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 PO4: Research in Support of ITER

Chair: Chris Muscatello, General Atomics
Room: 201AB

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO4.00001: Superposition of dual shattered pellet injections for disruption mitigation J.L. Herfindal, D. Shiraki, L.R. Baylor, E.M. Hollmann, R.A. Moyer, C.J. Lasnier, N.W. Eidietis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO4.00002: Predicting the necessary impurity quantities for thermal quench mitigation in ITER disruptions Ryan Sweeney, Michael Lehnen, Di Hu, Joseph Snipes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO4.00003: Fast Time Response Electromagnetic Particle Injection System for Disruption Mitigation Roger Raman, W-S. Lay, T.R. Jarboe, J.E. Menard, M. Ono Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO4.00004: Shattered Pellet Injection Simulations With NIMROD Charlson Kim, Paul Parks, Lang Lao, Michael Lehnan, Alberto Loarte, Valerie Izzo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:48PM - 3:00PM		PO4.00005: Plasma response control using advanced feedback techniques Mitchell Clement, James Bialek, Jeremy Hanson, Gerald Navratil Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO4.00006: Development of a real-time system for ITER first wall heat load control Himank Anand, Peter De Vries, Yuri Gribov, Richard Pitts, Joseph Snipes, Luca Zabeo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO4.00007: Comprehensive Assessment of Damage Effects during Transient Events in ITER Ahmed Hassanein, Valeryi Sizyuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO4.00008: Prototype testing of the ITER Toroidal Interferometer and Polarimeter (TIP) on DIII-D T.N. Carlstrom, M.A. Van Zeeland, A. Gattuso, R. O'Neill, J. Vasquez, D.K. Finkenthal, R.A. Colio, D. Johnson, D. Brower, J. Chen, W>X> Ding Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:36PM - 3:48PM		PO4.00009: Divertor Heat Flux Control with 3D Stochastic Magnetic Fields during ELM Suppression. DM Orlov, RA Moyer, IO Bykov, TE Evans, W Wu, A Loarte, A Teklu, JG Watkins, H Wang, BC Lyons, GL Trevisan, MA Makowski, C Lasnier, ME Fenstermacher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:48PM - 4:00PM		PO4.00010: Enhancement of Helium exhaust by resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D E. T. Hinson, O. Schmitz, C. Collins, C. Paz-Soldan, I. Bykov, R. A. Moyer, E. A. Unterberg, A. Briesemeister, A. G. McLean, J. Watkins, H. Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00PM - 4:12PM		PO4.00011: Expansion of Parameter Space for Wide-Pedestal, Quiescent H-mode Plasmas in DIII-D Keith Burrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:12PM - 4:24PM		PO4.00012: Non-linear MHD simulations of pellet triggered ELM for ITER plasma scenarios Shimpei Futatani, Guido Huijsmans, Alberto Loarte, Mervi Mantsinen, Stanislas Pamela, Luca Garzotti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:24PM - 4:36PM		PO4.00013: Pellet Fueling of ELM Mitigated ITER Baseline Scenario Plasmas on DIII-D* L.R. Baylor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:36PM - 4:48PM		PO4.00014: Exploring an Alternate Approach to Q$=$10 in ITER T.C. Luce, F. Turco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:48PM - 5:00PM		PO4.00015: Safety factor profiles from spectral motional Stark effect for ITER applications Jinseok Ko, Jinil Chung, Han Min Wi Preview Abstract

