Program Structure

SessionContentRoom
RVReview PapersGrand Ballroom-Lobby Level
IA, IB Invited PapersGrand Ballroom-Lobby Level
IDDaytime SymposiaGrand Ballroom-Lobby Level
IF-AEvening SymposiaGrand Ballroom-Lobby Level
IF-BEvening SymposiaMajestic Ballroom-Majestic Level
IHHuman RightsSpruce Room-Mezzanine Level
IPPosters of Review and Invited PapersExhibit Hall - Concourse Level
EOral contributed papersMajestic Ballroom-Majestic Level
FOral contributed papersVail Room-Majestic Level
P,Q,R,SPoster contributed papersExhibit Hall - Concourse Level
TSupplemental contributed papersExhibit Hall - Concourse Level
UPostdeadline contributed papersExhibit Hall - Concourse Level
WK-AWorkshops Vail Room
WK-BWorkshops Grand Ballroom

Length of Talks

Note that review sessions begin at 8:15 a.m., and they are scheduled for a 50-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Each daytime invited presentation is scheduled for 25 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. Oral presentations are 10 minutes followed by 2 minutes for discussion. Special lunch and early evening programs are listed at their designated time.




SUNDAY EVENING, 10 NOVEMBER 1996, 18:00

Session 0WKA. Career Preparation Workshop Wantland. Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: Frank Wantland.

MONDAY MORNING, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 08:15

Session 1RV. Z Pinches as Intense X-Ray Sources for High Energy Density Physics Applications Matzen. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: N. Fisch, PPPL.

MONDAY MORNING, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 10:30

Session 1IA. Tokamak Impurities and Divertor I Batishchev, Krasheninnikov. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: D. Knoll, INEL.

Session 1E. Hydrodynamic Instability I Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: J. Dahlburg, NRL.

Session 1F. Radiation Plasma Applications, and Plasma Technology Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: C.M. Tang, NRL.

Session 1P. Transport/Numerical Simulations Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 1Q. Radiation and FEL Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 1R. Ideal and Resistive MHD Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 1S. TFTR Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

MONDAY MORNING, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 09:30

Session 1IB. Inertial Confinement Fusion Physics Knauer, Johnston, Kirkwood, Vu. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: B. MacGowan, LLNL.

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 14:00

Session 2IA. Laser Plasma Physics Meyerhofer, Gauthier, Shvets. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: A. Simon, Univ. of Rochester.

Session 2E. Light and Heavy Ions Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: M. Sweeney, Sandia Nat'l Lab.

Session 2F. DIII-D: Core Confinement and RF Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: S. Scott, PPPL.

Session 2P. Hohlrams and Ion Beam Physics Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 2Q. MHD and Transport Studies Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 2R. Spherical Tokamak, Spheromak, FRC Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 2S. MST, General RFP and Other Magnetic Configurations Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 15:30

Session 2IB. Reversed Shear I Synakowski, Beer, Dimits. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: S. Wolfe, MIT.

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 17:00

Session 2ID. Building a Base for Tomorrow: Seminar and Panel Discussion on Plasma Physics, Fusion and Washington Fulton, Haynes, Shannon, Smith. Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level, Adam's Mark. Chair: M. Haynes, General Atomics Washington DC Office.

MONDAY EVENING, 11 NOVEMBER 1996, 20:00

Session 2IFA. Symposium on ITER Physics. Wesley, DeBoo, Post, Neilson. Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level, Adam's Mark. Chair: F.W. Perkins, ITER, San Diego.

Session 2IFB. Symposium on Inertial Confinement Fusion Laser-Imprinting Kalantar, Willi, Azechi, Pawley, Weber. Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: B. Remington, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

TUESDAY MORNING, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 08:15

Session 3RV. E x B and Magnetic Shear Effects on Turbulence and Transport in Magnetic Confinement Devices Burrell. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: R. Hawryluk, PPPL.

TUESDAY MORNING, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 09:30

Session 3IA. Large Tokamaks Jones, Koide, Bell. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: J. Hogan, ORNL.

