Program overview

MONDAY AFTERNOON, 15 NOVEMBER 1999

Session CT1. Spherical Torus and Undergraduate Education.

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Grand I, The Westin Seattle

14:00 CT1.01 Physics of Spherical Torus Plasmas
Y-K. M. Peng (ORNL@PPPL)
14:40 CT1.02 A Perspective on Physics Education Research
Lillian C. McDermott (University of Washington)

Session CO1. Z-Pinches (HEDPI).

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Cascade I, The Westin Seattle

14:00 CO1.01 Improved dynamics and radiated powers from titanium Z-pinch implosions by employing nested wire arrays
C. Deeney, C.A. Coverdale, M.R. Douglas (Affiliation), J. Bailey (Sandia National Laboratories), J.P. Apruzese, J. Davis, R. Clark, J.W. Thornhill, K.G. Whitney (Affiliation), R. Terry (Naval Research Laboratory), R. Schneider (DTRA), Y. Maron (Weizmann Institute)
14:12 CO1.02 Hydrodynamic Experiments on Z
Robert E. Chrien, Richard L. Bowers, Fritz J. Swenson, George Idzorek (Los Alamos National Laboratory), James R. Asay, Clint Hall (Sandia National Laboratory)
14:24 CO1.03 Simulations of the Radiative Environment Produced by a Z-pinch
Joysree Aubrey (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545), Richard Bowers, Darrell Peterson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Gordon Chandler (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185), Mark Derzon, Tom Nash (Sandia National Laboratories)
14:36 CO1.04 Nested Wire Arrays for High-Photon-Energy, Long-Implosion-Time Plasma Radiation Sources
David Mosher (Plasma Physics Div., Naval Research Lab.)
14:48 CO1.05 Mass and wire number effects of long implosion time Aluminum Z-pinches on Saturn
C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney (Sandia National Labs), P.D. LePell (Ktech Corporation), H. Sze, B. Failor, P. Coleman (Maxwell Physics International), K.G. Whitney, J.W. Thornhill, J.P. Apruzese, J. Davis (NRL), R. Schneider (DTRA)
15:00 CO1.06 Visible Light Observations of Argon Z-Pinch Implosions
Philip Coleman, Bruce Failor, Jerold Levine, YuanXu Song, Henry Sze (Maxwell Physics International)
15:12 CO1.07 Design, Modeling and Gas Flow Measurements of a Double Shell Nozzle for Z-Pinch Studies
R. Ingermanson, Y. Song (Maxwell Physics International, Inc.), B. Weber (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), A. Fisher (Hytech Research, Inc.), D. Parks, P. Coleman (Maxwell Physics International, Inc.)
15:24 CO1.08 Recent Argon Double Shell Experiments on Double Eagle
H. Sze (Maxwell Physics International Inc.), A. Fisher (Hytech Research, Inc.), P. Coleman, B. Failor, J. Levine, Y. Song, E. Waisman (Maxwell Physics International Inc.), F. Cochran (Berkeley Research Associates, Inc.), A. Velikovich, J. Davis (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
15:36 CO1.09 Simulation of Double-Puff Argon Experiments on Double Eagle
F. L. Cochran, Y. K. Chong (Berkeley Research Associates, Inc.), J. Davis, A. L. Velikovich (Plasma Physics Division, NRL), A. Fisher (HY-Tech Research Corp.), H. Sze, P. Coleman, B. Failor, J. Levine, Y. X. Song (Maxwell Physics International)
15:48 CO1.10 2D MHD calculations for recent Argon Double Shell Experiments on Double Eagle
Eduardo M. Waisman, P. Coleman, R. Ingermanson, D. Parks, P. Steen (MPI, San Diego, CA), B. Failor, J. Levine, Y. Song, H. Sze (MPI, San Leandro, CA)
16:00 CO1.11 ALEGRA simulations of x-ray pulses from Sandia's Z accelerator
P. H. Stoltz, M. P. Desjarlais, C. J. Garasi, T. A. Haill, T. A. Mehlhorn, J. S. Peery, A. C. Robinson (Sandia National Laboratories), B. V. Oliver (Mission Research Corporation)
16:12 CO1.12 Characterization of the plasma parameters for PBFA-Z type wire array Z-pinches and the implications for radiation MHD.
Bryan Oliver (Mission Research Corp. Albuquerque, NM 87106)
16:24 CO1.13 Impact of initial energy deposition on exploding wire behavior.
D.B. Sinars, J.B. Greenly, T.A. Shelkovenko, Y.S. Dimant, D.A. Hammer, S.A. Pikuz (Cornell University)
16:36 CO1.14 The implosion dynamics of single and nested wire array z-pinches.
Sergey V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, F. N. Beg, A. E. Dangor, M. G. Haines (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, UK), S.A. Pikuz, T.A. Shelkovenko (P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute RAS, 117924 Moscow, Russia)
16:48 CO1.15 Optimization of wire array pre-initiation using a tailored prepulse.
David Hinshelwood, David Mosher, Matthew Myers (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
17:00 CO1.16 Interpretation of Spatially Resolved Z-pinch Spectra in the Presence of Photon Scattering.
J. P. Apruzese, R. W. Clark, J. Davis (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC), E. J. Yadlowsky, E. P. Carlson, J. Niemel, F. Barakat, R. C. Hazelton, C. C. Klepper (HY-Tech Research Corp., Radford, VA), B. H. Failor, J. S. Levine, J. C. Riordan, Y. Song, B. Whitton (Maxwell Physics International, San Leandro, CA)
17:12 CO1.17 Source Development for High Quality EOS Measurements Using Intense Z-Pinch Radiation
M.D. Knudson, J.R. Asay, C.A. Hall (Sandia National Laboratories), R.P. Drake (University of Michigan)
17:24 CO1.18 Staged Z-pinch for Controlled Fusion
H. U. Rahman, P. Ney (University of California, Riverside), F. Wessel, N. Rostoker (University of California, Irvine)
17:36 CO1.19 Performance of the Vacuum Spark (VSX) and the Spherical Pinch (SPX) X-Ray/EUV Point Sources
Emilio Panarella, Fushun Wu, Wen-Chieh Tang, Xiao-Ming Guo, Kazemier Wirpszo (Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology, Inc. (ALFT), 189 Deveault St., #7, Hull, P.Q., J8Z 1S7, Canada)

