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 NP12: Poster Session V (MHD, Heating, Current Drive, HBT-EP; Magnetic Reconnection; Astrophysical and Space Plasmas)	Show Abstracts
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Room: Exhibit Hall A

		NP12.00001: MHD, HEATING, CURRENT DRIVE, HBT-EP Preview Abstract
		NP12.00002: Measurement of Phase Space Structure of Fast Ions Interacting with Alfven Eigenmodes Kenichi Nagaoka, Masaki Osakabe, Mitsutaka Isobe, Kunihiro Ogawa, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Shinji Kobayashi, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Yuto Katoh, Jose M. Fontdecaba Preview Abstract
		NP12.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP12.00004: Non-twist map bifurcation of drift-lines and drift-island formation in saturated 3D MHD equilibria David Pfefferle, Wilfred A. Cooper, Jonathan P. Graves Preview Abstract
		NP12.00005: Analysis of Island Formation Due to RMPs in D3D Plasmas Using SIESTA Steven Hirshman, Morgan Shafer, Sudip Seal, John Canik Preview Abstract
		NP12.00006: q-solver equilibrium model with fast ion orbit width, velocity anisotropy and toroidal flow effects Nikolai Gorelenkov, Steven Jardin Preview Abstract
		NP12.00007: Magnetic Islands in 3D Equilibria Allan Reiman Preview Abstract
		NP12.00008: Revised numerical wrapper for PIES code Daniel Raburn, Allan Reiman, Donald Monticello Preview Abstract
		NP12.00009: Effects due to nonlinear modification of driven current on tearing mode stabilization Ge Dong, Allan Reiman, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		NP12.00010: Computation of Perturbed Equilibria with Resistive DCON Z.R. Wang, J.-K. Park, A.H. Glasser, Y.Q. Liu, J.E. Menard Preview Abstract
		NP12.00011: Error field penetration and beta limits in two fluid toroidal plasmas D.P. Brennan, A.J. Cole, J.M. Finn Preview Abstract
		NP12.00012: A Novel Explanation of the Greenwald Density Limit--Thermal-Resistive Tearing Mode Qian Teng, Dylan Brennan, Luis Delgado-Aparicio, David Gates, Josh Swerdlow, Roscoe White Preview Abstract
		NP12.00013: Implementation of Linear Neoclassical Inner Region Model in the DCON Package A.H. Glasser, Z.R. Wang, J.K. Park Preview Abstract
		NP12.00014: Numerical Simulations of Hot Vertical Displacement Events K.J. Bunkers, C.R. Sovinec Preview Abstract
		NP12.00015: The effect of strong radial variation of the diamagnetic frequency on two-fluid stabilization of edge localized MHD instabilities Tyler Cote, Chris Hegna, Ping Zhu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00016: Two-Fluid Calculations of the 1/1 Internal Kink E C Howell, C R Sovinec Preview Abstract
		NP12.00017: Generation of rotational flows in toroidally confined visco-resistive magnetohydrodynamics Jorge Morales, Wouter Bos, Kai Schneider, David Montgomery Preview Abstract
		NP12.00018: The effect of sheared toroidal flow on nonlinear pressure driven magnetic islands in tokamaks C. C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		NP12.00019: NIMROD studies of RWM stability and non-linear evolution for NSTX equilibria A.L. Becerra, C.C. Hegna, C.R. Sovinec, S.E. Kruger, J.R. King, S.A. Sabbagh Preview Abstract
		NP12.00020: Forced Magnetic Reconnection In A Tokamak Plasma J.D. Callen, C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
		NP12.00021: Fully Parallel MHD Stability Analysis Tool Vladimir Svidzinski, Sergei Galkin, Jin-Soo Kim, Yueqiang Liu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00022: Progress on the DPASS project Sergei A. Galkin, I.N. Bogatu, V.A. Svidzinski Preview Abstract
		NP12.00023: The locking and unlocking thresholds for tearing modes in a cylindrical tokamak Wen-long Huang, Ping Zhu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00024: Plasma Response to Resonant Magnetic Perturbation in a Tokamak Ping Zhu, Xing-ting Yan, Wen-long Huang Preview Abstract
