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 GP11: Poster Session III: Reconnection; Laser-plasma Interactions and Acceleration; Plasma Technology; DIII-D I; Hohlraum and X-Ray Cavity Physics; Computation

Room: Exhibit Hall D

		GP11.00001: RECONNECTION Preview Abstract
		GP11.00002: Hard X-ray Bursts Observed in Association with Magnetic Reconnection in a Solar-Relevant Lab Experiment Ryan S. Marshall, Paul M. Bellan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00003: Effective Ion Heating in Guide Field Reconnection Xuehan Guo, Ritoku Horiuchi, Shunsuke Usami, Yasushi Ono Preview Abstract
		GP11.00004: Plasma Transport at the Magnetopause in 3D Kinetic Simulations of MMS Reconnection Site Encounters with Varying Guide Fields Ari Le, William Daughton, Obioma Ohia, Li-Jen Chen, Yi-Hsin Liu Preview Abstract
		GP11.00005: Time domain structures in a colliding magnetic flux rope experiment Shawn Wenjie Tang, Walter Gekelman, Timothy DeHaas, Steve Vincena, Patrick Pribyl Preview Abstract
		GP11.00006: Secondary Instabilities in 3-D Magnetic Reconnection under a Strong Guide Field Xueyi Wang, Yu Lin, Liu Chen Preview Abstract
		GP11.00007: Understanding the dynamics and the energetics of magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space plasmas Masaaki Yamada, Jongsoo Yoo, Hantao Ji, Jon Jara-Almote, Will Fox, Russell Kulsrud Preview Abstract
		GP11.00008: Studies of waves during asymmetric reconnection in laboratory and space Jongsoo Yoo, Evan Yerger, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Will Fox, Li-Jen Chen Preview Abstract
		GP11.00009: Drift Kinetic Measurements of Plasma Gradients in MMS Data Blake Wetherton, Jan Egedal, Peter Montag, Ari Le, William Daughton, Benoit Lavraud Preview Abstract
		GP11.00010: Observation of Characteristic Reconnection Regime Structures in the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX) Samuel Greess, Jan Egedal, Joseph Olson, Alexander Millet-Ayala, Rachel Myers, John Wallace, Michael Clark, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		GP11.00011: Plasmoid Instability in Evolving Current Sheets and Onset of Fast Reconnection Yi-Min Huang, Luca Comisso, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		GP11.00012: 3D magnetic reconnection studies in the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX) Alexander Millet-Ayala, Jan Egedal, Joseph Olson, Samuel Greess, Rachel Myers, John Wallace, Michael Clark, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		GP11.00013: Endogenous Magnetic Reconnection and Associated High Energy Plasma Processes B. Coppi, B. Basu Preview Abstract
		GP11.00014: Flux-rope distribution function through a Maximum Entropy principle Manasvi Lingam, Luca Comisso, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		GP11.00015: Survey of Waves in the Ion Diffusion Region of Asymmetric Reconnection in the Dayside Magnetopause Evan Yerger, Jongsoo Yoo, Li-Jen Chen, Eun-Hwa Kim, Masaaki Yamada, Hantao Ji, Will Fox Preview Abstract
		GP11.00016: FLARE: A New User Facility for Studies of Multiple-Scale Physics of Magnetic Reconnection and Related Phenomena Through \textbf{\textit{in-situ}} Measurements Hantao Ji, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Goodman, S. Prager, W. Daughton, R. Cutler, W. Fox, F. Hoffmann, M. Kalish, T. Kozub, J. Jara-Almonte, C. Myers, Y. Ren, P. Sloboda, M. Yamada, J. Yoo, S.D. Bale, T. Carter, S. Dorfman, J. Drake, J. Egedal, J. Sarff, J. Wallace Preview Abstract
		GP11.00017: Onset of magnetic reconnection in a weakly collisional, high-$\beta$ plasma Andrew Alt, Matthew Kunz Preview Abstract
		GP11.00018: Experimental Investigation of Magnetic Reconnection in Weakly Ionized Plasmas Jonathan Jara-Almonte, Hantao Ji, Jongsoo Yoo, Masaaki Yamada, Will Fox Preview Abstract
