Program overview

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 29 OCTOBER 2001

14:00 CI1.001 Direct Observation of Mass Oscillations due to Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability and Feedout in Planar Plastic Targets

YEFIM AGLITSKIY (Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA, 22150)

14:30 CI1.002 Hohraum-driven non-cryogenic double-shell ignition target designs for the National Ignition Facility

Peter Amendt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

15:00 CI1.003 Deceleration Phase of Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions

R. Betti (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)

15:30 CI1.004 Effects of thin high-Z layers on the hydrodynamics of laser-accelerated plastic targets

Stephen Obenschain (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)

16:00 CI1.005 First Results from Cryogenic-Target Implosions on OMEGA

C. Stoeckl (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)

16:30 CI1.006 IFE Target Output and Chamber Response: Calculations and Experiments

Robert Peterson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

14:00 CI2.001 Interrelated Laboratory and Space Plasma Experiments

Mark Koepke (Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6315)

15:00 CI2.002 Coherent Structures and Multiple Ion Cyclotron Harmonics in the Auroral Region*

Gurudas Ganguli (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC)

15:30 CI2.003 Phase-Space Model for Correlated Double Layers, Bipolar Structures, and VLF Saucer Generation in the Auroral Ionosphere

David L. Newman (University of Colorado at Boulder)

16:00 CI2.004 Ion Heating Cavities in the Ionosphere

David Knudsen (University of Calgary)

16:30 CI2.005 The Role of Turbulence in the Coupling of the Solar Wind to the Earth's Magnetosphere

Joe Borovsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:00 CO1.001 Recent Results from the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

J.H. Irby, MIT-PSFC Collaboration, and the Alcator Group Collaboration

14:12 CO1.002 Alcator C-Mod ICRF Physics Results

G. Schilling, J.C. Hosea, C.K. Phillips, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson (PPPL), P.T. Bonoli, R. Boivin, C. Fiore, A. Hubbard, I.H. Hutchinson, E. Marmar, A. Mazurenko, E. Nelson-Melby, W.D. Lee, M. Porkolab, J. Rice, S.J. Wukitch, Alcator C-Mod Group Team (PSFC, MIT)

14:24 CO1.003 Transport Properties in Alcator C-Mod ITB Plasmas

C. L. Fiore, P. T. Bonoli, R. L. Boivin, M. J. Greenwald, A. E. Hubbard, E. S. Marmar, J. E. Rice, S. M. Wolfe, S. J. Wukitch (MIT-PSFC), M. Redi (PPPL)

14:36 CO1.004 Analysis of ICRF Heated Internal Transport Barrier Modes in Alcator C-Mod

P.T. BONOLI, C.L. FIORE, R.L. BOIVIN, M.J. GREENWALD, A.E. HUBBARD, I.H. HUTCHINSON, E.S. MARMAR, M. PORKOLAB, J.E. RICE, S.M. WOLFE, S.J. WUKITCH (MIT PSFC), D. MCCUNE, C.K. PHILLIPS, G. SCHILLING (PPPL)

14:48 CO1.005 Structure and Scalings of the H-Mode Pedestal on Alcator C-Mod

J.W. Hughes, D. Mossessian, A. Hubbard, B. Labombard, E. Marmar (PSFC, MIT)

15:00 CO1.006 Edge dimensionless similarity experiments on C-Mod and DIII-D

D. Mossessian (MIT, PSFC), R. A. Moyer (UCSD), R. J. Groebner, T. H. Osborne (GA), J. Hughes, M. Greenwald (MIT, PSFC)

15:12 CO1.007 Reflectometry Study of Enhanced D_\alpha H-modes in Alcator C-Mod

Yijun LIN, J.H. Irby, E.S. Marmar, R. Nazikian, B. LaBombard, M. Greenwald, D. Mossessian, J. Hughes, A. Mazurenko, R.J. Hastie, A.E. Hubbard, I.H. Hutchinson, M. Porkolab, J. Snipes, S. Wolfe (MIT, PSFC)

15:24 CO1.008 Imaging of Edge Turbulence in Alcator C-Mod

J.L. Terry (PSFC-MIT), S.J. Zweben (PPPL), C.J. Boswell, M.J. Greenwald, B. LaBombard (PSFC-MIT)

15:36 CO1.009 Inner wall D_\alpha emission on Alcator C-Mod

C. J. Boswell, J. L. Terry, B. Lipschultz, B. LaBombard (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

15:48 CO1.010 Results from Impurity Transport Experiments in the Edge Plasma of Alcator C-Mod

S. Gangadhara, B. LaBombard (PSFC, MIT), Y.J. Yang (Kutztown University)

16:00 CO1.011 Lithium plasma-facing components in CDX-U

R. Majeski, R. Kaita, M. Boaz, P. Efthimion, D. Hoffman, B. Jones, H. Kugel, T. Munsat, A. Post-Zwicker, S. Raftopoulos, G.L. Schmidt, V. Soukhanovskii, J. Spaleta, G. Taylor, J. Timberlake (PPPL), M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman (Johns Hopkins Univ.), G. Antar, R. Doerner, S. Luckhardt, R.P. Seraydarian, R.W. Conn (UCSD), R. Maingi (ORNL), R. Causey, D. Buchenauer, M. Ulrickson (SNL), M. Maiorano (Rutgers Univ.), S. Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.), B. Miller (Dartmouth College)

16:12 CO1.012 Molecule Assisted Recombination: Inelastic Processes With Vibrationally Excited Molecules

Predrag Krstic (Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

16:24 CO1.013 Electron temperature response to ECRH on FTU tokamak in transient conditions.

