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

Session Index

Session JP13: Poster Session: Undergraduate Research (2:00pm - 5:00pm)

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

		JP13.00001: Analytic and Computational Exploration of Stellarator Coil Optimization John Ball, Stuart Hudson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00002: EPPS measurements of particle acceleration due to magnetically driven reconnection using laser-powered capacitor coils Omar French, A. Chien, L. Gao, H. Ji, K. Hill, J. Fuchs, A. Fazzini, S. Chen, P. Bleotu, R. Takizawa, A. Rasmus, S. Klein, X.X. Yuan, H. Chen Preview Abstract
		JP13.00003: Investigation of Powder Injection Using Segmented Electrodes Theophilus Human, Ahmed Diallo Preview Abstract
		JP13.00004: Generating Stellarator fields using complex hypersphere coordinates Kirstin Koepnick, Chris Smiet, Ben Israeli Preview Abstract
		JP13.00005: Temperature Effects on Relief Pressure of Helium Bubbles in Tungsten Brandon F. Lee, Karl D. Hammond Preview Abstract
		JP13.00006: Improved Vertical Stability Model for NSTX-U M.G. Nigh, D.J. Battaglia, M.D. Boyer Preview Abstract
		JP13.00007: Modeling Atomic and Molecular Plasma Processes During Startup of PFRC-2 Grant Rutherford, Eugene Evans, Samuel Cohen Preview Abstract
		JP13.00008: Two Fluid, Ten Moment Simulations of Temperature Anisotropy Driven Instabilities in the Solar Wind Ethan Bair, Jason TenBarge, James Juno, Ammar Hakim Preview Abstract
		JP13.00009: Testing H-mode pedestal transport models through predictive simulations Nigel DaSilva, Walter Guttenfelder Preview Abstract
		JP13.00010: Electron Temperature Measurement using Collisional Radiative Model in PFRC-II Christopher Jakuback Preview Abstract
		JP13.00011: Langmuir probe data interpretation with a neural network Matthew Lazo, Xin Zhang, Francesca Poli Preview Abstract
		JP13.00012: Large Scale Simulations of Plasma Facing Component Boronization Aaditya Rau, Sierra Jubin, Omesh Dwivedi, Igor Kaganovich Preview Abstract
		JP13.00013: GPU-Accelerated 2D Kinetic Modeling of Transport in a Hall Thruster Channel Arjun Agarwal, Andrew Powis, Stephane Ethier, Igor Kaganovich, Alex Khaneles, Johan Carlsson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00014: Machine Learning for Shot Classification Milan Wolff Preview Abstract
		JP13.00015: Behavior of the Solar Near-Surface Shear Layer Kayleigh Johnson, Erik Gilson, Maarit Käpylä, Atefeh Barekat Preview Abstract
		JP13.00016: Progress in numerical implementation of metaplectic geometrical optics Sean M. Donnelly, Nicolas Lopez, I. Y. Dodin Preview Abstract
		JP13.00017: Position Tolerance of Permanent Magnets and Reduction of Magnetic Islands in the Stellarator MUSE Amelia Chambliss, Tony Qian, Caoxiang Zhu Preview Abstract
		JP13.00018: Studies of Ion Incident Angle Distributions for Different Plasma Configurations Jessica Eskew, Shota Abe, Bruce E. Koel Preview Abstract
		JP13.00019: Measuring Electromagnetic Fields in Laboratory Plasmas Using Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electrons Carlton Kim, Will Fox, Derek Schaeffer, Sophia Malko, Courtney Johnson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00020: 3D Coil Design Using Splines for Simplified Maintenance in Fusion Devices. Nicola Lonigro, Caoxiang Zhu Preview Abstract
		JP13.00021: Building a Fokker-Planck Solver using the MFEM Finite Element Library Benjamin Antognetti, Syun'ichi Shiraiwa, Nicola Bertelli Preview Abstract
		JP13.00022: Machine learning modeling and analysis of temperature and density profiles on NSTX and NSTX-U Jason Chadwick, Mark D. Boyer Preview Abstract