Session CO2. Rayleigh-Taylor and Hydrodynamics.

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Cascade II, The Westin Seattle

14:00 CO2.01 Measurements of Laser Imprinting on the OMEGA Laser System
T.R. Boehly, O. Gotchev, V.N. Goncharov, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer, S. Skupsky, V.A. Smalyuk, R.P.J. Town (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester), Y. Srebro, D. Shvarts (Physics Dept, Nuclear Research Center, Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
14:12 CO2.02 The Effects of Pulse Shaping on Imprint
T.J.B. Collins, S. Skupsky (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
14:24 CO2.03 The effect of dopants on laser imprint mitigation
Lee Phillips, John H. Gardner, Stephen E. Bodner, Denis Colombant, Jill Dahlburg (Naval Research Laboratory)
14:36 CO2.04 Burnthrough Experiments on OMEGA to Study Effects of Laser-Irradiation Uniformity and Shinethrough Layers on Spherical-Target Performance
S.P. Regan, J.A. Delettrez, V.Yu. Glebov, D.D. Meyerhofer, C. Stoeckl (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester), D.K. Bradley (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
14:48 CO2.05 A Parameter Space Survey of Richtmyer-Meshkov Growth
E. J. Turano, C. P. Verdon, M. J. Edwards (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
15:00 CO2.06 Measurements of turbulent Richtmyer-Meshkov mixing on the AWE HELEN laser
Kevin Oades, David Youngs (AWE Aldermaston, UK), Colin Horsfield (AWE Aldermaston, UK)
15:12 CO2.07 Scaling Laws of Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities in Three Dimensions.
Dov Shvarts (Nuclear Research Center Negev, ISRAEL, Ben-Gurion University, ISRAEL), D. Oron (Nuclear Research Center Negev, ISRAEL.), D. Kartoon, A. Rikanati (Nuclear Research Center Negev, ISRAEL, Ben-Gurion University, ISRAEL), U. Alon (Princeton University, USA.), L. Arazi (Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.)
15:24 CO2.08 Experimental Studies of the Dependence of the Richtmyer- Meshkov Instability on the Atwood number and Dimensionality
Oren Sadot (Nuclear Research Center Negev ISRAEL,Ben-Gurion University ISRAEL.), A. Yosef-hai (Ben-Gurion University ISRAEL.), A. Rikanati, D. Kartoon, D. Oron (Nuclear Research Center Negev ISRAEL.), L. Arazi (Tel-Aviv University ISRAEL.), A.L. Levin, E. Sarid (Nuclear Research Center Negev ISRAEL.), G. Ben-Dor (Ben-Gurion University ISRAEL.), D. Shvarts (Nuclear Research Center Negev ISRAEL, Ben-Gurion University ISRAEL.)
15:36 CO2.09 Ablation front Rayleigh-Taylor Experiments at Nova
K. S. Budil, M. J. Edwards, B. Lasinski, B. A. Remington, L. Suter, A. S. Wan, P. E. Stry (LLNL)
15:48 CO2.10 Contrast between the materially and ablatively driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability in planar foils
S.H. Batha, G.T. Schappert, K.A. Klare, D.E. Hollowell, R.J. Mason (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
16:00 CO2.11 Thin Planar Foil Radiative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability*
R. J. Mason, D. E. Hollowell, G. T. Schappert, S. H. Batha (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
16:12 CO2.12 Effect of Material Buffering on Shocks Generated in Radiatively Driven Plastics
George A. Kyrala, Steve H. Batha, S. Robert Goldman, Gottfried T. Schappert (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
16:24 CO2.13 Moiré interferometry of short wavelength Rayleigh-Taylor growth
M. Matsuoka, H. Azechi, M. Nakai, N. Izumi, M. Nishikino, T. Sakaiya, N. Miyanaga (Institute of Laser Engeneering, Osaka Univ.), K. Murai (Osaka National Research Institute, AIST)
16:36 CO2.14 Feed-out of Rear-Surface Perturbations to the Ablation Interface and Subsequent Growth
J.P. Knauer, R. Betti, T.R. Boehly, V.N. Goncharov, D.D. Meyerhofer, R.P.J. Town (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester)
16:48 CO2.15 Wave-Matching Conditions for Acoustic-Gravity Wave Interactions
Nelson Hoffman (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
17:00 CO2.16 Hydrodynamic Jetting from Plastic-Tamped Gold Corners
P. A. Rosen, J. M. Foster, A. M. Dunne (AWE Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, U.K.), W. Matuska (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
17:12 CO2.17 Radiation-Driven Supersonic Jet Experiments
J. M. Foster, P. A. Rosen, M. Fell (AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, U.K.), T. S. Perry (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), B. H. Wilde (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Session CM1. Mini Conference on Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and Solar Wind II.

