Program overview

MONDAY MORNING, 15 NOVEMBER 1999

Session BI1. High Energy Density Physics and Beams.

Monday morning, 09:20, Grand I, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BI1.01 Turbulent Hydrodynamic Experiments Using a New Plasma Piston
M.J. Edwards (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
09:50 BI1.02 The Physics of Long-Pulse Wire Array Z-Pinch Implosions
Melissa Douglas (Sandia National Laboratories)
10:20 BI1.03 Isentropic Compression Experiments on the Sandia Z Accelerator
Clint A. Hall (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185)
10:50 BI1.04 Review of Electrical Resistivity Measurements of Dense Aluminum
John F. Benage (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11:20 BI1.05 Solid-state experiments at high pressure and strain rates
D.H. Kalantar (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
11:50 BI1.06 Electron Beam-Target Interaction and Spot Size Stabilization in Flash X-Ray Radiography*
Thomas J. T. Kwan (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544)

Session BI2. Transport Barriers and Control in Tokamaks.

Monday morning, 09:20, Grand II, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BI2.01 Understanding and Control of Transport in Advanced Tokamak Regimes in DIII--D
C.M. Greenfield (General Atomics)
09:50 BI2.02 Response of Internal Transport Barriers to Central Electron Heating and Current Drive on ASDEX Upgrade
R. C. Wolf (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-85748 Garching)
10:20 BI2.03 Internal Transport Barriers in JET Optimised Shear Plasmas
Paul Thomas (JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, OX14 3EA, UK)
10:50 BI2.04 Latest Progress in Steady State Plasma Research on JT-60U
Shunsuke Ide (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 311-0193, Japan)
11:20 BI2.05 Toroidal Rotation in Alcator C-Mod Plasmas with No Direct Momentum Input
J.E. Rice (Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307)
11:50 BI2.06 Impurity-Induced Core Turbulence Suppression and Reduced Transport in the DIII-D Tokamak
G.R. McKee (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Session BO1. Basic Plasma Theory.

Monday morning, 09:20, Cascade I, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BO1.01 Hypo-resistivity
M. Mersault (Institute of Studies), Nathan Mattor (LLNL)
09:32 BO1.02 Nonlinear dynamos in stratified media
Neal Hurlburt (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory), Edward DeLuca (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
09:44 BO1.03 Heating and fast electrons at e-i collisions in super strong fields in plasmas
A.A. Balakin, I.E. Dodin, G.M. Fraiman (Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 603600, Russia)
09:56 BO1.04 Negative Ion Density Fronts during Ignition and Extinction of Plasmas in Electronegative Gases
Igor Kaganovich, Demetre Economou (University of Houston)
10:08 BO1.05 Energy-Dependent Velocity Lattices in Thermo-Lattice Boltzmann Simulations
P Pavlo (Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy), G Vahala (William amp; Mary), L Vahala (OLd Dominion Unviersity)
10:20 BO1.06 Large Eddy Simulation of MHD Turbulence
Daniele Carati, Olivier Agullo, Bernard Knaepen (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium), Statistical and Plasmas Physics Team
10:32 BO1.07 Evidence for a singularity of ideal MHD
Robert M. Kerr (Nat. Center Atmos. Res.), Axel Brandenburg (University of Newcastle)
10:44 BO1.08 New Model for Calculation of Plasma Rotation and Equilibrium Currents in Tokamak with Radial Electric Field
Yu. Petrov, T. S. Huang (Dept. of Phys., PVAMU, TX 77446)
10:56 BO1.09 Bifurcation and Relaxation of Radial Electric Field in Enhanced Reversed Shear Mode Tokamak Plasmas
Ker-chung Shaing, A.Y. Aydemir (Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712), R. Hiwatari (Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan), W.A. Houlberg (Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN 37831), Y. Ogawa (Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan), M.C. Zarnstorff (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ 08543)
11:08 BO1.10 Impact of kinetic processes on the macroscopic plasma dynamics
Francesco Califano (Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia, Sez. A, Dip. Fisica, Universita' di Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Francesco Pegoraro (Dip. Fisica, Universit'a di Pisa and INFM, Pisa, Italy), Sergei Bulanov (General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia)
11:20 BO1.11 3-D Simulations of Electron Phase-Space Holes
M. M. Oppenheim (Boston University), D. L. Newman (University of Colorado), M. V. Goldman (University of Colordo)
11:32 BO1.12 Nonlinear solutions of a three-mode coupling problem of ion temperature gradient instability
Tomo-Hiko Watanabe, Hideo Sugama, Tetsuya Sato (National Institute for Fusion Science)
11:44 BO1.13 Velocity shear driven electromagnetic modes in partially ionized plasmas
B. Basu (Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA 01731), B. Coppi (MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139)
11:56 BO1.14 Nonlinearlly saturated dynamical state of a mode-coupled dissipative system
Y.S. Dimant (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

Session BO2. Laser Plasma Interactions.

