Bulletin of the American Physical Society

59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 62, Number 12

Monday–Friday, October 23–27, 2017; Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Session Index

Session GO4: RF, Stellarators, Stability

Chair: David Anderson, University of Wisconsin
Room: 201AB

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO4.00001: Nonlinear Simulations of Trapped Electron Mode Turbulence in Low Magnetic Shear Stellarators B.J. Faber, M.J. Pueschel, P.W. Terry, C.C. Hegna Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO4.00002: Calculations of neoclassical impurity transport in stellarators Albert Moll\'{e}n, H{\aa}kan M. Smith, Andreas Langenberg, Yuriy Turkin, Craig D. Beidler, Per Helander, Matt Landreman, Sarah L. Newton, Jos\'{e} M. Garc\'{i}a-Rega\~{n}a, Masanori Nunami Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO4.00003: Bayesian modelling of multiple diagnostics at Wendelstein 7-X using the Minerva framework Sehyun Kwak, Jakob Svensson, Sergey Bozhenkov, Humberto Trimino Mora, Udo Hoefel, Andrea Pavone, Maciej Krychowiak, Andreas Langenberg, Young-chul Ghim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO4.00004: Minerva neural network based surrogate model for real time inference of ion temperature profiles at Wendelstein 7-X Andrea Pavone, Jakob Svensson, Andreas Langenberg, Novimir Pablant, Robert C. Wolf Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO4.00005: Neural Network Computed Bootstrap Current for Real Time Control in DIII-D Arsene Tema Biwole, Sterling P. Smith, Orso Meneghini, Emily Belli, Jeff Candy Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO4.00006: Abstract Withdrawn
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO4.00007: Coherent current-carrying filaments during nonlinear reconnecting ELMs and VDEs Fatima Ebrahimi Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO4.00008: Simulation of the electromagnetic wall response to plasma wall-touching kink and vertical modes with application to ITER Calin Atanasiu, Leonid Zakharov, Karl Lackner, Matthias Hoelzl, Erika Strumberger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO4.00009: Controlling runaway vortex via externally injected high-frequency electromagnetic waves Zehua Guo, Chris McDevitt, Xianzhu Tang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO4.00010: Stability limits in rotation and $\beta$ with energetic ion, two fluid, and resistive wall effects D.P. Brennan, A.J. Cole, J.M. Finn, M.R. Halfmoon, C. Paz-Soldan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO4.00011: Simulation of Double Tearing Modes with plasmoids in High Lundquist Number Regim J. Ma, W. Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO4.00012: Simulations and Theory of nonlinear interchange/tearing instabilities in the SOL edge of toroidal plasmas Wendell Horton, Linjin Zheng, Hideaki Miura Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO4.00013: The X-point effects on the peeling-ballooning stability conditions Linjin Zheng Preview Abstract