A. Jacchia, A. Bruschi, S. Cirant, G. Granucci, C. Sozzi (Istituto di Fisica del Plasma Associazione EURATOM/ENEA/C.N.R. via R.Cozzi 53 20125 Milano Italy), F. De Luca (I.N.F.M. and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milanovia Celoria, 16 20133 Milano Italy), P. Amadeo, G. Bracco, O. Tudisco (Associazione EURATOM/ENEA C.R.E. via E. Fermi, 45 Frascati Italy)

16:36 CO1.014 Effect of the MHD modes on suprathermal electrons in high-density tokamak plasma

P.V. Savrukhin, K.A. Razumova (RRC"Kurchatov Institute",123182,Moscow,Russia)

14:00 CO2.001 RF generated atmospheric pressure plasmas and applications

Jaeyoung Park, Hans W. Herrmann, Ivars Henins, Donald C. Gautier (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:12 CO2.002 Mating Electron Beam Columns to Plasma Window Apertures

Ady Hershcovitch (BNL)

14:24 CO2.003 Electron-beam generated plasmas for processing applications

Robert Meger, Darrin Leonhardt, Donald Murphy, Scott Walton, David Blackwell, Richard Fernsler, Martin Lampe, Wallace Manheimer (Naval Research Laboratory)

14:36 CO2.004 Plasma Assisted Deposition Technique for Synthesis of Low Dielectric Constant Polyaniline Thin Films

Joseph Mathai C, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman (Dept. of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India -682 022), S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran (PCM Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, India-695 022), CUSAT Team, VSSC Collaboration

14:48 CO2.005 Experimental Study of Instabilities in Inductively-Coupled Electronegative Discharges

K.C. Leou, G.S. Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan), Plasma Science and Engineering Applications Team

15:00 CO2.006 Penning Effects in High-Pressure Discharge of the Plasma Display Panel

S. S. Kim, E. H. Choi (Kwangwoon University), H. S. Uhm (Ajou University)

15:12 CO2.007 Properties of Secondary Electron Emission for a Mixed Gas

H. S. Uhm (Ajou University), E. H. Choi (Kwangwoon University), J. Y. Lim (Kwangwoon)

15:24 CO2.008 X-ray Backlight Density Measurement of Expanding Bremsstrahlung Target

Fletcher Goldin (Bechtel Nevada), George Caporaso, Frank Chambers, Steve Falabella, Gary Guethlein, Darwin Ho, James McCarrick, Roger Richardson, Steve Sampayan, David Trimble, John Wier (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

CM1.001 Basis and Application of the HELIC Antenna-Plasma coupling code

Donald Arnush (UCLA)

CM1.002 Parallel electric field effects in axially inhomogeneous helicons

M. D. Carter (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CM1.003 A Floating Potential Method for Determining Ion Density

John D. Evans, Francis F. Chen (UCLA)

CM1.004 Development of the VASIMR Helicon Source

V. T. Jacobson, F. R. Chang-Diaz, J. P. Squire, G. E. McCaskill, J. E. McCoy, A. J. Petro, D. S. Winter, H. M. Jamison (Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory, JSC/NASA, Houston, TX), F. W. Baity (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN), R. D. Bengtson (University of Texas, Austin, TX), E. A. Bering (University of Houston, Houston, TX), T. W. Glover (Rice University, Houston, TX)

CM1.005 Langmuir Probe Analysis of a Helicon Plasma Source

J.E. Norman, M.J. Neumann, D.N. Ruzic (Plasma Material Interaction Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

CM1.006 Flow Measurement in a Helicon Plasma Source

Xuan Sun, Robert Boivin, Amy Keesee, John Kline, Earl Scime, Robert Spangler, Michael Woehrman (Department of Physics, West Virginia University)

CM1.007 Helicon Sources for High Beta Space Physics Experiments

Earl Scime, Robert Boivin, John Kline, Robert Spangler, Xuan Sun (West Virginia University), Paul Keiter (University of Michigan), Matthew Balkey (Naval Research Laboratory)

CM1.008 Line Ratio Electron Temperature Diagnostic in Helium Helicon Plasmas.

Robert Boivin, John Kline, Earl Scime (Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6315)

CM1.009 Plasma production by helicon and slow waves in HF/VHF bands of rf

Youichi Sakawa, Hiroyuki Kunimatsu, Hideki Kikuchi, Tatsuo Shoji (Nagoya Univ., Japan)

CM1.010 Characterisation of a helicon source with multipole magnetic confinement

Bernd Clarenbach, Michael Krämer, Bernd Lorenz (Experimenalphysik II, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)

CM1.011 Modeling of microwave reflectometry of the Travelpiece-Gould mode in

Mirko Vukovic (Tokyo Electron Arizona)

CM1.012 Helicon Waves Studies on the Low Temperature Plasma of the Torsatron TJ-K

Nils Krause, Ulrich Stroth, Carsten Lechte (IEAP, University of Kiel, 24098 Kiel Germany), Sven Niedner (IPP, Euratom-Assoziation, Garching, Germany)

CM1.013 The State of Non-Equilibrium Helium Helicon Plasmas

V. Sevastyanenko, S.A. Cohen (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab)

CM1.014 Low Frequency Instability and Transport in a Helicon Plasma

Max Light (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Francis F. Chen (University of California, Los Angeles), P. L. Colestock (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

CM1.015 Kinetic models for the VASIMR thruster helicon plasma source

Oleg Batishchev, Kim Molvig (MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

CM1.016 helicon plasma in a simple magnetised torus

Franko Greiner (IEAP, Universität Kiel, Germany), Olaf Grulke (IPP Greifwald, Germany), Alexander Piel (IEAP, Universität Kiel, Germany)

CM1.017 Damping of helicon waves in Molecular- and Rare-gas plasmas

Hideki Kikuchi, Youichi Sakawa, Tatsuo Shoji (Department of Enery Engineering and Science, Nagoya University)

CM1.018 Plasmas Generated by Axisymmetric Helicon Antena

H. Y. Chang, S. H. Uhm (KAIST), H. S. Uhm (Ajou University)

CM1.019 Novel Large Area Plasma Source Injection Using Multihelicon Plasma Sources

S.H. Han, Y. J. Kim, Y. H. Choi, Y. S. Hwang (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University)

CM1.020 Particle and power balance in a helicon operating with light gases [experiment]

Roger D. Bengtson, J. N. Gibson (The University of Texas at Austin), V. T. Jacobson, F. R. Chang-Diaz, J. P. Squire, G. E. McCaskill, J. E. McCoy, A. J. Petro, D. S. Winter, H. M. Jamison (Advanced Space Propulsion Lab, JSC/NASA), E. A. Bering (University of Houston), T. W. Glover (Rice University)

CM1.021 Density enhancement in helicon plasma sources for operational frequencies near the lower hybrid frequency

V.S. MYKHAYLENKO, K.N. STEPANOV (Kharkiv National University), E.E. Scime (West Virginia University)

CM1.022 Particle and power balance in a helicon operating with light gases (theory)

Boris N. Breizman, Alexey V. Arefiev (The University of Texas at Austin (IFS))

CM1.023 Electron Kinetics in Helicon Discharge

Alexey Arefiev, Boris Breizman (Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin)

CM1.024 Measurements and Analysis of Electron Distributions and Ionization

Eric Paller, John Scharer, Kamran Akhtar, Rong Cao, Shane Tysk, Ben White (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)

CM1.025 Optimization of Energy Deposition in a Helicon Device

Martin Panevsky, Roger D Bengtson (The University of Texas at Austin)

CM1.026 RF frequency dependence on helicon plasma generation

T.S. Lee, G.S. Eom, W. Choe (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), B.H. Park, M. Kwon (Korea Basic Science Institute)

CM1.027 Direct Detection of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes in Helicon Discharges

D.D. Blackwell, T.G. Madziwa, D. Arnush, F.F. Chen (UCLA)

CM1.028 Electron density and temperature in a helicon source by particle and energy balance

Amnon Fruchtman, Gennady Makrinich (Holon Academic Institute of Technology, Israel.)