Session PO5: Warm Dense Matter

Chair: Alla Safranova, University of Nevada, Reno
Room: 202AB

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO5.00001: Measuring warm dense matter properties with spectrally resolved x-ray scattering Siegfried Glenzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO5.00002: Lattice Stability and Interatomic Potential of Non-equilibrium Warm Dense Gold Z. Chen, M. Mo, L. Soulard, V. Recoules, P. Hering, Y.Y. Tsui, A. Ng, S.H. Glenzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO5.00003: Exploring warm dense water by using Free-Electron-Laser P. Sperling, J. Kim, Z. Chen, M. French, C. Curry, J. Koralek, M. Mo, M. Nakatsutsumi, R. Rodel, R. Redmer, S. Toleikis, P. Zalden, S. H. Glenzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO5.00004: Isochoric heating and adiabatic expansion of WDM with intense relativistic electrons Josh Coleman, J. Colgan, N.B. Ramey, T. Schmidt, H.L. Andrews, J.O. Perry, D.R. Welch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:48PM - 3:00PM		PO5.00005: X-Ray Thomson Scattering and Radiography from Spherical Implosions on the OMEGA Laser A. M. Saunders, A. Laziki-Jenei, T. Doeppner, O. L. Landen, M. MacDonald, J. Nilsen, D. Swift, R. W. Falcone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO5.00006: First-Principles Equation of State and Shock Compression of Warm Dense Aluminum and Hydrocarbons Kevin Driver, Francois Soubiran, Shuai Zhang, Burkhard Militzer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO5.00007: Toward Sodium X-Ray Diffraction in the High-Pressure Regime X. Gong, D.N. Polsin, J.R. Rygg, T.R. Boehly, L. Crandall, B.J. Henderson, S.X. Hu, M. Huff, R. Saha, G.W. Collins, R. Smith, J. Eggert, A.E. Lazicki, M. McMahon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO5.00008: Stopping Power of Warm Dense Matter from Ehrenfest Molecular Dynamics Attila Cangi, Daniel S. Jensen, Stephanie B. Hansen, Andrew D. Baczewski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:36PM - 3:48PM		PO5.00009: Optical conductivity of magnetized warm dense matter using time-dependent density functional theory Daniel Jensen, Andrew Baczewski, Attila Cangi, Stephanie Hansen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:48PM - 4:00PM		PO5.00010: First Principles Simulation of the Dynamics of Warm Dense Matter during Femtosecond Laser Damage using a Particle-in-Cell Method with Pair-Potential Interactions and Direct Comparison to Experiment Alex Russell, Kyle Kafka, Enam Chowdhury, Douglass Schumacher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00PM - 4:12PM		PO5.00011: Magnetic anvil cells driven by pulsed-power generators P.-A. Gourdain, M. B. Adams, M. Evans, R. D. McBRide, A. B. Sefkow, C. E. Seyler, G. Collins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:12PM - 4:24PM		PO5.00012: Two-temperature equilibration in warm dense hydrogen measured with x-ray scattering from the LCLS Luke Fletcher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:24PM - 4:36PM		PO5.00013: Dynamic Conductivity and Partial Ionization in Warm, Dense Hydrogen M. Zaghoo, I. F. Silvera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:36PM - 4:48PM		PO5.00014: Abstract Withdrawn
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:48PM - 5:00PM		PO5.00015: Thermal conductivity measurements of proton-heated warm dense aluminum A. Mckelvey, G. Kemp, P. Sterne, A. Fernandez, R. Shepherd, M. Marinak, A. Link, G. Collins, H. Sio, J. King, R. Freeman, R. Hua, C. McGuffey, J. Kim, F. Beg, Y. Ping Preview Abstract

Session PO6: Computation

Chair: Frank Tsung, University of California, Los Angeles
Room: 202C

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO6.00001: Development of high performance particle in cell code for the exascale age Giovanni Lapenta, Jorge Amaya, Diego Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO6.00002: Algorithm implementation and testing to ensure consistency of Gauss’s law in OSIRIS Kyle Miller, Paul Elias, Ricardo Fonseca, Benjamin Winjum, Frank Tsung, Viktor Decyk, Warren Mori Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO6.00003: Implementation of collisions on GPU architecture in the Vorpal code Jarrod Leddy, Sergey Averkin, Ben Cowan, Scott Sides, Greg Werner, John Cary Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO6.00004: The utility of continuum simulations for direct current and microwave microplasmas Venkattraman Ayyaswamy, Arghavan Alamatsaz, Abhishek Kumer Verma Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		PO6.00005: A Lagrangian code for simulating compressible large deformation multi-material MHD processes Bo Xiao, Hai-bo Zhao, Jin-song Bai, Ganghua Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO6.00006: Block Preconditioning to Enable Physics-Compatible Implicit Multifluid Plasma Simulations Edward Phillips, John Shadid, Eric Cyr, Sean Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO6.00007: Second Energy Variation for Heterogeneous Systems with Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Interaction Michael Greenfield, Pavel Greenfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO6.00008: Bayesian equilibrium inference in the Minerva framework Jakob Svensson, Oliver Ford, Sehyun Kwak, Lynton Appel, Kian Rahbarnia, Joachim Geiger, Jonathan Schilling Preview Abstract

