.I. Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00099: Simulation and Theoretical Study of Spontaneous Excitation of Convective Cells by Kinetic Alfven Waves Yu Lin, Fulvio Zonca, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		CP12.00100: Ion acoustic wave collapse via two-ion wave decay: 2D Vlasov simulation and theory Thomas Chapman, Richard Berger, Jeffrey Banks, Stephan Brunner Preview Abstract
		CP12.00101: Breakdown of modulational approximations in multimode nonlinear interactions Felipe Rizzato, Paulo Iorra, Samuel Marini, Eduardo Peter, Renato Pakter, Abraham Chavez Preview Abstract
		CP12.00102: KEEN and KEEPN wave simulations from 2D to 4D Michel Mehrenberger, Bedros Afeyan, David Larson, Nicolas Crouseilles, Fernando Casas, Erwan Faou, Adila Dodhy, Eric Sonnendrucker, Magdi Shoucri Preview Abstract
		CP12.00103: Nonlinear frequency shift of electrostatic waves in general collisionless plasma: unifying theory of fluid and kinetic nonlinearities Ilya Y. Dodin, Chang Liu Preview Abstract
		CP12.00104: Lagrangian geometrical optics of classical vector waves and particles with spin D.E. Ruiz, I.Y. Dodin Preview Abstract
		CP12.00105: Small scale instabilities and anomalous electron current in Hall plasmas A. Smolyakov, I. Romadanov, W. Frias, J. Carlsson, I. Kaganovich, Y. Raitses Preview Abstract
		CP12.00106: A TWT upgrade to study wave-particle interactions in plasma Fabrice Doveil, Meirielen Caetano de Sousa, Didier Guyomarc'h, Aissa Kahli, Yves Elskens Preview Abstract
		CP12.00107: Interaction of plasma oscillations with a background ion density perturbation Sayak Bose, Manjit Kaur, P.K. Chattopadhyay, J. Ghosh, Y.C. Saxena Preview Abstract
		CP12.00108: Simulations of Electron Density Perturbations in a Gas Discharge James Caplinger, Vladimir Sotnikov, Daniel Main Preview Abstract
		CP12.00109: Ion thermal and dispersion effects in Farley-Buneman instabilities Sandeep Litt, Andrei Smolyakov, Ehab Hassan, Wendell Horton Preview Abstract
		CP12.00110: Characterization of Ion-Acoustic Wave Reflection Off A Plasma Chamber Wall Jorge Berumen, Feng Chu, Ryan Hood, Sean Mattingly, Anthony Rogers, Fred Skiff Preview Abstract
		CP12.00111: Radiation patterns and reciprocity of whistler mode antennas J. Manuel Urrutia, Reiner Stenzel Preview Abstract
		CP12.00112: Antenna arrays for producing plane whistler waves Reiner Stenzel, J. Manuel Urrutia Preview Abstract
		CP12.00113: Vlasov Simulation of the Effects of Collisions on the Damping of Electron Plasma Waves Jeff Banks, Richard Berger, Thomas Chapman, Stephan Brunner, T. Tran Preview Abstract
		CP12.00114: Density Waves in Systems of Non-Interacting Particles E.J. Kolmes, V.I. Geyko, N.J. Fisch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00115: SHOCK WAVE AND DISCONTINUITY Preview Abstract
		CP12.00116: Hybrid Simulations and Scaling Laws for Shock Formation in the UCLA Collisionless Shock Experiment David Larson, Dan Winske, Misa Cowee, S. Eric Clark, Christoph Niemann, Stephen Brecht Preview Abstract
		CP12.00117: Effects of trapped electrons on ion reflection in an oblique shock wave Mieko Toida, Junya Inagaki Preview Abstract
		CP12.00118: Numerical calculation of ion runaway distributions Sarah Newton, Ola Embr\'eus, Adam Stahl, Eero Hirvijoki, T\"unde F\"ul\"op Preview Abstract
		CP12.00119: Collision of an Arched Plasma-Filled Flux Rope with a Target Cloud of Initially Neutral Gas Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul, Paul M. Bellan Preview Abstract