Monday morning, 09:20, Cascade II, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BO2.01 Interaction Experiments Under Direct-Drive NIF Conditions
W. Seka, D.D. Meyerhofer, S.P. Regan, B. Yaakobi, R.E. Bahr, R.S. Craxton, R.W. Short, A. Simon (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
09:32 BO2.02 Time Evolution of Raman and Brillouin Laser Reflectivity from Long Scale Toroidal Hohlraum Plasmas
Juan C. Fernández, J. A. Cobble, D. S. Montgomery, M. D. Wilke (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
09:44 BO2.03 Thomson Scattering from Ion Waves driven by SBS in large-scale length plasmas
Siegfried H. Glenzer, C. G. Geddes, R. K. Kirkwood (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Ca 94551, USA)
09:56 BO2.04 Study of the Saturation of Stimulated Raman Scattering by Secondary Decays
Cameron Geddes, Robert Kirkwood, Siegfried Glenzer, Kent Estabrook (LLNL), Chan Joshi, Ken Wharton (UCLA)
10:08 BO2.05 Optical Mixing Controlled Stimulated Scattering Instabilities on Omega
Bedros B. Afeyan (Polymath Research Inc.), Cameron Geddes (UC Berkeley), D. S. Montgomery (LANL), R. K. Kirkwood (LLNL), S. P. Regan (LLE), A. J. Schmitt (NRL), K. Estabrook (LLNL)
10:20 BO2.06 Field distribution and hot spot statistics in plasmas irradiated by crossed RPP beams
A. Maximov, I. Ourdev (Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2J1), D. Pesme (CPT, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France), W. Rozmus (Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2J1), C. E. Capjack (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta), H. A. Baldis (Institute for Laser Science and Applications, LLNL, LIvermore, CA 94550)
10:32 BO2.07 Scaling of stimulated Raman and stimulated Brillouin scattering in single hot spot experiments
D.S. Montgomery, J.A. Cobble, R.P. Johnson (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, 87545), N. Renard-Le Galloudec (University of Nevada, Reno NV, 89557)
10:44 BO2.08 The influence of nonlocal electron transport on stimulated forward Brillouin scattering and filamentation.
R. L. Berger, J. D. Moody, A. B. Langdon, D. E. Hinkel, C. H. Still, E. A. Williams (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
10:56 BO2.09 NLSE Filament Interactions in 2D: Collisions Fusion and ''Radiation''
F. Vidal, T.W. Johnston (INRS-Energie et Materiaux, C.P. 1020, Varennes, QC, CANADA J3X 1S2)
11:08 BO2.10 Stability of Self-Focused Filaments in Laser-Produced Plasmas
R.W. Short (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
11:20 BO2.11 SRS as a locally self-sustaining nonlinear instability
Harvey A. Rose (LANL)
11:32 BO2.12 Relativistic Electron Beams, Forward Thomson Scattering, and ``Raman'' Scattering
A. Simon (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
11:44 BO2.13 Measurements of Hard X-ray Emission from Laser--Plasma Instabilities on OMEGA
C. Stoeckl, J.A. Delettrez, V.Yu. Glebov, D.D. Meyerhofer, W. Seka, V.A. Smalyuk, S. Sublett, J.D. Zuegel (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
11:56 BO2.14 A Bremsstrahlung X-ray Source Driven by Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) of 351 nm Light
R. K. Kirkwood, L. J. Suter, S. H. Glenzer, C. G. R. Geddes, M. C. Miller, W. W. Hsing (LLNL)

Session BM1. Mini-Conference on Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and Solar Wind I.

Monday morning, 09:20, Fifth Avenue, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BM1.01 MHD Turbulence in the Solar Wind as Observed at Low and High Heliographic Latitude
Roberto Bruno (Istituto Fisica Spazio Interplanetario del CNR, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy)
09:50 BM1.02 MHD Turbulence Theory: Needed Repairs
David C. Montgomery (Dartmouth College)
10:20 BM1.03 Simulations of Magnetofluid Turbulence: Applications to the Solar Wind
Melvyn L Goldstein (Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
10:50 BM1.04 Cascade and Dissipation of Interplanetary Turbulence
W H Matthaeus (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware)
11:20 BM1.05 A Toy Model of Compressible Alfvenic Turbulence Based on Interacting Structures
P.H. Diamond, B. Wecht (UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0319), M.V. Medvedev (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02138)
11:50 BM1.06 Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Interstellar Medium: Similarities and Dissimilarities
Steven Spangler (University of Iowa)

Session BM2. Mini-Conference on Plasma Propulsion Physics: Near-Term Plasma Propulsion.