Session PO7: Hohlraum and X-Ray Cavity Physics II

Chair: Ogden Jones, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 203AB

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO7.00001: Hybrid strategy for increasing fusion performance and stagnation pressure in x-ray driven inertially confined fusion implosions on the NIF O.A. Hurricane, D.A. Callahan, M.J. Edwards, D. Casey, T. Doeppner, M. Hohenberger, D. Hinkel, L. Berzak Hopkins, S. Le Pape, S. Maclaren, L. Masse, C. Thomas, A. Zylstra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO7.00002: New and improved CH implosions at the National Ignition Facility D. E. Hinkel, T. Doeppner, A. L. Kritcher, J. E. Ralph, L. C. Jarrott, F. Albert, L. R. Benedetti, J. E. Field, C. S. Goyon, M. Hohenberger, N. Izumi, J. L. Milovich, B. Bachmann, D. T Casey, C. B. Yeamans, D. A. Callahan, O. A. Hurricane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO7.00003: Design and Follow-on from \textasciitilde 50 kJ Fusion Yield using High-Density Carbon Capsules at the National Ignition Facility L. Berzak Hopkins, S. LePape, L. Divol, A. Pak, C. Goyon, E. Dewald, D. D. Ho, S. F. Khan, C. Weber, N. B. Meezan, J. Biener, G. Grim, T. Ma, J. L. Milovich, A. S. Moore, A. Nikroo, J. S. Ross, M. Stadermann, P. Volegov, C. Wild, D. A. Callahan, O. A. Hurricane, W. W. Hsing, R. P. J. Town, M. J. Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO7.00004: Experimental measurements of the conditions of implosion reaching \textasciitilde50 KJ of fusion yield using High Density Carbon on the National Ignition Facility S. Le Pape, L. Berzak Hopkins, L. Divol, C. Goyon, C. Weber, N. Meezan, E. Dewald, D. Ho, T. Ma, S. Khan, A. Moore, A. Pak, R. Bennedetti, S. Ross, S. Nagel, G. Grim, P. Volegov, M. Staderman, juerguen biener, A. Nikro, D.E. Hoover, C. Wild, W. Hsing, D. Callahan, M.J. edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:48PM - 3:00PM		PO7.00005: Assessment of the impact that the capsule fill tube has on implosions conducted with high density carbon ablators Arthur Pak, L.R. Benedetti, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, D. Clark, L. Divol, E. L. Dewald, D. Fittinghoff, N. Izumi, S. F. Khan, O. Landen, S. LePape, T. Ma, E. Marley, S. Nagel, P. Volegov, C. Weber, D. K. Bradley, D. Callahan, G. Grim, O. A. Hurricane, P. Patel, M. B. Schneider, M. J. Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO7.00006: Symmetry control strategies in low gas-fill hohlraum Clement Goyon, S. Le Pape, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, L. Divol, N. B. Meezan, E. Dewald, D. D. Ho, C. Weber, S. F. Khan, T. Ma, J. L. Milovich, A. S. Moore, R. Benedetti, A. E. Pak, J. S. Ross, S. R. Nagel, G. P. Grim, P. Volegov, J. Biener, A. Nikroo, D. A. Callahan, O. A. Hurricane, W. W. Hsing, R. P. Town, M. J. Edwards Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO7.00007: Testing low-mode symmetry control with low-adiabat, extended pulse-lengths in BigFoot implosions on the National Ignition Facility Matthias Hohenberger, D. T. Casey, C. A. Thomas, K. L. Baker, B. K. Spears, S. F. Khan, O. A. Hurricane, D. Callahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO7.00008: Simultaneous visualization of hohlraum-wall motion and inner-cone beam transport using mid-Z tracers and thin-wall patches at the National Ignition Facility Nobuhiko Izumi, N. Meezan, S. Johnson, O. Jones, O. Jones, O. L. Landen, J. J. Kroll, S. Vonhof, A. Nikroo, J. Jaquez, C. Bailey, M. Hardy, R. Ehrlich, J. Ralph, R. Pj. Town, D. E. Hinkel, J. D. Moody Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:36PM - 3:48PM		PO7.00009: Characterizing NIF hohlraum energy and particle transport using mid-Z spectroscopic tracer materials J. D. Moody, M. A. Barrios, K. Widmann, L. J. Suter, D. A. Liedahl, M. B. Schneider, D. B. Thorn, W. A. Farmer, O. L. Landen, R. L. Kauffman, C. Jarrott, M. W. Sherlock, H. Chen, O. Jones, S. A. MacLaren, D. Eder, D. J. Strozzi, N. B. Meezan, A. Nikroo, J. J. Kroll, S. Johnson, J. Jaquez, H. Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:48PM - 4:00PM		PO7.00010: Experimental study of the plasma conditions in gas-filled hohlraum Yongkun Ding, Zhichao Li, Xin Li, Hang Zhao, Changshu Wu, Tao Gong, Dong Yang, Xiaohua Jiang, Wudi Zheng, Shiyang Zou, Shenye Liu, Shaoen Jiang, Jian Zheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00PM - 4:12PM		PO7.00011: Spherical hohlraum energetics studies on the SG series laser facility Wenyi Huo, Zhichao Li, Xufei Xie, Yaohua Chen, Guoli Ren, Jie Liu, Ke Lan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:12PM - 4:24PM		PO7.00012: BigFoot: a program to reduce risk for indirect drive laser fusion Cliff Thomas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:24PM - 4:36PM		PO7.00013: Low fuel convergence path to ignition on the NIF M.J Schmitt, Kim Molvig, T.A. Gianakon, C.N. Woods, N.S. Krasheninnikova, S.C. Hsu, D.W. Schmidt, E.S. Dodd, Alex Zylstra, B. Scheiner, P. McKenty, E.M. Campbell, D. Froula, R. Betti, T. Michel Preview Abstract

