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Session NI2: Waves and Instabilities

Chair: Seth Dorfman, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Chatham Ballroom C

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 10:00AM		NI2.00001: Summary of initial results from the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) device Invited Speaker: Edward Thomas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:00AM - 10:30AM		NI2.00002: Demonstration of Electrostatic to Electromagnetic Conversion through Induced Nonlinear Scattering by Thermal Plasma Invited Speaker: Erik Tejero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 11:00AM		NI2.00003: Excitation of chirping whistler waves in a laboratory plasma Invited Speaker: Xin An Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:00AM - 11:30AM		NI2.00004: Bounce-harmonic Landau Damping of Plasma Waves Invited Speaker: Francois Anderegg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 12:00PM		NI2.00005: Vortex dynamics of electron plasmas in externally imposed $E \times B$ flows Invited Speaker: Noah Hurst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:00PM - 12:30PM		NI2.00006: Resonant excitation of waves by a spiraling ion beam on the large plasma device Invited Speaker: Shreekrishna Tripathi Preview Abstract

Session NI3: MFE Transport and Turbulence

Chair: Lothar Schmitz, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 10:00AM		NI3.00001: The Role of ITG/TEM/ETG Cross-Scale Coupling in Explaining Experimental Electron Heat Flux and Profile Stiffness Invited Speaker: N.T. Howard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:00AM - 10:30AM		NI3.00002: Gyrokinetic studies of core turbulence features in ASDEX Upgrade: Can gyrokinetic simulations match the fluctuation measurements? Invited Speaker: Alejandro Banon Navarro Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 11:00AM		NI3.00003: Role of Density Gradient Driven Trapped Electron Modes in the H-Mode Inner Core with Electron Heating Invited Speaker: D. Ernst Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:00AM - 11:30AM		NI3.00004: Turbulence Decorrelation via Controlled $E$x$B$ Shear in High-Performance Plasmas Invited Speaker: G.R. McKee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 12:00PM		NI3.00005: The Impact of Nitrogen Seeding on Turbulent Transport in Ohmic Plasmas in Alcator C-Mod and Gyrokinetic Simulations Invited Speaker: Paul Ennever Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:00PM - 12:30PM		NI3.00006: Phase space effects on fast ion transport modeling in tokamaks Invited Speaker: Mario Podesta Preview Abstract