CM1.029 Radiofrequency Produced Air Constituent Plasmas*

Kamran Akhtar, John Scharer, Eric Paller, Ben White, Shane Tysk (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)

CM1.030 RF Field Shielding by Electrostatic Waves in High Pressure Helicon Plasmas

Konstantin Shamrai (Scientific Center Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine), Shunjiro Shinohara (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan)

CP1.001 HBT-EP, ET, Innovative Tokamak, Liquid-Wall and Edge Physics

CP1.002 Overview of HBT-EP Experimental Program

G.A. Navratil, J. Bialek, C. Cates, Y. Liu, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, D.A. Maurer, M.E. Mauel, T.S. Pedersen, M. Shilov (Columbia University), S. Paul (Princeton University)

CP1.003 Measurement of Tokamak Plasma Response to External Resonant Magnetic Perturbations

M. Shilov, J. Bialek, C. Cates, Y. Liu, M.E. Mauel, D. Maurer, G.A. Navratil (Columbia University)

CP1.004 Active Feedback Suppression of Resistive Wall Instabilities on HBT-EP

C. Cates, J. Bialek, O. Katsuro-Hopkins, Y. Liu, M.E. Mauel, D.A. Maurer, G.A. Navratil, T.S. Pedersen, M. Shilov (Columbia University)

CP1.005 VALEN Modeling of HBT-EP Active RWM Control System

O. Katsuro-Hopkins, J. Bialek, A. Boozer, M. E. Mauel, G. A. Navratil (Columbia University)

CP1.006 Beta Enhancement Techniques on HBT-EP

D.A. Maurer, T.S. Pedersen, C. Cates, Y. Liu, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil, M. Shilov (Columbia UNiversity)

CP1.007 Safety Factor Profile Reconstruction and Stability Analysis of HBT-EP Plasmas

Y. Liu, C. Cates, M. E. Mauel, D. A. Maurer, M. Shilov, G. A. Navratil (Columbia University)

CP1.008 Novel Probe Diagnostic for Fusion Plasmas

L. Chousal, R. Hernandez, J. Boedo, J. Chalfant (University of California, San Diego), D.A. Maurer (Columbia University)

CP1.009 The Electric Tokamak Engineering Achievements

P.-A. GOURDAIN, J.-L. GAUVREAU, D. J. LAFONTESE, L. W. SCHMITZ, R. J. TAYLOR (Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles (UCLA) 90024)

CP1.010 ICRF Wave Properties in the Electric Tokamak

D.J. LaFonteese, R.J. Taylor, G.J. Morales, J.-L. Gauvreau, P.-A. Gourdain, L.W. Schmitz (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))

CP1.011 Plasma boundary behavior during ICRH Heating in ET

L. Schmitz, Gauvreau, P.-A. Gourdain, D.J. LaFontesee, R.J. Taylor (University of California, Los Angeles)

CP1.012 Magnetic Activity and Stability of the UCLA Electric Tokamak.

J.-L. Gauvreau, P.-A. Gourdain, D.J. LaFonteese, L.W. Schmitz, R.J. Taylor (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA 90024)

CP1.013 Installation and Initial Testing of the Electric Tokamak Folded Waveguide

G.L. BELL, D.A. RASMUSSEN, T.S. BIGELOW, G.C. BARBER, D.O. SPARKS, F.W. BAITY (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R.J. TAYLOR, Z. LUCKY, J.-L. GAUVREAU, P.-A. GOURDAIN, D.J. LAFONTEESE, L.W. SCHMITZ (Univ. of Calif.-Los Angeles)

CP1.014 Stabilization of the resistive wall mode using rotating conducting walls

David Hannum, Gennady Fiksel, Cary Forest, Roch Kendrick, Tom Lovell (UW-Madison)

CP1.015 Ponderomotive Stabilization of Plasma Sawtooth Oscillations in a Tokamak: Experiment and Theory

S.C. Luckhardt, L. Li (UCSD), S. Migliuolo, S.E. Jones, F. Paoletti (MIT), S. Bernabei, S. von Goeler, R. Kaita (PPPL)

CP1.016 H-Mode Behavior Induced by Modulated Toroidal Current on HT-7 and HT-6M Tokamak

J.S. Mao, J.R. Luo, Y.H. Xu, J.Y. Zhao, X.M. Zhang, J.G. Li, X.M. Zhang, X. Gao, Y.D. Li, Y.X. Jie, Z.W. Wu, L.Q. Hu, S.X. Liu, X.D. Zhang, Y. Bao, K. Yang, G.X. Wang, L. Chen, Y.J. Shi, P.J. Qin, X.M Gu, N.Z. Cui, H.Y. Fan, Y.F. Chen, C.Y. Xia, H.L. Ruan, X.D. Tong (Institute of Plasma Physics, Academia Sinica, People's Republic of China), P.E. Phillips (Fusion Research Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin.)