		NP12.00025: Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity Induced by Resonant Magnetic Perturbation in Tokamak Edge Plasma Xing-ting Yan, Ping Zhu, You-wen Sun Preview Abstract
		NP12.00026: Kinetic MHD Simulations of Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves Driven by Fast Particles in a Tokamak Zhao-Qing Hu, Ping Zhu, Charlson C. Kim, Zheng-Xiong Wang Preview Abstract
		NP12.00027: Role of the equilibrium and perturbative core current density in sawtoothing and non-sawtoothing discharges in KSTAR Yoonbum Nam, Hyeon Park, Minjun Choi, Gyuenghyuen Choe, Woochang Lee, Gunsu Yun, Stephen Jardin Preview Abstract
		NP12.00028: PB3D: a new code for 3D ideal linear peeling-ballooning stability Toon Weyens, Raul Sanchez, Guido Huijsmans, Luis Garcia, Alberto Loarte Preview Abstract
		NP12.00029: Application of Smoothed Particle MHD (SPMHD) techniques to the simulation of magnetically confined plasma dynamics Luis Vela-Vela, Raul Sanchez, J. Miguel Reynolds-Barredo Preview Abstract
		NP12.00030: Preliminary Design of the Alfv\'en Antennas on the J-TEXT Tokamak Jiyang He, Qiming Hu, Bo Rao, Linzi Liu, Ge Zhuang Preview Abstract
		NP12.00031: Relation between n=0 vertical MHD instabilities and neighboring Grad-Shafranov equilibria Antoine Cerfon, Jungpyo Lee, Jeffrey Freidberg Preview Abstract
		NP12.00032: Teaching an Old Dog an Old Trick: FREE-FIX and Free-Boundary Axisymmetric MHD Equilibrium Luca Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		NP12.00033: MHD stability of ITER H-mode confinement with pedestal bootstrap current effects taken into account L.J. Zheng, M.T. Kotschenreuther, P. Valanju, S.M. Mahajan, D. Hatch, X. Liu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00034: Braking of Tearing Mode Rotation by Ferromagnetic Conducting Walls in Tokamaks Richard Fitzpatrick Preview Abstract
		NP12.00035: Continuum absorption in the vicinity of the toroidicity-induced Alfv\'en gap Meng Li, Boris Breizman, Linjin Zheng Preview Abstract
		NP12.00036: Energetic Ion Interactions with Tearing Mode Stability Michael Halfmoon, Dylan Brennan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00037: Measuring Properties of Magnetic Reconnection in Nonlinear Resistive and Two-Fluid Toroidal Simulations of Sawteeth Matthew Beidler, Paul Cassak, Stephen Jardin, Nathaniel Ferraro Preview Abstract
		NP12.00038: MHD edge instabilities in toroidal plasmas Linda Sugiyama Preview Abstract
		NP12.00039: NIMROD Modeling of Sawtooth Modes Using Hot-Particle Closures Scott Kruger, T.G. Jenkins, E.D. Held, J.R. King Preview Abstract
		NP12.00040: Resistive Wall Tearing Mode Locking H. Strauss Preview Abstract
		NP12.00041: Error field penetration and locking to the backward wave John Finn, Andrew Cole, Dylan Brennan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00042: Excitation of low-frequency waves via coupling between slow Alfven waves in the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror R. Ikezoe, M. Ichimura, T. Okada, M. Hirata, M. Sakamoto, Y. Iwamoto, S. Sumida, S. Jang, J. Itagaki, Y. Onodera, M. Yoshikawa, J. Kohagura, Y. Shima, X. Wang, Y. Nakashima Preview Abstract
		NP12.00043: Measurement of the ICRF wave propagation in the internal region of plasmas by using reflectometers on GAMMA10 T. Okada, R. Ikezoe, M. Ichimura, M. Hirata, M. Sakamoto, S. Sumida, Y. Iwamoto, S. Jang, J. Itagaki, Y. Onodera, M. Yoshikawa, J. Kohagura, Y. Shima, Y. Nakashima Preview Abstract
		NP12.00044: Wave Heating in Ion Cyclotron Ranges of Frequencies in RT-1 M. Nishiura, Z. Yoshida, Y. Yano, Y. Kawazura, T. Mushiake, H. Saitoh, M. Yamasaki, A. Kashyap, N. Takahashi, M. Nakatsuka, A. Fukuyama Preview Abstract
		NP12.00045: Solid-State Radio Frequency Plasma Heating Using a Nonlinear Transmission Line Kenneth Miller, Timothy Ziemba, James Prager, Ilia Slobodov Preview Abstract