Session NO4: Magnetized Inertial Confinement Fusion II

Chair: Dan Sinars, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 105/106

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO4.00001: The PLX-$\alpha$ project: demonstrating the viability of spherically imploding plasma liners as an MIF driver S.C. Hsu, F.D. Witherspoon, J.T. Cassibry, M. Gilmore, R. Samulyak, P. Stoltz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO4.00002: Coaxial Plasma Gun Development for the ARPA-E PLX-$\alpha$ Project F. Douglas Witherspoon, Andrew Case, Samuel Brockington Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO4.00003: Modeling of the merging, liner formation, implosion of hypervelocity plasma jets for the PLX-$\alpha$ project Jason Cassibry, Scott Hsu, Kevin Schillo, Roman Samulyak, Peter Stoltz, Kris Beckwith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO4.00004: Simulation of Plasma Jet Merger and Liner Formation within the PLX-$\alpha$ Project Roman Samulyak, Hsin-Chiang Chen, Wen Shih, Scott Hsu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO4.00005: Stabilized Liner Compressor: The Return of Linus Peter Turchi, Sherry Frese, Michael Frese, Charles Mielke, Mark Hinrichs, Doan Nguyen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO4.00006: Accelerated Taylor plumes for MIF targets M.R. Brown, D.A. Schaffner, H.L. Parks, A.B. Rock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO4.00007: Microfabricated Ion Beam Drivers for Magnetized Target Fusion Arun Persaud, Peter Seidl, Qing Ji, Serhan Ardanuc, Joseph Miller, Amit Lal, Thomas Schenkel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO4.00008: Using a magnetized plasma jet colliding with a heavy gas cloud to investigate MIF adiabatic heating and compression mechanisms Paul Bellan, Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul, Kil-Byoung Chai, Amelia Greig, Hui Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO4.00009: Staged Z-pinch for Fusion Frank Wessel, Hafiz Rahman, Paul Ney, Tim Darling, Erik McKee, Aaron Covington, Farhat Beg, Julio Valenzuela, Jeff Narkis, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO4.00010: Simulations for a Staged Z-pinch and MagLIF at 26 MA, 130 ns, and 22 MJ Hafiz Rahman, Frank Wessel, Paul Ney, Jeff Narkis, Julio Valenzuela, Farhat Beg, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO4.00011: Staged Z-pinch Simulations for the UNR, Nevada Terawatt Zebra Facility Paul Ney, Hafiz Rahman, Frank Wessel, Jeff Narkis, Julio Valenzuela, Farhat Beg, Radu Presura, Tim Darling, Erik Mckee, Aaron Covington Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO4.00012: Interaction of a Plasma Jet with a Magnetized Planar Obstacle A.M. Rasmus, M.J.-E. Manuel, C.C. Kuranz, S.R. Klein, J.S. Davis, R.P. Drake, D.S. Montgomery, S.C. Hsu, C.S. Adams, B.B. Pollock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO4.00013: Turbulent amplification of magnetic fields in colliding laboratory jets P. Tzeferacos, J. Meinecke, A.R. Bell, H. Doyle, R. Bingham, E.M. Churazov, R. Crowston, C.D. Murphy, N.C. Woolsey, R.P. Drake, C.C. Kuranz, M.J. MacDonald, W.C. Wan, M. Koenig, A. Pelka, A. Ravasio, R. Yurchak, Y. Kuramitsu, Y. Sakawa, H.-S. Park, B. Reville, F. Miniati, A.A. Schekochihin, D.Q. Lamb, G. Gregori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO4.00014: Production of high-beta magnetised plasmas by colliding supersonic flows from inverse wire arrays Jack Hare, Lee Suttle, Sergey Lebedev, Matthew Bennett, Guy Burdiak, Thomas Clayson, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, George Swadling, Siddharth Patankar, Timothy Robinson, Nicholas Stuart, Roland Smith, Qingguo Yang, Jian Wu, Wojciech Rozmus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO4.00015: Compression and Cavitation of Externally Applied Magnetic Field on a Hohlraum due to Non-Local Heat Flow Effects Archis Joglekar, Alec Thomas, Chris Ridgers, Rob Kingham Preview Abstract

Session NO5: Laser Plasma Interactions II

Chair: Amanda Davis, University of Rochester
Room: 200

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO5.00001: Mitigation of Two-Plasmon Decay in Direct-Drive Implosions Using Multilayer Targets D.H. Froula, V.N. Goncharov, R.K. Follett, R.J. Henchen, B. Yaakobi, D.H. Edgell, A.A. Solodov, J.F. Myatt, J.G. Shaw, C. Stoeckl, M.J. Bonino, T.C. Sangster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO5.00002: A Numerical Model for Two-Plasmon--Decay Hot-Electron Production and Mitigation in Direct-Drive Implosions J.F. Myatt, J.G. Shaw, A.A. Solodov, A.V. Maximov, R.W. Short, W. Seka, R.K. Follett, D.H. Edgell, D.H. Froula, V.N. Goncharov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO5.00003: Modeling Hot-Electron Measurements in Multibeam Two-Plasmon--Decay Experiments R.K. Follett, D.H. Edgell, R.J. Henchen, S.X. Hu, J. Katz, D.T. Michel, J.F. Myatt, J.G. Shaw, A.A. Solodov, B. Yaakobi, D.H. Froula Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO5.00004: Recent Advances in the Modeling of the Transport of Two-Plasmon--Decay Electrons in the 1-D Hydrodynamic Code \textit{LILAC} J.A. Delettrez, J.F. Myatt, B. Yaakobi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO5.00005: Experiments on the scaling of growth and saturation of two-plasmon decay with plasma conditions J.R. Fein, J.P. Holloway, D.H. Edgell, D.H. Froula, D. Haberberger, P.A. Keiter, J.F. Myatt, M.R. Trantham, R.P. Drake Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO5.00006: Planar Two-Plasmon--Decay Experiments at Polar-Direct-Drive Ignition-Relevant Scale Lengths at the National Ignition Facility M.J. Rosenberg, A.A. Solodov, W. Seka, J.F. Myatt, S.P. Regan, M. Hohenberger, R. Epstein, T.J.B. Collins, D.P. Turnbull, J.E. Ralph, M.A. Barrios, J.D. Moody Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO5.00007: Modeling of Two-Plasmon--Decay Experiments at Polar-Direct-Drive Ignition-Relevant Plasma Conditions at the National Ignition Facility A.A. Solodov, M.J. Rosenberg, J.F. Myatt, R. Epstein, S.P. Regan, W. Seka, J.G. Shaw, M. Hohenberger, J.D. Moody, J.E. Ralph, D.P. Turnbull Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO5.00008: Application and Analysis of the Isoelectronic Line Ratio Temperature Diagnostic in a Planar Ablating-Plasma Experiment at the National Ignition Facility R. Epstein, M.J. Rosenberg, A.A. Solodov, J.F. Myatt, S.P. Regan, W. Seka, M. Hohenberger, M.A. Barrios, J.D. Moody Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO5.00009: Absolute Two-Plasmon Decay and Stimulated Raman Scattering in Direct-Drive Irradiation Geometries R.W. Short, A.V. Maximov, J.F. Myatt, W. Seka, J. Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO5.00010: Competition between convective stimulated Raman scattering and convective two-plasmon decay in hybrid-drive regime Chengzhuo Xiao, Zhanjun Liu, Chunyang Zheng, Xiantu He Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO5.00011: Laser-plasma instabilities under density fluctuations C. Ren, J. Li, R. Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO5.00012: Effects of Laser--Plasma Instabilities on Hydro Evolution in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion J. Li, S.X. Hu, C. Ren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO5.00013: Self-Consistent Calculation of Half-Harmonic Emission with an Electromagnetic Zakharov Model J. Zhang, J.F. Myatt, A.V. Maximov, R.W. Short, D.F. DuBois, D.A. Russell, H.X. Vu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO5.00014: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Laser--Plasma Interactions Near the Quarter-Critical Density in Plasmas H. Wen, A.V. Maximov, R. Yan, C. Ren, J. Li, J.F. Myatt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO5.00015: Fokker Planck and Krook theory for energetic electron deposition in laser fusion Wallace Manheimer, Denis Colombant Preview Abstract