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Fifth Avenue, The Westin Seattle

14:00 CM1.01 Radio Probing of the Interstellar Plasma
Barney Rickett (ECE Dept., University of California, San Diego)
14:30 CM1.02 MHD Turbulence Revisited
Peter Goldreich (California Institute of Technology), S. Sridhar (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)
15:00 CM1.03 Probing Microstructure in Interstellar Plasma with Pulsars
Donald Backer (University of California, Berkeley)
15:30 CM1.04 Compressible MHD Turbulence and Formation of Interstellar Structures
Enrique Vazquez-Semadeni (Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM, Mexico)
16:00 CM1.05 Alfven wave filamentation
Stephanie Champeaux (University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093-0319), Thierry Passot, Pierre-Louis Sulem (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, BP 4229, 06304 Nice cedex 4, France)
16:30 CM1.06 Reduced Models of MHD Turbulence: Implications for Density Fluctuations and Anisotropic Spectra
A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)

Session CM2. Mini-Conference on Plasma Propulsion Physics: Hall and Ion Thrusters.

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Vashon, The Westin Seattle

14:00 CM2.01 An Overview of Hall Thruster Technology and Physics
A. D. Gallimore (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
14:25 CM2.02 Control of the Electric Field Distribution in the Hall Thruster
A. Fruchtman (Center for Technological Education Holon, Israel), N. J. Fisch (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ)
14:40 CM2.03 Effect of Segmented Electrodes on Hall Thruster Operation
Y. Raitses, L. Dorf, N. J. Fisch (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ)
14:55 CM2.04 Measurements of Ion Flux in a Hall Thruster with Segmented Electrodes
L. Dorf, Y. Raitses, N. J. Fisch, A. Edwards (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ)
15:10 CM2.05 Rayleigh-Taylor Type Instabilities in Hall Current Plasma Thruster
A. A. Litvak, N. J. Fisch (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ)
15:25 CM2.06 Fundamental Differences between the Stationary Plasma Thruster and the Anode Layer Thruster
E.Y. Choueiri (Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Lab. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)
15:40 CM2.07 Poster Discussion
16:20 CM2.08 Dispersion of Low-Frequency Azimuthal Waves in Hall Discharges
M. A. Cappelli, D. P. Schmidt, N. B. Meezan (Stanford University, Thermosciences Division, Stanford, CA)
16:35 CM2.09 Anomalous Transport in Closed-Drift Hall Discharges
N. B. Meezan, M. A. Cappelli (Stanford University, Thermosciences Division, Stanford, CA)
16:50 CM2.10 Deconvolution of Velocity Vistributions from Hall Thruster LIF Spectra
T. B. Smith, Jr. Williams, A. D. Gallimore, R. P. Drake (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
17:05 CM2.11 Particle-in-Cell/Monte Carlo Modeling of a 50-Watt Hall Thruster
J. J. Szabo , M. Martinez-Sanchez (Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge MA), O. Batishchev (Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge MA)
17:20 CM2.12 Code Validation Experiments for Small-Scale Ion Thruster Applications: Initial Results
A. Ketsdever (Air Force Research Laboratory, Advanced Concepts Division), E. P. Muntz (University of Southern California, Department of Aerospace Engineering), D. Wadsworth (ERC, Inc.), J. Wang , J. Mueller (NASA-JPL, Pasadena, CA)
17:35 CM2.13 Reduction in Grid Sputter Rates due to Carbon Deposition in Ion Engine Ground Tests
J. E. Polk, O. Duchemin (NASA-JPL, Pasadena, CA), C. S. Ho, B. E. Koel (University of Southern California)
17:50 CM2.14 Poster Discussion

Session CP1. Poster Session.

Monday afternoon, 14:00, Grand III, The Westin Seattle

Links to specific topics:

Magnetic Reconnection and Waves, CP1.01-CP1.57
DIII-D; Transport and MHD, CP1.58-CP1.89
Theory: Ideal and Non-Ideal MHD Energetic Particles and Numerical Algorithms, CP1.90-CP1.126