		NP12.00046: Survey of the OXB mode conversion window using fast scanning O-mode radiation in the LHD Yuki Goto, Shin Kubo, Hiroe Igami, Takashi Shimozum, Yasuo Yoshimura, Hiromi Takahashi, Tohru Tujimura, Ryohhei Makino Preview Abstract
		NP12.00047: A Diagnostic for Electric Field Measurements in the Near/Far-Field Regions of ICRF Antenna E. H. Martin, J. B. O. Caughman, R. C. Isler Preview Abstract
		NP12.00048: Experimental Study of RF Sheath Formation on a Fast Wave Antenna and Limiter in the LAPD Michael Martin, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, Bart Van Compernolle, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		NP12.00049: High field side lower hybrid launch leads to wave amplification on alpha particles Ian Ochs, Nicola Bertelli, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		NP12.00050: Full-wave simulations of lower hybrid wave propagation in the EAST tokamak P.T. Bonoli, J.P. Lee, S. Shiraiwa, J.C. Wright, B. Ding, C. Yang Preview Abstract
		NP12.00051: Wave solutions of ion cyclotron heated plasmas with self-consistent velocity distributions in a tokamak Jungpyo Lee, John Wright, Paul Bonoli, Robert Harvey Preview Abstract
		NP12.00052: Coupling an ICRF core spectral solver to an edge FEM code John Wright, Syunichi Shirwaiwa Preview Abstract
		NP12.00053: GPU enabled kinetic effects in radio-frequency heating simulation David Green Preview Abstract
		NP12.00054: Allowing for Slow Evolution of Background Plasma in the 3D FDTD Plasma, Sheath, and Antenna Model David Smithe, Thomas Jenkins, Jake King Preview Abstract
		NP12.00055: Plasma--Surface Interactions and RF Antennas Thomas Jenkins, D.N. Smithe, K. Beckwith, B.D. Davidson, S.E. Kruger, A.Y. Pankin, C.M. Roark Preview Abstract
		NP12.00056: Time-Dependent Distribution Functions in C-Mod Calculated with the CQL3D-Hybrid-FOW, AORSA Full-Wave, and DC Lorentz Codes R.W. (Bob) Harvey, Yu.V. Petrov, E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry, P.T. Bonoli, A. Bader Preview Abstract
		NP12.00057: Modeling of ICRF wave propagation and heating in EAST with the full-wave code TORIC E.M. Edlund, P.T. Bonoli, M. Porkolab, S.J. Wukitch Preview Abstract
		NP12.00058: Simulations of Electron Bernstein Wave Heating in Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas Xiaokang Yang, Yuri Petrov, Alf Koehn, Francesco Ceccherini, Laura Galeotti Preview Abstract
		NP12.00059: Kinetic simulations of X-B and O-X-B mode conversion A. Arefiev, E.J. Du Toit, A. Kohn, E. Holzhauer, V.F. Shevchenko, R.G.L. Vann Preview Abstract
		NP12.00060: RF Wave Propagation and Scattering in Turbulent Tokamak Plasmas W. Horton, A. Arefiev, Y. Peysson, M. Goniche Preview Abstract
		NP12.00061: Scattering of radio frequency waves by density fluctuations A.K. Ram, K. Hizanidis, Z. Ioannidis, I. Tigelis Preview Abstract
		NP12.00062: Multiple scattering of radio frequency waves by blobs: homogenization of a mixture of blobs and the Waterman-Truell approach K. Hizanidis, F. Bairaktaris, S.I. Valvis, A.K. Ram Preview Abstract
		NP12.00063: Full Wave Parallel Code for Modeling RF Fields in Hot Plasmas Joseph Spencer, Vladimir Svidzinski, Evstati Evstatiev, Sergei Galkin, Jin-Soo Kim Preview Abstract
		NP12.00064: Verification of nonlinear particle simulation of radio frequency waves in fusion plasmas Animesh Kuley, Jian Bao, Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
		NP12.00065: HBT-EP Program: Active MHD Mode Dynamics and Control G.A. Navratil, J. Bialek, A.H. Boozer, P.J. Byrne, G.V. Donald, P.E. Hughes, J.P. Levesque, M.E. Mauel, Q. Peng, D.J. Rhodes, C.C. Stoafer, C.J. Hansen Preview Abstract
		NP12.00066: Scrape-off-layer current and EUV diagnostics and control on the HBT-EP tokamak J.P. Levesque, M.E. Mauel, J. Bialek, G.A. Navratil, L. Delgado-Aparicio, C.J. Hansen Preview Abstract