		GP11.00019: Electron phase space structure of asymmetric reconnecting current sheets with varying guide fields Obioma Ohia, Ari Le, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		GP11.00020: How Alfv\'en waves set the large scale structure of magnetic reconnection. Harsha Gurram, Jan Egedal Preview Abstract
		GP11.00021: Kubo Resistivity of magnetic flux ropes Walter Gekelman, Tim DeHaas, Pat Pribyl, Stephen Vincena, Bart Van Compernolle, Rick Sydora, Shawn Wenjie Tang Preview Abstract
		GP11.00022: Pressure Anisotropy Measurements on the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment Rachel Myers, Jan Egedal, Joseph Olson, Samuel Greess, Alexander Millet-Ayala, Michael Clark, Paul Nonn, John Wallace, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		GP11.00023: Overview and first results of experiments on magnetic reconnection between colliding magnetized plasmas at the National Ignition Facility W. Fox, M. Rosenberg, D. Schaeffer, G. Fiksel, H.S. Park, D. Kalantar, A. Bhattacharjee, Y.-M. Huang, H. Ji, J. Matteucci, L. Gao, D. Uzdensky, A. Birkel, C.K. Li, S.X. Hu, A. Shvydky Preview Abstract
		GP11.00024: The kinetic structure of the electron diffusion region observed by MMS during asymmetric reconnection Egedal Jan, Blake Wetherton, Ari Le, William Daughton Preview Abstract
		GP11.00025: Impact of compressibility and a guide field on Fermi acceleration during magnetic island coalescence Peter Montag, Jan Egedal, Emily Lichko, Blake Wetherton Preview Abstract
		GP11.00026: LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS AND ACCELERATION Preview Abstract
		GP11.00027: Deployment of the OSIRIS EM-PIC code on the Intel Knights Landing architecture Ricardo Fonseca Preview Abstract
		GP11.00028: End-to-end plasma bubble PIC simulations on GPUs Kai Germaschewski, William Fox, Jackson Matteucci, Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract
		GP11.00029: Simulating The Prompt Electromagnetic Pulse In 3D Using Vector Spherical Harmonics Alex Friedman, Bruce I. Cohen, Chester D. Eng, William A. Farmer, David P. Grote, Hans W. Kruger, David J. Larson Preview Abstract
		GP11.00030: Reduced 3d modeling on injection schemes for laser wakefield acceleration at plasma scale lengths Anton Helm, Jorge Vieira, Luis Silva, Ricardo Fonseca Preview Abstract
		GP11.00031: Convergence of the Ponderomotive Guiding Center approximation in the LWFA Thales Silva, Jorge Vieira, Anton Helm, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva Preview Abstract
		GP11.00032: Two-stage acceleration of externally injected electrons in plasma bubble derived from the combination of DLA and LWFA. Vladimir Khudik, Tianhong Wang, Daniel Vicuna, Xi Zhang, Gennady Shvets Preview Abstract
		GP11.00033: Ultra-low emittance electron beam generation using ionization injection in a plasma beatwave accelerator Carl Schroeder, Carlo Benedetti, Eric Esarey, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		GP11.00034: Emittance preservation in plasma-based accelerators with ion motion Carlo Benedetti, Carl Schroeder, Eric E. Esarey, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
		GP11.00035: Plasma Channel Lenses and Plasma Tornadoes for Optical Beam Focusing and Transport R. F. Hubbard, D. Kaganovich, L. A. Johnson, D. F. Gordon, J. R. Penano, B. Hafizi, M. H. Helle, A. A. Mamonau Preview Abstract
		GP11.00036: Filtering of higher-order laser modes using plasma structures Blagoje Djordjevic, Carlo Benedetti, Carl Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Wim Leemans Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		GP11.00037: Spatial Control of Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beams A. Maksimchuk, K. Behm, T. Zhao, A. S. Joglekar, A. Hussein, J. Nees, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, J. Elle, A. Lucero, G. M. Samarin, G. Sarry, J. Warwick Preview Abstract