Magnetic Reconnection and Waves

CP1.01 Three-dimensional magnetic field and energetic particle measurements and simulations on SSX
M. R. Brown, K. Gilmore, V. S. Lukin (Swarthmore College), Q. Gang, W. H. Matthaeus (Bartol)
CP1.02 First Measurement of Local Ion Heating During Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Experiment
S. Hsu, T. Carter, H. Ji, M. Yamada, F. Trintchouk (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
CP1.03 Resistivity and Fluctuations in the Current Sheet of MRX
T. Carter, H. Ji, R. Kulsrud, S. Hsu, M. Yamada (Princeton University)
CP1.04 Numerical Study of Two-Fluid Effects on Magnetic Reconnection in Merging Spheromaks
Joshua Breslau, Stephen Jardin (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
CP1.05 Experimental Investigation of Non-MHD Fast Magnetic Reconnection in TS-3
Michiaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono, Takamasa Murakami, Takeshi Tawara (Department of Electric Engineering, University of Tokyo)
CP1.06 Current-Sheet Structure in TS-3 Merging Experiment
Takamasa Murakami, Asaka Takeo, Michoaki Inomoto, Yasushi Ono, Makoto Katsurai (Dept. of E.E.,Univ. Tokyo)
CP1.07 Alfven Wave Instability of Current Sheets in Force-Free Collisionless Plasmas
Paul Bellan (Caltech)
CP1.08 Wave Steepening and Current Sheet Formation in EMHD Turbulence
R. L. Stenzel, J. M. Urrutia (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)
CP1.09 Vortex Collisions in Electron MHD Plasmas
K. D. Strohmaier, M. C. Griskey, J. M. Urrutia, R. L. Stenzel (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)
CP1.10 Lack of Helicity Conservation and Field Line Tying During Vortex Reflection
J. M. Urrutia, R. L. Stenzel, M. C. Griskey (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)
CP1.11 3D Magnetic Null Points in a High-Beta Plasma
M. C. Griskey, R. L. Stenzel, J. M. Urrutia (Physics amp; Astronomy, UCLA)
CP1.12 Three-Dimensional Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and Magnetic Reconnection
D.A. Knoll, J.U. Brackbill (LANL)
CP1.13 Nonlinear Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions
J. U. Brackbill, Giovanni Lapenta (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545)
CP1.14 Generalization of the Harris sheath
R. D. Hazeltine, Swadesh Mahajan (Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas)
CP1.15 Nonlinear Dynamics of a Current Sheet Formation System in Magneto-hydrodynamics
D. K. Rollins, Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi (University of Central Florida)
CP1.16 3D Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Barrett Rogers, James Drake, Micheal Shay (University of Maryland, College Park)
CP1.17 Theory of Collisionless Reconnection: Effect of the Hall Current and Electron Pressure Gradient
Z. W. Ma, Xiaogang Wang, A. Bhattacharjee (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)
CP1.18 Nonlinear Magnetic Reconnection in a Nonperiodic Slab Geometry
D. Grasso (Politecnico di Torino and INFM), F. Califano (INFM), F. Pegoraro (Dip. Fisica, Pisa, and INFM), F. Porcelli (Politecnico di Torino and INFM)
CP1.19 Linear growth rate of the EMHD reconnection instability
N. Attico (Dip Fisica and INFM Pisa), F. Califano (INFM Pisa), F. Pegoraro (Dip Fisica and INFM Pisa)
CP1.20 Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal chain of drift-tearing vortices
D. Jovanovi\'c (Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia and ICTP Trieste Italy), F. Pegoraro (Dip Fisica and INFM, Pisa, Italy)
CP1.21 Structural Stability and Magnetic Field Line Reconnection
E. Yu. Echkina (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia), S. V. Bulanov (Institute of General Physics, RAS, Moscow, Russia), I. N. Inovenkov (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia), F. Pegoraro (Physics Dept, Pisa University and INFM, Pisa,Italy.), V. V. Pichushkin (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)
CP1.22 Collisionless Reconnection by High Energy Particle Populations
B. Coppi, S. Migliuolo (MIT)
CP1.23 Hamiltonian Description of Vlasov Dynamics: Action-Angle Variables for the Continuous Spectrum
P.J. Morrison (Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712)
CP1.24 Weakly Nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson Hamiltonian Dynamics
T.W. Yudichak, P.J. Morrison (Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712)
CP1.25 Phase space analysis of wave-plasma interaction
Daniela Farina (Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, EURATOM-ENEA-CNR Association, Milano, Italy), Roberto Pozzoli (INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Milano, Italy)
CP1.26 Nonlinear Landau damping and particle trapping in non-relativistic and relativistic regime
Maura Brunetti (Dip. di Fisica, Universita' di Pisa, Italy), 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), Maurizio Lontano (Istituto di Fisica del Plasma C.N.R., EURATOM-ENEA-CNR Association, Milano, Italy)
CP1.27 Vacuum Propagation of a Super-Critical Electromagnetic Wave
James R. Van Meter, Frederic V. Hartemann (Institute for Laser Science and Applications, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550)