		CP12.00120: Overview and recent results of the Magnetized Shock Experiment (MSX) T.E. Weber, R.J. Smith, S.C. Hsu, Y. Omelchenko Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		CP12.00121: Conditions for collisionless shocks formation in magnetized plasma interaction with kinetic-scale obstacles F. Cruz, E.P. Alves, R.A. Fonseca, L.O. Silva, R.A. Bamford, R. Bingham Preview Abstract
		CP12.00122: Initial Results from 3D Electric and Magnetic Field Measurements of the Interaction of a Laser-Produced and Ambient Plasma P.V. Heuer, D.B. Schaeffer, L.R. Hofer, C.G. Constantin, A.S. Bondarenko, E.T. Everson, S.E. Clark, W. Gekelman, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
		CP12.00123: Electromagnetic Fields of a Laboratory Axial Plasma Jet Stephen Vincena, Jeffrey Bonde, Walter Gekelman Preview Abstract
		CP12.00124: Three Dimensional Hybrid Simulations of Super-Alfv\'enic Laser Ablation Experiments in the Large Plasma Device Stephen Clark, Derek Schaeffer, Anton Bondarenko, Erik Everson, Dan Winske, Carmen Constantin, Christoph Niemann Preview Abstract
		CP12.00125: Diagnostic Progress and Results on the Magnetized Shock Experiment R.J. Smith, T.E. Weber Preview Abstract
		CP12.00126: Z-PINCH, X-PINCH, EXPLODING WIRE PLASMA AND DENSE PLASMA FOCUS/MEASUREMENTS AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Preview Abstract
		CP12.00127: A Multiple Z-Pinch Configuration for the Generation of High-Density, Magnetized Plasmas Alfonso G. Tarditi Preview Abstract
		CP12.00128: Kr gas puff implosion experiments on the Z generator David Ampleford, Christopher Jennings, Stephanie Hansen, Adam Harvey-Thompson, Gregory Rochau, Derek Lamppa, Brent Jones, Arati Dasgupta, John Giuliani, J. Ward Thornhill Preview Abstract
		CP12.00129: Operation of Two-stage Wire Array Z-pinches on the Magpie Generator Jian Wu, Guy Burdiak, S. Lebedev, A. Harvey-Thompson, G. Hall, G. Swadling, F. Suzuki-Vidal, S. Bland, L. Suttle, E. Waisman, G. Wang, Q. Yang Preview Abstract
		CP12.00130: Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-pinch as a Source of Fast Ions Producing Intensive Pulse of Neutrons K. Rezac, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, D. Klir, J. Kravarik, P. Kubes, O. Sila, A. Shishlov, R. Cherdizov, F. Fursov, V. Kokshenev, B. Kovalchuk, N. Kurmaev, A. Labetsky, N. Ratakhin, K. Turek Preview Abstract
		CP12.00131: Measurements of fusion neutrons from Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments on the Z accelerator K.D. Hahn, G.A. Chandler, C.L. Ruiz, M.R. Gomez, S.A. Slutz, A.B. Sefkow, D.B. Sinars, S.B. Hansen, P.F. Knapp, P.F. Schmit, E.C. Harding, T.J. Awe, J.A. Torres, B. Jones, J.A. Bur, G.W. Cooper, J.D. Styron, V.Yu. Glebov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00132: Flyer-Plate-Based Current Diagnostic for Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments Joseph Reneker, Matthew Gomez, Mark Hess, Christopher Jennings Preview Abstract
		CP12.00133: First experiment on LMJ facility: pointing and synchronisation qualification, sequences qualification Olivier Henry, Didier Raffestin, Dominique Bretheau, Michel Luttmann, Herve Graillot, Michel Ferri, Frederic Seguineau, Emmanuel Bar, Loic Patissou, Philippe Canal, Fran\c{c}oise Sautarel, Yves Tranquille-Marques Preview Abstract
		CP12.00134: Plasma Profile Measurements for Laser Fusion Research with the Nike KrF Laser Jaechul Oh, J.L. Weaver, V. Serlin, S.P. Obenschain Preview Abstract