Session GO5: Laser Acceleration of Protons and Ions

Chair: Farhat Beg, University of California, San Diego
Room: 202AB

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO5.00001: Controlling laser-ion acceleration with chirped pulses Felix Mackenroth, Arkady Gonoskov, Mattias Marklund Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO5.00002: Proton acceleration in laser-driven megatesla magnetic fields Alexey Arefiev, S. S. Bulanov, T. Toncian Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO5.00003: Achieving Stable Radiation Pressure Acceleration of Heavy Ions via Successive Electron Replenishment from Ionization of a High-Z Material Coating Bin Qiao, X. F. Shen, H. Zhang, S. Kar, C. T. Zhou, H. X. Chang, M. Borghesi, X. T. He Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO5.00004: Controllable robust laser driven ion acceleration from near-critical density relativistic self-transparent plasma Bin Liu, Juergen Meyer-ter-Vehn, Hartmut Ruhl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO5.00005: Effects of dimensionality and laser polarization on kinetic simulations of laser-ion acceleration in the transparency regime David Stark, Lin Yin, Brian Albright, Fan Guo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO5.00006: Stable quasi-monoenergetic ion acceleration from the laser-driven shocks in a collisional plasma Shikha Bhadoria, Naveen Kumar, Christoph H. Keitel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO5.00007: Spatiospectral Analysis of Accelerated Protons from Sub-Micron Liquid Crystal Films Christopher Willis, Patrick Poole, Ginevra Cochran, Linn Van Woerkom, Douglass Schumacher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO5.00008: High peak current acceleration of narrow divergence ions beams with the BELLA-PW laser Sven Steinke, Qing Ji, Franziska Treffert, Stepan Bulanov, Jianhui Bin, Kei Nakamura, Anthony Gonsalves, Csaba Toth, Jaehong Park, Markus Roth, Eric Esarey, Thomas Schenkel, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO5.00009: Generation of narrow energy spread ion beams via collisionless shock waves using ultra-intense 1 um wavelength laser systems Felicie Albert, A. Pak, S. Kerr, N. Lemos, A. Link, P. Patel, B. B. Pollock, D. Haberberger, D. Froula, M. Gauthier, S. H. Glenzer, A. Longman, L. Manzoor, R. Fedosejevs, S. Tochitsky, C. Joshi, F. Fiuza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO5.00010: Near-critical density target experiments for ion acceleration using high-intensity laser pulses Peter Kordell, Paul Campbell, Anatoly Maksimchuk, Louise Willingale, Karl Krushelnick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO5.00011: High repetition rate laser-driven MeV ion acceleration at variable background pressures Joseph Snyder, Gregory Ngirmang, Chris Orban, Scott Feister, John Morrison, Kyle Frische, Enam Chowdhury, W. M. Roquemore Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO5.00012: Ultrathin Target Laser Ion Acceleration At Oblique Incidence G.E. Cochran, P.L. Poole, T. Cowan, T. Kluge, J. Metzkes, L. Obst, I. Principe, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, U. Schramm, K. Zeil, D.W. Schumacher Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO5.00013: Ion acceleration via TNSA near and beyond the relativistic transparency limit Douglass Schumacher, Patrick Poole, Ginevra Cochran, Christopher Willis Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO5.00014: Mono-energetic ion beams accelerated in the interaction of an ultrashort intense laser with ultra-thin solid targets Jun Li, Alexey Arefiev, Christopher Mcguffey, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO5.00015: Proton and Ion Acceleration using Multi-kJ Lasers S. C. Wilks, T. Ma, A. J. Kemp, M. Tabak, A. J. Link, C. Haefner, M. R. Hermann, D. A. Mariscal, S. Rubenchik, P. Sterne, J. Kim, C. McGuffey, K. Bhutwala, F. Beg, M. Wei, S. M. Kerr, Y. Sentoku, N. Iwata, P. Norreys, A. Sevin Preview Abstract

Session GO6: Astrophysical Plasmas and Laboratory Astrophysics

Chair: Dmitri Uzdensky, University of Colorado
Room: 202C

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO6.00001: Exploring the universe through Discovery Science on NIF* Bruce Remington Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO6.00002: Formation of High Mach-Number Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in Laser-Produced Plasmas Z Wang, J Park, A Spitkovsky, C Huntington, H.-S. Park, B Pollock, H Rinderknecht, S Wilkes, D Ryutov, B Remington, F Fiuza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO6.00003: Producing Beam Instabilities Relevant to Parallel Shock Formation in a Magnetized Laboratory Plasma P. V. Heuer, M. S. Weidl, R. S. Dorst, D. B. Schaeffer, C. G. Constantin, S. Vincena, S. Tripathi, W. Gekelman, D. Winske, C. Niemann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO6.00004: Investigation of Weibel-filament growth in the nonlinear regime using laser-irradiated foils of different materials Mario Manuel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO6.00005: Kinetic inhibition of MHDshocks in the vicinity of a parallel magnetic field Antoine Bret, Asaf Pe'er, Lorenzo Sironi, Ramesh Narayan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO6.00006: The structure of low Mach number, low beta, quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks Lynn Wilson III, Andriy Koval, Adam Szabo, Michael Stevens, Justin Kasper, Cynthia Cattell, Vladimir Krasnoselskikh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO6.00007: Phase-mixing of electrostatic modes in pair-ion plasma Sourav Pramanik, Chandan Maity, Nikhil Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO6.00008: On pair plasma instability due to pressure gradients in homogeneous magnetic fields M.J. Pueschel, P.W. Terry, B. Tyburska-Pueschel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO6.00009: Holistic Framework for Understanding the Evolution of Stellar Coronal Plasmas Eric Blackman, James Owen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO6.00010: Plasma Constraints on the Cosmological Abundance of Magnetic Monopoles and the Origin of Cosmic Magnetic Fields Mikhail Medvedev, Abraham Loeb Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO6.00011: Astrophysical Applications of Relativistic Shear Flows Edison Liang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO6.00012: Magnetorotational Dynamo Action in the Shearing Box Justin Walker, Stanislav Boldyrev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO6.00013: Transverse Cascade and Sustenance of Turbulence in Keplerian Disks with an Azimuthal Magnetic Field D. Gogichaishvili, G. Mamatsashvili, W. Horton, G. Chagelishvili, G. Bodo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO6.00014: Astrophysical ZeV acceleration in the jets from an accreting blackhole Toshiki Tajima, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Akira Mizuta Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO6.00015: Observational Signatures Of The Gamma Rays From Bright Blazars And Wakefield Theory Kevork Abazajian, Nicolas Canac, Toshiki Tajima, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Shunsaku Horiuchi Preview Abstract