		GP11.00038: Abstract Withdrawn
		GP11.00039: Wakefield simulation of solid state plasma Sahel Hakimi, Tam Nguyen, Deano Farinella, Calvin Lau, Hsuan-Yu Wang, Peter Taborek, Toshiki Tajima Preview Abstract
		GP11.00040: Relativistic Electron Acceleration by Surface Plasma Waves in the High Intensity Regime Xiaoming Zhu, Mirela Cerchez, Marco Swantusch, Bastian Aurand, Rajendra Prasad, Alexander Andreev, Oswald Willi Preview Abstract
		GP11.00041: An overview of Laser-Produced Relativistic Positrons in the Laboratory Brandon Edghill, Gerald Williams, Hui Chen, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
		GP11.00042: Multi-GeV electron-positron pair generation from laser-electron scattering Marija Vranic, Ondrej Klimo, Georg Korn, Stefan Weber Preview Abstract
		GP11.00043: Plasma diagnosis using the laser-plasma terahertz(THz) radiation Keekon Kang, Dogeun Jang, Hyyong Suk Preview Abstract
		GP11.00044: Directed high-power THz radiation from transverse laser wakefield excited in an electron density filament Serge Kalmykov, Alexander Englesbe, Jennifer Elle, Matthew Domonkos, Andreas Schmitt-Sody Preview Abstract
		GP11.00045: Terahertz Radiation from Laser Created Plasma by Applying a Transverse Static Electric Field Noboru Yugami, Takuya Fukuda, Zhan Jin, Ryosuke Kodama, Hideo Nagatomo, Yasuhiko Sentoku, Hitoshi Sakagami Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		GP11.00046: High-efficiency gamma-ray flash generation from multiple-laser scattering Zheng Gong, S. S. Bulanov, A. Arefiev, X. Q. Yan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00047: Gamma-ray Radiation From Plasma Bubble Hosing Bifeng Lei, Sergey Rykovanov Preview Abstract
		GP11.00048: Temporal characterization of the wave-breaking flash in a laser plasma accelerator Bo Miao, Linus Feder, Andrew Goers, George Hine, Fatholah Salehi, Jared Wahlstrand, Daniel Woodbury, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
		GP11.00049: Impact of a plasma channel on the emission of directed high-energy photons in laser-plasma interaction Oliver Jansen, Tao Wang, Toma Toncian, David Stark, Emmanuel d'Humieres, Alexey Arefiev Preview Abstract
		GP11.00050: X-Ray and electron beam source characterization from Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Acceleration experiments at Titan Paul King, Nuno Lemos, Felicie Albert, Jessica Shaw, Avi Milder, Ken Marsh, Art Pak, Bjorn Hegelich, Chan Joshi Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		GP11.00051: Dynamics of multiple interacting ultra-intense lasers in a plasma Lucas Sa, Jorge Vieira, Ricardo Fonseca, Luis Silva, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
		GP11.00052: Coupling the photon kinetics of soft photons with high energy photons L. O. Silva, R. Bingham Preview Abstract
		GP11.00053: X-Ray Pulse Compression using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Plasma Matthew Edwards, Julia Mikhailova, Nathaniel Fisch Preview Abstract
		GP11.00054: Development of PETAL diagnostics: PETAPhys project D. Raffestin, G. Boutoux, J. Baggio, D. Batani, N. Blanchot, D. Bretheau, S. Hulin, E. d'Humieres, F. Granet, Th. Longhi, Ch. Meyer, Q. Moreno, R. Nuter, J. Rault, V. Tikhonchuk Preview Abstract
		GP11.00055: Laser-Bioplasma Interaction: Excitation and Suppression of the Brain Waves by the Multi-photon Pulsed-operated Fiber Lasers in the Ultraviolet Range of Frequencies V. Alexander Stefan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00056: Thin film compression of a high rep rate laser: towards single-cycle pulse generation Deano Farinella, Sergey Mironov, Tam Nguyen, Matthew Stanfield, Franklin Dollar, Toshiki Tajima Preview Abstract