CP1.017 Mach Probe and Limiter Current Measurements in the STOR-M Tokamak

Jordan Morelli, Ajay Singh, Chijin Xiao, Akira Hirose (Univ. of Saskatchewan)

CP1.018 Edge transport barrier dynamics on COMPASS-D

H Meyer, P G Carolan, N J Conway, A R Field, M Walsh (EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Sience Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, UK)

CP1.019 Electric field measurements on TEXT that indicate zonal like flows

P.M. Schoch (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180)

CP1.020 ELM dynamics on COMPASS-D

P B Jones (Imperial College of Science, Technology amp; Medicine, University of London, SW7 2BZ, UK), S J Fielding, H R Wilson, P G Carolan, A R Field, H Meyer, N J Conway (EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB, UK), M Walsh (Walsh Scientific Limited, Culham Science Centre, OX14 2EB, UK)

CP1.021 Physical Aspects of KSTAR ICRF System for Advenced Tokamak Operation

Bong Guen Hong, Young Dug Bae, Chul Kew Hwang, Jong Gu Kwak, Jae Sung Yoon, Sung Un Jeong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Son Jung Wang (Soongsil University)

CP1.022 A Self-consistent Simulation of KSTAR Reverse-shear Operation Mode using ASTRA Code

J.Y. Kim, Hogun Jhang (Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejeon 305-333, Korea)

CP1.023 Analysis and Numerical Calculation of the Preload Force for a Tokamak

Kwang-Il You, Deok Kyo Lee (Korea Basic Science Institute)

CP1.024 erosion Behavior of Liquid Lithium

R. P. Doerner, S. Krasheninnikov, D. G. Whyte, M. Baldwin, S. Luckhardt, R. P. Seraydarian, R. W. Conn (Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego)

CP1.025 Deuterium in molten lithium: Retention and Release

M Baldwin, R Doerner (UC-San Diego), R Causey (SNL-Livermore), S Luckhardt, R Conn (UC-San Diego)

CP1.026 Temperature dependence of liquid lithium and lithium alloy sputtering by D^+, He^+ and Li^+ bombardment

J.P. Allain, M.D. Coventry, M. Lazebnik, D.N. Ruzic (Plasma-Material Interaction Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

CP1.027 Further Problems with the Liquid Metal Wall Concept

Ahmet Y. Aydemir (Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin.)

CP1.028 Data Acquisition and Analysis for FLIRE - Flowing Liquid-metal Illinois Retention Experiment

M. Nieto, J.P. Allain, M.J. Neumann, J. E. Norman, E. Vargas-Lopez, M.D. Coventry, D.N. Ruzic (Plasma-Material Interaction Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

CP1.029 Simplest magnetic propulsion experiment with liquid gallium

L.E. Zakharov, D. Hoffman, J. Taylor (Princeton University, PPPL.)

CP1.030 Plasma Recombination Regimes in the UMIST

KJ Gibson, PK Browning, B Mihaljcic (Department of Physics, UMIST, Manchester M60 1QD, UK)

CP1.031 Modeling of Recycling Coefficients and Wall Equilibration in Tore Supra

P.K. Mioduszewski, L.W. Owen (ORNL), B. Pegourie (CEA Cadarache)

CP1.032 Stellarator Experiments

CP1.033 Physics Design of NCSX

M.C. Zarnstorff (PPPL), For the NCSX Team

CP1.034 Engineering Design of the NCSX

G.H. Neilson, P.L. Heitzenroeder, W.T. Reiersen, M.C. Zarnstorff (PPPL), M.J. Cole, P.L. Goranson, J.F. Lyon, B.E. Nelson, D.E. Williamson (ORNL)

CP1.035 Discharge Evolution and Plasma Control for NCSX

E. Lazarus (ORNL), M.C. Zarnstorff (PPPL)

CP1.036 Simulation of edge-plasma transport for the NCSX stellarator using magnetic-field-line tracing with diffusion

A.E. Koniges, M.E. Fenstermacher, T.D. Rognlien (LLNL), A. Grossman (UCSD), J. Kisslinger, E. Strumberger (IPP-Garching)

CP1.037 Magnetic Field Line Topology of the Scrape-Off Layer in the Compact Stellarator NCSX

Arthur Grossman (UCSD), Peter Mioduszewski (ORNL), Max Fenstermacher, Alice Koniges, Tom Rognlien (LLNL)

CP1.038 Overview of the HSX Experimental Program

J.N. Talmadge (The HSX Plasma Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison), HSX Team

CP1.039 The Effects of Symmetry Breaking on Plasma Formation in the Helically Symmetric Experiment (HSX)

J.W. Radder, D.T. Anderson, S.P. Gerhardt, A.F. Almagri, F.S.B. Anderson, J.N. Talmadge (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), D.L. Brower, C. Deng (UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA)

CP1.040 Effects of symmetry on energy content and soft x-ray profiles in the helically symmetric experiment (HSX)

A. F. Almagri (HSX Plasma Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison), T. D. Anderson, C. Deng, S. Gerhardt, J. N. Talmadge

CP1.041 Initial Results from Biased Electrode Experiments in HSX

Stefan Gerhardt, A.F. Almagri, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, J.N. Talmadge (HSX Plasma Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

CP1.042 Measurements of Electron Density Profile and Fluctuations on HSX*

C. Deng, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding (Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA), A.F. Almagri, D.T. Anderson, F.S.B. Anderson, S.P. Gerhardt, P. Probert, J. Radder, J.N. Talmadge (HSX Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

CP1.043 Progress of the Thomson Scattering Experiment on HSX

K. Zhai, F.S.B. Anderson, D.T. Anderson (HSX Plasma Laboratory, UW-Madison), W.P. Mason (PSL, UW-Madison)

CP1.044 OVERVIEW OF THE QPS EXPERIMENT.

J. F. Lyon (representing the QPS Team.)

CP1.045 DESIGN OF THE QPS EXPERIMENT.

B. E. Nelson (representing the QPS Team.)

CP1.046 QPS Plasma and Coil Optimization

D.J. Strickler, D.A. Spong, D.B. Batchelor, L.A. Berry, R.H. Fowler, S.P. Hirshman, J.F. Lyon (ORNL), G.Y. Fu (PPPL), R. Sanchez (Universidad Carlos III), Jr. Miner, P.M. Valanju (U. Texas at Austin), A.S. Ware (U. Montana)

CP1.047 QPS Confinement and Transport

D. A. Spong, L. A. Berry, R. H. Fowler, S. P. Hirshman, J. F. Lyon (ORNL), D. Mikkelsen (PPPL)

CP1.048 Shear Alfvén Eigenmodes in Compact Stellarators

R. H. Fowler, D. A. Spong, S. P. Hirshman (ORNL), R. Sanchez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

CP1.049 Variational transport coefficients for low aspect ratio, low collisionality stellarators

S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, E. D'Azevedo, B. Peyton, W. Lawkins (ORNL)

CP1.050 Configurational Flexibility of the QPS Stellarator

E. BARCIKOWSKI, A. S. WARE (University of Montana), L. A. BERRY, S. P. HIRSHMAN, J. F. LYON, D. A. SPONG, D. J. STRICKLER (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CP1.051 Second Stability Access in the QPS Stellarator

T. FISHER, A. S. WARE (University of Montana), D. A. SPONG, S. P. HIRSHMAN (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CP1.052 Quasi-poloidal Symmetry and DKES Transport Optimization of High Beta Stellarator Configurations