CP1.28 Modulational Interaction of the Lower Hybrid Waves with ELF Density Perturbations
V.D. Shapiro (Physics Dept., UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093)
CP1.29 The Effective Dielectric Tensor for Non relativistic Inhomogeneous Plasmas in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields
Rudi Gaelzer (Instituto de Física e Matemática, UFPel, Brazil), Luiz F. Ziebell, Omar J. G. Silveira (Instituto de Física, UFRGS, Brazil)
CP1.30 Laser Initiation and Radiofrequency Sustainment of Seeded Air Plasmas
J. Scharer, G. Ding, H. Gui, K. Kelly, E. Paller (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706)
CP1.31 Particle Energization Due to Mass-Loading
K. Szego (KFKI Res. Inst.of Particle amp; Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary), V.D. Shapiro (Physics Dept., UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093)
CP1.32 Longitudinal Kinetic Modes in a Weakly Collisional Plasma
W.A. Noonan, A. Case (Inst. for Plasma Research, U. of Maryland, College Park), F.N. Skiff (Physics Dept., U. of Iowa)
CP1.33 LIF Studies of Three Wave Interactions in a Weakly Collisional Plasma
Andrew Case, William Noonan (Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland), Frederick Skiff (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa)
CP1.34 Effects of High Frequency Waves on the Dynamics of Hot Electron Interchange Instability in the Collisionless Terrella Experiment
Dmitry Maslovsky, B. Levitt, M. Mauel (Columbia University)
CP1.35 Mode Structure of Natural and Induced Plasma Waves in the Collisionless Terrella Experiment
Benjamin Levitt, D. Maslovsky, M. Mauel (Columbia University)
CP1.36 Kinetic Eigenmodes and Discrete Spectrum of Langmuir Oscillations in a Weakly Collisional Plasma
C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, F. Skiff (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)
CP1.37 Using ion motion in waves to determine kinetic equations.
Fred Skiff (Department of Physics University of Iowa), Gerard Bachet, Fabrice Doveil (Equipe Turbulence Plasma, UMR 6633 CNRS-Universite de Provence)
CP1.38 Spectral Properties of Low-Frequency Electrostatic Waves in the Ionospheric E Region
B Krane (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Box 1029 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway), H Pecseli (Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Box 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway), J Trulsen (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Box 1029 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway), F Primdahl (Department of Automation, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark)
CP1.39 Experiments in Suppression of Electrostatic Waves Using Non-linear Feedback Controllers Based on Three-wave Coupling Model
J. S. Chiu, A. K. Sen (Columbia University)
CP1.40 Temperature Equilibration via Electrostatic Waves
M. A. Reynolds, N. Hobson (Howard University)
CP1.41 Nonlinear Saturation of the Bump-On-Tail Instability
Carlo Lancellotti (Rutgers University), John J. Dorning (University of Virginia)
CP1.42 Are "collisionless electrostatic shocks" moving double layers?
Noah Hershkowitz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
CP1.43 Alfvén wave propagation in a helicon discharge
Jeremy Hanna, Christopher Watts (Auburn University)
CP1.44 Helicon Wave Excitation at a Uniform Arbitrary Magnetic Field
Donald Arnush (UCLA)
CP1.45 Radially localized helicon modes in nonuniform plasma
B. N. Breizman, A. V. Arefiev (Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712)
CP1.46 Group Velocity Resonance Cone Measurements in a Large Volume Helicon Source
Alex Degeling, Rod Boswell (SP3, P.R.L., R.S.Phys.S.E. , Australian National University)
CP1.47 Stability properties of drift-Alfvén fluctuations associated with a narrow pressure striation
J.R. Peñano, G.J. Morales, J.E. Maggs (UCLA)
CP1.48 Particle and Heat Transport by Drift Waves in Narrow Striations
K. J. Reitzel, G. J. Morales (UCLA)
CP1.49 Spontaneous growth of fluctuations in a narrow temperature filament
J. E. Maggs, A. T. Burke, G. J. Morales (UCLA)
CP1.50 Shear Alfvén Wave Propagation in Parallel øverline\beta Gradient
Chris Mitchell, James Maggs, Walter Gekelman (UCLA)
CP1.51 New High Power Alfvén Wave Antenna
David Leneman (UCLA Physics Department)
CP1.52 Propagation of the Shear Alfvén Wave from a Skin-Depth-Scale Source into a Magnetic Beach
Stephen Vincena (UCLA Physics Department)
CP1.53 Experimental Measurements of the Propagation of Large Amplitude Shear Alfvén Waves
Walter Gekelman, Patrick Pribyl, Nathan Palmer, Stephen Vincena, Chris Mitchell (all at : UCLA Department of Physics)
CP1.54 Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Ion Temperatures and Drifts Associated with Shear Alfvén Waves in Argon
Nathan E. Palmer, Walter Gekelman (UCLA Department of Physics)
CP1.55 Interaction between shear Alfvén waves of large and small transverse scale.
T. Drozdenko, G. J. Morales (UCLA)
CP1.56 Generalized action invariants for drift waves-zonal flow systems
A.I. Smolyakov (Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada), P.H. Diamond (Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA)