Session GO7: X-Ray Diagnostics and Measurement Techniques

Chair: Kelly Hahn, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 203AB

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO7.00001: Electron temperature from x-ray continuum measurements on the NIF Leonard Jarrott, Benjamin Bachmann, Robin Benedetti, Nobuhiko Izumi, Shahab Khan, Otto Landen, Tammy Ma, Sabrina Nagel, Arthur Pak, Prav Patel, Marilyn Schneider, Paul Springer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO7.00002: Development of a High Resolution X-ray Spectrometer on the National Ignition Facility L. Gao, B. Kraus, K. W. Hill, M. Bitter, P. Efthimion, M. B. Schneider, H. Chen, J. Ayers, D. Liedahl, A. G. MacPhee, H. P. Le, D. Thorn, D. Nelson Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO7.00003: The Crystal Backlighter Imager: a spherically-bent crystal imager for radiography on the National Ignition Facility Gareth Hall, Christine Krauland, Justin Buscho, Robin Hibbard, Thomas McCarville, Roger Lowe-Webb, Shannon Ayers, Daniel Kalantar, Thomas Kohut, G. Elijah Kemp, David Bradley, Perry Bell, Otto Landen, Nathaniel Brewster, Kenneth Piston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO7.00004: Progress in using imaging x-ray spectroscopy to diagnose interspecies ion separation in inertial confinement fusion experiments Tirtha Joshi, Peter Hakel, Scott Hsu, Nelson Hoffman, Yongho Kim, Hans Herrmann, Grigory Kagan, Roberto Mancini Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO7.00005: Inference of the electron temperature in ICF implosions from the hard X–ray spectral continuum Grigory Kagan, O.L. Landen, D. Svyatsky, H. Sio, N.V. Kabadi, R.A. Simpson, M. Gatu Johnson, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso, R.C. Shah, T.R. Joshi, P. Hakel, T.E. Weber, H.G. Rinderknecht, D. Thorn, M. Schneider, D. Bradley, J. Kilkenny Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO7.00006: Inferred UV Fluence Focal-Spot Profiles from Soft X-Ray Pinhole Camera Measurements on OMEGA W. Theobald, C. Sorce, R. Epstein, R.L. Keck, C. Kellogg, T.J. Kessler, J. Kwiatkowski, F.J. Marshall, W. Seka, A. Shvydky, C. Stoeckl Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO7.00007: X-ray imaging spectroscopic diagnostics on Nike Y. Aglitskiy, M. Karasik, V. Serlin, J.L. Weaver, J. Oh, S.P. Obenschain, Yu. Ralchenko Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO7.00008: Conduction-Zone Measurements Using X-Ray Self-Emission Images A.K. Davis, D.T. Michel, A. Sefkow, Y.H. Ding, R. Epstein, S.X. Hu, J.P. Knauer, D.H. Froula Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO7.00009: Crystal and source characterization for the Crystal Backlighter Imager capability at the National Ignition Facility C. M. Krauland, G. N. Hall, J. G. Buscho, R. Hibbard, T. J. McCarville, R. Lowe-Webb, S. L. Ayers, D. Kalantar, T. Kohut, G. E. Kemp, D. K. Bradley, P. Bell, O. L. Landen, T. N. Brewster, K. Piston Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO7.00010: Analyzing x-ray hotspot images with Ince-Gaussian modes Michael Kruse, John Field, Ryan Nora, Robin Benedetti, Shahab Khan, Tammy Ma, Luc Peterson, Brian Spears Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO7.00011: Recent Progress in Target Metrology at General Atomics Haibo Huang, Kyle Engelhorn, Kevin Sequoia, Kurt Boehm, Hongwei Xu, Javier Jaquez, Annette Greenwood, Jay Crippen, Casey Kong, Neal Rice, Christopher Reed, Fred Elsner, Mike Farrell Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO7.00012: Synthetic Pulse Dilation – PMT Model for high bandwidth gamma measurements H. Geppert-Kleinrath, H. W. Herrmann, Y. H. Kim, A. B. Zylstra, K. D. Meaney, F. E. Lopez, H. Khater, C. J. Horsfield, S. Gales, A. Leatherland, T. Hilsabeck, J. D. Kilkenny, J. D. Hares, T. Dymoke-Bradshaw, J. Milnes Preview Abstract