		JP13.00023: Driven steady states and neutral-induced dynamics in flowing plasmas. Elena L. Mitra, Elijah J. Kolmes, Mikhail E. Mlodik, Ian E. Ochs, Nathaniel Fisch, Tal Rubin Preview Abstract
Not Participating		JP13.00024: Implementing the Advanced Annular Couette Centrifuge Method to Optimize Liquid Centrifugation Debra Ellen Kranzlin, Erik Gilson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00025: Calculation of Runaway Electron Formation in Tokamak Thermal Quench Including Electron-Electron Collisions~~ David Abramovitch, Chang Liu, Dylan Brennan Preview Abstract
		JP13.00026: A Practical Method for Extraction of Orbital Energy Matthew Proctor, Kevin Ji, Erik Gilson, Eric Blackman, Hantao Ji Preview Abstract
		JP13.00027: Analyzing Proton Radiographs of Turbulent Transport in Magnetized HED Plasmas C. Johnson, W. Fox, D. Schaeffer, S. Malko, C. Kim Preview Abstract
Not Participating		JP13.00028: Temperature Programmed~Desorption Upgrade for the Sample Exposure Probe for LTX-$\beta $ Surface Analysis U.D. Eze, A. Maan, E.T. Ostrowski, S. Abe, B.E. Koel Preview Abstract
		JP13.00029: Effectiveness of ELM mitigation techniques in reducing tungsten erosion rates during ELMs Alec Cacheris, Tyler Abrams, Andrea Garofalo, Ezekial Unterberg, Larry Baylor, Oliver Schmitz Preview Abstract
		JP13.00030: Correlation of divertor heat flux widths with upstream SOL profiles in DIII-D Jeremy Mateja, Anthony Leonard, Filippo Scotti Preview Abstract
		JP13.00031: Stability Analysis for Advanced Tokamak Plasmas on DIII-D M.W. Aslin, K.E. Thome, B.S. Victor Preview Abstract
		JP13.00032: Extended Atomic Physics in FISASIM. Tin Do, W. W. Heidbrink, L. Stagner Preview Abstract
		JP13.00033: Passive 3D Coil Design to Protect Tokamaks from the Threat of Runaway Electrons Collin Dunn, David Weisberg Preview Abstract
		JP13.00034: The Impact of Resonant Magnetic Perturbation Strength on the L-H Power Threshold Michael Hanson, Todd Evans, Dmitri Orlov, Brian Grierson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00035: Wave Redux: Multiple Passes of EC Waves through the DIII-D Tokamak Kush Maheshwari, C.C. Petty, R.I. Pinsker, Xi Chen Preview Abstract
		JP13.00036: Machine Learning Noise-Reduction Signal Processing Techniques for DIII-D LLAMA Diagnostic J. C. Spendlove, F. M. Laggner, A. Bortolon Preview Abstract
		JP13.00037: Prediction of DIII-D pedestal density structure from externally controllable parameters Emi Zeger, Florian Laggner, Alessandro Bortolon, Cristina Rea, Jin Jin Zhao Preview Abstract
		JP13.00038: Optimization of accelerator grid potentials in the DIII-D neutral beam source using numerical simulations Hayden Frye, Sara Saib, Brendan Crowley Preview Abstract
		JP13.00039: Simulating Re-ionization of the Neutral Beams in the Drift Duct Region of the DIII-D Tokamak S.M. Saib, H.C. Frye, B.J. Crowley, J.M. Rauch Preview Abstract
		JP13.00040: Automated Hohlraum Inspection Ryan Espinosa, Matthew Quinn, Kurt Boehm Preview Abstract
		JP13.00041: Image Processing for the Analysis and Optimization of 2PP Additive Manufactured Microstructures Yingyi Huang, Zac Gavin Preview Abstract
		JP13.00042: Spatial-mode Analysis of Blast-wave-driven Hydrodynamic-instability Growth M. Klonowski, M. Manuel, B. Albertazzi, M. Koenig, P. Mabey, T. Pikuz, G. Rigon, A. Casner, V. Bouffetier Preview Abstract
		JP13.00043: Optimization of Polishing Techniques to Reduce Foil Thickness Variation. Nina Langley, Wendi Sweet, Eduardo Marin Preview Abstract
		JP13.00044: Utilizing Python and Computer Vision to Automate X-ray Image Acquisition of Capsules used at the National Ignition Facility Jihyun Lee, Casey Kong Preview Abstract