Monday morning, 09:20, Vashon, The Westin Seattle

09:20 BM2.01 An Overview of Spacecraft Electric Propulsion
M. Martinez-Sanchez (Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge MA)
09:45 BM2.02 Magnetized Flow in Thermal Arcjets
D. Q. King (PRIMEX Aerospace Company, Redmond, WA)
10:00 BM2.03 Plasma Properties inside and outside a DC Arcjet Generator Using Ammonia and Mixture of Nitrogen and Hydrogen
H. Tahara , T. Yoshikawa (Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
10:15 BM2.04 Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of a Helium Arcjet Flow
Q. E. Walker, M. A. Cappelli (Stanford University, Thermosciences Division, Stanford, CA)
10:30 BM2.05 Diagnostic Measurements and Modeling of Arcjet and Ion Engine Flowfields
R. B. Cohen, J. E. Pollard, M. W. Crofton, P. T. E. deBoer, T. A. Moore, B. B. Brady, D. A. Nelson (The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA), I. Boyd (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
10:45 BM2.06 Herriott Cell Interferomter for High-Resolution Density Measurements in Small Scale Length Micro-Propulsion Plasmas
S. F. Engelman, G. G. Spanjers (AFRL Electric Propulsion Group), E. A. Antonsen , R. L. Burton (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL)
11:00 BM2.07 Current Sheet Canting in Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
T. E. Markusic, E.Y. Choueiri (Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Lab. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)
11:15 BM2.08 Poster Discussion

Session BP1. Poster Session.

Monday morning, 09:20, Grand III, The Westin Seattle

Links to specific topics:

Electron Beams and High-Energy Density Plasmas, BP1.01-BP1.27
Hohlraums/Compression, BP1.28-BP1.66
FRCs and Other Innovative Concepts, BP1.67-BP1.101
Dusty and Strongly Coupled Plasmas, BP1.102-BP1.115

