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 YO4: Energetic Particles and Transport

Chair: Mario Podesta, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room: 201AB

Friday, October 27, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		YO4.00001: Hybrid simulation of fishbone instabilities in the EAST tokamak Wei Shen, Guoyong Fu, Feng Wang, Liqing Xu, Guoqiang Li, Chengyue Liu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		YO4.00002: Low-Frequency Fishbone Driven by Passing Fast Ions in Tokamak Plasmas Feng Wang, Limin Yu, G.Y. Fu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		YO4.00003: A Two Species Bump-On-Tail Model With Relaxation for Energetic Particle Driven Modes V. Aslanyan, M. Porkolab, S. E. Sharapov, D. A. Spong Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		YO4.00004: Nonlinear Dynamics of Fast-electron Driven Beta-induced Alfven eigenmode Junyi Cheng, Wenlu Zhang, Zhihong Lin, Ding Li Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		YO4.00005: Excitation of Low Frequency Alfven Eigenmodes in Toroidal Plasmas Zhihong Lin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		YO4.00006: Stimulated Emission of Fast Alfv\'{e}n Waves within Toroidally Confined Low Beta Fusion Plasmas James W S Cook, Richard O Dendy, Sandra C Chapman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		YO4.00007: Incorporating pedestals with feedback into sandpile models for fusion plasmas Craig Bowie, Matthew Hole Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		YO4.00008: Gyrokinetic simulations of DIII-D near-edge L-mode plasmas Tom Neiser, Frank Jenko, Troy Carter, Lothar Schmitz, Gabriele Merlo, Daniel Told, Alejandro Banon Navarro, George McKee, Zheng Yan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		YO4.00009: Abstract Withdrawn
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		YO4.00010: Can the Time-Spectral Method GWRM Advance Fusion Transport Modelling? Kristoffer Lindvall, Jan Scheffel Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		YO4.00011: ExB shear damping of geodesic acoustic mode in tokamak Rameswar Singh, Ozgur D Gurcan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		YO4.00012: Isotope and mixture effects on neoclassical transport in the pedestal Istvan Pusztai, Stefan Buller, John T. Omotani, Sarah L. Newton Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		YO4.00013: Understanding helium transport: experimental and theoretical investigations of low-Z impurity transport at ASDEX Upgrade Athina Kappatou, Clemente Angioni, Rachael M. McDermott, Pierre Manas, Thomas P{\"u}tterich, Ralph Dux, Cecilia Bruhn, Eleonora Viezzer, Marco Cavedon, Mike Dunne, Rainer Fischer, Giovanni Tardini Preview Abstract

Session YO6: Magnetized HEDP and HED Measurement/Diagnostic Techniques

Chair: Dan Sinars, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 202C

Friday, October 27, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		YO6.00001: Study of transport phenomena in laser-driven, non- equilibrium plasmas in the presence of external magnetic fields G. Elijah Kemp, D.A. Mariscal, G.J. Williams, B.E. Blue, J.D. Colvin, T.M. Fears, S.M. Kerr, M.J. May, J.D. Moody, D.J. Strozzi, H.J. LeFevre, S.R. Klein, C.C. Kuranz, M.J.-E. Manuel, D.C. Gautier, D.S. Montgomery Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		YO6.00002: Magnetic flux pile-up and ion heating in a current sheet formed by colliding magnetized plasma flows L. Suttle, J. Hare, S. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, N. Loureiro, N. Niasse, G. Burdiak, T. Clayson, T. Lane, T Robinson, R Smith, N. Stuart, F. Suzuki-Vidal Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		YO6.00003: Validation of non-local electron heat conduction model for radiation MHD simulation in magnetized laser plasma Hideo Nagatomo, Kazuki Matsuo, Pilippe Nicolai, Takashi Asahina, Shinsuke Fujioka Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		YO6.00004: Laser-Plasma Modeling Using PERSEUS Extended-MHD Simulation Code for HED Plasmas Nathaniel Hamlin, Charles Seyler Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		YO6.00005: Development of experiments for high-intensity laser plasma interaction in a magnetic field of the pulsed power generator V. V. Ivanov, K. J. Swanson, A. V. Maximov, R. Betti, H. Sawada, R. C. Mancini, Y. Sentoku, P. P. Wiewior, A. L. Astanovitskiy, V. Nalajala, O. Chalyy, O. Dmitriev, N. Wong Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		YO6.00006: PDV based technique for probing AK gap plasma in Z Machine target loads Andrew Porwitzky, Daniel Dolan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		YO6.00007: X-ray Spectropolarimetry of Z-pinch Plasmas with a Single-Crystal Technique Matt Wallace, Showera Haque, Paul Neill, Nino Pereira, Radu Presura Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:54AM - 11:06AM		YO6.00008: Picosecond Time-Resolved Temperature and Density Measurements with K-Shell Spectroscopy C.R. Stillman, P.M. Nilson, S.T. Ivancic, C. Mileham, D.H. Froula, I.E. Golovkin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		YO6.00009: The Simultaneous Combination of Phase Contrast Imaging with In Situ X-ray diffraction from Shock Compressed Matter Emma Elizabeth McBride, Frank Seiboth, Leora Cooper, Mungo Frost, Sebastian Goede, Marion Harmand, Abe Levitan, David McGonegle, Kohei Miyanishi, Norimasa Ozaki, Melanie Roedel, Peihao Sun, Justin Wark, Jerry Hastings, Siegfried Glenzer, Luke Fletcher Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		YO6.00010: Strategies for Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction of Phase Transitions with Laser Compression Laura Robin Benedetti, J. H. Eggert, D. K. Bradley, P. M. Bell, J. D. Kilkenny, N. Palmer, R. B. Petre, J. R. Rygg, C. Sorce, G. W. Collins, T. R. Boehly Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		YO6.00011: Studies of soft x-ray transmission through grid supported CH layers J.S. Davis, P.A. Keiter, S.R. Klein, Y. Frank, R.P. Drake, D. Shvarts Preview Abstract