M. GREGORY, A. J. DEISHER, A. S. WARE (University of Montana), S. P. HIRSHMAN, D. A. SPONG (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CP1.053 Three Dimensional Visualization of High Beta Compact Stellarator Configurations

E. ALMAN, A. S. WARE (University of Montana), S. P. HIRSHMAN, D. A. SPONG (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CP1.054 Stellarator Optimization Using the Levenberg-Marquardt Method with Broyden Update

M. A. KRAEMER, A. S. WARE (University of Montana), S. P. HIRSHMAN (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

CP1.055 MHD STABILITY STUDIES OF CURRENT-CARRYING PLASMAS IN THE COMPACT TOROIDAL HYBRI

Stephen Knowlton, Gregory Hartwell (Auburn University)

CP1.056 Electrode Biassing of Plasmas in the H1 Heliac

I.H. Hutchinson (MIT), B. Blackwell, J. Howard, H. Punzman, M. Collis, C. Michael (ANU)

CP1.057 ENHANCED ABLATION OF CARBON PELLETS IN THE W7-AS STELLARATOR

Boris Kouteev, Vladimir Timokhin, Vladimir Sergeev, Viatcheslav Skokov (St. Petersburg State Technical University), Rainer Burhenn (Max Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik), WVII-AS Team

CP1.058 Cold Pulse Propagation Measured by ECE on LHD

SHIGERU INAGAKI, YOSHIO NAGAYAMA, KAZUO KAWAHATA, SHIGERU SUDO (National Institute for Fusion Science), NAOKI TAMURA (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), LHD EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

CP1.059 Spatial Profiles and Transport of Metal Impurities in LHD

H. FUNABA, K. SATO, S. SUDO, N. TAMURA, S. MUTO, N. OHYABU (NIFS LHD Experimental Group), J. RICE (MIT-PSFC)

CP1.060 Comparison of Heating Efficiency Between Co and Counter Neutral Beam injection in Large Helical Device

Katsunori Ikeda, Osamu Kaneko, Masaki Osakabe, Yasuhiko Takeiri, Katsuyoshi Tsumori, Yoshihide Oka, Sadayoshi Murakami, Kazumichi Narihara, Eiji E. Asano, Toshikazu Kawamoto, LHD Experiment Groups Team

CP1.061 MHD Stability in the LHD and MHH2 Stellarators

Paul Garabedian (NYU)

CP1.062 MHD and Extensions

CP1.063 Studies of Stellarators, Compact Tori, and Magnetorotational Instabilities with M3D

H.R. Strauss (NYU), W. Park, X. Tang, S. Hudson, G.Y. Fu (PPPL), L. Sugiyama (MIT)

CP1.064 M3D Simulations of Energetic Particle-driven MHD Mode with Unstructured Mesh

G.Y. Fu, W. Park (PPPL), H.R. Strauss (NYU)

CP1.065 Balancing Nonlinear Two-Fluid Plasma Models*

L.E. Sugiyama (MIT), W. Park (PPPL), H.R. Strauss (NYU)

CP1.066 Nonlinear Gyroviscous Force in a Collisionless Plasma

Elena Belova (PPPL, Princeton NJ 08543)

CP1.067 Numerical Simulation of High-beta Disruption in DIII-D Shot 87009 with the NIMROD Code

D. D. Schnack, S. E. Kruger (Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, CA), A. G. Tarditi (Science Applications International Corp., Houston, TX), NIMROD Team

CP1.068 Extended MHD Simulations of D3D 86144

T.A. Gianakon (LANL), D.D. Schnack (SAIC), NIMROD Team

CP1.069 An MHD simulation of a perturbed torus plasma

Yoshio Suzuki (Naka Fusion Research Est. JAERI), Takahiro Miyoshi (Hiroshima Univ.), Yasutomo Ishii, Yasuaki Kishimoto (Naka Fusion Research Est. JAERI)

CP1.070 Numerical Modeling of Zero Core Current Density in Tokamaks

J. A. Breslau, W. Park, B. C. Stratton, S. C. Jardin (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.071 Collisional Non-linear Transport in Tokamaks Including viscosity and Velocity Convective Terms

Pablo Martin (Departamento de Física, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela), Enrique Castro (Depto. Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela)

CP1.072 On the Numerics of Three-Dimensional Cloudlet Modelling

W.D. Sessions, C.A. Ventrice (Tennessee Technological University)

CP1.073 Quasi-MHD Ballooning Instability

J.D. Callen, C.C. Hegna (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1687)

CP1.074 Neoclassical Tearing Mode Simulations with NEAR

Debasis Chandra, Abhijit Sen, Predhiman Kaw (IPR, India), Madhurjya Bora (Gauhati University, India), Scott Kruger (SAIC, USA.)

CP1.075 Simulation of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stabilization by ECCD

N. Hayashi, T. Ozeki, K. Hamamatsu, T. Takizuka (Naka Fusion Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)

CP1.076 HIGH-n AND RESISTIVE WALL MODE STABILITY CALCULATIONS WITH THE KINX CODE

Sergei Medvedev (Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Olivier Sauter, Laurent Villard (CRPP, Association Euratom-Confederation Suisse, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

CP1.077 Analysis of RWM in JT-60 Super-Conducting Tokamak

G. KURITA, T. TUDA, S. TAKEJI, S. ISHIDA, A. SAKASAI, M. KIKUCHI, M. AZUMI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)

CP1.078 " Nonlinear MHD simulations of resistive wall modes and their feedback in the Reversed Field Pinch"

Roberto Paccagnella (Consorzio RFX Padua (Italy)), Dalton D. Schnack (Science Application International Corp. SAN DIEGO (CA, USA)), Ming S. Chu (General Atomic SAN DIEGO (CA, USA))

CP1.079 Resistive Ballooning Modes in Tokamak Edge Plasmas

R.J. Hastie, J.J. Ramos (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), F. Porcelli (Politecnico di Torino)

CP1.080 Ballooning Modes in a Resistive Plasma

Eliezer Hameiri (Courant Institute-NYU)

CP1.081 Non-neutral Plasmas

CP1.082 Shear Reduction of Cross-Magnetic Field Diffusion: Theory and Simulations.

Dan Dubin (UCSD)

CP1.083 Shear-Limited Diffusion of Test Particles in Pure Ion Plasmas.

F. Anderegg, C.F. Driscoll, D.H.E. Dubin (UCSD)

CP1.084 Thermal Excitation of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes in a Pure Electron Plasma.