DIII-D; Transport and MHD

CP1.57 The wave field of iterative conversion in the tokamak poloidal plane.
A.N. Kaufman (LBNL), E.R. Tracy (William amp; Mary), J.J. Morehead, A.J. Brizard (LBNL)
CP1.58 Plasma Profile Behavior in DIII-D Discharges with Counter NBI
J.C. DeBoo, C.M. Greenfield, K.H. Burrell (General Atomics), E. Synakowski (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), B.W. Stallard (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), E.J. Doyle, C.L. Rettig, L. Zeng (University of California, Los Angeles)
CP1.59 Thermal Transport in NCS Plasmas with Counter Neutral Beam Injection
B.W. Stallard, T.A. Casper (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), C.M. Greenfield, K.H. Burrell, P. Gohil, J. Lohr, C.C. Petty (General Atomics), E. Synakowski (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M.E. Austin (University of Texas), G.R. McKee (University of Wisconsin), C.L. Rettig, T.L. Rhodes, L. Zeng (University of California, Los Angeles)
CP1.60 Differences in Dynamics of Enhanced Core Confinement States in Various Experimental Configurations and the Role of Driven Rotation
E.J. Synakowski, D. Ernst, G. Schmidt (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), K.H. Burrell, C.M. Greenfield, DIII-D Team (General Atomics), D.E. Newman (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
CP1.61 Edge Gradients as Components of the H-mode Trigger
R.J. Groebner, D.M. Thomas (General Atomics), R.D. Deranian (University of Wales)
CP1.62 Plasma Edge Conditions During Pellet Induced H-mode Transitions in DIII-D
P. Gohil, K.H. Burrell (General Atomics), L.R. Baylor, T.C. Jernigan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CP1.63 Interpretation of Fast ECE and Soft X-ray Measurements During High Field Launch Pellet Fueling on DIII-D
G.L. Schmidt, E.D. Fredrickson, S. Jardin (PPPL), L.R. Baylor, T.C. Jernigan (ORNL), M.E. Austin (U. Texas), R.T. Snider (General Atomics)
CP1.64 Tests of H-Mode Marginal Stability Using Pellet Perturbations on DIII-D and Transport Physics of PEP Mode Initiation and Sustainment
D.R. Ernst, E.J. Synakowski, G.L. Schmidt (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), L.R. Baylor, M. Murakami, T.C. Jernigan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), C.M. Greenfield, K.H. Burrell, G.L. Jackson (General Atomics)
CP1.65 Comparison of Deuterium Pellet Injection from Different Locations on DIII-D
T.C. Jernigan, L.R. Baylor, S.K. Combs, C.R. Foust, M.R. Wade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), P. Gohil (General Atomics)
CP1.66 Impurity Behavior in DIII-D Discharges with Counter Beam Injection
N.H. Brooks, W.P. West (General Atomics), M.R. Wade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), D.G. White (University of California, San Diego), A. Ramsey (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R. Jakumar (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
CP1.67 Impurity Analysis and Modeling of DIII-D Radiating Mantle Discharges
J. Mandrekas, W.M. Stacey (Georgia Institute of Technology), M. Murakami, M.R. Wade (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), G.L. Jackson (General Atomics)
CP1.68 Particle Transport in DIII-D Internal Transport Barriers
D.R. Baker (General Atomics)
CP1.69 Complex Dynamics of Turbulent Edge Transport in DIII-D
R.A. Moyer, D. Rudakov (University of California, San Diego), T.L. Rhodes, E.J. Doyle, W.A. Peebles, C.L. Rettig (University of California, Los Angeles), T.E. Evans, R.J. Groebner, P.A. Politzer (General Atomics), D. Turney (Colorado College)
CP1.70 Turbulent Radial Correlation Lengths in the DIII-D Tokamak
T.L. Rhodes, J.-N. Leboeuf, E.J. Doyle, C.L. Rettig (University of California, Los Angeles), R. Sydora (University of Alberta), R.A. Moyer (University of California, San Diego), K.H. Burrell, D.M. Thomas (General Atomics)
CP1.71 Comparison of Microturbulence Characteristics in Ohmic and ITB Discharges with Predictions of ITG Models
C.L. Rettig, T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, E.J. Doyle (UCLA), K.H. Burrell, C.M. Greenfield, G.M. Staebler (General Atomics), J.E. Kinsey (Lehigh Univ.), G.R. McKee (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), C. Rost (MIT)
CP1.72 Large Spatial Scale Avalanche Processes in DIII-D
P.A. Politzer (General Atomics), M.E. Austin (U. Texas), E.J. Doyle, C.L. Rettig, T.L. Rhodes (UCLA), G.R. McKee (U. Wisconsin), R.A. Moyer (UCSD), J.G. Watkins (Sandia National Laboratories)
CP1.73 Transitions to Improved Core Transport in DIII-D L-mode NCS Discharges