		GP11.00057: Narrow bandwidth Laser-Plasma Accelerator driven Thomson photon source development C.G.R. Geddes, H.-E. Tsai, G. Otero, X. Liu, J. van Tilborg, Cs. Toth, J.-L. Vay, R. Lehe, C.B. Schroeder, E. Esarey, A. Friedman, D.P. Grote, W.P. Leemans Preview Abstract
		GP11.00058: PLASMA TECHNOLOGY Preview Abstract
		GP11.00059: DIII-D Preview Abstract
		GP11.00060: Developing DIII-D To Prepare For ITER And The Path To Fusion Energy Richard Buttery, David Hill, Wayne Solomon, Houyang Guo Preview Abstract
		GP11.00061: Parameter exploration for a Compact Advanced Tokamak DEMO D.B. Weisberg, R.J. Buttery, J.R. Ferron, A.M. Garofalo, P.B. Snyder, A.D. Turnbull, C.T. Holcomb, J. McClenaghan, J. Canik, J-M Park Preview Abstract
		GP11.00062: A U.S. Strategy for Timely Fusion Energy Development Mickey Wade Preview Abstract
		GP11.00063: Creating Hybrid Plasmas With Off-Axis ECCD for Radiating Divertor Studies in DIII-D C.C. Petty, J.R. Ferron, T.C. Luce, T.H. Osborne, T.W. Petrie, F. Turco, C.T. Holcomb, K.E. Thome Preview Abstract
		GP11.00064: Energy Confinement Improvement with Density in Gas Puff Fueled High Performance Hybrid Plasmas on DIII-D. T.H. Osborne, T.W. Petrie, A.W. Leonard, T.C. Luce, C.C. Petty, F. Turco, M.E. Fenstermacher, C.J. Lasnier, J.G. Watkins Preview Abstract
		GP11.00065: Magnetic Flux Conversion in the DIII-D Steady-State Hybrid Scenario* N.Z. Taylor, T.C. Luce, R.J. La Haye, C.C. Petty, R. Nazikian Preview Abstract
		GP11.00066: Reduced turbulence and H-mode confinement in L-mode negative triangularity discharges on DIII-D A. Marinoni, M.E. Austin, M.L. Walker, A.W. Hyatt, C.C. Petty, K.H. Thome, M. Porkolab, J.C. Rost, E.M. Davis, G.R. Mckee, T.L. Rhodes, C. Sung, O. Sauter Preview Abstract
		GP11.00067: Turbulent Ion Fluctuation Measurements in Negative Triangularity Plasmas Dinh Truong, George McKee, Zheng Yan, Raymond Fonck, Max Austin, Alessandro Marinoni Preview Abstract
		GP11.00068: A Conformal Conducting Wall for Robust Stability of High $\beta_N$, Fully Noninductive Discharges in DIII-D J.R. Ferron, J. Bialek, J. Hanson, G. Navratil, J.M. Park Preview Abstract
		GP11.00069: Developing on DIII-D a QH-mode edge solution for Q$=$10 in ITER. A.M. Garofalo, C. Paz-Soldan, D.B. Weisberg, T.M. Wilks, J.M. Hanson, N.C. Logan, C.M. Samuell Preview Abstract
		GP11.00070: Mutually Exclusive Relation between High Pedestal and Large-Radius Internal Transport Barrier in High Betap Scenario on DIII-D Siye Ding, Jinping Qian, Juan Huang, Xianzu Gong, Tianyang Xia, Chengkang Pan, Guoqiang Li, Qilong Ren, Wenfeng Guo, Andrea Garofalo, Chris Holcomb, Joseph McClenaghan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00071: Stability analysis of the high poloidal bet scenario on DIII-Dtowards operation athigher plasma current W.F. Guo, X.Z. Gong, J. Huang, Q.L. Ren, J.P. Qian, S.Y. Ding, C.K. Pan, G.Q. Li, T.Y. Xia, A.M. Garofalo, L. Lao, A. Hyatt, J. Ferron, O. Meneghini, Y.Q. Liu, J. McClenaghan, C.T. Holcomb Preview Abstract
		GP11.00072: Extension of high poloidal beta scenario in DIII-D to lower q95 for steady state fusion reactor J. Huang, X. Gong, J. Qian, S. Ding, Q. Ren, W. Guo, C. Pan, G. Li, T. Xia, A. Garofalo, L. Lao, A. Hyatt, J. Ferron, C. Collins, D. Lin, G. Mckee, T. Rhode, J. McClenaghan, C. Holcomb, L. Cui, W. Heidbrink, Y. Zhu Preview Abstract
		GP11.00073: Central Safety Factor and Normalized Beta Control Under Near-Zero Input Torque Constraints in DIII-D Andres Pajares, William Wehner, Eugenio Schuster, Keith Burrell, John Ferron, Michael Walker, David Humphreys Preview Abstract
		GP11.00074: Predictive Rotation Profile Control for the DIII-D Tokamak W.P. Wehner, E. Schuster, M.D. Boyer, M.L. Walker, D.A. Humphreys Preview Abstract