N. Shiga, F. Anderegg, J.R. Danielson, C.F. Driscoll, D.H.E. Dubin (UCSD), R.W. Gould (CalTech)

CP1.085 Thermal Excitation of Modes in a Nonneutral Plasma

Roy W. Gould (California Institute of Technology)

CP1.086 Observation of Fluid Echoes in a Non-Neutral Plasma.

J.H. Yu, C.F. Driscoll (UCSD)

CP1.087 Linear and Nonlinear Landau Damping of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes in Non-Neutral Plasmas.

J.R. Danielson, F. Anderegg, K.M. Rigg, C.F. Driscoll (UCSD)

CP1.088 Trapped Particle Asymmetry Mode in Pure Electron Columns.

C.F. Driscoll, A.A. Kabantsev, J.H. Yu (UCSD)

CP1.089 Asymmetry-Induced Diocotron Damping and Anomalous Transport in Non-Neutral Plasmas.

A.A. Kabantsev, J.H. Yu, C.F. Driscoll (UCSD)

CP1.090 A Model for Trapped Particle Asymmetry Modes.

T.J. Hilsabeck, T.M. O'Neil (UCSD)

CP1.091 Numerical Simulation of Ultracold Neutral Plasma Clouds.

S.G. Kuzmin, T.M. O'Neil (UCSD)

CP1.092 Expansion Rate Scaling and Energy Evolution in the Electron Diffusion Gauge Experiment.

Kyle Morrison, Ronald Davidson, Stephen Paul, Thomas Jenkins (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.093 Extension of Pressure Measurement to 6\times 10^-11 Torr Using the Dynamics of the m=1 Diocotron Mode*

Stephen F. Paul, Kyle Morrison, Ronald C. Davidson, Thomas Jenkins (PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY)

CP1.094 Collisionless Equilibrium and Stability of a Uniform, Spherical Electron System

L. Chacon, D. C. Barnes, J. M. Finn (LANL)

CP1.095 Stability analysis of hollow electron columns with compression effects

Vladimir Pariev (Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory), Gian Luca Delzanno (INFM and Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino), John Finn, Giovanni Lapenta (Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

CP1.096 Ion Trapping in the Virtual Cathode of the Penning Fusion Experiment - Ions

Martin Schauer, Daniel Barnes, Karl Umstadter (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

CP1.097 A New PIC Code for Non-Neutral Plasmas

Gian Luca Delzanno (INFM and Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy), Giovanni Lapenta, John M. Finn (Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

CP1.098 Is the Penning Ion Trap Suitable for Quantum Computation?

J.J. Bollinger, J.M. Kriesel, W.M Itano (NIST,Boulder, CO 80305), T.B. Mitchell (Univ.of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716)

CP1.099 Laser-Generated Wakes in Crystallized Ion Plasmas

JM Kriesel, JJ Bollinger, LB King (NIST, Boulder CO 80305), TB Mitchell (U. Delaware, Newark DE 19716), DHE Dubin (UCSD, San Diego CA 92093)

CP1.100 Continuously Injected Plasmas from an Equipotential Photocathode

Thomas Pasquini, Joel Fajans (UC Berkeley)

CP1.101 Quadrupole Induced Resonant Particle Transport

Erik Gilson, Joel Fajans (U.C. Berkeley)

CP1.102 Decay of the diocotron rotation in a new low-density asymmetry-dominated regime

Eli Sarid, Erik Gilson, Joel Fajans (UC Berkeley)

CP1.103 Classical diffusive transport in an annular Malmberg-Penning trap

Qudsia Quraishi, Scott Robertson (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0390)

CP1.104 Cryogenic Positron Plasma in a 5 Tesla Field

P. Schmidt, J. P. Sullivan, C. M. Surko (University of California San Diego)

CP1.105 Equilibrium Theory of a Finite Aspect-Ratio Electron Spiral Torus in a Background Gas

W.C. Guss, Chiping Chen (MIT-Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

CP1.106 Interacting Solitons in a Nonneutral Plasma

Bryan G. Peterson, Grant W. Hart (Brigham Young University)

CP1.107 Simulations of the Instability of the m=1 Self-Shielding Diocotron Mode in Finite-Length Nonneutral Plasmas

Grant Mason, Ross Spencer (Brigham Young University)

CP1.108 The m=1 Diocotron Mode via a Nonneutral Plasma Equilibrium Code

Ross L. Spencer (Brigham Young University)

CP1.109 Physics basis and design of the Columbia Nonneutral Torus.

Thomas Sunn Pedersen (Columbia University)

CP1.110 Empirical Scaling of Peak Flux Frequency in Asymmetry-Induced Transport

D.L. Eggleston, B. Carrillo (Occidental College)

CP1.111 Toroidal Electron Plasma Confinement and the Effects of a Horizontal Electric Field

M.R. Stoneking, R.L. Sampson, D.J. Thuecks (Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin)

CP1.112 Plasma Diode. Layers formation and their stability

Annalisa Ambroso (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York)

CP1.113 Cooling of Non-neutral Plasma by Energy Exchange

Jinhyung Lee, John Cary (Center for Integrated Plasma Studies amp; Univ. of Colorado)

CP1.114 Stability of particle motion in a Penning trap

Roberto Pozzoli, Marco Anoretti, Massimiliano Rome' (INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Milano, Milano, Italy), Daniela Farina (Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, Milano, Italy)

CP1.115 The ELTRAP device for electron confinement

Marco Amoretti, Giovanni Bettega, Francesco Cavaliere, Franca De Luca, Roberto Pozzoli, Massimiliano Rome' (INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Milano, Milano, Italy), Marco Cavenago (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy)

CP1.116 Excitation of Nonuniform V-states in Noneutral Plasmas by Synchronization

Lazar Friedland (Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel), Arkadi Shagalov (Institute of Metal Physics, Ekaterinburg 620219, Russian Federation)

CP1.117 Reconnection

CP1.118 Electron dynamics in the neutral sheath and the cause of fast reconnection

M. Yamada, H. Ji, R. Kulsrud, J. Breslau, T. Carter, F. Trintchouk (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.119 Measurement of the transverse Spitzer resistivity during collisional magnetic reconnection

F. Trintchouk, M. Yamada, H. Ji, R. M. Kulsrud, T. A. Carter (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.120 Collisionality Dependence of Resistivity Enhancement in Magnetic Reconnection Experiment

Y. Ren, H. Ji, M. Yamada, T. Carter, R. Kulsrud (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.121 The Spherical Tearing Mode