		NP12.00067: Comparing Plasma Response to Magnetic Perturbations Applied to Limited and Diverted Discharges in HBT-EP Patrick Byrne, J.P. Levesque, C. Stoafer, Q. Peng, M. Mauel, J. Bialek, G. Navratil Preview Abstract
		NP12.00068: Ongoing Ferritic Wall Mode studies on HBT-EP P.E. Hughes, M.E. Mauel, J.P. Levesque, G.A. Navratil Preview Abstract
		NP12.00069: Improved feedback control of wall-stabilized kink modes with different plasma-wall couplings and mode rotation Q. Peng, J.P. Levesque, C.C. Stoafer, D.J. Rhodes, P.E. Hughes, P.J. Byrne, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil Preview Abstract
		NP12.00070: Non-Ideal Error-Field Response Model with a Ferritic and Resistive Wall Dov Rhodes, A.J. Cole, G.A. Navratil, J.P. Levesque, M.E. Mauel, R. Fitzpatrick Preview Abstract
		NP12.00071: Study of Kink Modes and Error Fields using Rotation Control with a Biased Probe Chris C. Stoafer, J.P. Levesque, Q. Peng, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil Preview Abstract
		NP12.00072: Multi-Point Thomson Scattering System Calibration and Measurements on HBT-EP G.V. Donald, J.P. Levesque, C.C. Stoafer, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		NP12.00073: MAGNETIC RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		NP12.00074: High Power Heating of Magnetic Reconnection in UTokyo Spherical Tokamak Merging Experiment: TS-U Y. Ono, M. kawanami, K. Kimura, R. Nakai, K. Nishida, R. Ishida, H. Yamanaka, A. Kuwahata, H. Tanabe, M. Inomoto, C.Z. Cheng Preview Abstract
		NP12.00075: Fast magnetic reconnection due to anisotropic electron pressure Paul Cassak, Robert Baylor, Raymond Fermo, Matthew Beidler, Michael Shay, Marc Swisdak, James Drake, Homa Karimabadi Preview Abstract
		NP12.00076: Effects of in-plane magnetic field on the transport of 2D electron vortices in non-uniform plasmas Justin Angus, Andrew Richardson, Joseph Schumer Preview Abstract
		NP12.00077: Electron Inertia Effects in Hall-Driven Magnetic Field Penetration in Electron-Magnetohydrodynamics Andrew Richardson, Justin Angus, Stephen Swanekamp, Joseph Schumer, Paul Ottinger Preview Abstract
		NP12.00078: Localized Electron Heating by Strong Guide-Field Magnetic Reconnection Xuehan Guo, Takumichi Sugawara, Michiaki Inomoto, Kotaro Yamasaki, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		NP12.00079: Laboratory Measurement of 3D Magnetic Reconnection of Arched Flux Tubes Magnus Haw, Paul M. Bellan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00080: EUV burst, particle heating and whistler wave emission in fast magnetic reconnection induced by kink-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability Xiang Zhai, Kil-Byoung Chai, Paul Bellan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00081: Sausage Instabilities on top of Kinking Lengthening Current-Carrying Magnetic Flux Tubes Jens von der Linden, Setthivoine You Preview Abstract
		NP12.00082: Characteristic Dynamics of a Non-Linear Flux Rope Timothy DeHaas, Walter Gekelman, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		NP12.00083: Pulsating Reconnection in the interaction of two magnetic flux ropes Walter Gekelman, Tim DeHaas, William Daughton, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		NP12.00084: Breakdown of adiabatic electron behavior in expanding magnetic fields Emily Lichko, Jan Egedal, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		NP12.00085: Quasi-Separatrix Layers and Line-tied Reconnection in Collisionless Plasmas Zachary Billey, Ellen Zweibel, John Finn, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		NP12.00086: Cluster observations of electron heating during magnetospheric reconnection Harsha Gurram, Jan Egedal Preview Abstract