		GP11.00075: Effects of Plasma Shaping on Intrinsic Rotation in DIII-D J.S. deGrassie, T.H. Osborne, B.A. Grierson, G.R. McKee, T.L. Rhodes Preview Abstract
		GP11.00076: Scaling of Intrinsic Rotation with Normalized Gyroradius in DIII-D and Comparison to Intrinsic Torque Scaling Colin Chrystal, Shaun Haskey, Brian Grierson, John deGrassie, Cameron Samuell Preview Abstract
		GP11.00077: Reynolds Stress-Driven Edge Momentum Transport in DIII-D Jose Boedo, D. Rudakov, J. deGrassie, B. Grierson, A. Ashourvan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00078: Collisionality and temperature dependence of the edge main-ion co-current rotation profile feature on DIII-D Shaun Haskey, Brian Grierson, Arash Ashourvan, Devon Battaglia, Colin Chrystal, Keith Burrell, Richard Groebner, John deGrassie, Luke Stagner, Timothy Stoltzfus-Dueck, Novimir Pablant Preview Abstract
		GP11.00079: Isotope Mass Scaling of Turbulence and Transport* George McKee, Zheng Yan, Punit Gohil, Tim Luce, Terry Rhodes Preview Abstract
		GP11.00080: Impact of Magnetic Island - Turbulence Multi-Scale Interaction on Plasma Confinement and Magnetic Island Stability L. Bardoczi, T.A. Carter, R.J. La Haye, T.L. Rhodes, G.R. McKee Preview Abstract
		GP11.00081: Particle transport in DIII-D plasmas Peter Kress, Saskia Mordijck Preview Abstract
		GP11.00082: Microtearing instabilities and resulting electron thermal transport in DIII-D discharges A.H. Kritz, T. Rafiq, L. Luo, J. Weiland Preview Abstract
		GP11.00083: Extracting 3D Information from 1D and 2D Diagnostic Systems on the DIII-D Tokamak Michael Brookman Preview Abstract
		GP11.00084: Measurement of internal equilibrium and fluctuating magnetic field on DIII-D by using Radial Polarimeter-Interferometer Jie Chen, Weixing Ding, David Brower, Rejean Boivin Preview Abstract
		GP11.00085: Synthetic Diagnostic for Doppler Backscattering (DBS) Turbulence Measurements based on Full Wave Simulations D. R. Ernst, T. L. Rhodes, S. Kubota, N. Crocker Preview Abstract
		GP11.00086: DIII-D Neutron Measurement: Status and Plan for Simplification and Upgrade Y.B. Zhu, W.W. Heidbrink, P.L. Taylor, D. Finkenthal Preview Abstract
		GP11.00087: Observations of highly sheared turbulence in the H-mode pedestal using Phase Contrast Imaging on DIII-D J.C. Rost, A. Marinoni, E.M. Davis, M. Porkolab, K.H Burrell Preview Abstract
		GP11.00088: Increase in turbulent transport at DIII-D pedestal top due to RMP-induced reduction of electric field shear Sam Taimourzadeh, Lei Shi, Ihor Holod, Zhihong Lin, Raffi Nazikian, Donald Spong, Andreas Wingen Preview Abstract
		GP11.00089: Installation and Testing of ITER Integrated Modeling and Analysis Suite (IMAS) on DIII-D L. Lao, M. Kostuk, O. Meneghini, S. Smith, G. Staebler, R. Kalling, S. Pinches Preview Abstract
		GP11.00090: Neural Network Based Models for Fusion Applications* Orso Meneghini, Arsene Tema Biwole, Teobaldo Luda, Bailey Zywicki, Cristina Rea, Sterling Smith, Phil Snyder, Emily Belli, Gary Staebler, Jeff Canty Preview Abstract
		GP11.00091: Coupled core-pedestal simulations with self-consistent transport of impurities G. Snoep, O. Meneghini, B. Grierson, A. Ashourvan, E. Belli, J. Candy, P.B. Snyder, G.M. Staebler, J. Citrin, R.J.E. Jaspers Preview Abstract
		GP11.00092: Uncertainty Propagation in OMFIT Sterling Smith, Orso Meneghini, Choongki Sung Preview Abstract
		GP11.00093: Turbulence and sheared flow dynamics during q95 and density scans across the L-H transition on DIII-D Zheng Yan, George McKee, Punit Gohil, Lothar Schmitz, David Eldon, Brian Grierson, Matt Kriete, Terry Rhodes, Craig Petty Preview Abstract