Session YO7: Hydrodynamic Instability II/Compression and Burn III

Chair: Channing Huntington, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Room: 203AB

Friday, October 27, 2017 9:30AM - 9:42AM		YO7.00001: A Model for the Growth of Localized Shell Features in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions V.N. Goncharov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:42AM - 9:54AM		YO7.00002: Fill Tube Dynamics in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions with High Density Carbon Ablators Kevin Baker, Cliff Thomas, Tom Dittrich, Chris Weber, Tod Woods, Chris Mauche, Dan Casey, Shahab Khan, Matthias Hohenberger, Brian Spears, Charles Yeamans, John Moody, Alastair Moore, Nathan Meezan, Benjamin Bachmann, Robin Benedetti, Niko Izumo, Tammy Ma, Sabrina Nagel, Art Pak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 9:54AM - 10:06AM		YO7.00003: Design options for reducing the impact of the fill-tube in ICF implosion experiments on the NIF Christopher R. Weber, L.F. Berzak Hopkins, D.T. Casey, D.S. Clark, B.A. Hammel, S. Le Pape, A. MacPhee, J. Milovich, L.A. Pickworth, H.F. Robey, V.A. Smalyuk, M. Stadermann, S.J. Felker, A. Nikroo, C.A. Thomas, J. Crippen, N. Rice Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:06AM - 10:18AM		YO7.00004: Mitigate the tent-induced perturbation in ignition capsules by supersonic radiation propagation Zhensheng Dai, Jianfa Gu, Wudi Zheng Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:18AM - 10:30AM		YO7.00005: A comparison of hydro-instabilities in CH, HDC, and beryllium ablators on NIF V. A. Smalyuk, H. F. Robey, S. Ali, L. F. Berzak Hopkins, D. T. Casey, P. M. Celliers, D. S. Clark, S. J. Felker, J. E. Field, S. W. Haan, B. A. Hammel, W. W. Hsing, J. J. Kroll, O. L. Landen, S. LePape, A. G. MacPhee, D. Martinez, J. Milovich, A. Nikroo, L. Pickworth, M. Stadermann, C. R. Weber, J. Kline, E. Loomis, A. Yi Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:30AM - 10:42AM		YO7.00006: High-resolution Imaging of Deuterium-Tritium Capsule Implosions on the National Ignition Facility Benjamin Bachmann, Ryan Rygg, Gilbert Collins, Pravesh Patel Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 10:42AM - 10:54AM		YO7.00007: Direct-Drive DT Cryogenic Implosion Performance with a Fill Tube S.P. Regan, D. Cao, V.N. Goncharov, K.S. Anderson, R. Betti, M.J. Bonino, E.M. Campbell, T.J.B. Collins, R. Epstein, C.J. Forrest, V.Yu. Glebov, D. Harding, S.X. Hu, I.V. Igumenshchev, J.A. Marozas, F.J. Marshall, P.W. McKenty, P.B. Radha, T.C. Sangster, C. Stoeckl, R.W. Luo, A. Tambazidis, M.E. Schoff, M. Farrell Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		YO7.00008: Diffusive tunneling for alleviating Knudsen-layer reactivity reduction under hydrodynamic mix Xianzhu Tang, Chris McDevitt, Zehua Guo Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:06AM - 11:18AM		YO7.00009: Sensitivity of Gas-Ablator Mix to Shock Merger Depth in 2-Shock Symcaps at the National Ignition Facility T. Ma, S. A. MacLaren, J. D. Salmonson, D. Ho, S. F. Khan, L. Masse, J. E. Pino, J. E. Ralph, C. Czajka, R. E. Tipton, G. A. Kyrala Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:18AM - 11:30AM		YO7.00010: Update on 2-D OMEGA Capsule Implosions Paul Bradley Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:30AM - 11:42AM		YO7.00011: Effect of Symmetry on Performance of Imploding Capsules using the Big Foot Design Shahab Khan, Daniel Casey, Kevin Baker, Cliff Thomas, Ryan Nora, Brian Spears, Laura Benedetti, Nobuhiko Izumi, Tammy Ma, Sabrina Nagel, Arthur Pak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:42AM - 11:54AM		YO7.00012: Initial Findings on Hydrodynamic Scaling Extrapolations of National Ignition Facility BigFoot Implosions R. Nora, J. E. Field, J. Luc Peterson, B. Spears, M. Kruse, K. Humbird, J. Gaffney, P. T. Springer, S. Brandon, S. Langer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 11:54AM - 12:06PM		YO7.00013: Using deep neural networks to augment NIF post-shot analysis Kelli Humbird, Luc Peterson, Ryan McClarren, John Field, Jim Gaffney, Michael Kruse, Ryan Nora, Brian Spears Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:06PM - 12:18PM		YO7.00014: Statistical Relations for Yield Degradation in Inertial Confinement Fusion K.M. Woo, R. Betti, D. Patel, V. Gopalaswamy Preview Abstract
Friday, October 27, 2017 12:18PM - 12:30PM		YO7.00015: Definition of Ignition in Inertial Confinement Fusion A.R. Christopherson, R. Betti 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

Session Index

Session YO4: Energetic Particles and Transport

Session YO6: Magnetized HEDP and HED Measurement/Diagnostic Techniques

Session YO7: Hydrodynamic Instability II/Compression and Burn III

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