		JP13.00045: Particle Confinement Structures in Relaxed Taylor States Miriam Moore, M. R. Brown, A. D. Light Preview Abstract
		JP13.00046: Studying the Relaxation and Merging of Taylor State Plasma with the Dedalus Computational Framework Ercong Luo, Michael Brown Preview Abstract
		JP13.00047: Particle Tracing and Confinement Analysis in the Harris Sheet Shouzhuo Yang, Michael Brown, Adam Light Preview Abstract
		JP13.00048: Sub-Nanosecond Pulsed Power Source for an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Brian Henning, Dzafer Camdzic, Shalese Lovell, Adam Light Preview Abstract
		JP13.00049: Optical Emission Spectroscopy Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Species Dzafer Camdzic, Adam Light, Shalese Lovell, Brian Henning, Anni Zettl Preview Abstract
		JP13.00050: Organic Molecule Degradation by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets Using Commercially Available Circuitry Shalese Lovell, Adam Light, Dzafer Camdzic, Logan Henning, Anni Zettl Preview Abstract
		JP13.00051: Study of formation of solar coronal jets by 3D MHD simulations Joshua Latham, Elena Belova, Masaaki Yamada Preview Abstract
		JP13.00052: Exploring the Experimental Parameters of a Future Radiative Shock/Shear Experiment Julian Kinney, Matthew Trantham, Griffin Cearley, Carolyn Kuranz Preview Abstract
		JP13.00053: Harnessing Orbital Energy Kevin Ji, Eric Gilson, Erik Blackman, Hantao Ji, Matthew Proctor Preview Abstract
		JP13.00054: Terahertz Radiation Produced in Mid-IR Laser-driven Electron Acceleration Ela Rockafellow, Daniel Woodbury, Robert Schwartz, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
		JP13.00055: Production of synthetic phase contrast images for comparison with CRASH radiograph output Connor Todd, Matthew Trantham, Alexander Thomas, Yong Ma, Mario Balcazar, Felicie Albert, Nuno Lemos, Paul King, Stuart Mangles, Brendan Kettle, Cary Colgan, Eva Los, Hai-En Tsai, Tobias Ostermayr, Cameron Geddes, Carl Schroeder, Thomas Schenkel, Eric Esaray, Carolyn Kuranz Preview Abstract
		JP13.00056: A Non-Invasive Method to Measure Magnetic Field from Emission Diagnostics in WIRX J. Tannous, D. Craig, C. Adams, S. McKay, M. McMillan, M. Rak Preview Abstract
		JP13.00057: A Simple XUV Spectrometer for Z-Pinch Experiments Veronica Eudave Preview Abstract
		JP13.00058: Neutron Diagnostic System Redesign Marcus Holley Preview Abstract
		JP13.00059: Ion Particle Transport in DIII-D H-Mode Plasmas Kiera McKay, Saskia Mordijck Preview Abstract
		JP13.00060: Performance of Components of the DIII-D ECCD Top Launch System W. Valkis, P. Simmerling, A. Trujillo, M. Cengher, J. Lohr, J. Doane, M. Brookman, D. Su, H. Torreblanca Preview Abstract
		JP13.00061: Energy Dissipation at the onset of polarity switching in the PK-4 experiment Zachary Howe, Jeremiah Williams, Lori Scott, Uwe Konopka, Edward Thomas, Jr., Michael Kretschmer, Markus Thoma, Mikhail Pustylnik, Hubertus Thomas Preview Abstract
		JP13.00062: Numerical studies of energy transport in dusty plasma monolayer Rahul Banka, Emerson Gher, Evdokiya Kostadinova, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde, Joshua Padgett, Constanze Liaw Preview Abstract
		JP13.00063: Analysis of Dust Acoustic / Dust Density Waves in Magnetized Plasmas W. L. A. Burdett, E Thomas Preview Abstract
		JP13.00064: Reversal of microparticle motion at the onset of polarity switching in ground-based PK-4 experiments N Ferris, L Scott, E Thomas, U Konopka, J Williams, M Pustylnik, H Thomas Preview Abstract