Electron Beams and High-Energy Density Plasmas

BP1.01 New Description of Collisionless Dynamics in Beam-Plasma Systems
E. Yu. Backhaus, J. S. Wurtele (UCB)
BP1.02 Performance Characteristics of a Compact Nanosecond Intense Electron Beam Generator
Hilal Goktas (Ankara Nuclear Research And Training Center, 06105 Besevler, Ankara, Turkey), Mircea Udrea (Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey)
BP1.03 Background Ionization due to Relativistic Electron Beam Propagation
A. G. Sgro, T. J. T. Kwan (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.04 GYMNOS Modeling of Electron Beam Dynamics for the Injector and Final Focus Regions of the ETA-II Accelerator
C.S. Kueny, L.-F. Wang, Y.-J. Chen, D.W. Hewett (LLNL)
BP1.05 Initial Commissioning Results of the RTA Injector
Shmuel Eylon, Enrique Henestroza, Steve Lidia, David Vanecek, Simon Yu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tim Houck, Glenn Westenskow (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.06 Effects of Electron Beam Emittance on Flash X-ray Radiography*
Peggy J. Christenson, Barbara G. DeVolder, Thomas J. T. Kwan, Charles M. Snell (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545)
BP1.07 Multi- TeV Collider Booster
P. Chen (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), S. Cheshkov (University of Texas at Austin), R. Ruth (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), T. Tajima (University of Texas at Austin and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.08 Effects of Ion Channel Formation in Flash X-Ray Radiography
Charles M. Snell, Peggy J. Christenson, Thomas J. T. Kwan (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM)
BP1.09 Interaction of a 30 GeV Beam with a Self-Produced He Plasma
S. Wang (UCLA), P. Catravas, S. Chattopadhyay, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, P. Volfbeyn (LBL), R. Assmann, F.J. Decker, M.J. Hogan, R.H. Iverson, S.H. Rokni, R. Siemann, D. Waltz, D. Whittum (SLAC), B. Blue, C.E. Clayton, R. Hemker, C. Joshi, K.A. Marsh, W.B. Mori (UCLA), T. Katsouleas, S. Lee, P. Muggli (USC)
BP1.10 Underdense Plasma Lens Experiment at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory
H. Suk, C. E. Clayton, C. Joshi, M. Loh, P. Muggli, C. Pellegrini, N. Ritesh, J.B. Rosenzweig (Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, UCLA), T. Katsoules (Department of Electrical Engineering and Quantum Electronics, USC)
BP1.11 3D PIC Simulations of plasma wakefield acceleration*
T. Katsouleas, S. Lee (USC), R.G. Hemker, W.B. Mori, E.S. Dodd (UCLA)
BP1.12 Transverse Dynamic of a 30 GeV Electron Beam Propagating Through a 1.5 m Plasma
P. Muggli (USC), P. Catravas, S. Chattopadhyay, E. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, P. Volfbeyn (LBL), R. Assmann, F.J. Decker, M.J. Hogan, R.H. Iverson, S.H. Rokni, R. Siemann, D. Waltz, D. Whittum (SLAC), B. Blue, C.E. Clayton, R. Hemker, C. Joshi, K.A. Marsh, W.B. Mori, S. Wang (UCLA), T. Katsouleas, S. Lee (USC)
BP1.13 Analysis of Excited Wakefield Modes in a Hollow Plasma Channel
Carl Schroeder, Jonathan Wurtele (University of California at Berkeley)
BP1.14 Simulations of a Meter Long Plasma Wakefield Accelerator
Seung Lee, Tom Katsouleas (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089), Roy Hemker, Mori Warren (Department of Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024), E157 Collaboration
BP1.15 Trapping of plasma electrons using density transitions in the PWFA
Hyyong Suk, James Rosenzweig (UCLA Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)
BP1.16 Particle-In-Cell Modeling of the Bremsstrahlung Reflex Triode
Robert Stark (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division)
BP1.17 The Effect of Surface Conditions on Opening Switch Operation
John Goyer, John Thompson, David Kortbawi, Scott Davis, Joseph Sallay (Maxwell Technologies), Nino Pereira (Ecopulse), Michael Cuneo (Sandia National Laboratory), Bruce Weber (Naval Research Laboratory)
BP1.18 Use of an Intense Ion Beam as a Flash DT Neutron Source for Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy of a Dense Plasma Experiment
B.P. Wood (Los Alamos National Laboratory), J.F. Benage, V.W. Yuan, G.L. Morgan, D.J. Bowman, R.K. Keinigs
BP1.19 Practical Improvements to the Lee-More Conductivity Near the Metal-Insulator Transition
M.P. Desjarlais, S.E. Rosenthal, R.B. Spielman (Sandia National Laboratories)
BP1.20 Beyond the Krieger-Li-Iafrate Approximation: Results for Atomic Data from an Improved Approximation to the Optimum Potential Method
B.G. Wilson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.21 Modeling High Energy Density Plasmas
J.R. Albritton, D.A. Liberman, B.G. Wilson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.22 Exploding Aluminum Wire as a Strongly-Coupled Plasma Source
Thomas Tierney, John Benage, Karen Byrd, Scott Evans, George Kyrala, Richard Scarberry, Jonathan Workman (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.23 Equation of State for Strongly Coupled High Z Plasmas
William Daughton (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico)
BP1.24 Electron Impact Excitation Cross Section and Rate Measurements in Open M-Shell Au
Keith Wong, Peter Beiersdorfer, Greg Brown, Steve Utter, Kevin Fournier (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Paul Neill, Cliff Harris (University of Nevada at Reno)
BP1.25 Relativistic and Non-Relativistic UTA Modeling of LTE Systems as a Function of Nuclear Charge Z
David P. Kilcrease, Jr. Abdallah, Christopher J. Fontes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.26 Fully Relativistic Calculations for Non-LTE Modeling
Christopher J. Fontes, Hong Lin Zhang, Joseph Abdallah Jr., Robert E. H. Clark, David P. Kilcrease (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.27 OTR Measurements of a Plasma Wakefield Experiment at 30 GeV
P. Catravas, S. Chattopadhyay, S. DiMaggio, E.H. Esarey, W.P. Leemans, P. Volfbeyn (LBNL), R. Assman, F.-J. Decker, R. Iverson, M.J. Hogan, S. Rokni, R.H. Siemann, D. Walz, D. Whittum (SLAC), C. Clayton, R. Hemker, C. Joshi, K. Marsh, W.B. Mori, S. Wang (UCLA), T. Katsouleas, S. Lee, P. Muggli (USC), E157 Collaboration