Session NO6: Plasma-Material Interactions & Boundary

Chair: Tom Rognlien, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 201/202

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO6.00001: Status of the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Application (HIDRA) Daniel Andruczyk, Peter Fiflis, Jean Paul Allain, Davide Curreli, David Ruzic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO6.00002: A Vlasov-BCA analysis on the wall erosion of a beryllium wall exposed to a high-density Helium plasma Shane Keniley, Davide Curreli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO6.00003: Kinetic Characterization using hybrid Particle-in-Cells of the Impurity Release and Wall Erosion of Metal Samples Exposed to a DIII-D Divertor Plasma Rinat Khaziev, Davide Curreli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO6.00004: Secondary Electron Emission of Li and Li Compounds Angela Capece, Marlene Patino, Yevgeny Raitses, Bruce Koel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO6.00005: Recent Advances in Applicability of TEMHD Driven Liquid Lithium as a Fusion Relevant PFC Matthew Szott, Peter Fiflis, Kishor Kalathiparambil, David N. Ruzic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO6.00006: An Overview of Recent PISCES Program PMI Results George Tynan, Russell Doerner, Shota Abe, Matthew Baldwin, Joseph Barton, Renkun Chen, Jordan Gosselin, Eric Hollmann, Daisuke Nishijima, Michael Simmonds, Yong Wang, Jonathan Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO6.00007: Materials research for PMI at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Chad Parish, Philip Edmondson, Fred Meyer, Mark Bannister, Lauren Garrison, Kinga Unocic, Xunxiang Hu, Yutai Katoh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO6.00008: Modeling of limiter heat loads and impurity transport in Wendelstein 7-X startup plasmas Florian Effenberg, Y. Feng, H. Frerichs, O. Schmitz, H. Hoelbe, R. Koenig, M. Krychowiak, T.S. Pedersen, S. Bozhenkov, D. Reiter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO6.00009: Enhancement of helium exhaust by resonant magnetic perturbations at TEXTOR-DED and LHD O. Schmitz, M. Kobayashi, A. Bader, S. Brezinsek, T.E. Evans, H. Funaba, M. Goto, K. Ida, O. Mitarai, T. Morisaki, G. Motojima, Y. Narushima, D. Nicolai, U. Samm, H. Tanaka, M. Yoshinuma, Y. Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO6.00010: Impact of N$_{2}$ and Ne injection on partially detached divertor operation in JET H-mode plasmas Aaro J\"arvinen, Mathias Groth, Sebastijan Brezinsek, Sven Wiesen, Carine Giroud, Costanza Maggi, Guy Matthews, Bruce Lipschultz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO6.00011: Studies of Neutral Penetration Depths Variation with Fueling Intensities of SMBI Zhanhui Wang, Yulin Zhou, Xueqiao Xu, Min Xu, Lin Nie, Hao Feng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO6.00012: Modeling of extinguishing ELMs in detached divertor plasmas A. Pigarov, S. Krasheninnikov, E. Hollmann, T. Rognlien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:54AM - 12:06PM		NO6.00013: Investigation of the Effect of Collisionality on Scrape Off Layer Filaments using Three Dimensional Simulations Luke Easy, Fulvio Militello, John Omotani, Nick Walkden, Ben Dudson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:06PM - 12:18PM		NO6.00014: Impact of pedestal plasma density on linear and nonlinear edge-localized mode simulations using BOUT$++$ Defeng Kong, Jianguo Chen, Xueqiao Xu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:18PM - 12:30PM		NO6.00015: Linear stability of drift-cyclotron loss cone waves in H-mode plasmas W.A. Farmer, G.J. Morales Preview Abstract