Session 3E. Hohlraum Physics Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: A. Hauer, LANL.

Session 3F. Radiation Generation Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: K. Whitney, NRL.

Session 3P. RF Waves in Tokamaks Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 3Q. DIII-D, RF Disruption, Divertor Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 3R. ITER Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 3S. Space Plasma Physics Lab Experiments Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

TUESDAY MORNING, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 11:00

Session 3IB. Reversed Shear II Lin, Strait, Greenfield. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: E. Marmar, MIT.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 12:00

Session 4ID. "Box Lunch" Symposium on Fusion Energy Sciences Program Restructuring Conn, Knotek, Callen, Sheffield, Davies. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: R.W. Conn, University of California, San Diego.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 14:00

Session 4IA. Implosions and Hohlraums I Olson, Cauble, Fernández. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: C. Verdon, University of Rochester.

Session 4E. Laser Plasma Interactions Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: H. Baldis, LLNL.

Session 4F. TFTR Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: E.J. Strait.

Session 4P. Undergraduate Posters / Education Outreach Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 4Q. Turbulence and Chaos Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 4R. High Intensity, Short Pulse Laser Physics Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 4S. Radiation Generation Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 15:30

Session 4IB. Radiation and Beams Lee, Ting, Gold, Kreischer. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: E. Lee, Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

TUESDAY EVENING, 12 NOVEMBER 1996, 20:00

Session 4IFA. Symposium on Laser-Plasma Astrophysics Chevalier, Remington^1, Hubbard, Meyer-ter-Vehn, Branch, Wark. Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level, Adam's Mark. Chair: T. Tajima, University of Texas.

Session 4IFB. Symposium on Science Education Holt, Sprott, Schissel, Correll, Thomas. Majestic Ballroom, Majestic Level, Adam's Mark. Chair: Ramon Lopez, Director of APS Education Outreach programs.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 13 NOVEMBER 1996, 08:15

Session 5RV. The Physics of Space-Charge Dominated Beams for Advanced Accelerator Applications Reiser. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: A. Friedman.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 13 NOVEMBER 1996, 09:30

Session 5IA. Transport and Kinetic Theory Breizman, Anderegg, Benisti. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: D. D'Ippolito, Lodestar Research Corp..

Session 5E. ICF Plasma Physics Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: W. Seka, Univ. of Rochester.

Session 5F. C-Mod and TdeV Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: R. Groebner, General Atomics.

Session 5P. Divertor and Plasma Wall Interactions Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 5Q. Ignitor and Reactor Studies Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 5R. Kinetic Theory Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 5S. Ion Beams and Source Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 13 NOVEMBER 1996, 11:00

Session 5IB. Tokamak Performance Takase, Park, Maingi. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: R. La Haye, General Atomics.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 13 NOVEMBER 1996, 14:00

Session 6IA. Space Physics and Dynamo Papadopoulos, Kageyama, Maggs. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: B. Remington, LLNL.

Session 6E. High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: P. Young, LLNL.

Session 6F. Magnetic Confinement Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: A. Hassam, University of Maryland.

Session 6P. TEXT-U, Tore Supra, HBT-EP, and Other Tokamaks Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 6Q. TFTR, JT-60, JET Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 6R. Non-Neutral Plasmas I Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 6S. ICF Physics: Experiments Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 13 NOVEMBER 1996, 15:30

Session 6IB. Tokamak Optimization Fredrickson, Messiaen, Sauter. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: P. Guzdar, University of Maryland.

THURSDAY MORNING, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 08:15

Session 7RV. Thermal Equilibria and Thermodynamics of Trapped Nonneutral Plasmas O'Neil. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: F. Chen.

THURSDAY MORNING, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 10:30

Session 7IA. Implosion and Hohlraum II Hsing, Amendt. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: N. Delamater, LANL.

Session 7E. Space and Basic Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: D. Papadopoulos, Univ. of Maryland.

Session 7F. DIII-D: Edge and H-Mode Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: P. Mioduszewski.