Hohlraums/Compression

BP1.28 Numerical study for the MJ target design
S. Laffite (CEA, DAM/Ile de France), M. Bonnefille, P. Cargo, F. Chaland, C. Charpin, J. F. Clouet, H. Dumont, J. Giorla, P. A. Holstein, B. Huguenin, F. Poggi, Y. Saillard, G. Schurtz (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, DAM/Ile de France, B.P.12, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)
BP1.29 Study of the radiation symmetry on indirect drive targets with a view factor code
F. Poggi, J. Giorla (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, DAM/Ile de France, B.P.12, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)
BP1.30 Two-Dimensional ICF Capsule-Hohlraum Designs at 250 and 350~eV Drive Temperatures for the NIF
P.A. Bradley, D.C. Wilson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.31 Target simulations for diagnostic design for ignition targets for the National Ignition Facility
Steven W. Haan, Ogden S. Jones, Jeffrey A. Koch, T. Craig Sangster, Stephen M. Pollaine, Thomas R. Dittrich, Denise E. Hinkel, Michael M. Marinak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.32 Sensitivity of NIF Ignition Target Performance to Central DT Gas Density
George L. Strobel, Steven W. Haan, Thomas R. Dittrich, Denise E. Hinkel, Michael M. Marinak (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.33 Large-scale simulations of hydrodynamic instabilities in laser-driven targets
M.M. Marinak, G.D. Kerbel, N. Gentile, T.R. Dittrich, S.W. Haan, R. Klein (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.34 Alternate ablator materials for NIF ignition capsules
T. R. Dittrich, S. W. Haan, M. M. Marinak, S. M. Pollaine (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.35 A generalized scaling law for the ignition energy of ICF capsules
Mark Herrmann, Max Tabak, John Lindl (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
BP1.36 Laser-driven Implosion Simulations with the Kull Code
Thomas B. Kaiser, J. Michael Owen, Niel K. Madsen (University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.37 Capsule Implosion Sensitivity to Pulse Shape Parameters
M.S. Armel (University of California, Berkeley, LBNL, LLNL), Debbie Callahan-Miller, Max Tabak (LLNL)
BP1.38 Quiet Monte Carlo Approach to Hydrodynamic Simulation
Michael E. Jones, Don S. Lemons, Dan Winske (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.39 \textitDRACO---A New Multidimensional Hydrocode
D. Keller, T.J.B. Collins, J.A. Delettrez, P.W. McKenty, P.B. Radha, R.P.J. Town (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester), B. Whitney (Prism Computational Sciences), G.A. Moses (Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin)
BP1.40 A Kinetics Model for KrF Laser Amplifiers
J.L Giuliani, P. Kepple, R. Lehmberg, S.P. Obenschain (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), G. Petrov (Berkeley Research Associates, Inc.)
BP1.41 Spectroscopic Analysis of Plasma Gradients in ICF Imploded Cores
Igor Golovkin, Roberto Mancini (Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno), Jacques Delettrez (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester), Lewis Klein (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University), Richard Lee (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.42 Time-resolved Kr K- and L- shell spectroscopy of directly-driven microballoon implosions: theory and experiment
Jr. Haynes (Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin), C. F. Hooper, G. Junkel, M. Gunderson (University of Florida), D. K. Bradley (Lawrence Livermore National Laborotory), J. A. Delettrez (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester)
BP1.43 Simulation of radiation in laser produced plasmas
D.G. Colombant (Plasma Physics Division,NRL), M. Klapisch (Artep), A.V. Deniz (SAIC), J. Weaver (Space Sciences Division,NRL), A. Schmitt (Plasma Physics Divison,NRL)
BP1.44 Further\; Evidence\; for\; a\; Prepulse\; on\; OMEGA^1
R C Elton, H R Griem, E J Iglesias (University of Maryland Institute for Plasma Research)
BP1.45 Space Resolved XUV Spectroscopy and Shearing Interferometry from a 10 ps KrF Laser-Produced-Plasma
E. J. Iglesias, H. R. Griem, R. C. Elton (University of Maryland Institute for Plasma Research), H. A. Scott, J. C. Moreno (LLNL)
BP1.46 New target irradiation system -HIPER- on Gekko-XII at ILE Osaka
Hiroyuki Shiraga, Hiroshi Azechi, Tadashi Kanabe, Noriaki Miyanaga, Hisanori Fujita, Kazuhisa Fujita, Koji Tsubakimoto, Takahisa Jitsuno, Hiroaki Nishimura, Mitsuo Nakai, Hiroyuki Daido, Masahiro Nakatsuka, Kunioki Mima, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)
BP1.47 High vacuum operation of a liquid-walled IFE chamber
Arthur W. Molvik, Ralph W. Moir (LLNL)
BP1.48 Simulations of Indirectly Driven Cylindrical Implosions
J. M. Scott, J. B. Beck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.49 Image Analysis Concerns for ICF: Simulating a Static Target Radiograph with Comparison to Experiment