Session GO8: Analystical and Computational Techniques, ICF and HED

Chair: Andrei Simakov, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 203C

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO8.00001: A comparison of non-local electron transport models relevant to inertial confinement fusion Mark Sherlock, Jonathan Brodrick, Christopher Ridgers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO8.00002: Benchmark of nonlocal transport models against Vlasov-Fokker-Planck codes in situations of immediate relevance to ICF Dario Del Sorbo, Jonathan P. Brodrick, Martin P. Read, Milan Holec, Arnaud Debayle, Pascal Loiseau, Robert J. Kingham, Philippe Nicolai, Jean-Luc Feugeas, Vladimir T. Tikhonchuk, Christopher P. Ridgers Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO8.00003: Analytic insights into nonlocal electron thermal transport Wallace Manheimer, Denis Colombant Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO8.00004: Plasma simulation with a multi-scale numerical method Long Yang, Kun Liu, Shuchao Duan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO8.00005: A Multifluid Numerical Algorithm for Interpenetrating Plasma Dynamics Debojyoti Ghosh, Christos Kavouklis, Richard Berger, Thomas Chapman, Jeffrey Hittinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO8.00006: Numerical heating in Particle-In-Cell simulations with Monte Carlo binary collisions E Paulo Alves, Warren Mori, Frederico Fiuza Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO8.00007: Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the Ablator/Fuel Interface during Early Stages of Inertial Confinement Fusion Liam Stanton, James Glosli, Michael Murillo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO8.00008: Investigation of thermal conductivity~of materials for inertial confinement fusion applications Tilak Dhakal, Brian Haines Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO8.00009: Development of Fast and Reliable Free-Energy Density Functional Methods for Simulations of Dense Plasmas from Cold- to Hot-Temperature Regimes V.V. Karasiev Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO8.00010: Density-Functional-Theory--Based Equation-of-State Table of Beryllium for Inertial Confinement Fusion Applications Y.H. Ding, S.X. Hu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO8.00011: Progress towards an {\it ab initio} real-time treatment of warm dense matter Andrew Baczewski, Attila Cangi, Stephanie Hansen, Daniel Jensen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO8.00012: ``Green's function'' approach {\&} low-mode asymmetries} Laurent Masse, Dan Clark, Jay Salmonson, Steve MacLaren, Tammy Ma, Shahab Khan, Jesse Pino, Jo Ralph, C. Czajka, Robert Tipton, Otto Landen, Georges Kyrala Preview Abstract
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO8.00013: Multi-dimensional simulation package for ultrashort pulse laser-matter interactions Anastassiya Suslova, Ahmed Hassanein Preview Abstract

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