Session 7P. Plasma Applications and Plasma Technology Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 7Q. Plasma Flows, Shocks, and Sheaths; Dense Plasmas, Low-Temperature Plasmas Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 7R. C-Mod and TdeV Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 7S. ICF Physics: Simulations and Theory Simulation Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 7IB. Alternative Concepts Garabedian, Stoneking, Barnes, Sykes. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: H. Weitzner, NYU.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 14:00

Session 8IA. Tokamak Impurities & Divertor II McCracken, Fenstermacher, Rice. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: K. Gentle, University of Texas at Austin.

Session 8E. Hydrodynamic Instability II Majestic Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: W. Krauser, LANL.

Session 8F. Reactor Studies Vail Room, Adam's Mark. Chair: G. H. Neilson, PPPL.

Session 8P. Stellerator/Theory and Experiment Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 8Q. DIII-D and Other: Stability, Transport, and Turbulence Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 8R. Helicity Injection and Plasma Injection Fueling Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 8S. Space Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 15:30

Session 8IB. Simulation and Wave-Particle Interactions in Tokamaks Sugiyama, Chang, Herrmann, Bonoli. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: M. Porkolab, MIT.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 17:00

Session 8WKB. Workshop on Plasma Science Career Opportunities in Industry Coverdale, Lenef, Schnack, Stinnett. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: E. Scime, West Virginia University.

THURSDAY EVENING, 14 NOVEMBER 1996, 20:00

Session 8IF. Symposium on Magnetic Reconnection in the Laboratory and in Space. Priest, Yamada, Biskamp, Sudan, Ono. Grand Ballroom, Lobby Level, Adam's Mark. Chair: R. Kulsrud.

FRIDAY MORNING, 15 NOVEMBER 1996, 08:15

Session 9RV. The Promise and Challenges of Cold Antimatter in the Laboratory Surko. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: F. Driscoll, UCSD.

FRIDAY MORNING, 15 NOVEMBER 1996, 09:30

Session 9IA. Waves and Basic Processes Ganguli, Drake, Lee. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: P. Ottinger, NRL.

Session 9P. Diagnostics: MFE and ICF Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 9Q. Laser-Plasma Coupling, and Beat Wave Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 9R. Non-Neutral Plasmas II Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 9S. Waves and Instabilities Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 9T. Supplemental Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

Session 9U. Postdeadline Exhibit Hall - Concourse Level, Adam's Mark.

FRIDAY MORNING, 15 NOVEMBER 1996, 11:00

Session 9IB. Plasma Applications Tuszewski, Todd. Grand Ballroom, Adam's Mark. Chair: R. Gilgenbach, Univ. of Michigan.




Special programs and events

The following list may be incomplete. A complete list will be distributed at registration.
Sunday:
18:00AIP-APS Career Preparation Workshop-Vail
Monday:
9:00 Companions Continental Breakfast, get-acquainted and information session-Silver
15:00PRE and PRL Drop-In Hour-South Convention Lobby
16:30Women in Plasma Physics, wine and cheese reception-Denver
17:00Seminar / Panel Discussion: Plasma Physics, Fusion, and Washington-Grand Ballroom
17:30University Fusion Association General Meeting-Vail
20:00Symposium: ITER Physics-Grand Ballroom
20:00Symposium: ICF Laser-Imprinting-Majestic Ballroom
Tuesday:
8:30 Science Teachers Day-Denver
12:00"Box Lunch" Symposium-Grand Ballroom
17:00Human Rights-Spruce
20:00Symposium: Laser-Plasma Astrophysics-Grand Ballroom
20:00Symposium: Science Education-Majestic Ballroom
Wednesday:
9:00 SEEP Project-Silver
17:15Business Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics-Denver
18:15Cocktails-South Convention Lobby
19:15Banquet-Grand Ballroom
Thursday:
17:00Workshop: Plasma Science Career Opportunities in Industry-Grand Ballroom
20:00Symposium: Magnetic Reconnection / Lab and Space-Grand Ballroom