Bulletin of the American Physical Society

62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 65, Number 11

Monday–Friday, November 9–13, 2020; Remote; Time Zone: Central Standard Time, USA

Invited Speakers

Adamovich, Igor Ohio State Univ - Columbus	Session GI01.00004 Laser Diagnostics for Nanosecond Pulse and Hybrid Plasmas: Electrical and Chemical Properties
Adrian, Patrick Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT	Session PI01.00003 Measurements of ion-electron equilibration utilizing low-velocity ion stopping in High Energy Density Plasmas at OMEGA
Amendt, Peter Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session KI02.00004 Progress in High Capsule-Energy-Coupling Studies on the NIF Using Advanced Hohlraums
Austin, Max University of Texas at Austin	Session NI02.00005 Reactor-friendly core and boundary of DIII-D diverted negative triangularity plasmas with persistent L-mode edge
Baalrud (Stix winner), Scott D. University of Iowa	Session GI01.00005 Effective Field Theories Motivated by Applications in Low-Temperature Plasmas
Beidler, Matthew Oak Ridge National Lab	Session TI02.00001 Spatially-dependent simulation of runaway electron mitigation experiments on DIII-D
Belli, Emily General Atomics - San Diego	Session BI02.00004 Strong Reversal of Simple Isotope Scaling Laws in Tokamak Edge Turbulence
Benedetti, Carlo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Session NI01.00001 Ion Motion, Hosing Suppression, and Beam Quality Preservation in Plasma-Based Accelerators
Bernstein, David University of Iowa	Session GI01.00006 Friction Force in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas
Biswas, Bodhi Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT	Session JI01.00005 Study of turbulence-induced refraction of Lower Hybrid waves using synthetic SOL blobs
Bonanomi, Nicola Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany	Session GI02.00005 Edge turbulent transport towards the L-H transition in ASDEX Upgrade and JET-ILW.
Bouman, Katherine Caltech	Session QI02.00001 Invited:Capturing the First Image of a Black Hole
Bruggeman, Peter University of Minnesota	Session FR01.00001 Low Temperature Plasma: A Unique Non-Equilibrium Environment
Cagas, Petr Virginia Tech	Session GI01.00003 Studies of plasma sheaths using novel numerical schemes with self-consistent emitting walls and full Fokker-Planck collisions
Callen, James University of Wisconsin - Madison	Session TI02.00005 MHD Transient Seeding of Disruptive Neoclassical Tearing Modes
Campbell, Paul Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Session PI01.00001 Liner Implosion Experiments Driven by a Dynamic Screw Pinch
Casey, Daniel Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session VI01.00003 The impact of low-mode areal-density non-uniformities in indirect-drive implosions at the National Ignition Facility
Cattell, Cynthia School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota	Session BI01.00003 Parker Solar Probe observations of quasi-periodic Type III radio waves: Evidence for modulation of electron acceleration in the corona
Celliers, Peter Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session PI01.00005 Compression of Deuterium Along Isentropes to Multi-TPa Pressures Measured with an Absolute Technique.
Ceurvorst, Luke University of Bordeaux	Session KI02.00002 Using X-Ray-Driven Shocks to Mitigate Laser Imprinting in a Novel Hybrid Design for Direct-Drive Laser Fusion
Chen, Chang-Chun University of California, San Diego	Session GI02.00001 Potential Vorticity Mixing in a Tangled Magnetic Field
Choi, Wilkie Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session JI01.00003 Explore and expand regimes of synergy with two frequencies of lower hybrid power
Couprie, Marie Emmanuelle Synchrotron SOLEIL	Session CI01.00005 Coupling of LPA e-beams into Undulators, as a Path Toward LPA-Driven FELs
Crandall, Linda University of Rochester	Session PI01.00006 Equation-of-state and transport properties of liquid and solid CO$_{\mathrm{2\thinspace }}$shock-compressed to 1 TPa and 93,000 K
Danielson, J. R. University of California San Diego	Session QI02.00002 Instability of an electron-plasma shear layer in a strain flow.