J. B. Beck, J. M. Scott, D. L. Tubbs, S. H. Batha, C. W. Barnes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.50 RAGE AMR Calculations of ICF and High-Energy-Density Experiments
B.H. Wilde (Los Alamos National Laboratory), M. L. Gittings (Los Alamos National Laboratory and SAIC), T. S. Perry (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), J. M. Foster, P. A. Rosen, M. Fell (AWE, Aldermaston, U.K.), J. A. Cobble (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.51 Experimental caracterization of the influence of the laser pulse shape on the radiation temperature history of spherical hohlraums
J.-P. Jadaud, D. Babonneau, J.-Y. Boutin, E. Dattolo, M. Rabec Le Gloahec, B. Villette (DAM/Ile de France, B.P. 12, 91980 Bruyères le Châtel, France), Ch. Reverdin, J.-P. Thébault (DAM/Limeil-Valenton, B.P. 27, 94195 Villeneuve Saint Georges Cedex, France)
BP1.52 LMJ like Multiple Beam Cones Irradiation Symmetry Experiments on Omega
A.L. Richard, N.C. Dague, J.P. Jadaud, M.C. Monteil (CEA/DIF BP12, 91680 Bruyères le Châtel, France), R.E. Turner, D. Bradley, O.L. Landen, R.J. Wallace (LLNL, Livermore, California 94550, USA), G. Pien, S. Morse, J.M. Soures (LLE, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA)
BP1.53 Low-Density Foam Ball Diagnostic for Radiation-Flux Symmetry in Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraums
D. L. Hanson, R. A. Vesey, Jr. Porter, M. E. Cuneo, L. E. Ruggles, W. W. Simpson, M. F. Vargas, T. L. Gilliland, D. E. Hebron, S. C. Dropinski, R. E. Hawn, D. G. Schroen-Carey (Sandia National Laboratories), J. H. Hammer, O. Landen, J. Koch (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
BP1.54 Z-Pinch Driven Hohlraum Energetics and Load Development
M.E. Cuneo, R.A. Vesey, Jr. Porter, J.H. Hammer, L.E. Ruggles, W.W. Simpson, C.A. Hall, J.R. Asay, D.L. Hanson, T.J. Nash, G.A. Chandler, R.B. Spielman, J.F. Seamen, T.L. Gilliland (Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-1193.)
BP1.55 Diagnostic Hole Closure Calculations for Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraums on Z
R.R. Peterson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), T.W.L. Sanford, R.E. Olson, R.C. Mock (Sandia National Laboratories), W. Matuska, R.P. Weaver, M.L. Gittings (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.56 Z-Pinch Driven Dynamic Hohlraum Converter Mass Scan on the Z-Accelerator*
G.A. Chandler, T.J. Nash, J.S. Lash, J.E. Bailey, M.S. Derzon, D.L. Fehl, T.W.L. Sanford, S.A. Slutz (Sandia National Laboratories), D.L. Peterson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.57 Analysis of Data From Z-Pinch MTF Target-Plasma Experiments
J.M. Taccetti, F.J. Wysocki, J.F. Benage, G. Idzorek, H. Oona, R.C. Kirkpatrick, I.R. Lindemuth, P.T. Sheehey (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.58 Computational Modeling of Liner-on-Plasma Magnetized Target Fusion Experiments
Peter T. Sheehey, Rickey J. Faehl, Ronald C. Kirkpatrick, Irvin R. Lindemuth (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545)
BP1.59 Characterization of an X-ray Radiographic System for Measuring the Evolution of Broadband Imprint in Laser-Driven Planar Targets
O.V. Gotchev, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer, V.A. Smalyuk (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
BP1.60 X-ray Yield Scaling for High-Energy Backlighters
Jonathan Workman, Scott Evans, George Kyrala, Cris Barnes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nathan Shambo (North Carolina State University)
BP1.61 A Soft X-ray Transmission Grating Spectrograph for the Nike Laser Facility
J. L. Weaver (NRC-NRL Research Associate), G. Holland (SFA, Inc.), U. Feldman, J. Seely, C. Brown (Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory), A. V. Deniz, V. Serlin, M. Klapisch, D. Colombant (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
BP1.62 Absolute Soft X-ray Emission Measurements Using Filtered Photodiodes on the Nike Laser
A. V. Deniz (SAIC), J. L. Weaver (NRC/NRL Research Associate), M. Klapisch (ARTEP), D. Colombant (Plasma Physics Division, NRL), G. Holland (SFA), J. Seely, U. Feldman, C. Brown (Space Sciences Division, NRL), C. Boyer (USRA)
BP1.63 Neutron-Induced Background in CCD Detectors
P.A. Jaanimagi, R. Boni, R.L. Keck (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
BP1.64 A neutron bang-time diagnostic for indirectly driven experiments on Omega
T. J. Murphy, J. L. Jimerson, R. R. Berggren, R. E. Carmichael, J. R. Faulkner, R. D. Little, J. Lopez, J. A. Oertel, R. Schmell, P. J. Walsh (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.65 Neutron Diagnostics for NIF
Cris W. Barnes, R. Berggren, S. Caldwell, R.C. Chrien, F. Cverna, J. Faulkner, J.M. Mack, G.L. Morgan, T.J. Murphy, J.A. Oertel, J. Tegtmeier, R. Walton, M. Wilke, D.C. Wilson, C.S. Young (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.66 Temporally Resolved Schlieren Imaging Experiments on a Laser-Generated Plasma
J. F. Camacho (UC Davis amp; LLNL), D. E. Bliss, S. M. Cameron (SNL)