S. Hu, A. Bhattacharjee (Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.), J. M. Greene (General Atomics)

CP1.122 A Systematic Simulation Study of Forced Reconnection Scaling in 2.5-D

Z. W. Ma, A. Bhattacharjee (Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)

CP1.123 Excitation of electrostatic electron-ion hybrid waves due to sheared flows in the plasma sheet region

Peter Schuck, Gurudas Ganguli (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC), Adinarayan Sundaram, Donald Fairfield (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt MD), Abhijit Sen (Institute for Plasma Research,Bhat, India)

CP1.124 Electrostatic lower hybrid instability in the field-reversed configuration

Adinarayan Sundaram, Donald Fairfield, Adolfo Vinas (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD)

CP1.125 The Effect Of Finite Beta And Guide Magnetic Field On Linear Two Fluid Tearing Instability

V.V. Mirnov, C.C. Hegna, S.C. Prager (Physics Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison)

CP1.126 Current Sheet Thickness in EMHD Plasmas

J. M. Urrutia, M. C. Griskey, R. L. Stenzel (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)

CP1.127 Electric and Magnetic Fluctuations in an EMHD Current Sheet

R. L. Stenzel, J. M. Urrutia, M. C. Griskey (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)

CP1.128 Tilting Stability of Free FRCs in EMHD Plasmas

K. D. Strohmaier, M. C. Griskey, J. M. Urrutia, R. L. Stenzel (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)

CP1.129 Helicity Reversal of a Whistler Vortex Propagating through a Magnetic Null Point

M. C. Griskey, R. L. Stenzel, J. M. Urrutia (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)

CP1.130 Control of ion heating and acceleration on magnetic reconnection for industrial applications

Yukihiro Murata, Yasushi Ono (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo)

CP1.131 Study of the influence of the equation of state and boundary conditions on the magnetic reconnection layer

Vyacheslav S. Lukin (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Swarthmore College), Michael R. Brown (Swarthmore College), William H. Matthaeus (Bartol Research Institute), Masaaki Yamada (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Dalton D. Schnack (Science Applications International Corporation)

CP1.132 Reconnection Scaling Experiment (RSX): Magnetic Reconnection in Linear Geometry

T Intrator, C Sovinec, D Begay, G Wurden, I Furno (Los Alamos National Laboratory), C Werley (Los Alamos High School), M Fisher (Univ. N. Carolina - Asheville), L Vermare (Univ. Bordeaux), W Fienup (Mass. Instit. of Technology)

CP1.133 Nonlinear study of vortex-induced reconnection in resistive and Hall MHD.

D. A. Knoll, L. Chacon, J. M. Finn (LANL)

CP1.134 Laboratory Study of Collision-less Magnetic Reconnection

Ambrogio Fasoli, Jan Egedal, Jon Nazemi (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

CP1.135 Single Particle Dynamics in Collision-less Reconnection

Jan Egedal, Ambrogio Fasoli, Jon Nazemi (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

CP1.136 Diagnostic Developments for Laboratory Study of Collision-less Magnetic Reconnection

Jon Nazemi, Jan Egedal, Ambrogio Fasoli (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center)

CP1.137 Driven collisionless reconnection about a magnetic X-point.

J.J. Ramos, F. Porcelli, R. Verastegui (M.I.T. Plasma Science and Fusion Center.)

CP1.138 Mapping of the magnetic field structure during the sawtooth instability

Ivan Pavlenko, Boris Weyssow, Daniele Carati (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Association EURATOM- Etat Belge, CP 231, Campus Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium)

CP1.139 Bright and dark relativistic solitons in electron-ion plasmas

D. Farina (Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, Milano, Italy), S. V. Bulanov (General Physics Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia)

CP1.140 Laser- and Plasma-based Accelerators, High Intensity Lasers and X-Ray Lasers

CP1.141 Exact forward scattering from a relativistic plasma wave induced by the beatwave technique

Catalin Filip, Ritesh Narang, Sergei Tochitsky, Chris Clayton, Ken Marsh, Chandrashekhar Joshi, University of California Team

CP1.142 Short pulse laser beatwave experiments using the VULCAN laser facility

B. R. Walton, Z. Najmudin, M-S. Wei, C. Marle, K. Krushelnick, A. E. Dangor (Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ, UK), R. J. Clarke, M. J. Poulter, C. Hernandez-Gomez, S. Hawkes, D. Neely, C. N. Danson, J. L. Collier (Central Laser Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon. OX11 0QX, UK), S. Fritzler, V. Malka (LULI, Ecole Polytechique,91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France)

CP1.143 Effects of the Injection Energy on Electron Acceleration in a Novel PBWA Configuration

J. A. Tataronis (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI), V. Petr\vzílka (PALSamp;Euratom/IPP.CR, Prague, Czech Republic)

CP1.144 Plasma Wake Fields Produced by Imperfect Beam and Plasma Conditions

W. B. Mori, B. E. Blue, C. E. Clayton, V. K. Decyk, E. S. Dodd, R. G. Hemker, Chengkun Huang, C. Joshi, K. A. Marsh, C. Ren, S. Wang (UCLA), S. Lee, P. Muggli, T. Katsouleas (USC), R. Siemann, F.J. Decker, M.J. Hogan, R.H. Iverson, P. Riamondi, D. Walz (SLAC), R. Assmann (CERN)

CP1.145 3D Results on PWFA and Plasma Lensing using QuickPIC: Afterburner Parameters

Chengkun Huang, Viktor Decyk, Shuoqin Wang, Evan Dodd, Chuang Ren, C. E. Clayton, B. E. Blue, C. Joshi, Warren Mori (UCLA), Tom Katsouleas, S. Lee, Patrick Muggli (USC), R. Assmann, F.-J. Decker, M. J. Hogan, R. H. Iverson, P. Raimondi, R. H. Siemann, D. Walz (SLAC)

CP1.146 Electron Impact Ionization in the Plasma Wakefield Accelerator

Brent Blue (University of California Los Angeles), Caolionn Leonetti O'Connell (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Patrick Muggli (University of Southern California), Mark J. Hogan (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Kenneth A. Marsh (University of California Los Angeles), Dieter Walz, Robert H. Siemann (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)

CP1.147 The Afterburner -- An Energy Doubler for Linear Colliders Based on Plasma Wakefields

T. Katsouleas, S. Lee, P. Muggli (USC), C. Clayton, B. Blue, E. Dodd, C Joshi, K Marsh, W. Mori, S Wang (UCLA), R Assmann, F-J Decker, M. Hogan, R. Iverson, P Raimondi, P Siemann, D Walz (SLAC), E-162 Collaboration