		GP11.00094: L-H Transition Dynamics in ITER-Similar D, He, and H Plasmas L. Schmitz, T.L. Rhodes, T. Neiser, L. Zeng, Z. Yan, G.R. McKee, P. Gohil, L. Bardoczi, D. Eldon, C.C. Petty, B. Grierson Preview Abstract
		GP11.00095: Influence of 3D magnetic fields on turbulence at the L-H transition and across magnetic islands in DIII-D David Kriete, George McKee, Raymond Fonck, David Smith, Zheng Yan, Lucas Morton, Morgan Shafer, Lothar Schmitz Preview Abstract
		GP11.00096: Phase-Space Dependence of Fast-Ion Transport by Neoclassical Tearing Modes W Heidbrink, D.J. Lin, Y.B. Zhu, L. Bardoczi, C.S. Collins, C. Muscatello, M. Van Zeeland, G. Kramer, M. Podesta Preview Abstract
		GP11.00097: Orbit Tomography: A Method for Determining the Population of Individual Fast-ion Orbits from Experimental Measurements L. Stagner, W.W. Heidbrink Preview Abstract
		GP11.00098: Using Electron Cyclotron Emission Images to localize the drive and damping of Alfv\'en eigenmodes Gerrit Kramer, Ben Tobias, Alan Turnbull, Calvin Domier, Neville Luhmann Preview Abstract
		GP11.00099: Alfven Eigenmode Control in DIII-D. W. Hu, E. Olofsson, A. Welander, M. Van Zeeland, C. Collins, W. Heidbrink Preview Abstract
		GP11.00100: Optimization of DIII-D discharges to avoid AE destabilization Jacobo Varela, Donald Spong, Luis Garcia, Juan Huang, Masanori Murakami Preview Abstract
		GP11.00101: Experimental investigation of stability, frequency and toroidal mode number of compressional Alfv\'{e}n eigenmodes in DIII-D S Tang, K Thome, D Pace, W.W. Heidbrink, T.A. Carter, N.A. Crocker Preview Abstract
		GP11.00102: Characteristics of Ion Cyclotron Emission on the DIII-D Tokamak K.E. Thome, D.C. Pace, R.I. Pinsker, C. del Castillo, Y.B. Zhu, W.W. Heidbrink Preview Abstract
		GP11.00103: Transport of shattered pellet material during fast shutdown of DIII-D plasmas D. Shiraki, J.L. Herfindal, L.R. Baylor, N.W. Eidietis, E.M. Hollmann, R.A. Moyer, C.J. Lasnier Preview Abstract
		GP11.00104: Variation of Argon Impurity Assimilation with Runaway Electron Current in DIII-D Eric Hollmann, I. Bykov, R.A. Moyer, D.L. Rudakov, A. Briesemeister, D. Shiraki, J.L. Herfindal, M.E. Austin, C.J. Lasnier, T.N. Carlstrom, N.W. Eidietis, C. Paz-Soldan, M. van Zeeland Preview Abstract
		GP11.00105: Investigation of runaway electron dissipation in DIII-D using a gamma ray imager. A. Lvovskiy, C. Paz-Soldan, N. Eidietis, D. Pace, D. Taussig Preview Abstract
		GP11.00106: Simulation of excitation of whistler waves and momentum diffusion of runaway electrons in DIII-D tokamak Chang Liu, Eero Hirvijoki, Dylan Brennan, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Guo-yong Fu, Donald Spong Preview Abstract
		GP11.00107: Asymmetric SOL Current in Vertically Displaced Plasma J.D. Cabrera, G.A. Navratil, J.M. Hanson Preview Abstract
		GP11.00108: Instability Prediction and Disruption Avoidance. A.D. Turnbull, Y.Q. Liu, J.M. Hanson, F. Turco, N.M. Ferraro Preview Abstract
		GP11.00109: Real-time plasma response control for disruption avoidance Jeremy Hanson, Francesca Turco, Gerald Navratil, Nikolas Logan, Edward Strait Preview Abstract
		GP11.00110: Disruption avoidance and fast ramp-down techniques for the DIII-D experimental scenarios Jayson Barr, N.W. Eidietis, D.A. Humphreys, B. Sammuli, T. Luce Preview Abstract
		GP11.00111: Applications of “3D” Magnetic Diagnostics in DIII-D E.J. Strait, S. Munaretto, C. Paz-Soldan, J.M. Hanson, N.C. Logan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00112: Optimization of 3D Field Design Nikolas Logan, Caoxiang Zhu Preview Abstract
		GP11.00113: Unlocking locked tearing-mode by applied rotating 3D field M. Okabayashi, N. Logan, Z. Wang, Z. Taylor, E. Strait, R. La Haye, J. Hanson, D. Shiraki, S. Inoue Preview Abstract
		GP11.00114: Poloidal structure of the plasma response to n=2 perturbations S Munaretto, E.J. Strait, S.R. Haskey, N.C. Logan, C. Paz-Soldan Preview Abstract