M.E. Austin, K.W. Gentle (University of Texas), K.H. Burrell, C.C. Petty (General Atomics), C.L. Rettig (University of California, Los Angeles)
CP1.74 A Model for the Energy Confinement Scaling of H-mode Plasmas in Tokamaks
C.L. Hsieh, B.D. Bray, J.C. DeBoo, T.H. Osborne (General Atomics)
CP1.75 Stabilization of Resistive Wall Modes by Plasma Rotation
E.J. Strait, R.J. La Haye, J.T. Scoville, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo, G.A. Navratil (Columbia University), E.D. Fredrickson, L.C. Johnson, M. Okabayashi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Gryaznevich (UKAEA Fusion), E.A. Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CP1.76 Internal Structure of Resistive Wall Modes in DIII-D
L.C. Johnson, E.D. Fredrickson, M. Okabayashi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R.J. La Haye, J.T. Scoville, E.J. Strait (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo, G.A. Navratil (Columbia University), E.A. Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M. Gryzanevich (UKAEA)
CP1.77 Beta-Collapse Events in AT Regime on DIII-D
M. Gryaznevich (UKAEA Fusion), E.J. Strait, K.H. Burrell, R.J. La Haye, J.T. Scoville, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics), E.D. Fredrickson, M. Okabayashi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A.M. Garofalo, G.A. Navratil (Columbia University), E.A. Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CP1.78 The Effect of Error Fields on Resistive Wall Modes
J.T. Scoville, E.J. Strait, R.J. La Haye (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo (Columbia University)
CP1.79 Feedback Stabilization of the Resistive Wall Mode (RWM) in DIII-D
G.A. Navratil, J. Bialek, A.M. Garofalo (Columbia University), R.J. La Haye, E.J. Strait, J.T. Scoville (General Atomics), E.A. Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), E.D. Fredrickson, L.C. Johnson, M. Okabayashi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Gryaznetich (UKAEA Fusion)
CP1.80 Active Feedback on Locked Modes in DIII-D
E.D. Fredrickson, L.C. Johnson, M. Okabayshi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R.J. LaHaye, E.J. Strait, R.T. Snider, J.T. Scoville (General Atomics), G.A. Navratil, A.M. Garofalo (Columbia University), E.A Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M. Gryaznevich (UKAEA Fusion)
CP1.81 Optimization of Feedback Control Coils for Resistive Wall Mode Stabilization in DIII-D
J. Bialek, A.H. Boozer, A.M. Garofalo, M.E. Mauel, G.A. Navratil (Columbia University), A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics)
CP1.82 The Relationship of Locked Modes to Edge Current in DIII-D
E.A. Lazarus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M.S. Chu, T.H. Osborne, R.J. La Haye (General Atomics), B.W. Rice (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
CP1.83 Measurement of Current in Scrape-off Layer (SOL) Plasma in the DIII-D Tokamak
H. Takahashi, E.D. Fredrickson (Princeton Univ.), M.J. Schaffer, T.E. Evans, L.L. Lao (General Atomics)
CP1.84 Stability Modeling of DIII-D Discharges with Transport Barriers
L.L. Lao, J.R. Ferron, Y.R. Lin-Liu, E.J. Strait, A.D. Turnbull, T.S. Taylor (General Atomics), M. Murakami (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
CP1.85 Comparison of Ideal MHD Stability Predictions with MHD Behavior in DIII-D
A.D. Turnbull, L.L. Lao, E.J. Strait, M.S. Chu, J.R. Ferron, T.H. Osborne, P.A. Politzer, R.D. Stambaugh, T.S. Taylor (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo (Columbia U), E.A. Lazarus (ORNL), J.D. Callen, K. Comer (UW-Madison), B.W. Rice (LLNL)
CP1.86 Evolution of Flux Surfaces During a Slowly-Driven MHD Precursor
K. Comer, J. Callen, C. Hegna (University of Wisconsin - Madison), E. Strait, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics.)
CP1.87 L-Mode NCS Discharges with Expanded Radius
M. Makowski, T.A. Casper, J. Jayakumar, B.W. Rice (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), C.M. Greenfield, T.S. Taylor, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics)
CP1.88 Database Analsyis of Disruption Frequency in DIII-D
A.W. Hyatt, P.L. Taylor, A.G. Kellman (General Atomics)
CP1.89 Simulation of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stability of DIII-D NCS Discharges by the 3D Nonlinear Code NFTC
A.M. Popov, N.N. Popova (Moscow State University), R.J. La Haye, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics), B.W. Rice (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Theory: Ideal and Non-Ideal MHD Energetic Particles and Numerical Algorithms