FRCs and Other Innovative Concepts

BP1.67 FRC flux buildup and current sustainment in the TCS program using Rotating Magnetic Fields (RMF)
John Slough, Alan L. Hoffman (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.68 STX, FRC formation and sustainment using RMF
Ken Miller, John Slough (RPPL, U of Washington)
BP1.69 Initial Operation of the TCS Rotating Magnetic Field - FRC Device
Peter Euripides, Bob Brooks, John Slough, Alan L. Hoffman (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.70 Initial Operations of the Rotating Magnetic Field Oscillator System Designed for the University of Washington’s Translation, Confinement and Sustainment Experiment
Steve Tobin, William Reass, Louis Schrank, Glen Wurden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.71 A Two Color Quadrature Interferometer for the TCS Experiment
Edward Crawford, Peter Euripides, George Votroubek (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.72 Tomographic Reconstruction of Electron Density from Visible Light Emission Diagnostics on a Translated FRC Plasma
George R. Votroubek, John Slough, Edward Crawford (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.73 Flux buildup in FRCs using rotating magnetic fields
Alan L. Hoffman (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.74 MHD effects on RMF Current Drive in an FRC
Richard D. Milroy (RPPL, University of Washington)
BP1.75 Study on Confinement of Particle and Trapped Magnetic Flux in FRC
Shoichi Ohi (Plasma Physics Laboratory, Graduated School of Engineering, Osaka University)
BP1.76 Plasma Particle Diffusion in a Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC)
Hiromu Momota (Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Toshiki Takahashi (Department of Electronics, University of Utsunomiya, Japan), George H. Miley (Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
BP1.77 Confinement Scaling Laws in a Collisional Field-Reversed Configuration
Sergei V. Ryzhkov (Bauman Moscow State Technical University)
BP1.78 Toroidal Current-Drive Experiment of Field-Reversed Configuration by Use of Ohmic Heating Coil and Equilibrium Field Control
Tomofumi Matsuyama, Lim Yong Wah, Yasushi Ono, Makoto Katsurai (Univ. of Tokyo)
BP1.79 Density Profile Measurement in the TS-4 Merging Device
Hitoshi Hayashiya, Yasushi Ono, Makoto Katsurai (Dept. of Elec. Eng., The Univ. of Tokyo)
BP1.80 The Proposed SPIRIT Device and Promising Regimes for Stable FRC Plasmas
H. Ji, M. Yamada, E. Belova, R. Kulsrud, S. Jardin, D. Mikkelsen, S. Zweben (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
BP1.81 Two-fluid simulations using the NIMROD code of relaxation processes with applications to FRC plasmas
Alfonso Tarditi (Science Application International Corporation)
BP1.82 Systems Analysis of D-T and D-3He FRC Power Plants
John F. Santarius (Univ. of Wisconsin), Sergei V. Ryzhkov (Bauman Moscow State Technical Univ.), Canh N. Nguyen (Lehigh Univ.), Loren C. Steinhauer (Univ. of Washington), Gilbert A. Emmert (Univ. of Wisconsin)
BP1.83 Plasma heating in an FRC by magnetic osciallations.
A.H. Glasser, S.A. Cohen (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.84 Detailed Analysis of Proton Ring Propagation on FIREX
W.J. Podulka, J.B. Greenly, A. Gretchikha, Y. Yang (Cornell University)
BP1.85 Optimizing Proton Beam Generation In The FIREX Magnetically Insulated Ion Diode
J.B. Greenly, A. Gretchikha, W.J. Podulka, Y. Yang (Cornell University)
BP1.86 Ion Beam - Alfvèn Wave Interaction in Simulations of Ion Ring Trapping by a Reversed Field Configuration
A. Gretchikha, J.B. Greenly, W.J. Podulka (Cornell University)
BP1.87 Experimental Measurements of Solid Liner Implosion onto Vacuum for Magnetized Target Fusion Applications
T. Intrator, J.M. Taccetti, D.A. Clark, F. J. Wysocki, R. Siemon , R. Faehl, K. F. Schoenberg, G.A. Wurden, I.R. Lindemuth (Los Alamos National Lab), J. Degnan, S. Coffey (Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB), MTF Team
BP1.88 Integrated Simulations of the Injection and the Compression of an Unmagnetized Hydrogen Working Fluid.
N.F. Roderick, R.E. Peterkin Jr., J.H. Degnan (Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117)
BP1.89 Effect of Viscosity on Growth Rates of Interchange Modes in Magnetic Inertial Fusion Plasmas
R. L. Morse, R. Nachtrieb (MIT/PFC)
BP1.91 Overview of the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX)
D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel (Columbia University), J. Kesner, J. Minervini, P. Michael, A. Radovinsky, J.H. Schultz, B.A. Smith, P. Thomas, A. Zhukovsky (MIT PSFC), R. Ellis (PPPL)
BP1.92 Energetic Electron Effects Expected in the LDX Experiment
M. Mauel, D. Garnier (Columbia University), J. Kesner (M.I.T.)
BP1.93 Basic Physics in the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX)
J. Kesner, L. Bromberg (MIT PSFC), D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel (Columbia University)
BP1.94 Ignition and Fusion Power Production in Advanced Fuel Levitated Dipole Reactors
L. Bromberg, J. Kesner, S. Velez (MIT PSFC), D.T. Garnier, M.E. Mauel (Columbia University)
BP1.95 Dipole Stability and Toroidal Field Effects on Equilibria
Peter J. Catto (MIT PSFC and Lodestar Research Corp.), Sergei I. Krasheninnikov (UCSD and MIT PSFC)
BP1.96 Development of Potential Confinement in GAMMA 10 Tandem Mirror
K. Yatsu, T. Cho, M. Hirata, H. Hojo, M. Ichimura, K. Ishii, A. Itakura, I. Katanuma, J. Kohagura, Y. Nakashima, T. Saito, T. Tamano, S. Tanaka, Y. Tatematsu, M. Yoshikawa (Plasma Research Center, Univ. Tsukuba)
BP1.97 Radial density profiles in neutral-beam-injected mirrors
Vladimir Mirnov, Ilker Uzun (Physics Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531)
BP1.98 Maryland Centrifugal Torus-2 (MCT-2)
R. F. Ellis, A. B. Hassam, S. Guharay, S. Messer, B. R. Osborn (University of Maryland, College Park)
BP1.99 Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) of a Fusion Plasma using Grids and Ampere-level Pulses
Jon Nadler (Nuclear Engineering Dept., University of Illinois), George Miley, Matt Coventry, Mike Williams, Brian Jurczyk, Robert Stubbers (Fusion Studies Lab, University of Illinois)
BP1.100 Energy gain calculations in spherical IEC fusion systems using the BAFP code
L. Chacón, G. H. Miley (UIUC), D. C. Barnes, D. A. Knoll (LANL)
BP1.101 Penning Fusion eXperiment - Ions
K.R. Umstadter, M. Schauer, D. Barnes, L. Schrank, F. Ribe (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Dusty and Strongly Coupled Plasmas