CP1.148 Theory of laser chirp effects on instabilities in laser wakefield accelerators

C. Schroeder (UCLA/LBNL), E. Esarey, J. Van Tilborg, W.P. Leemans (l'OASIS Group, LBNL), B.A. Shadwick (LBNL/IAP, Conifer CO), R. Trines (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), J.R. Cary, R. Giacone (U.CO Boulder)

CP1.149 Production of MeV-Electrons from Underdense Plasmas Produced by TW-fs Laser Pulses

Kazuyoshi Koyama, Eisuke Miura, Naoaki Saito, Mitsumori Tanimoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ,Tsukuba Central-2, Umezono, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan)

CP1.150 PIC simulations of SMLWFA for 35fs class lasers

J.C. Adam (Ecole Polytechnique), F.S. Tsung, Chuang Ren, W.B. Mori (UCLA), R.A. Fonseca, L.O. Silva (IST, Portugal)

CP1.151 Anomalous Wakefields in Ultra-Narrow Plasmas

K Tarik, T Katsouleas, P Muggli (USC), W B Mori (UCLA), D Gordon (NRL)

CP1.152 Laser ionization and ponderomotive acceleration (LIPA) of electrons to megavolt energies

Christopher Moore, Antonio Ting (NRL, Washington, DC), Dimitri Kaganovich (LET, Inc., Washington, DC), Theodore Jones (NRL, Washington, DC), Eldridge Briscoe (RSI, Inc., Lanham, MD), Dan Gordon (NRC/NRL research associate), Bahman Hafizi (Icarus Research, Bethesda, MD`), Richard Hubbard, Phillip Sprangle (NRL, Washington, DC)

CP1.153 Optical Injection and Acceleration of Megavolt Electrons in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Experiment

A. Ting, C.I. Moore, D. Kaganovich, T.G. Jones, E. Briscoe, D. Gordon, R. Hubbard, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)

CP1.154 Quality Particle Beams by Laser Injection into Plasma Accelerators using Colliding Pulses

R. E. Giacone (CIPS - University of Colorado at Boulder), J. R. Cary (CIPS - University of Colorado and Tech-X Corporation), D. Bruhwiler (Tech-X Corporation), E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans, B. A. Shadwick (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), P. Mardahl, J. P. Verboncoeur (University of California at Berkeley)

CP1.155 Velocity Control in Laser Wakefield Accelerators Using Segmented Capillary Discharges

Dmitri Kaganovich (LET corporation, Washington DC and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), Arie Zigler (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel), Antonio Ting, Richard Hubbard, Phillip Sprangle (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC)

CP1.156 Characterization of NRL Capillary Plasma Channels for Laser Plasma Accelerators

T.G. Jones, C.I. Moore, A. Ting, R. Hubbard, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), D. Kaganovich (LET, Inc.), K. Krushelnick (Imperial College)

CP1.157 Plasma density measurements and Raman amplification in microcapillary plasmas

Y. Ping (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab), A. Morozov, I. Geltner, S. Suckewer (Dept. of MAE, Princeton University), N. J. Fisch (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab)

CP1.158 PROPAGATION OF INTENSE LASER BEAM IN TAPERED PLASMA CHANNEL

B. Hafizi (Icarus Research, Inc.), A. Ting, R.F. Hubbard, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), J.R. Penano (LET Corporation), D.F. Gordon (Naval Research Laboratory, National Research Council)

CP1.159 Fluid Simulations of Intense Laser Pulses in Plasma Channels

B. A. Shadwick (CBP/LBNL, Berkeley CA and Institute for Advanced Physics, Conifer CO), E. H. Esarey, W. P. Leemans (CBP/LBNL), G. M. Tarkenton (Institute for Advanced Physics)

CP1.160 A Warm Fluid Model of Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions

G. M. Tarkenton (Institute for Advanced Physics, Conifer CO), B. A. Shadwick (Institute for Advanced Physics and CBP/LBNL, Berkeley CA), E. H. Esarey, W. P. Leemans (CBP/LBNL)

CP1.161 QUICKPIC: A PARALLELIZED QUASI-STATIC PIC CODE FOR MODELING PLASMA WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION

Viktor Decyk, Chengkun Huang, Shuoqin Wang, Evan Dodd, Chuang Ren, Warren Mori (UCLA), Tom Katsouleas (USC), Tom Antonsen (University of Maryland)

CP1.162 Laser Self-Focusing and Plasma Wave Wake in a Magnetized Plasma

Chuang Ren, Brian J. Duda, W. B. Mori (UCLA)

CP1.163 A Mechanism for Controlled Acceleration of Protons with PetaWatt Lasers

S Deng, S Lee, T Katsouleas (USC), W B Mori, F Tsung, JC Adam (UCLA)

CP1.164 Two-dimensional collision of probe photons with relativistic ionization fronts

J.M. Dias, J.T. Mendonca, L.O. Silva (GoLP/IST, Portugal)

CP1.165 Formation of periodic structures in a laser spark

I. Geltner (Dept. of MAE, Princeton University), Y. Ping, S. Suckewer (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab)

CP1.166 Electron Acceleration by Surface Plasma Waves in the Interaction between Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Structured Solid Targets

Joseph Kupersztych, Caterina Riconda (CEA/Saclay, DSM/DRECAM/SPCSI 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France)

CP1.167 INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR REACTIONS WITH PW LASER PLASMA INTERACTION

Silviu OLARIU (NIPNE 76900 Magurele PO Box MG-7 BUCHAREST Romania), Claude DEUTSCH (LPGP Bat.210 UPS 91405-Orsay France)

CP1.168 Generation of Magnetic Fields through Inverse Faraday Effect due to Collisions and Ionization

Gennady Shvets, Nathaniel Fisch (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ 08543)

CP1.169 Computer simulation of a photonic medium with negative dielectric constant

Alexander Pletzer, Gennady Shvets (Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory)

CP1.170 Development of the Hierarchical Atomic Model and application to the collisional excited x-ray lasers

Akira Sasaki, Takayuki Utusumi, Kengo Moribayashi, Tetsuya Kawachi, Noboru Hasegawa, Momoko Tanaka (Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)

CP1.171 3-D simulation of high-intensity ultra-short laser pulse propagation through atmospheric optical systems

Evan S. Dodd, Mark J. Schmitt (X-1 group, Los Alamos National Laboratory)