Session NO7: High-Energy Density Hydrodynamics

Chair: Harry Robey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 203

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 9:42AM		NO7.00001: Establishing the Transition to Turbulence in HED Shear Experiments on the NIF Kirk Flippo, F.W. Doss, J.L. Kline, L. Kot, T.S. Perry, B. Devolder, T.J. Murphy, E.N. Loomis, E.C. Merritt, D.W. Schmidt, D. Capelli, T. Cardenas, R.B. Randolph, F. Fierro, G. Rivera, C.M. Huntington, S.R. Nagel, S.A. MacLaren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:42AM - 9:54AM		NO7.00002: Mode growth experiments using single-mode initial conditions in a counter-propagating shear experiment on OMEGA E.C. Merritt, C.A. Di Stefano, F.W. Doss, K.A. Flippo, E.N. Loomis, J.L. Kline Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:54AM - 10:06AM		NO7.00003: Design and simulation of high-energy-density shear experiments on OMEGA and the NIF F.W. Doss, B. DeVolder, C. Di Stefano, K.A. Flippo, J.L. Kline, L. Kot, E.N. Loomis, E.C. Merritt, T.S. Perry, S.A. MacLaren, P. Wang, Y.K. Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:06AM - 10:18AM		NO7.00004: Evidence of foam interpenetration in unloading, shocked reservoirs at the National Ignition Facility Shon Prisbrey, Hye-Sook Park, Robin Benedetti, Peter Graham, Channing Huntington, James McNaney, Raymond Smith, Chris Wehrenberg, Cynthia Panas, Angela Cook, Michael Wilson, Bruce Remington, A. Arsenlis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18AM - 10:30AM		NO7.00005: Development of a low-adiabat drive for material science experiments on NIF using release and recompression of low density organic foams Christopher Wehrenberg, Shon T. Prisbrey, Hye-Sook Park, L. Robin Benedetti, Channing Huntington, James McNaney, Ray Smith, Cynthia Panas, Angela Cook, Bruce Remington, Tom Arsenlis, Peter Graham Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:42AM		NO7.00006: Experimental Results of High Pressure and High Strain Rate Tantalum Flow Stress on Omega and NIF Hye-Sook Park, A. Arsenlis, N. Barton, L. Benedetti, C. Huntington, J. McNaney, D. Orlikowski, S. Prisbrey, B. Remington, R. Rudd, D. Swift, S. Weber, C. Wehrenberg, A. Comley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:42AM - 10:54AM		NO7.00007: Comparing Hydrodynamic simulations to Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High pressure and at high strain rates for tantalum: constraining strength models* Daniel Orlikowski, A. Arsenlis, N. Barton, L.R. Benedetti, A. Comley, C.M. Huntington, J.M. McNaney, H.S. Park, S.T. Prisbrey, D. Swift, S.V. Weber, R.E. Rudd, C.E. Wehrenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:54AM - 11:06AM		NO7.00008: Using Omega and NIF to Advance Theories of High-Pressure, High-Strain-Rate Tantalum Plastic Flow R.E. Rudd, A. Arsenlis, N.R. Barton, R.M. Cavallo, C.M. Huntington, J.M. McNaney, D.A. Orlikowski, H.-S. Park, S.T. Prisbrey, B.A. Remington, C.E. Wehrenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:06AM - 11:18AM		NO7.00009: Material Strength Effects on Feedthru of the Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability Eric Loomis, Pedro Peralta, Elizabeth Fortin, Jenna Lynch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:18AM - 11:30AM		NO7.00010: Investigating shock-driven Richtmyer-Meshkov ripple evolution before and after re-shock S.R. Nagel, C.M. Huntington, S.A. MacLaren, K.S. Raman, T. Baumann, L.R. Benedetti, D.M. Doane, T.S. Islam, S. Felker, J.P. Holder, R.M. Seugling, P. Wang, Y.K. Zhou, F.W. Doss, K.A. Flippo, T.S. Perry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 11:42AM		NO7.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:42AM - 11:54AM		NO7.00012: Hydrodynamic Instabilities at an Oblique Interface Carolyn Kuranz, Carlos Di Stefano, W.C. Wan, R.P. Drake, G. Malamud, A. Shimony, D. Shvarts Preview Abstract