		NP12.00087: Magnetic Flux Array for the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX) Samuel Greess, Jan Egedal, Joseph Olson, John Wallace, Michael Clark, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00088: Accessing the new collisionless reconnection regime in laboratory experiment Joseph Olson, Jan Egedal, Samuel Greess, John Wallace, Michael Clark, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00089: Double layer electric fields aiding the production of superthermal electrons within magnetic reconnection exhausts Jan Egedal, William Daughton, Ari Le Preview Abstract
		NP12.00090: Scaling Laws for Magnetic Reconnection when Electron Pressure Anisotropy is near the Firehose Threshold Obioma Ohia, Jan Egedal, Vyacheslav S. Lukin, William Daughton, Ari Le Preview Abstract
		NP12.00091: Kinetic Structure of the Electron Diffusion Region in Guide-Field Magnetic Reconnection Blake Wetherton, Jan Egedal, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		NP12.00092: Fast magnetic reconnection in the strong guide-field regime Adam Stanier, Andrei Simakov, Luis Chacon, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		NP12.00093: Influence of Line-Tied Boundary Conditions on the Development of Magnetic Reconnection in Force-Free Current Layers Cihan Akcay, William Daughton, Vycheslav Lukin, Yi-Hsin Liu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00094: Hybrid (Kinetic Ion/Fluid Electron) Simulations of Reconnection Including Electron Pressure Anisotropy Ari Le, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		NP12.00095: Three-dimensional Dynamics of Magnetic Reconnection in Line-Tied Systems William Daughton, Cihan Akcay, Walter Gekelman, Tim DeHass, Bart Van Compernolle Preview Abstract
		NP12.00096: 3-D Particle Simulation of Current Sheet Instabilities Zhenyu Wang, Yu Lin, Xueyi Wang, Kurt Tummel, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		NP12.00097: High Energy Particle Populations Associated with Magnetic Reconnection B. Coppi, B. Basu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00098: Role of Inertial and Inductive Modes in Magnetic Reconnection Events P. Buratti, B. Coppi, B. Basu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00099: Study of the energy inventory during asymmetric magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Ben Na, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Hantao Ji, Will Fox, Abe Chien Preview Abstract
		NP12.00100: A twenty-moment model for collisionless guide field reconnection Jonathan Ng, Ammar Hakim, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		NP12.00101: Fluctuation dynamics in reconnecting current sheets Adrian von Stechow, Olaf Grulke, Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada, Thomas Klinger Preview Abstract
		NP12.00102: Status and Plans for the FLARE (Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments) Project H. Ji, A. Bhattacharjee, S. Prager, W. Daughton, S. Bale, T. Carter, N. Crocker, J. Drake, J. Egedal, J. Sarff, J. Wallace, Y. Chen, R. Cutler, W. Fox, P. Heitzenroeder, M. Kalish, J. Jara-Almonte, C. Myers, Y. Ren, M. Yamada, J. Yoo Preview Abstract
		NP12.00103: Abstract Withdrawn
		NP12.00104: Experimental Studies on the 3D Macro- and Microphysics of Magnetic Reconnection Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada, Jongsoo Yoo, Will Fox, Byungkeun Na Preview Abstract
		NP12.00105: Experiments on the effects of global force balance and local reconnection physics on magnetic reconnection with a guide field W. Fox, F. Sciortino, J. Yoo, J. Jara-Almonte, B. Na, H. Ji, M. Yamada Preview Abstract
		NP12.00106: Experimental Observation of Energetic Electrons during Magnetic Island Merging Byungkeun Na, Jongsoo Yoo, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Will Fox, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