Ding, Siye Oak Ridge Assoc Univ	Session GI02.00003 The Role of Toroidal Rotation in the Very High Energy Confinement Observed in Super H-mode Experiments on DIII-D
Doeppner, Tilo Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Session ZI01.00006 X-ray Scattering Measurements from Near-Degenerate Plasmas at Gbar pressure at the National Ignition Facility
Dorf, Mikhail Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session BI02.00001 Continuum Gyrokinetic Simulations of Edge Plasmas in Single-Null Geometries
Duarte, Vinicius Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session ZI02.00002 Integrated two-dimensional quasilinear modeling of fast ion relaxation in tokamaks
Egle, Brian Oak Ridge National Lab	Session CT02.00001 A Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source for Near-Term Fusion Material Testing
Engel, Alexander University of Colorado, Boulder	Session TI01.00004 Quantum Algorithms for Efficient Classical Plasma Simulation
Ernst, D. R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Session NI02.00006 Favorable Core and Pedestal Transport Properties of the Wide Pedestal QH-Mode Regime
Farmer, William Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session PI01.00002 Validation of heat transport modeling using directly driven beryllium and gold spheres
Faure, Jerome LOA, CNRS-ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique	Session NI01.00002 Optimization of Electron Injection and Stable Long-Term Operation of a kHz Laser-Plasma Accelerator
Flanagan, K. University of Wisconsin - Madison	Session WI02.00003 High-$\beta$, Weakly Magnetized and Hall Dominated Plasma Couette Flow
Fletcher, Alex United States Naval Research Laboratory	Session DI02.00003 Characterizing Plasmas Produced by Hypervelocity Impacts in Space
Fruhling, Colton University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Session NI01.00004 Measuring Attosecond Electron Pulses with Coherent Nonlinear Thomson Scattering
Gao, Lan Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session NM11.00001 Magnetically Driven Collisionless Reconnection at Low Plasma Beta Using Novel Laser-Powered Capacitor Coils
Garland, Nathan Los Alamos National Laboratory	Session TI02.00002 The physics of how a minority runaway electron population can dominate the charge state balance and radiative cooling of a post thermal quench plasma
Ghim, Young-chul Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Session NI02.00001 Experimental observations on energy flow from low frequency electromagnetic components to broadband turbulence via nonlinear couplings during ELM crashes
Gomez, Thomas Sandia National Laboratories	Session ZI01.00003 The Effect of Electron Capture on Spectral Line Broadening in Hot Dense Plasmas
Haines, Brian Los Alamos National Laboratory	Session VI01.00002 Experiments and simulations to understand the impact of engineering features on Inertial Confinement Fusion implosions
Hall, Gareth Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session ZI01.00005 Measurement of mix at the fuel-ablator interface in indirectly-driven capsule implosions on the NIF
Hanson, Jeremy Columbia University	Session TI02.00006 Non-ideal stability and control of ITER baseline demonstration discharges
Harding, Eric Sandia National Laboratories	Session ZI01.00001 Narrowband Self-Emission Imaging of MagLIF Targets on Z
Haskey, Shaun Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session GI02.00002 Main-ion Thermal Transport in High Performance DIII-D Edge Transport Barriers
Hatch, David Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin	Session BI02.00003 Understanding pedestal transport through gyrokinetic and edge modeling
Helander, Per Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics	Session VI01.00005 Understanding energy confinement in Wendelstein 7-X
Hu, Qiming Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session NI02.00004 Predicting operational windows of ELMs suppression by Resonant Magnetic Perturbations in the DIII-D and KSTAR tokamaks.
Humbird, Kelli Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session TI01.00003 Cognitive Simulation Models for Inertial Confinement Fusion: Combining Simulation and Experimental Data
Izzo, Valerie Fiat Lux - San Diego	Session TI02.00003 MHD modeling of dispersive shell-pellet injection as an alternative disruption-mitigation technique
Jaeggli, Sarah National Solar Observatory	Session DI02.00001 Observing Solar Plasma Environments with DKIST
Jian, Xiang University of California, San Diego	Session BI02.00005 Destabilization of High-Field-Side Micro-Instabilities by Large Shafranov Shift in Present and Future Devices
Juno, James University of Maryland, College Park	Session BI01.00004 A Deep Dive into the Distribution Function: Understanding Phase Space Dynamics Using Continuum Vlasov-Maxwell Simulations
Kerr, Shaun Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Session CI01.00004 Development of Bright MeV X-ray Sources with Compound Parabolic Concentrator Targets on Petawatt Class Lasers
Kettle, Brendan Imperial College London	Session CI01.00001 Single-shot multi-keV X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrashort laser wakefield accelerator source
Killian, Thomas Rice Univ	Session QI02.00003 Laser-driven and Magnetized Ultracold Neutral Plasmas
Kirchen, Manuel University of Hamburg	Session NI01.00006 Narrow energy spread electron beams from a laser plasma accelerator
Korreck, Kelly Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	Session AR01.00001 Parker Solar Probe: Exploring the Sun as a Plasma Experiment.