		GP11.00115: Demonstration of ECCD Stabilization of m/n$=$\textbf{2/1 NTMs in the Equivalent Low-Torque ITER Baseline Scenario in DIII-D} Robert La Haye, Edward Strait, KEJ Olofsson, Anders Welander, Jeremy Hanson, Olivier Sauter Preview Abstract
		GP11.00116: Ideal kink and neoclassical tearing mode identification in DIII-D with ECE Hailin Zhao, Max Austin, Michale Brookman, William Rowan, R.J. La Haye Preview Abstract
		GP11.00117: Plasma stability analysis using Consistent Automatic Kinetic Equilibrium reconstruction (CAKE) Matthijs Roelofs, Egemen Kolemen, David Eldon, Alex Glasser, Orso Meneghini, Sterling P. Smith Preview Abstract
		GP11.00118: Detection of plasma stability on DIII-D, using the experimentally extracted plasma transfer function based on 3D MHD spectroscopy Zhirui Wang, Nikolas Logan, JongKyu Park, Jonathan Menard, Raffi Nazikian, Stefano Munaretto, Yueqiang Liu, Jeremy Hanson Preview Abstract
		GP11.00119: HOHLRAUM AND X-RAY CAVITY PHYSICS Preview Abstract
		GP11.00120: Development of the Pushered Single Shell Experimental Platform on NIF Jay Salmonson, Eduard Dewald, Frank Graziani, Stephan Maclaren, Jesse Pino, Joseph Ralph, Ryan Sacks, Vladimir Smalyuk, Robert Tipton Preview Abstract
		GP11.00121: Rugby and elliptical-shaped hohlraums experiments on the OMEGA laser facility. Veronique Tassin, Marie-Christine Monteil, Sylvie Depierreux, Paul-Edouard Masson-Laborde, Franck Philippe, Patricia Seytor, Pascale Fremerye, Bruno Villette Preview Abstract
		GP11.00122: 3D integrated HYDRA simulations of hohlraums including fill tubes* M. M. Marinak, J. Milovich, B. A. Hammel, A. G. MacPhee, V. A. Smalyuk, G. D. Kerbel, S. Sepke, M. V. Patel Preview Abstract
		GP11.00123: COMPUTATION Preview Abstract
		GP11.00124: Abstract Withdrawn
		GP11.00125: Numerical and experimental analysis of plasma generated on a solid target by a multi-MeV electron beam Thierry d'Almeida, Maxime Ribiere, Rémi Maisonny Preview Abstract
		GP11.00126: On the use of compatible discretizations with the multi-fluid plasma model Sean Miller, Eric Cyr, John Shadid, Edward Phillips Preview Abstract
		GP11.00127: Efficient Implicit Plasma Simulation Using Quadrature Moment Inverson David Larson Preview Abstract
		GP11.00128: Reduction of collisional-radiative models for transient, atomic plasmas Richard June Abrantes, Ann Karagozian, David Bilyeu, Hai Le Preview Abstract
		GP11.00129: A fully implicit, conservative, hybrid kinetic-ion fluid-electron algorithm Adam Stanier, Luis Chacon, Guangye Chen Preview Abstract
		GP11.00130: Metriplectic Gyrokinetics and Discretization Methods for the Landau Collision Integral Eero Hirvijoki, Joshua W. Burby, Michael Kraus Preview Abstract
		GP11.00131: Variational principle for the parallel-symplectic representation of electromagnetic gyrokinetic theory Alain Brizard Preview Abstract
		GP11.00132: A domain-decomposed multi-model plasma simulation of collisionless magnetic reconnection I. A. M. Datta, U. Shumlak, A. Ho, S. T. Miller Preview Abstract
		GP11.00133: Hybrid plasma model simulations of a plasma opening switch Andrew Ho, U. Shumlak, I. A. M. Datta Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		GP11.00134: Abstract Withdrawn
		GP11.00135: The UPSF code: a metaprogramming-based high-performance automatically parallelized plasma simulation framework Xiatian Gao, Xiaogang Wang, Binhao Jiang Preview Abstract
		GP11.00136: Exact collisional moments for plasma fluid theories David Pfefferle, Eero Hirvijoki, Manasvi Lingam Preview Abstract
		GP11.00137: Finding the crossover from phase mixing to collisions with an integral transform. J. M. Heninger, P. J. Morrison Preview Abstract