		NP12.00107: Effects of Guide Field on Plasmoid-Instability-Mediated Turbulent Reconnection Yi-Min Huang, A. Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		NP12.00108: Decoupling of double-tearing resonant layers by sheared flows Stephen Abbott, Kai Germaschewski Preview Abstract
		NP12.00109: Experimental and theoretical developments in the Mochi project Setthivoine You, Jens von der Linden, Keon Vereen, Eric Sander Lavine, Evan Carroll, Alexander Card, Manuel Azuara-Rosales, Morgan Quinley, Gunsu Yun Preview Abstract
		NP12.00110: Reduced Extended MHD P.J. Morrison, H.M. Abdelhamid, D. Grasso, R.D. Hazeltine, M. Lingam, E. Tassi Preview Abstract
		NP12.00111: Viscous dissipation and radiative transport in magnetic reconnection of collisionless magnetized plasma Gunsu Yun, Jeong-young Ji, Shekar Thatipamula Preview Abstract
		NP12.00112: ASTROPHYSICAL AND SPACE PLASMAS Preview Abstract
		NP12.00113: Three-dimensional magnetized and rotating hot plasma equilibrium in a gravitational field Peter J. Catto, Sergei I Krasheninnikov, Istvan Pusztai Preview Abstract
		NP12.00114: Particle acceleration in magnetically dominated reconnection in the presence of an external guide field Fan Guo, Hui Li, William Daughton, Xiaocan Li, Yi-Hsin Liu Preview Abstract
		NP12.00115: Measuring Magnetic Fields in Photoionized Interstellar Plasmas (HII Regions) Steven Spangler, Allison Costa Preview Abstract
		NP12.00116: Regimes of transport (T-conduction) in IGM plasmas Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
		NP12.00117: Modeling electron-positron plasma production around supermassive BHs in AGNs Alex Ford, Brett Keenan, Mikhail Medvedev Preview Abstract
		NP12.00118: Influence of plasma instabilities on interpenetrating plasma clouds as a test for electromagnetic dark matter self-interactions N. Shukla, B. Feldstein, J. Mardon, K. Schoeffler, J. Vieira, L. Silva Preview Abstract
		NP12.00119: Tridimensional Burning Structures Associated with Anisotropic Thermal Conductivities in Magnetically Confined and Pulsar Plasmas A. Cardinali, B. Coppi, G. Sonnino Preview Abstract
		NP12.00120: Faraday rotation of plasmas in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild black hole Felipe Asenjo, Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Swadesh Mahajan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00121: Concomitant generation of outflows and magnetic fields via Hall magnetohydrodynamics Swadesh M. Mahajan, Manasvi Lingam Preview Abstract
		NP12.00122: Beltrami state in black-hole accretion disk: A Magnetofluid approach Chinmoy Bhattacharjee, Rupam Das, David J. Stark, S.M. Mahajan Preview Abstract
		NP12.00123: New Mexico Dynamo Experiment: an Experiment to Demonstrate $\alpha\omega$-dynamos in Accretion Disks Jiahe Si, Richard Sonnenfeld, Author Colgate, Joe Martinic, Mark Nornberg, Hui Li Preview Abstract
		NP12.00124: Distinguishing the Magnetorotational Instability (MRI) from Magnetized Ekman Flows in the PPPL MRI Experiment Erik Gilson, Kyle Caspary, Jeremy Goodman, Hantao Ji, Ethan Schartman, Xing Wei Preview Abstract
		NP12.00125: Flow Optimization in the Princeton MRI Experiment and Zonal Flow Generation in HTX Kyle Caspary, Michael Burin, Erik Gilson, Jeremy Goodman, Hantao Ji, Michael McNulty, Ethan Schartman, Peter Sloboda, Xing Wei Preview Abstract
		NP12.00126: Generation of large-scale magnetic fields by small-scale dynamo in shear flows Jonathan Squire, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		NP12.00127: Status of the Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory John Wallace, Mike Clark, Doug Endrizzi, Ken Flanagan, Jason Milhone, Ethan Peterson, Joseph Olson, Aaron Stemo, Dave Weisberg, Jan Egedal, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00128: Astrophysically Relevant Dipole Studies at WiPAL Douglass Endrizzi, Cary Forest, John Wallace Preview Abstract