Kritcher, Andrea Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Session KI02.00003 Achieving Record Hot Spot Energies with the Largest HDC Implosions on NIF in HYBRID-E
Lees, Aarne University of Rochester	Session TI01.00005 Understanding the Fusion Yield and All of Its Dependencies Using Statistical Modeling of Experimental Data
Li, Xiaocan Dartmouth Coll	Session CM10.00001 Formation of Power-law Electron Energy Spectra in Three-dimensional Low-$\beta$ Magnetic Reconnection
Lomanowski, Bartosz Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Session WI02.00001 The role of the target electron temperature as a key detachment parameter in different JET-ILW divertor configurations
Lopez Ortega, Alejandro Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology	Session GI01.00001 Modeling and simulation of Hall thruster plasma discharges at JPL
Lunsford, Robert Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session JI01.00006 Confinement Improvement through Impurity Induced Profile Modification on W7-X.
Ma, Yong Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Session NI01.00003 Polarization-Dependent Self-Injection and Electron Beam Dynamics in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator
MacDonald, Michael Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session ZI01.00004 Developing x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy as a temperature diagnostic for high-energy-density physics experiments
Mandell, Noah Princeton University	Session BI02.00002 Investigating magnetic fluctuations in tokamak SOL turbulence using gyrokinetic simulations
Mannion, Owen Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester	Session KI02.00001 Mitigation of mode-one asymmetry in laser-direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions
Marozas, John University of Rochester	Session JT02.00001 Laser-Direct-Drive ICF---A Pathway to Ignition
Martin, Mike University of Maryland, College Park	Session JI01.00001 Impurity temperature screening in stellarators close to quasisymmetry
Mazzi, Samuele Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS PIIM, UMR 7345 Marseille, France - CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France	Session ZI02.00003 Turbulence Suppression by MeV-Range Fast Ions at ITER-Relevant Conditions in the JET Tokamak
Milder, Avram Lab for Laser Energetics	Session BI01.00005 Measurements of Electron Distribution Functions in Laser-Produced Plasmas Using Angularly Resolved Thomson Scattering
Mitrani, James Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Session JI01.00002 Evidence for thermonuclear neutron production from a sheared-flow stabilized (SFS) Z-pinch.
Mori, Warren B. Departments of Physics and Astronomy & Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles	Session SR01.00001 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Physics Talk: Simulations of Intense Laser and Beam Plasma Interactions, and Plasma Based Acceleration: Past, Present, and Future
Murphy, Nicholas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Session TI01.00002 Building Scientific Reproducibility into Plasma Research
Nie, Zan University of California, Los Angeles	Session NI01.00005 Ultra-short radiation generation from Mid IR-THz range using plasma wakes and relativistic ionization fronts
Nocente, Massimo Department of Physics, University of Milano-Bicocca	Session ZI02.00001 Alpha particle physics studies in JET D-$^{\mathrm{3}}$He plasmas in preparation for D-T
Nogami, Sam West Virginia University	Session DI02.00002 Some auroral arcs last all night: An unresolved theoretical challenge
Ofori-Okai, Benjamin SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab	Session PI01.00004 First DC electrical conductivity measurements of warm dense matter using ultrafast THz radiation
Pak, Arthur Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session VI01.00001 Impact of localized radiative loss in inertial confinement fusion implosions
Palastro, John University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics	Session MR01.00001 Laser-Plasma Interactions Driven by Spatiotemporally Structured Light Pulses
Park, Hye-Sook Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session PT02.00001 Studying materials under extreme states of high-energy density compression
Peebles, Jonathan Laboratory for Laser Energetics	Session CI01.00003 Axial Proton Radiography of Electric and Magnetic Fields Inside Laser-Driven Coils
Qin, Hong Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University	Session TI01.00006 Structure-Preserving, Geometric, Particle-in-Cell Algorithms for Tokamaks