		GP11.00138: Implementation of parallel moment equations in NIMROD Hankyu Q. Lee, Eric D. Held, Jeong-Young Ji Preview Abstract
		GP11.00139: Generalized approach to variational and Hamiltonian kinetic-Maxwell plasma theory. Cesare Tronci, Alexander Close Preview Abstract
		GP11.00140: Hybrid drift-kinetic pressure coupling scheme from a variational principle. Alexander Close, Cesare Tronci Preview Abstract
		GP11.00141: Beatification: Flattening Poisson brackets for plasma theory and computation P. J. Morrison, T. F. Viscondi, I. Caldas Preview Abstract
		GP11.00142: Nonlinear saturation of the ITG instability with fully kinetic ions Matthew Miecnikowski, Benjamin Sturdevant, Yang Chen, Scott Parker Preview Abstract
		GP11.00143: Stabilization approach for an explicit hybrid particle-in-cell method for bridging multiple time-scales Rinat Khaziev, Shane Keniley, Davide Curreli Preview Abstract
		GP11.00144: Open-source Framework for Storing and Manipulation of Plasma Chemical Reaction Data T. G. Jenkins, S. N. Averkin, J. R. Cary, S. E. Kruger Preview Abstract
		GP11.00145: A One-Step Variational Guiding Center Integrator using Toroidal Regularization C Leland Ellison, Joshua Burby Preview Abstract
		GP11.00146: A PICKSC Science Gateway for enabling the common plasma physicist to run kinetic software Q. Hu, B. J. Winjum, A. Zonca, C. Youn, F. S. Tsung, W. B. Mori Preview Abstract
		GP11.00147: The Particle-in-Cell and Kinetic Simulation Software Center W. B. Mori, V. K. Decyk, A. Tableman, R. A. Fonseca, F. S. Tsung, Q. Hu, B. J. Winjum, W. An, T. N. Dalichaouch, A. Davidson, L. Hildebrand, A. Joglekar, J. May, K. Miller, M. Touati, X. L. Xu Preview Abstract
		GP11.00148: PlasmaPy: initial development of a Python package for plasma physics Nicholas Murphy, Andrew Leonard, Yi-Min Huang, Colby Haggerty Preview Abstract
		GP11.00149: Exact Energy and Momentum Conservation in Variational Macro-Particle Plasma Models B. A. Shadwick, Timothy Kawamoto, M. Perin Preview Abstract
		GP11.00150: A Computational Model for Predicting Gas Breakdown Zachary Gill Preview Abstract
		GP11.00151: GPU Acceleration of Particle-In-Cell Methods Benjamin Cowan, Sergey Averkin, John Cary, Jarrod Leddy, Scott Sides, Gregory Werner Preview Abstract
		GP11.00152: Recent Performance Results of VPIC on Trinity W. D. Nystrom, B. Bergen, R. F. Bird, K. J. Bowers, W. S. Daughton, F. Guo, A. Le, H. Li, H. Nam, X. Pang, D. J. Stark, W. N. Rust III, L. Yin, B. J. Albright Preview Abstract
		GP11.00153: A three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of the diocotron instability for cylindrical geometry Young Hyun Jo, Vladimir V. Mikhailenko, Vladimir S. Mikhailenko, Hae June Lee Preview Abstract
		GP11.00154: An Approach to Radiation Hydrodynamics Within a Generalized Continuum Mixture Theory Jim Reynolds, Gabrielle Miller, Melvin Baer, Shane Schumacher Preview Abstract
		GP11.00155: KEEN Wave Simulations: Comparing various PIC to various fixed grid Vlasov to Phase-Space Adaptive Sparse Tiling {\&} Effective Lagrangian (PASTEL) Techniques Bedros Afeyan, David Larson, Bradley Shadwick, Richard Sydora Preview Abstract
		GP11.00156: Code Modernization of VPIC Robert Bird, David Nystrom, Brian Albright Preview Abstract
		GP11.00157: Evaluation of tungsten effect on CFETR phase I performance Shengyu Shi, Xiang Jian, Vincent S. Chan, Nan Shi, Guoqiang LI, Xiang Gao Preview Abstract

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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

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Session GP11: Poster Session III: Reconnection; Laser-plasma Interactions and Acceleration; Plasma Technology; DIII-D I; Hohlraum and X-Ray Cavity Physics; Computation

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