		CP12.00135: Measuring spatial distributions of nuclear burn in ICF implosions at OMEGA and the NIF using proton emission imaging Fredrick Seguin, H.G. Rinderknecht, A. Zylstra, H. Sio, J. Frenje, C.K. Li, R. Petrasso, M. Rosenberg, F.J. Marshall, T.C. Sangster, P. Mckenty, S. Craxton, J.R. Rygg, S. le Pape, V. Smalyuk, P.A. Amendt, S.C. Wilks, A. Mackinnon, N.M. Hoffman Preview Abstract
		CP12.00136: Investigation of neutron-induced background in Magnetic-Recoil-Spectrometer CR-39 data using a DT neutron source and MCNP simulations Lucio M. Milanese, Johan Frenje, Maria Gatu Johnson, Brandon Lahmann, Hong Sio, Richard Petrasso Preview Abstract
		CP12.00137: Absolute x-ray and neutron calibration of CVD-diamond-based time-of-flight detectors for the National Ignition Facility N. Kabadi, H. Sio, H. Rinderknecht, A. Zylstra, M. Gatu Johnson, J. Rojas-Herrera, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, V. Glebov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00138: The MIT HEDP Accelerator Facility for education and advanced diagnostics development for OMEGA, Z and the NIF R. Petrasso, M. Gatu Johnson, E. Armstrong, H.W. Han, N. Kabadi, B. Lahmann, D. Orozco, J. Rojas Herrera, H. Sio, G. Sutcliffe, J. Frenje, C.K. Li, F.H. S\'eguin, R. Leeper, C.L. Ruiz, T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
		CP12.00139: The magPTOF diagnostic for shock-bang and compression-bang time measurement and charged-particles spectroscopy at the NIF H.W. Han, H. Sio, H. Rinderknecht, J. Frenje, A. Zylstra, M. Gatu Johnson, F. Seguin, C. Li, R. Petrasso, A. House, J.R. Rygg, J. Kimbrough, A. Macphee, G.W. Collins, A. Mackinnon, S. le Pape, L. Berzak Hopkins, M. Bedzyk, J. Magoon, M. Shoup, C. Sangster, J. Kilkenny, R. Olson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00140: A compact Charged-Particle Spectrometer for OMEGA and the NIF D. Orozco, M.J. Rosenberg, F.H. Seguin, M. Gatu Johnson, H. Sio, A.B. Zylstra, H.G. Rinderknecht, J.A. Rojas, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, V. Yu, Glebov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00141: Simultaneous measurements of the X-ray and nuclear shock-bang times in ICF plasmas G. Sutcliffe, H. Sio, H. Rinderknecht, J. Frenje, A. Zylstra, M. Gatu Johnson, F. Seguin, C.K. Li, R. Petrasso, J.R. Rygg, A. Macphee, A. Mackinnon, S. le Pape, L. Berzak Hopkins, S.P. Regan, C. Sangster, J. Kilkenny, R. Olson Preview Abstract
		CP12.00142: Design of a compact, low energy charged particle spectrometer for stellar nucleosynthesis experiments at OMEGA and the NIF E. Armstrong, J. Frenje, M. Gatu Johnson, C.K. Li, D. Orozco, H. Rinderknecht, M. Rosenberg, F.H. S\'eguin, H. Sio, A. Zylstra, R.D. Petrasso Preview Abstract
		CP12.00143: Single Crystal X-ray Spectropolarimeter for HED Plasmas Matthew Wallace, Showera Haque, Paul Neill, Alan Kastengren, Nino Pereira, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
		CP12.00144: Helical Striation Pattern Generation and Axial Field Compression in Aluminum Liner Experiments at 1 MA Levon Atoyan, Tom Byvank, John Greenly, Bruce Kusse, Sergei Pikuz, William Potter, Tania Shelkovenko, David Hammer Preview Abstract
		CP12.00145: Spectroscopic Studies of the Soft X-Ray Radiation from Gas-Puff Z-Pinches on Cobra T.A. Shelkovenko, S.A. Pikuz, P.W.L. de Grouchy, N. Qi, L. Atoyan, B.R. Kusse, D.A. Hammer Preview Abstract