Reiman, Allan Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session JI01.00004 Suppression of Magnetic Islands and Avoidance of Disruptions via RF Current Condensation
Richardson, A. S. United States Naval Research Laboratory	Session GI01.00002 Low-Temperature Plasmas Generated by Intense Electron Beams
Ruby, John Lab for Laser Energetics	Session VI01.00004 Bayesian Inference of Energy Transfer in Gigabar Convergent Experiments
Ruzic, David University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Session VT02.00001 Lithium: A Path to Make Fusion Energy Affordable
Schaeuble, Marc-Andre Sandia National Laboratories	Session ZI01.00002 Constraining Stellar Evolution through Helium Spectral Line Broadening Experiments at Sandia National Laboratories' Z-Machine
Schmit, Paul Sandia National Laboratories	Session YR01.00001 Magneto-Inertial Fusion: A Promising Path Toward Burning Plasmas in the Laboratory
Schmitz, Lothar University of California, Los Angeles	Session GI02.00006 Reducing the L-H Power Threshold in ITER - What Can We Learn from Microscopic Transition Physics?
Shi (Rosenbluth winner), Yuan Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session TI01.00001 Plasma Physics in Strong-Field Regimes
Stewart, Ian Columbia University	Session GI02.00004 Suppression of ITG Turbulence Due to Spectral Shift During Biasing Induced H-mode on HBT-EP
Sun, Zhen Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Session NI02.00002 On-demand destabilization of edge turbulence and robust ELM elimination with Boron powder injection in EAST
Sutcliffe, Graeme Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT	Session QI02.00004 Experiments on the dynamics and scaling of spontaneous-magnetic-field saturation in laser-produced plasmas
Sweeney, Ryan MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center	Session TI02.00004 3D Radiation Analysis Following Shattered Pellet Injection in JET and Progress Towards Understanding the Radiation Shortfall
Tang, Shawn University of California, Los Angeles	Session ZI02.00005 Stabilization of Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmodes in DIII-D via Controlled Energetic Ion Density Ramp and Validation of Theory and Simulations
Tolman, Elizabeth Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT	Session ZI02.00004 Drift kinetic formulation of alpha particle transport by tokamak MHD perturbations
Turco, Francesca Columbia University	Session VI01.00006 The physics basis to integrate an MHD stable, high-power core to a cool divertor for steady-state reactor operation
Velli, Marco UCLA	Session BI01.00002 Large amplitude Alfvénic turbulence, Switchbacks and the Acceleration of the Solar Wind.
Vogman, Genia Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Session DI02.00004 Large Gyroradius Effects on Gradient-Driven Plasma Instabilities
Wang, Huiqian General Atomics - San Diego	Session WI02.00004 First Observation of A Fully Detached Divertor with Natural Compatibility with A High Confinement Plasma State for Steady-state Operation
Wensing, Mirko Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne	Session WI02.00002 Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction
Wilcox, Robert Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Session NI02.00003 Pellet ELM triggering with low collisionality, peeling-limited pedestals in DIII-D
Williams, Jackson Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab	Session CI01.00006 Efficient electron acceleration and pair production using the NIF-ARC laser
Yoon, Young Dae California Institute of Technology	Session BI01.00006 How Hall electric fields intrinsically chaotize and heat ions during collisionless magnetic reconnection
Zank, Gary Univ of Alabama - Huntsville	Session BI01.00001 Turbulence Transport in the Solar Corona: Theory, Modeling, and Parker Solar Probe
Zhang, Shu Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego	Session CI01.00002 Hot Electron Generation and Laser--Plasma Instabilities in Shock Ignition Relevant Experiments
Zhou, Muni Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Session ZI02.00006 Multi-scale dynamics of magnetic flux tubes and inverse magnetic energy transfer
Zhu, Hongxuan PPPL and Princeton University	Session BI02.00006 Progress in theoretical understanding of the Dimits shift and the tertiary instability of drift waves

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62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 65, Number 11

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