CP1.90 Toroidal equilibria with poloidal flow
Riccardo Betti (MIT/University of Rochester), Jeffrey Freidberg (MIT)
CP1.91 Compressible Modes and Toroidal Motion
Linda E. Sugiyama (MIT)
CP1.92 Solving for MHD Equilibrium on Unstructured Grids
Michael Thomas, Jeffrey Freidberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
CP1.93 Construction of local 3-D MHD equilibria and localized modes
C. C. Hegna (University of Wisconsin)
CP1.94 Physics Optimization of the ARIES-RS Fusion Power Plant
V.S. Chan, M.S. Chu, C.M. Greenfield, R.J. La Haye, L.L. Lao, Y.R. Lin-Liu, M.A. Mahdavi, C.C. Petty, P.A. Politzer, R. Prater, H.E. St. John, G.M. Staebler, E.D. Stambaugh, A.D. Turnbull, W.P. West (General Atomics), J.E. Kinsey (Lehigh University), T.K. Mau (University of California, San Diego)
CP1.95 Stability of Finite-n Global Magnetohydrodynamic Modes Using the GATO Stability Code
M.S. Chu, S.K. Wong, L.L. Lao, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics), M.S. Chance (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
CP1.96 A Multi-Grid Solver for Up-Down Asymmetric Tokamak Equilibrium
S.K. Wong, M.S. Chu, Y.R. Lin-Liu (General Atomics)
CP1.97 Delta Prime and Matching Conditions in Linear Resistive MHD Problems
S. Galkin (Keldysh Institute), M.S. Chu, J.M. Greene, A.D. Turnbull (General Atomics)
CP1.98 Algorithms for Finding 2D MHD Equilibria with Given ``Almost Ideal'' MHD Constraints
T.H. Jensen (General Atomics)
CP1.99 Spatial Singularities of the Ideal MHD Continuum Modes
A. Salat (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany), J. A. Tataronis (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
CP1.100 Effect of toroidicity, finite plasma beta, and compressibility on the linear stability of double tearing modes
Jean-Noel Leboeuf, Yasutomo Ishii (University of California at Los Angeles)
CP1.101 Comparison of shear flow formation between resonant and non-resonant resistive interchange modes
T. Unemura, S. Hamaguchi, M. Wakatani (Graduate school of Energy Science, Kyoto Univ.)
CP1.102 Non-ideal effects on ballooning modes in tokamak plasmas
Parvez N. Guzdar, Robert G. Kleva (Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland)
CP1.103 Simulation Study of Disruption and Halo Currents in the KSTAR Model Structure
J.Y. Kim (Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejeon 305-333, Korea), KSTAR Team
CP1.104 Sawtooth Stability in Tokamaks
Robert Kleva, Parvez Guzdar (University of Maryland)
CP1.105 Ubiquitous MHD Flows
David Montgomery (Dartmouth College), Jason Bates (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
CP1.106 Linear Analysis of Resistive drift-Alfvén Instability in a Cylindrical Plasma
Naoaki Miyato, Satoshi Hamaguchi, Masahiro Wakatani (Graduate School of Energy Science Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Japan 611-0011)
CP1.107 Nonlinear Destabilization of Double Tearing Mode
Yasutomo Ishii (JAERI), Masafumi Azumi, Gen-ichi Kurita
CP1.108 Nonlinear MHD Alfven Wave Computations in Cylindrical Geometry
J. C. Wright, S. C. Prager (University of Wisconsin, Physics Dept.), J. A. Tataronis (University of Wisconsin, Dept.of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)
CP1.109 Axisymmetric Flowing Equilibria of a Two-Fluid Plasma
Loren Steinhauer, Daniel Addink (University of Washington)
CP1.110 Computational MHD on 3D Unstructured Lagrangian Meshes
C. L. Rousculp, D. C. Barnes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
CP1.111 MH4D: A New Algorithm for Three-dimensional MHD on an Unstructured Tetrahedral Grid
R. Lionello, D. D. Schnack (SAIC, San Diego, CA 92121)
CP1.112 An Improved Levenberg-Marquardt Solver for Multiple-Target Optimization Multiple-Target Optimization
S. G. Shasharina (Tech-X Corporation), J. R. Cary (University of Colorado and Tech-X Corporation)
CP1.113 semidefinite programming approach to electronic structure
Bastiaan J. Braams, Shidong Jiang, Madhu Nayakkankuppam, Michael L. Overton, Jerome K. Percus (Courant Institute, NYU), Francois Oustry (INRIA-Grenoble)
CP1.114 Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Galerkin projection for a 3D plasma dynamical system
Xavier Garbet (Association Euratom--CEA sur la Fusion, CEA Cadarache, France), Peter Beyer, Saddrudin Benkadda (Equipe Dynamique des Systèmes Complexes, LPIIM, CNRS -- Université de Provence, Marseille, France)
CP1.115 Recent Algorithmic and Computational Efficiency Improvements in the NIMROD Code
S. J. Plimpton (SNL), C. R. Sovinec, T. A. Gianakon (LANL), S. E. Parker (UC-Boulder), NIMROD Team
CP1.116 Simulation of neoclassical tearing modes with NIMROD.
T. A. Gianakon (Los Alamos National Laboratory), the NIMROD Team
CP1.118 Implementation of Vacuum Region in NIMROD
Scott Kruger (SAIC), Carl Sovinec (LANL)
CP1.119 Preliminary Results of the NIMROD High-S Campaign
D. D. Schnack, S. Kruger (SAIC, San Diego, CA 92121)
CP1.120 MHD Simulations of Spherical Tori and Compact Stellarators Using M3D
H.R. Strauss (NYU), W. Park, X. Tang, G.Y. Fu (PPPL), L. Sugiyama (MIT)
CP1.121 Nonlinear resistive MHD simulation on massively parallel computers
Xianzhu Tang, Wonchull Park (PPPL), Hank Strauss (NYU)
CP1.122 Small-Action Resonance in Hamiltonian Systems and Redistribution of Energetic Ions in Tokamaks
Yuri Yakovenko, Yaroslav Kolesnichenko, Vladimir Lutsenko (Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv, 252680, Ukraine), Roscoe White (Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08543)
CP1.123 The effect of rotation on ripple loss in Tore Supra
Clarisse Bourdelle, Xavier Garbet, Vincent Basiuk, L Eriksson (Assoc. CEA Euratom, Cadarache, France), Roscoe White (Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08543)
CP1.124 Nonlinear Evolution and Chaotic Behavior of Alfven Eigenmodes in the Joint European Torus: Observation and Interpretation
R.F. Heeter (PPPL / JET), A. Fasoli (MIT / JET)
CP1.125 On the excitation and suppression of the Alfvén modes during ICRF heating
L.-J. Zheng, Liu Chen (University of California - Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, CA 92697)
CP1.126 Destabilization of Energetic Particle Modes by Localized Particle Sources
Fulvio Zonca (Associazione EURATOM-ENEA, C.P. 65, 00044 Frascati, Italy), Liu Chen (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717-4575, USA)