Session NM9: Mini-Conference: Plasma Energization - Interactions Between Fluid and Kinetic Scales IV

Chair: Greg Howes, University of Iowa
Room: 100/101

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 10:00AM		NM9.00001: Fully implicit, energy-conserving electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations in multiple dimensions Luis Chacon, Guangye Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:00AM - 10:30AM		NM9.00002: Multiscale Processes Energizing Plasmas during Reconnection: 3D Simulations in preparation for the MMS mission Giovanni Lapenta, Martin Goldman, David Newman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:50AM		NM9.00003: The importance of kinetic ions in macro to micro-scale coupling during flux-rope interactions Adam Stanier, William Daughton, Luis Chacon, Homa Karimabadi, Jonathan Ng, Yi-Min Huang, Ammar Hakim, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:50AM - 11:20AM		NM9.00004: Magnetic pumping of the solar wind Jan Egedal, Emily Lichko, William Daughton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:20AM - 11:40AM		NM9.00005: Electron energization during asymmetric magnetic reconnection Jongsoo Yoo, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Li-Jen Chen, Vadim Roytershteyn, Ben Na, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Will Fox Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:40AM - 12:10PM		NM9.00006: Study of Plasma Energization during Magnetic Reconnection in the FLARE (Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments) 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
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:10PM - 12:30PM		NM9.00007: Mini-Conference Poster Preview Preview Abstract

Session NM11: Mini-Conference: Measuring and Modeling of Plasma Material Interactions II

Chair: Blas Uberuaga, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Karl Hammond, University of Missouri
Room: 103/104

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:30AM - 9:50AM		NM11.00001: Cluster dynamics modeling of He accumulation kinetics in W exposed to low-energy He plasma exposure Sophie Blondel, Dimitrios Maroudas, Lin Hu, Karl Hammond, Brian Wirth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:50AM - 10:10AM		NM11.00002: Analysis of Helium Cluster Dynamics near Grain Boundaries of Plasma-Exposed Tungsten Lin Hu, Karl Hammond, Brian Wirth, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:10AM - 10:30AM		NM11.00003: Accelerated Molecular Dynamics studies of He Bubble Growth in Tungsten Blas Uberuaga, Luis Sandoval, Danny Perez, Arthur Voter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:30AM - 10:50AM		NM11.00004: On He cluster dynamics in W Sergei Krasheninnikov, Roman Smirnov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:50AM - 11:10AM		NM11.00005: Deciphering gas implantation rate effects on bubble nucleation in tungsten Zhangcan Yang, Brian Wirth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:10AM - 11:30AM		NM11.00006: Analysis of Helium Segregation on Surfaces of Plasma-Exposed Tungsten Dimitrios Maroudas, Lin Hu, Karl Hammond, Brian Wirth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30AM - 11:50AM		NM11.00007: Development of nanostructures on plasma facing components David Ruzic, Peter Fiflis, Kishor Kumar Kalathiparambil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:50AM - 12:10PM		NM11.00008: The role of lithium thin-film coatings on W surface morphology evolution under high-fluence and high temperature He irradiation A.L. Neff, J.P. Allain, K. Bystrov, T.W. Morgan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:10PM - 12:30PM		NM11.00009: He bubble growth and interaction in W nano-tendrils R.D. Smirnov, S.I. Krasheninnikov Preview Abstract

Session NP12: Poster Session V (MHD, Heating, Current Drive, HBT-EP; Magnetic Reconnection; Astrophysical and Space Plasmas)

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