		JP13.00065: Smart dusty plasma liquids on the International Space Station Emerson Gehr, Evelyn Guay, Martin Lechuga, Evdokiya Kostadinova, Marlene Rosenberg, Peter Hartmann, Jorge Carmona-Reyes, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde Preview Abstract
		JP13.00066: Using Reduced Order Modeling to Understand the Physics of Injection in Laser Wakefield Acceleration Andre Antoine Preview Abstract
		JP13.00067: Hydroscaling and Alpha Heating in High Adiabat Layered Implosions Kevin Baker, Oggie Jones, Steve MacLaren, Patel Prav, Debbie Callahan, Omar Hurricane, Dan Casey, Mathias Hohenberger, Shahab Khan, Annie Kritcher, Riccardo Tommasini, Eddie Dewald, Brian Spears, Tilo Doeppner, Alex Zylstra, Nino Landen, Dan Clark, Chris Weber, Ben Bachmann, Richard Bionta, Kelly Hahn, David Fittinghoff, David Schlossberg, Marie Gatu-Johnson, Petr Volegov Preview Abstract
		JP13.00068: Broadband Microwave Emission from Laser Plasmas Generated in Water Droplets Anna Janicek, Jennifer Elle, Adrian Lucero, Alexander Englesbe, Andreas Schmitt-Sody Preview Abstract
		JP13.00069: Geant4 Simulations for MRS Neutron Spectrometers on OMEGA and the NIF Bryan Sperry, Timothy Johnson, Brandon Lahmann, Maria Gatu Johnson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00070: Simulations advancing 2D Laser Driven Shock Experiments Raymond Li, Patrick Adrian, Graeme Sutcliffe, Timothy Johnson, Keith Nelson, Thomas Pezeril, Steven Kooi, Richard Petrasso, Chikang Li Preview Abstract
		JP13.00071: Optimization of Supersonic Gas Jet Density Profiles for Laser-Plasma Target Production Ocean Zhou, Hai-En Tsai, Tobias Ostermayr, Liona Fan-Chiang, Anthony Gonsalves, Alexander Laut, Robert Jacob, Cameron Geddes, Carl Schroeder, Eric Esarey Preview Abstract
		JP13.00072: CT Analysis of Double Shell Targets Abigail Louise Ferris, Lindsey Kuettner, Eric Loomis, Tana Cardenas, Paul Keiter Preview Abstract
		JP13.00073: Reel-To-Reel Contact Critical Current Measurement System for Superconductor Tape Testing Sreya Vangara Preview Abstract
		JP13.00074: Impact of Coil Design on Alpha Particle Confinement Jesse Cook, Andrew Ware, Aaron Bader, Chris Hegna Preview Abstract
		JP13.00075: Impact of varying neutral densities on turbulence and transport in LAPD Conor Perks, Saskia Mordijck, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		JP13.00076: Studying the Validity of 1D Models in Analyzing Transport in LAPD Reehan Siraj, Conor Perks, Saskia Mordijck, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		JP13.00077: Laser-pulse propagation and interaction with low-temperature electron-hole plasmas in nanowire arrays Rachel Cooper, Jeremy Gulley Preview Abstract
		JP13.00078: Magnetic Field Measurement Corrections for Double Probe and B-dot Design~~ Drue Hood-McFadden, Douglass Endrizzi, Cary Forest Preview Abstract
		JP13.00079: Verification and Study of Soliton Behavior of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes of a Non-Neutral Plasma Zan Aslett, Grant Hart Preview Abstract
		JP13.00080: Magnetic moment (non-)conservation for a pair plasma trap Annika Zettl, Stefan Ni\ss l, E. V. Stenson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00081: Measurements and Simulations of Bow Shocks in Laboratory Plasma Jets R. H. Dwyer, N. Hines, Shakiba Sadeghi, M. Gilmore Preview Abstract
		JP13.00082: The On-Axis Magnetic Well for Arbitrary Stellarator Geometries Patrick Kim, Rogerio Jorge, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		JP13.00083: Hybrid Stellarator Divertor Larry Luster, Jessica Simmons, Mia Williams, Halima Ali, Alkesh Punjabi, Allen Boozer Preview Abstract