Session PO8: Magneto-Inertial Fusion I

Chair: Uri Shumlak, University of Washington
Room: 203C

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO8.00001: Stagnation morphology in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion experiments M. R. Gomez, E. C. Harding, D. J. Ampleford, C. A. Jennings, T. J. Awe, G. A. Chandler, M. E. Glinsky, K. D. Hahn, S. B. Hansen, B. Jones, P. F. Knapp, M. R. Martin, K. J. Peterson, G. A. Rochau, C. L. Ruiz, P. F. Schmit, D. B. Sinars, S. A. Slutz, M. R. Weis, E. P. Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO8.00002: Quantification of MagLIF stagnation morphology using the Mallat Scattering Transformation Michael Glinsky, Matthew Weis, Christopher Jennings, David Ampleford, Eric Harding, Patrick Knapp, Matthew Gomez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO8.00003: Multi-Objective data analysis using Bayesian Inference for MagLIF experiments Patrick Knapp, Michael Glinksy, Matthew Evans, Matth Gom, Stephanie Han, Eric Harding, Steve Slutz, Kelly Hahn, Adam Harvey-Thompson, Matthias Geissel, David Ampleford, Christopher Jennings, Paul Schmit, Ian Smith, Jens Schwarz, Kyle Peterson, Brent Jones, Gregory Rochau, Daniel Sinars Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO8.00004: MagLIF Pre-Heat Optimization on the PECOS Surrogacy Platform Matthias Geissel, A.J. Harvey-Thompson, D. Ampleford, T.J. Awe, D.E. Bliss, M.E. Glinsky, M.R. Gomez, E. Harding, S.B. Hansen, C. Jennings, M.W. Kimmel, P.F. Knapp, S.M. Lewis, K. Peterson, G.A. Rochau, M. Schollmeier, J. Schwarz, J.E. Shores, S.A. Slutz, D.B. Sinars, I.C. Smith, C.S. Speas, R.A. Vesey, M.R. Weis, J.L. Porter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:48PM - 3:00PM		PO8.00005: A New Laser Preheat Protocol For Maglif M.R. Weis, A.J. Harvey-Thompson, M. Geissel, C.A. Jennings, K.J. Peterson, M.E. Glinsky, T.J. Awe, D.E. Bliss, M.R. Gomez, E.C. Harding, S.B. Hansen, M.W. Kimmel, P.F. Knapp, S.M. Lewis, J.L. Porter, G.A. Rochau, M. Schollmeier, J. Schwarz, J.E. Shores, S.A. Slutz, D.B. Sinars, I.C. Smith, C.S. Speas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO8.00006: Study of laser preheating dependence on laser wavelength and intensity for MagLIF M.S. Wei, A.J. Harvey-Thompson, M. Glinsky, T. Nagayama, M. Weis, M. Geissel, K. Peterson, J. Fooks, C. Krauland, E. Giraldez, J. Davies, E.M. Campbell, R. Bahr, D. Edgell, C. Stoeckl, V. Glebov, J. Emig, R. Heeter, D. Strozzi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO8.00007: Laser heating and temperature distribution in MagLIF experiments K.R. Carpenter, R.C. Mancini, E.C. Harding, A. Harvey-Thompson, M. Geissel, K. Peterson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO8.00008: Experimental Observation of the Stratified Electrothermal Instability on Dielectric-Coated Thick Aluminum Trevor Hutchinson, Thomas Awe, Bruno Bauer, Kevin Yates, Edmund Yu, William Yelton, Stephan Fuelling Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 3:36PM - 3:48PM		PO8.00009: Development of the striation and filament form of the electrothermal instability Edmund Yu, T.J. Awe, W.G. Yelton, B.B. McKenzie, K.J. Peterson, B.S. Bauer, T.M. Hutchinson, S. Fuelling, K.C. Yates, G. Shipley Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		PO8.00010: Experimental Study of Magnetic Field Production and Dielectric Breakdown of Auto-Magnetizing Liners Gabriel Shipley, Thomas Awe, Trevor Hutchinson, Brian Hutsel, Stephen Slutz, Derek Lamppa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:00PM - 4:12PM		PO8.00011: Enhancing Neutron Yield in Cylindrical Implosions with an Applied Magnetic Field J.L. Peebles, J.R. Davies, D.H. Barnak, R. Betti, V.Yu. Glebov, J.P. Knauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:12PM - 4:24PM		PO8.00012: Fuel Areal-Density Measurements in Laser-Driven Magnetized Inertial Fusion from Secondary Neutrons J.R. Davies, D.H. Barnak, R. Betti, V.Yu. Glebov, J.P. Knauer, J.L. Peebles Preview Abstract

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