		NP12.00129: Optical Emission Spectroscopy in an Unmagnetized Plasma Jason Milhone, Christopher Cooper, Victor Desangles, Mark Nornberg, Blair Seidlitz, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00130: Plasma MRI Experiments at UW-Madison K. Flanagan, M. Clark, V. Desangles, R. Siller, J. Wallace, D. Weisberg, C.B. Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00131: Magnetic Diagnostics at the Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory Ethan Peterson, Michael Clark, Jan Egedal, John Wallace, David Weisberg, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00132: Electrically driving large magnetic Reynolds number flows on the Madison plasma dynamo experiment David Weisberg, John Wallace, Ethan Peterson, Douglass Endrezzi, Cary B. Forest, Victor Desangles Preview Abstract
		NP12.00133: Construction of a 100kW Electron Cyclotron Resonant Heating (ECRH) system on the Madison Plasma Dynamo Experiment (MPDX) M.M. Clark, J. Milhone, P. Nonn, J.P. Wallace, C.B. Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00134: Characterization of High Beta Boundary Driven Spherical Flows Robert Siller, Vladimir Mirnov, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		NP12.00135: A Model of the Heliosphere with Jets James Drake, Marc Swisdak, Merav Opher Preview Abstract
		NP12.00136: Stochastic Heating and Diffusion in the Near-Sun Solar Wind Kristopher Klein, Benjamin Chandran, Sofiane Bourouaine Preview Abstract
		NP12.00137: Towards a global model of equilibrium solar behavior: the tachocline as a trans-Alfvenic feature Lee Gunderson, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Luca Guazzotto Preview Abstract
		NP12.00138: Cosmic Ray Transport with Magnetic Focusing and the ``Telegraph'' model Roald Sagdeev, Mikhail Malkov Preview Abstract
		NP12.00139: The Role of Nonlinear Wave Processes in Saturating Instabilities with Frequencies between the Cyclotron Frequencies Chris Crabtree, Gurudas Ganguli, Erik Tejero, Leonid Rudakov Preview Abstract
		NP12.00140: Particle energization and current sheets in Alfvenic plasma turbulence Kirit Makwana, Hui Li, Fan Guo, William Daughton, Fausto Cattaneo Preview Abstract
		NP12.00141: Nonthermally Dominated Electron Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection in a Low-$\beta$ Proton-Electron Plasma Xiaocan Li, Fan Guo, Hui Li, Gang Li Preview Abstract
		NP12.00142: Double-reconnected magnetic structures driven by Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices at the Earth's magnetosphere Matteo Faganello, Dario Borgogno, Francesco Califano, Francesco Pegoraro Preview Abstract
		NP12.00143: Parametric Excitation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) Electromagnetic Whistler Waves by Transformation of Lower Oblique Resonance Waves on Density Perturbations in the Vicinity of a Loop VLF Antenna T. Kim, V. Sotnikov, D. Main, E. Mishin, N. Gershenzon Preview Abstract
		NP12.00144: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
		NP12.00145: A New Facility at AFRL for Studying VLF Waves in A Magnetized Plasma Mark Hopkins, Nate Zechar, Daniel Main, James Caplinger, Tony Kim, Vladimir Sotnikov Preview Abstract
		NP12.00146: Generation of Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves by Repetitive High Power Microwave Pulses Near the Electron Plasma Frequency -- A laboratory study of a ``Virtual Antenna'' Yuhou Wang, Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, Bart Van Compernolle, Konstantinos Papadopoulos Preview Abstract
		NP12.00147: Studies of Plasma Instabilities using Discontinuous Galerkin Method with Artificial Viscosity, Limiters and Filters Yang Song, Bhuvana Srinivasan, Ammar Hakim 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 NP12: Poster Session V (MHD, Heating, Current Drive, HBT-EP; Magnetic Reconnection; Astrophysical and Space Plasmas)

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