		JP13.00084: Quasi-Helically Symmetric Stellarator Optimization with Poloidal Field Coils Haley Wilson, Andrew Ware, Aaron Bader, Chris Hegna Preview Abstract
		JP13.00085: Energetic Particle Confinement in Optimized Stellarators Anna Vonessen, Andrew Ware Preview Abstract
		JP13.00086: Neutral Density Profiles in the HSX Stellarator Zander Keith, Santhosh Kumar, Benedikt Geiger, Aaron Bader, David Anderson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00087: Creating Testing Procedures and Determining Location of 70 GHz Gyrotron in HSX Upgrade Grace Stanke, Alex Thornton, Benedikt Geiger, David Anderson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00088: Computing the Shape Gradient of Coil Complexity with Respect to the Plasma Boundary. Arthur Carlton-Jones, Elizabeth Paul, William Dorland Preview Abstract
		JP13.00089: Numerical study of neutral beam injection heating in the HSX stellarator Lance Henning, Michael Gerard, Benedikt Geiger, Santhosh Kumar Preview Abstract
		JP13.00090: Corrections to Energy Conservation When Including Density Variation in 2-Fluid Models Sage Stanish, Saskia Mordijck, Benjamin Dudson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00091: A Multi-Staged Biorthogonal Decomposition to Identify Spatial Mode Structures M.H. Rosen, R.N. Chandra, Y. Wei, I.G. Stewart, J.W. Brooks, J.P. Levesque, M.E. Mauel Preview Abstract
		JP13.00092: An Ultrahigh Energy-Range Thomson Parabola Spectrometer to Investigate Laser-Driven Proton-Ion Acceleration Benjamin Lawrence-Sanderson, Hernan Quevedo, Andrew Yandow, Ganesh Tiwari, Griffin D. Glenn, C. Grant Richmond, Michael Donovan, Todd Ditmire Preview Abstract
		JP13.00093: Exploring physics-based models for a multi-machine L-H power threshold database Audrey Saltzman, Jerry W. Hughes, Abhilash Mathews Preview Abstract
		JP13.00094: Turbulent density, Reynolds stress and vorticity measurements in the COMPASS tokamak edge plasma Anaheed Najmzadeh Preview Abstract
		JP13.00095: Electron Density Measurement using a Partially Covered Hairpin Resonator in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Yhoshua Wug, Xingchen Fan, Jia Han, Patrick Pribyl, Troy Carter Preview Abstract
		JP13.00096: Simulated Validation of the ITER XRCS Core using Ray-Tracing Algorithm Yevgeniy Yakusevich, Novimir Pablant, James Kring, Zhifeng Cheng, Maarten DeBock Preview Abstract
		JP13.00097: Investigation of Variable Radii Crystal Spectrometers for HEDP Applications Through X-Ray Raytracing Matt Slominski, Novimir Pablant, Manfred Bitter, Kenneth Hill, Lan Gao, Brian Kraus, James Kring, Yevgeniy Yakusevich Preview Abstract
		JP13.00098: Coordinate System Invariant Space Charge Limited Current for General Initial Velocity Jacob Halpern, Adam Darr, Allen Garner Preview Abstract
		JP13.00099: Collisionless Phase Space Equilibria Nathaniel Watkins, James Juno, Ammar Hakim, Jason TenBarge Preview Abstract
		JP13.00100: Optimal laser focusing for positron production in laser-electron scattering Oscar Amaro, Marija Vranic Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		JP13.00101: Implementing the Advanced Annular Couette Centrifuge Method to Optimize Liquid Centrifugation Debra Kranzlin, Erik Gilson Preview Abstract
		JP13.00102: Are Two Laser Pulses (With Half Energy) Better Than One for Ion Acceleration? Nashad Rahman, Brenden McHugh, Chris Orban Preview Abstract
		JP13.00103: Particle-in-Cell Simulation Code Comparison for 2D Laser Propagation Brendan McHugh, Nashad Rahman, Chris Orban Preview Abstract

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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

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