Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2015 Annual Meeting of the APS Mid-Atlantic Section
Volume 60, Number 14
Friday–Sunday, October 23–25, 2015; Morgantown, West Virginia
Session B3: Plasma Physics - Fusion |
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Chair: Umair Siddiqui, West Virginia University Room: Waterfront Hotel Salon C |
Saturday, October 24, 2015 3:30PM - 4:06PM |
B3.00001: Progress and plans for NSTX Upgrade and prospects for next-step spherical tori Invited Speaker: Jonathan Menard The National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) Project at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory was recently completed and achieved first test plasma in August 2015. When fully operational, NSTX-U will be the most capable spherical torus (ST) facility in the world magnetic fusion program and will substantially broaden tokamak physics understanding. NSTX-U will expand access to plasma regimes with significant rotation and rotation-shear effects, and will access a unique regime of high plasma beta and reduced collisionality which will strongly influence plasma transport. The unique operating regimes of NSTX-U will also contribute to several important issues in the physics of burning plasmas. A major mission of NSTX-U is to develop the physics basis for ST-based fusion applications such as a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) or Pilot Plant. An ST-based FNSF has the promise of achieving the high neutron fluence needed for reactor component development and testing with relatively modest tritium consumption. Recent studies also indicate that tokamak Pilot Plants utilizing high-temperature superconductors may optimize near an intermediate aspect ratio of A $=$ 2 with several attractive physics and engineering design features. Progress and plans for NSTX-U research and prospects for next-step ST devices will be discussed. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, October 24, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM |
B3.00002: SCOAP3 and the Intellectual Contribution of the Mid-Atlantic Section Matthew Marsteller The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) is a successful global partnership of libraries, funding agencies and research centers. United States academic libraries, with the cooperation of publishers, have supported the SCOAP3 endeavor by redirecting funds to SCOAP3 previously spent on subscriptions to particle physics journals.~In turn, SCOAP3 negotiates with publishers to purchase their services for a set period of time - journals are selected via a bid process based on best offer and best quality criteria. The publishers then produce their journals as open access publications and provide SCOAP3 with copies for its repository.~Purchasing the services of the publishers in this manner allows libraries and the particle physics community to have leverage in controlling publication costs.~This presentation will both inform the audience about SCOAP3 and also delve into descriptive statistics of the Mid-Atlantic Section's intellectual contribution to particle physics via these open access journals. The descriptive statistics were generated using Web of Science\texttrademark and InCites\texttrademark . [Preview Abstract] |
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