		CP12.00146: Study of Explosive Electron Emission from a Pin Cathode Using High Resolution Point-Projection X-Ray Radiography S.A. Pikuz, T.A. Shelkovenko, D.A. Hammer, E.V. Parkevich, I.N. Tilikin, A.R. Mingaleev, A.V. Agafonov Preview Abstract
		CP12.00147: Studies of the dynamics of a 1-microsecond X-pinch Richard Appartaim, Danielle Green Preview Abstract
		CP12.00148: Radiative Properties of Argon Gas-Puff Implosions on COBRA Nicholas Ouart, Niansheng Qi, Phil de Grouchy, Tatiana Shelkovenko, Sergei Pikuz, John Giuliani, Arati Dasgupta, John Apruzese, Robert Clark, David Hammer, Bruce Kusse Preview Abstract
		CP12.00149: Neutron production in deuterium gas-puff z-pinch with outer plasma shell at current of 3 MA J. Cikhardt, D. Klir, K. Rezac, B. Cikhardtova, J. Kravarik, P. Kubes, O. Sila, A.V. Shishlov, R.K. Cherdizov, F.I. Frusov, V.A. Kokshenev, N.E. Kurmaev, A. Yu. Labetsky, N.A. Ratakhin, G.N. Dudkin, A.A. Garapatsky, V.N. Padalko, V.A. Varlachev, K. Turek, J. Krasa Preview Abstract
		CP12.00150: Kinetic Simulations of Dense Plasma Focus Breakdown A. Schmidt, D.P. Higginson, S. Jiang, A. Link, A. Povilus, J. Sears, N. Bennett, D.V. Rose, D.R. Welch Preview Abstract
		CP12.00151: Design of a 100 J Dense Plasma Focus Z-pinch Device as a Portable Neutron Source Sheng Jiang, Drew Higginson, Anthony Link, Jason Liu, Andrea Schmidt Preview Abstract
		CP12.00152: Progress in Development of Dense Plasma Focus Pinch for AmBe Radiological Source Replacement Steve Falabella, Alex Povilus, Andrea Schmidt, Jennifer Ellsworth, Anthony Link, Jason Sears, Drew Higginson, Sheng Jiang Preview Abstract
		CP12.00153: Measuring $\sim$10~T B-Fields Using Zeeman Splitting of Sodium Emission Lines on a 500~kA Pulsed Power Machine Jacob Banasek, Joseph Engelbrecht, David Hammer, Sergei Pikuz, Tatiana Shelkovenko Preview Abstract
		CP12.00154: Magneto Rayleigh-Taylor, Sausage, and Kink Instability Experiments on a MegaAmpere Linear Transformer Driver D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, A.M. Steiner, S.G. Patel, N.M. Jordan, R.M. Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, M.R. Weis, P. Zhang Preview Abstract
		CP12.00155: The Non-Lte Stagnation Physics Of A Z Pinch: Spectroscopy Coupled With Rad-Hydro Simulations T. Mehlhorn, J. Giuliani, W. Thornhill, A. Dasgupta, Y. Maron, E. Kroupp, G. Rosenzweig, C. Coverdale, J. Apruzese, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
		CP12.00156: A Plasma Opening Switch Based on a Gas-Puff/Axial Wire Configuration Joseph Engelbrecht, Philip de Grouchy, Nicholas Ouart, Niansheng Qi, Levon Atoyan, Jacob Banasek, William Potter, David Hammer, Bruce Kusse, John Giuliani Preview Abstract
		CP12.00157: Characteristic Differences Between Wire and Foil X-pinches Gilbert Collins, Julio Valenzuela, Igor Krasheninnikov, Farhat Beg, Mingsheng Wei Preview Abstract
		CP12.00158: Instability formation on thin liners in small-scale experiments using MACH2 Jeff Narkis, Julio Valenzuela, Hafiz Ur Rahman, Paul Ney, Frank Wessel, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		CP12.00159: High Voltage Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners Samuel Cordaro, Simon Bott-Suzuki, Luis Sebastian Caballero Bendixsen Preview Abstract
		CP12.00160: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN 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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Session CP12: Poster Session II (C-Mod, MST, RFP, Stellarator; Waves, Shocks, and Instabilities; Shock Wave and Discontinuity)

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