BP1.102 Experimental Study of Shock Formation in a Dusty Plasma
Q. Z. Luo, N. D'Angelo, R. L. Merlino (The University of Iowa)
BP1.103 Instability of a dust particle in a dc sheath due to finite charging time effect
S. Nunomura, J. Goree (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Iowa, IA 52242), T. Misawa, N. Ohno, S. Takamura (Dept. of Energy Eng. and Science, Graduate School of Eng., Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan)
BP1.104 Dust particle transport measurements in the Dusty Plasma Experiment (DPX)
Jr. Thomas, M. Watson, B.K. Wallace, G. Lampkin, C. Barnett (Fisk University)
BP1.105 Dusty plasma simulations using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM)
Michael Watson (Fisk University), Edward Thomas Jr., Kent Wallace, Gregory Lampkin, Cleon Barnett
BP1.106 Wake Structure in Dusty Plasmas: Theory and Simulations
Don S. Lemons, Dan Winske, William Daughton, Michael S. Murillo (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BP1.107 Photoelectric Charging of Dust Particles
Amanda Sickafoose, Joshua Colwell, Mihaly Horanyi, Scott Robertson (University of Colorado, Boulder)
BP1.108 Two Dimensional Coulomb Crystals of Charged Oil Bubbles
S.V. Kulkarni, A. Sen (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428, India)
BP1.109 Transverse Electrostatic Modes in a One-Dimensional Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma
A. Bhattacharjee, Xiaogang Wang (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)
BP1.110 Ionization Instabilities and Filamentary Modes in Dusty Plasmas
Xiaogang Wang, A. Bhattacharjee (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)
BP1.111 Dynamical properties of strongly coupled dusty plasmas
Hiroaki Ohta, Satoshi Hamaguchi (Dept. of Fundamental Energy Science, Kyoto University)
BP1.112 Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Strongly Coupled Metal Plasmas
Alan DeSilva, Joseph Katsouros (Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742)
BP1.113 Energy Relaxation Between Ion Species in a Strongly Coupled Plasma Mixture
L. E. Thode, M. S. Murillo, K. Y. Sanbonmatsu (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico)
BP1.114 Dielectric Screening and Stopping Power of a Test Charge Moving in a Plasma
P. Mulser (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany), Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi (University of Central Florida)
BP1.115 A Laboratory Study of the Charging/Discharging Mechanisms of a Dust Particle Exposed to an Electron Beam
C.C. Venturini (Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville), J.F. Spann (Space Sciences Department, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), R.H. Comfort (Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville)