Program overview

THURSDAY MORNING, 18 NOVEMBER 1999

Session QI1. Space and Astrophysics.

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

09:20 QI1.01 Theory and Observations of Solar Coronal Heating
James A. Klimchuk (Naval Research Laboratory)
09:50 QI1.02 Kinetic Theory of the Drift Kink Instability in a Current Sheet
William Daughton (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545)
10:20 QI1.03 Laser Experiments to Simulate Supernova Remnants
R. Paul Drake (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109)
10:50 QI1.04 Magnetized Inflow from a Thin Accretion Disk onto a Rotating Black Hole
Charles Gammie (U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
11:20 QI1.05 Magnetic Flux Tubes Inside the Sun
George H. Fisher (University of California, Berkeley)
11:50 QI1.06 The physics of collective neutrino-plasma interactions
Luis O. Silva (Dept. Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095)

Session QI2. Reversed Field Pinch; Wave-Particle Interactions; Diagnostics.

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

09:20 QI2.01 Controlling Edge Resonant Modes and Transport in the MST Reversed Field Pinch
Darren Craig (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
09:50 QI2.02 Quasi Single Helicity States in the Reversed Field Pinch: beyond the Standard Paradigm
Piero Martin (Consorzio RFX and Physics Department-INFM, University of Padova, Italy, EU -martin@igi.pd.cnr.it)
10:20 QI2.03 Mode Conversion Electron Heating in Alcator C-Mod: Theory and Experiment
Paul T. Bonoli (Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT)
10:50 QI2.04 Fast Particles-Wave Interaction In The Alfvén Frequency Range On The JET Tokamak
Ambrogio Fasoli (Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
11:20 QI2.05 Magnetic and Electric Field Measurements with the Motional Stark Effect Diagnostic
Fred M. Levinton (Fusion Physics and Technology, Inc.)
11:50 QI2.06 New Generation of Diagnostic Beam Injectors for Large Plasma Physics Experiments
Alexander A. Ivanov (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia)

Session QO1. Z-pinch/High Intensity Laser Interactions.

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

09:20 QO1.01 Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements of foils heated by z-pinch hohlraums
J.E. Bailey, G.A. Chandler, C. Deeney, M.R. Douglas, D. Jobe, P. Lake, T.J. Nash, D. Nielson, R.B. Spielman (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-1196), J.J. MacFarlane (Prism Computational Science, Madison, WI)
09:32 QO1.02 Analysis of Radiatively-Heated Thin Foils in Z-Pinch Hohlraum Experiments
J. J. MacFarlane (Prism Computational Sciences, Inc.), J. E. Bailey, G. A. Chandler, T. J. Nash, M. S. Derzon, C. Deeney, M. R. Douglas, R. B. Spielman (SNL)
09:44 QO1.03 Dynamics of High-Temperature X-Ray Driven Hohlraums on Z
T. W. L. Sanford, R. E. Olson, G. A. Chandler, S. Dropinski, T. L. Gilliland, D. Jobe, D. E. Hebron, S. Lazier, R. J. Leeper, R. C. Mock, T. J. Nash, L. E. Ruggles, J. F. Seamen, W. W. Simpson, K. W. Struve, J. A. Torres, R. A. Vesey (Sandia National Laboratory*), R. L. Bowers, W. Matuska, D. L. Peterson, R. Peterson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
09:56 QO1.04 Modeling of Z-pinch-driven hohlraums
James Hammer, Peter Rambo, George Zimmerman (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Michael Cuneo, James Asay, Clint Hall, David Hanson, John Porter Jr., Steve Slutz, Roger Vesey (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico)
10:08 QO1.05 Optimization of Capsule Symmetry in Z-Pinch Driven Hohlraums
R. A. Vesey, M. Cuneo, D. Hanson, J. Porter, T. Mehlhorn, L. Ruggles, W. Simpson, M. Vargas (Sandia National Laboratories), J. Hammer, O. Landen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
10:20 QO1.06 High-yield ICF with a Z-pinch Driven Dynamic Hohlraum
Joel S. Lash, Thomas A. Mehlhorn (Sandia National Laboratories)
10:32 QO1.07 A Z-Pinch Driven Fusion Reactor Concept
Mark Derzon, Gregory Rochau, Rick Spielman, Stephen Slutz (Sandia National Laboratories), G. E. Rochau, R. R. Peterson (University of Wisconsin - Madison), P. F. Peterson (University of California - Berkeley)
10:44 QO1.08 Target Heating in High Intensity Femtosecond Laser Matter Interaction
Z. Jiang, F. Dorchies, P. Forget, P. Gallant, J.-C. Kieffer, H. Pepin (INRS-energie et materiaux, Univ. du Quebec, Quebec, Canada)
10:56 QO1.09 Observation of ``blue" satellite emission from thin foils heated by 100 fs, 10^18\, W/cm^2 laser pulse
Kevin Fournier, Ronnie Shepherd, Dwight Price, Richard Lee, Bruce Young, Paul Springer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808,Livermore, CA 94550), Patrick Audebert (LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
11:08 QO1.10 Laser-Driven Neutron Sources
L. John Perkins, Todd Ditmire, B. Grant Logan, Howard Powell (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
11:20 QO1.11 Ion Acceleration in Ultra-Intense, Laser-Plasma Interactions
S.C. Wilks, W.L. Kruer, T. Cowan, S. Hatchett, M. Key, A.B. Langdon, B. Lasinski, A. MacKinnon, P. Patel, T. Phillips, M. Roth, P. Springer, R. Snavely (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), M.G. Haines (Imperial College of Science and Technology, U.K., England, SW7 2BZ)
11:32 QO1.12 Intense Proton and Ion Beams From Petawatt Laser Experiments
Richard A. Snavely, Steven Hatchett, Mike Key, Curtis Brown, Tom Cowan, Gene Henry, Bruce Langdon, Barbara Lasinski, Andy Mackinnon, Dee Pennington, Mike Perry, Tom Phillips, Markus Roth, Craig Sangster, Mike Singh, Mark Stoyer, Scott Wilks, Kazuhito Yasuike
11:44 QO1.13 Observation of High-Energy Proton Beam in Interaction of High-Intensity Subpicosecond Laser Pulse with Thin Foils
A. Maksimchuk, S. Gu, K. Flippo, G. Mourou, D. Umstadter (Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109), V. Yu. Bychenkov, V. T. Tikhonchuk (P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, 117924 Moscow)

Session QM1. Mini-Conference on Dusty Plasmas: Strong Coupling Effects, Part I.

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

09:20 QM1.01 Theoretical Approaches to Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
Gabor J Kalman (Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA 02467)
10:05 QM1.02 Strong Coupling Effects on Waves in Dusty Plasmas
M. Rosenberg (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093)
10:35 QM1.03 Strong Coupling Effects on Waves in Dusty Plasmas
Abhijit Sen, Predhiman Kaw (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428, India)
11:05 QM1.04 Particle Correlations and Waves in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas
A. Bhattacharjee, N. Otani, Xiaogang Wang (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.)
11:35 QM1.05 Collective Modes of Strongly Coupled Dust Grains
Michael S. Murillo (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Plasma Physics Applications Group

Session QM2. Mini-Conference on Computational Studies of Complexity in Turbulent Plasma, Part II.

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

09:20 QM2.01 Structuring, transport and Shear Flow generation in high-latitude plasma patches
Parvez N. Guzdar, Natalia A. Gondarenko (Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland)
10:00 QM2.02 Turbulent Diffusion of a large--scale magnetic field and Reynolds stress with background shear
Eun-jin Kim (HAO/NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000), Berengere Dubrulle (NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000)
10:40 QM2.03 Break
11:00 QM2.04 Numerical Studies on Complexity and Self-Organization in Electron MHD Turbulence
A. Das, P.H. Diamond (UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA), S. Dastgeer, P.K. Kaw (IPR India)
11:40 QM2.05 The role of self-organized criticality in multiscale space plasma processes
Tom Chang (MIT)
11:20 QM2.06 Tokamak Transport as Problem in a Complex Dynamical System
Wendell Horton (Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin)

Session QP1. Poster Session.

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

Links to specific topics:

Plasma Sources and Applications, QP1.01-QP1.49
Coherent Radiation and Coherent Radiation-Based Accelerators, QP1.50-QP1.78
Diagnostics, QP1.79-QP1.108

Plasma Sources and Applications

QP1.01 The Effect of Flow Rate on Competitive Growth Mechanisms in Nitrogen-Methane-Hydrogen Diamond Thin Film Plasma Deposition
V. M. Ayres, J. Asmussen, B. Wright, R. Venia, M. Farhan, Thomas Bieler (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824)
QP1.02 Environmental Behavior of Laser Ablation Induced Plasma on Diamond Films
J. K. Park, V. M. Ayres, J. Asmussen, K. Mukherjee (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824)
QP1.03 Athermal Annealing of Silicon
R.P. Fischer, J. Grun, A. Ting (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), C. Felix (Optical Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory), M. Peckerar, M. Fatemi (Electronic Science and Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory), C.K. Manka (Research Support Instruments Inc.)
QP1.04 Material Testing at Pulsed High Voltages
Kyle Hendricks, Don Shiffler (Air Force Research Laboratory/Directed Energy), Matthew LaCour (Maxwell Laboratory,Inc.), Ryan Umstattd, Thomas Spencer, Michael Haworth, Aimee Gibbs (Air Force Research Laboratory/Directed Energy), Don Voss (Voss Scientific, Inc.), Alex Lovesee (Voss Scientific), AFRL/DEHE Collaboration
QP1.05 Materials Processing with Intense Pulsed Ion Beams*
T. J. Renk, D. J. Johnson, T. A. Friedmann, P. P. Provencio (Sandia National Laboratories), M. O. Thompson (Cornell University), P. G. Sanders (Harvard University), K. Kasuya (Tokyo Institute of Technology), N. Kishimoto (National Research Institute for Metals)
QP1.06 Spectroscopy Diagnostics for Helicon Plasmas
R. F. Boivin, M. M. Balkey, M. A. Blackburn, P. A. Keiter, J. L. Kline, E. E. Scime, R. S. Spangler (Physics Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6315)
QP1.07 Ion Temperature Anisotropies in Helicon Plasmas
Matthew M. Balkey, Robert Boiven, Paul Keiter, John Kline, Earl Scime, Robert Spangler (West Virginia University)
QP1.08 Helicon Studies at Auburn University
Christopher Watts, Jeremy Hanna (Auburn University)
QP1.09 Observation of resonant cavity modes and copropagating m = +1 and m = -1 helicons in a helicon discharge
Kyeong-Koo Chi (Plasma Research Laboratory, Australian National University), T. E. Sheridan, R. W. Boswell (PRL, ANU)
QP1.10 Low Frequency Electrostatic Instability in a Helicon Discharge
Max Light (UCLA (Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory), Francis F. Chen (UCLA)
QP1.11 Detection of Trivelpiece-Gould Modes in Helicon Discharges
D.D. Blackwell, T.G. Madziwa, D. Arnush, F.F. Chen (UCLA)
QP1.12 Investigation of Magnetized ICP and low-B Helicon Discharges for Plasma Processing
John Evans, Frank Chen (UCLA)
QP1.13 A Steady State Helicon Plasma Source
Aleksey Kuritsyn, Samuel Cohen (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Åshild Fredriksen (University of Tromso, Norway), Fred Levinton (Fusion Physics amp; Technology, Inc.)
QP1.14 Plasma Production by m = 0 Standing Helicon Waves.
Mudtorlep Nisoa, Youichi Sakawa, Tatsuo Shoji (Nagoya University, Japan)
QP1.15 Ion Heating in the HELIX helicon plasma source
J Kline, M Balkey, R Boivin, P Keiter, E Scime (West Virginia University)
QP1.16 Plasma Production by Helicon Waves in VHF Band
Hideki Kikuchi, Yasuaki Fukui, Youichi Sakawa, Tatsuo Shoji (Nagoya Univ., Japan)
QP1.17 Helicon wave density limit
D.G. Swanson (Auburn University)
QP1.18 LIF Diagnosis of Plasma Processing Sources
Roger McWilliams, David Edrich (University of California, Irvine)
QP1.19 Characterization of a Cylindrical Corona Discharge Reactor
K.-S. Chung, Y. H. Jung, Y. S. Choi, S. W. Jung, G. H. Kim, K. C. Ko (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea), Y. W. Han, C. W. Lee (EWoo Tech., Seoul, Korea), K. R. Chang (Korea Electric Power Corporation, Seoul, Korea)
QP1.20 Reactor Geometries for Efficient Nitrogen Dissociation
R.E. Terry, J.L. Giuliani, J.A. Apruzese (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
QP1.21 Recent Resonant and Surface Wave Plasma Research at UC-Berkeley
Kevin Bowers, Weiguang Qiu, Helen Smith, Keith Cartwright, Charles Birdsall (EECS Dept. UC-Berkeley. 94720), Plasma Theory and Simulation Group
QP1.22 Investigation on Improvement Density Uniformity of Planar Type Surface Wave Plasma Device
Kenichi Koike, Toshifumi Itagaki, Makoto Katsurai (Tokyo Univ.)
QP1.23 Particle-in-cell simulation of two-dimensional axially symmmetric plasma processing tools
Satoshi Sunohara, Satoshi Hamaguchi (Dept. of Fundamental Energy Science, Kyoto University)
QP1.24 Electrode-Size Effects on Plasma Sheath Expansion
Gon H. Kim, Young W. Kim, Gun W. Kim, Seung H. Han, Mun P. Hong (Hanyang University), Han S. Uhm (Ajou University)
QP1.25 Time-dependent equilibrium in the negative hydrogen ion rich plasma.
Kouichi Jimbo (Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University)
QP1.26 Cross-field Ion Transport in LAPPS (Large-Area Plasma Processing System)*
R. F. Fernsler, M. Lampe, W. M. Manheimer, R. A. Meger (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
QP1.27 Plasma and Plasma-Surface Diagnostics in LAPPS
S.G. Walton, D. Leonhardt, D.P. Murphy, R.F. Fernsler, R.A. Meger (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375)
QP1.28 Properties of Striations in Coplanar PDP cells
Guangsup Cho, Eun H. Choi, Jae J. Ko (Kwangwoon University), Han S. Uhm (Ajou University)
QP1.29 Characterization of Plasma by Electric Probes in an AC High Pressure Plasma
Kyu-Sun Chung, Yong Sup Choi, Kwang Cheol Ko (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea)
QP1.30 Influence of Driving Frequency on Capacitances in Surface Discharge AC PDP
Eun H. Choi, Guangsup Cho, Jae J. Ko (Kwangwoon University), Han S. Uhm (Ajou University)
QP1.31 Study of MgO secondary electron emission coefficient and micro-plasmas for application to plasma display panels (PDP)*
Elizabeth Foley, Nicholas Guilbert, Hideo Okuda, Hyeon Park (Princeton University)
QP1.32 Electrical and VUV/Vis. Emission Characteristics of a Xe/He microdischarge
Mark A. Cappelli, Olivier B. Postel (Stanford University - Dept of Mechanical Engineering), Thermosciences Division Team
QP1.33 Properties of Discharge Plasma at High Pressure
Jae J. Ko, Eun H. Choi, Guangsup Cho (Kwangwoon University), Han S. Uhm (Ajou University)
QP1.34 Properties of Electrical Breakdown in Flames
Han S. Uhm (NSWC)
QP1.35 Spectroscopic Analysis of a LiAg Plasma Plume
M.E. Sherrill, R.C. Mancini (Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno), J.E. Bailey, A. Filuk, B. Clark, P. Lake (Sandia National Laboratories)
QP1.36 Optical Diagnostics of Laser Ablation Plumes
R.M. Gilgenbach, M.D. Johnston, B. Qi, S.D. Kovaleski, Y.Y. Lau (Intense Energy Beam Interaction Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Dept., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104)
QP1.37 Development of a New-type of Plasma Jet by using a Modified Pseudospark Discharge
Masayuki Watanabe (Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Iwate University), Takaharu Kamada, Akihide Mizutani, Yukimasa Murakami, Atsushi Nagasawa, Itagaki Minoru (Iwate University)
QP1.38 Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet for Chem/Bio Warfare Decontamination
Hans W. Herrmann (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Ivars Henins, Jaeyoung Park, Gary S. Selwyn (LANL)
QP1.39 Plasma Effects on Hypersonic Flows
Ward Vuillemot, Uri Shumlak (University of Washington)
QP1.40 The magnetic nozzle experiment
Samuel Cohen, B. Berlinger, V. Corso (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), F. Fahmy (Princeton University), J. Gorman (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), F. Levinton, G. Lemunyan (Fusion Physics and Technology), A Fredriksen (University of Tromso)
QP1.41 First results from the Magnetic Nozzle Experiment.
Å. Fredriksen (University of Tromsø), S. Cohen, R. Fahmy (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), F. Levinton (Fusion Physics and Technology), A. Kuritsyn (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
QP1.42 A comparison of spectroscopic measurements of an inductive plasma source with the INDUCT mode.
Roger D. Bengtson, M. L. Huebschman, J. G. Ekerdt, J. C. Wiley (The University of Texas at Austin), P. A. Vitello (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
QP1.43 Impedance Calculation of a Solenoidal Indcutively Coupled Plasma
K.-I. You, N. S. Yoon (Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejeon 305-333, Korea)
QP1.44 Ionization Profiling of a Star Mode IEC Device
Brian Jurczyk, John DeMora, Robert Stubbers, Yoon-Suk Nam, Martin Nieto, George Miley (Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois - Urbana)
QP1.45 Computational Advances in Charge Exchange Modeling of a Spherical IEC Device
John DeMora, Brian Jurczyk, George Miley (University of Illinois - Fusion Studies Laboratory)
QP1.46 ECRH Produced Plasma for Materials Processing
Glenn Rosenthal, P. Cheung, R. F. Wuerker, A. Y. Wong (UCLA)
QP1.47 Ion Transport in Chlorine/Argon ECR Plasma*
M. Lampe, G. Joyce, R. F. Fernsler, W. M. Manheimer, S. P. Slinker (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
QP1.48 Control of the Electron Temperature in an ECR Plasma for Thin Film Deposition
Naho Itagaki, Yoko Ueda (Kyushu University), N Ishii (TEL), Yoshinobu Kawai (Kyushu University)
QP1.49 Role of Peripheral Vacuum Regions in the Control of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Uniformity
Yoshinobu Kawai (Kyushu University), Hiroshi Muta (Kitakyushu National College of Technology)

Coherent Radiation and Coherent Radiation-Based Accelerators

QP1.50 Frequency Measurement by Time of Flight Method from DC to AC Radiation Converter with Perpendicular DC Magnetic Field
Takeshi Higashiguchi, Noboru Yugami, Toshihiko Niiyama, Shigeo Sasaki, Eiji Takahashi, Hiroaki Ito, Yasushi Nishida (Utsunomiya University, 7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya Tochigi)
QP1.51 Slicing Off and Adding Up of Short Microwave Pulse by Laser Produced Overdense Plasma
Shigeo Sasaki, Takeshi Higashiguchi, Toshihiko Niiyama, Noboru Yugami, Hiroaki Ito, Yasushi Nishida (Utsunomiya University, 7-1-2 Yoto, Utsunomiya Tochigi)
QP1.52 Experimental Studies on Frequency Upshift of Microwave by Flash Ionizatio
Noboru Yugami, Takeshi Higashiguchi, Toshihiko Niiyama, Shigeo Sasaki, Hiroaki Ito, Yasushi Nishida (Utsunomiya University)
QP1.53 Cherenkov Radiation from Magnetized Plasmas
Patrick Muggli, N. Spence (USC), C.E. Clayton, R. Hemker, W.B. Mori, C. Joshi (UCLA), T. Katsouleas (USC)
QP1.54 Thomson backscattered x-rays at 400 eV in the NRL Laser Synchrotron Source Experiment
M. Baine (Univ. of California, San Diego), A. Ting, R. Fischer, C.I. Moore, R. Elton, J. Qiu, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), S. Ride (Univ. of California, San Diego)
QP1.55 Stochastic Electron Gas Theory of Coherence in Compton Scattering
A.K. Kerman (MIT), F.V. Hartemann, J.R. Van Meter, E.C. Landahl, A.L. Troha (ILSA at LLNL)
QP1.56 Generation of Single Cycle Laser Pulses by Photon Acceleration/Deceleration
F.S. Tsung, R.G. Hemker, C. Ren, L.O. Silva, W.B. Mori (University of California, Los Angeles), T. Katsouleas (University of Southern California)
QP1.57 Observation of ionization instability of intense laser pulses
Thomas Antonsen (Institute of Plasma Research, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742), Yuelin Li (Institute for Laser Science and Applications, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,P. O. Box 808, L-411, Livermore, CA 94550), Sergei Nikitin, Illya Alexeev, Howard Milchberg (Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742), Zhigang Bian (Institute of Plasma Research, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742)
QP1.58 Acceleration of Plasma Electrons by a Short Intense Laser Pulse
Yu Jiang, Thomas Antonsen (Institute for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742)
QP1.59 Measurement of Spatial and Temporal Profiles of Electron Plasma Oscillation Excited by Ultrashort Laser Pulse
Eiji Takahashi, Keisuke Katsura, Eisuke Miura, Noboru Yugami, Yasushi Nishida, Hiroshi Honda, Kiminori Kondo (Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 8577, JAPAN)
QP1.60 Particle Acceleration via Laser-Cluster Interaction: Multi-Cluster Distribution
M. Eloy (Grupo de Lasers e Plasmas, Centro de Física de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal), R. Azambuja (), J. T. Mendonca (Grupo de Lasers e Plasmas, Centro de Física de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal), T. Katsouleas (University of Southern California, Department of Engineering Science, SSC-423, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484, USA), R. Bingham (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX UK)
QP1.61 Design of a High Gradient Vacuum Laser Accelerator
D.J. Gibson, F.V. Hartemann, E.C. Landahl (ILSA at LLNL), L. Song (UCD), A.L. Troha, J.R. Van Meter, H.A. Baldis (ILSA at LLNL), Jr. Luhmann, R.R. Freeman (UCD), D.U.L. Yu (DULY), A.K. Kerman (MIT)
QP1.62 A Covariant Approach to Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions
G. M. Tarkenton (Institute for Advanced Physics, Conifer CO), B. A. Shadwick (Institute for Advanced Physics, Conifer CO and Center for Beam Physics, LBNL, Berkeley CA)
QP1.63 Petawatt Laser Pulse Interaction with Plasmas
S.V. Bulanov (General Phys. Inst. Moscow Russia), F. Califano (INFM Pisa Italy), T.V. Liseikina (Institute of Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russia), N.M. Naumova (General Phys. Inst. Moscow Russia), F. Pegoraro (Dip Fis. Pisa Italy), V.A. Vshivkov (Institute of Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russia)
QP1.64 Optical guiding of terawatt laser pulses in the plasma waveguide
I. Alexeev, J. Fan, K.Y. Kim, S. Nikitin, H.M. Milchberg (Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742)
QP1.65 Exponential and Explosive Growth of Relativistic Plasma Wave From Beat Wave Excitation at \Deltaømega=2ømega_p and 3ømega_p
C. Ren, E. S. Dodd, W. B. Mori (UCLA)
QP1.66 Photon Kinetic Theory and Simulations of Laser-Plasma Interactions
L.O. Silva, W.B. Mori (Dept. Physics, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095), R. Bingham (Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot, Oxon UK), J.M. Dawson, C. Ren, F.S. Tsung (Dept. Physics, University of California Los Angeles CA 90095), T.M. Antonsen Jr. (Dept. Physics, University of Maryland, College Park), P. Mora (Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
QP1.67 Wakefield Generation in Plasma Channels
P. Volfbeyn, W.P. Leemans, G.J.H. Brussaard, E. Esarey, J.S. Wurtele (LBNL)
QP1.68 Progress towards a Colliding Pulse Laser Wakefield Accelerator
W.P. Leemans, G.J.H. Brussaard, P.E. Catravas, P. Volfbeyn, L. Archambault, S. DiMaggio, M.J. Dickinson (LBNL), C.B. Schroeder (UC-Berkeley), J.S. Wurtele, E. Esarey (LBNL)
QP1.69 Raman Forward Scattering of Intense Laser Pulses in Plasma Channels
X Li, G Shvets (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University)
QP1.70 Recent Results from Variational Principle Approaches to Studying Short-Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions
B.J. Duda, C. Ren, W.B. Mori (University of California, Los Angeles)
QP1.71 Coherent Control of Stimulated Raman Scattering Using Chirped Laser Pulses
Evan Dodd, Donald Umstadter (University of Michigan)
QP1.72 Characterization of a laser ionization electron injector for laser based accelerators
C.I. Moore, A. Ting (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), T. Jones (Icarus Research), J. Qiu (NRC/NRL Research Associate), B. Hafizi (Icarus Research), P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
QP1.73 Electron Injection in the NRL Laser Wakefield Accelerator Experiment
A. Ting, C.I. Moore, J. Qiu, R. Fischer, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), T.G. Jones, B. Hafizi (Icarus Research, Inc.)
QP1.74 NRL Capillary Optical Guiding Experiments for Laser Plasma Accelerators
T. G. Jones (Icarus Research, Inc.), A. Ting, C. I. Moore, R. Hubbard, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), K. Krushelnick (Imperial College), A. Goltsov, A. Morozov (Princeton University), D. Kaganovich, A. Ziegler (Hebrew University)
QP1.75 Characterization of Short Pulse Laser Propagation in the NRL Laser Wakefield Accelerator Experiment
J. Qiu, A. Ting, C.I. Moore, P. Sprangle (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), T.G. Jones (Icarus Research, Inc.)
QP1.76 Intense Short Laser Pulses Propagating Through Channels
P. Sprangle, R. F. Hubbard (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), B. Hafizi (Icarus Research, Inc.), C. Kapetanakos (LET, Inc.), J. Penano (NRL/NRC Research Associate), A. Zigler (Hebrew University)
QP1.77 Analysis of Laser Ionization and Ponderomotive Acceleration.
B. Hafizi (Icarus Research, Inc.), P. Sprangle, C.I. Moore, A. Ting (Naval Research Laboratory)
QP1.78 Self-Modulation in a Channel-Guided Laser Wakefield Accelerator.
R. F. Hubbard, P. Sprangle, A. Ting, C. I. Moore (Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory), A. Zigler, D. Kaganovich (Hebrew University), B. Hafizi, T. G. Jones (Icarus Research, Inc.)

Diagnostics

QP1.79 Langmuir Probe Analysis for "High Density" Processing Plasmas
Francis F. Chen (UCLA)
QP1.80 Measurements of the negative ion density in reactive gas plasmas
Masako Shindo, Yoko Ueda, Yoshinobu Kawai (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University), Nobuo Ishii (Tokyo Electron Co. Ltd.)
QP1.81 Detection of RF Perturbations in a Helicon Plasma Using a Heavy Ion Beam Probe
T.P. Crowley, M. McClain (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), J. Nazemi (Towson U.), P. Stephanou (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
QP1.82 Single-Gas Bubble Neutron Detectors for Alpha Knock-On Tail Measurements
R.K. Fisher, P.B. Parks (General Atomics), A. Belian, E. Morse (University of California, Berkeley)
QP1.83 Reconstruction of Beam Shape Using Fluctuation Spectroscopy
A. Charman, P. Catravas, J.S. Wurtele (Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley;)
QP1.84 Array Technology Development for Millimeter-Wave Plasma Imaging Diagnostics
S.A. Rosenau, C. Liang, C.C. Chang, C.W. Domier, Jr. Luhmann (University of California, Davis)
QP1.85 Ultrashort Pulse Reflectometry (USPR) Density Profile Measurements on GAMMA-10
C.W. Domier, Y. Roh, Jr. Luhmann (University of California, Davis), A. Mase (Kyushu University, Japan), S. Kubota (UCLA)
QP1.86 2-D Numerical Simulations of a Reflectometric Imaging System
A.E. Chou, C.W. Domier, Jr. Luhmann (University of California, Davis), Hyeon Park, Ernesto Mazzucato (Princeton University)
QP1.87 Investigation of Correlation Reflectometry for Magnetic Field and Turbulence Measurements in a Fusion-Relevant Plasma
M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, X.V. Nguyen, W. Gekelman (Physics and Astronomy and Electrical Engineering Departments, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095)
QP1.88 Development of a Two-Dimensional, Time-Dependent, Parallelized Wave Propagation Code as an Aide to Interpreting Reflectometry Data.
Nine Jeff, Nazikian Raffi, Valeo Ernest, Brunner Stephan (PPPL)
QP1.89 3-D Reflectometric and ECE Imaging Diagnostic for TEXTOR
P-L. Hsu, C.W. Domier, B.H. Deng, Jr. Luhmann (University of California, Davis), Hyeon Park, Ernesto Mazzucato (Princeton University), A.J.H. Donne (FOM-Inst. voor Plasmafysica ‘Rijnhuizen’, Association Euratom-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster)
QP1.90 Fast ion Collective Thomson Scattering diagnostic for TEXTOR
H. Bindslev (FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica, Rijnhuizen, The Netherlands), L. Porte, J.S. Machuzak, P. Woskov (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA), J.A. Hoekzema (Institut für for Plasmaphysics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany), D. Van~Eester (Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military School, Belgium)
QP1.91 TEXTOR Collective Thomson Scattering Receiver
J Machuzak, L Porte, P Woskov (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), H Bindslev (FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica)
QP1.92 Compact Cassegrain Antenna Design for Collective Thomson Scattering Exeriments on TEXTOR
Laurie Porte (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA), Henrik Bindslev (FOM Institut voor Plasma physica, Rijnhuizen, EURATOM Association, Postbus 1207,NL-3430BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands), John Machuzak, Paul Woskov (MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)
QP1.93 Improvements on the Belief Time and Magnetic Field Resolution of the Transient Internal Probe (TIP) Plasma Diagnostic
V. Cellamare, A. T. Mattick, T. R. Jarboe (University of Washington)
QP1.94 Internal Magnetic Field Measurements on the FIX Experiment
A. Martin, T. Kawada, S. Okada, S. Goto ((Plasma Physics Lab, Osaka University))
QP1.95 Spectroscopic Imaging of Plasma Ion Temperature and Flow in the H-1 Heliac
John Howard (Plasma Research Laboratory, RS Phys SE, Canberra 0200 Australian National University, Australia), Clive Michael, Fenton Glass, Gerard Borg
QP1.96 Multi-channel H_\alpha Diagnostics for Position Determination of a Tokamak Plasma
Jayhyun Kim, H.S. Yi, G.C. Kwon, J.S. Kim, W. Choe (Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
QP1.97 Measurement of Z_eff Profile in MST
S.R. Castillo, J.K. Anderson, T.M. Biewer, B.E. Chapman, C.B. Forest, S.P. Gerhardt, D.J. Den Hartog, N.E. Lanier (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
QP1.98 Two-dimensional measurements of turbulent structures using laser-induced fluorescence
F. Trintchouk, C. H. Skinner (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), F. Levinton (Fusion Physics and Technology, Torrance, Ca.)
QP1.99 A Check on the Relative Importance of Higher Order Effects in the Unified Theory of Electron Broadening
Mark A. Gunderson, Gwyneth Junkel, Jr. Haynes, Charles F. Hooper (University of Florida)
QP1.100 Multichannel Optical Pyrometry Temperature Measurements of Imploding Metal Liners
Richard R. Bartsch, David B. Holtkamp, Bradford L. Wright (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
QP1.101 Filtered Silicon Photodiodes for Plasma Diagnostics
George Idzorek, Roger Bartlett (Los Alamos National Laboratory), X-ray Physics Team
QP1.102 Spectral Signatures of Anisotropies in Si Plasmas Driven by High-Intensity, Femtosecond Pulsed Lasers
Peter Hakel, Roberto C. Mancini (Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Jean-Claude Gauthier (Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, École polytechnique, Palaiseau, France), Jean-Claude Adam (Centre de Physique Théorique, École polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
QP1.103 A Two-Dimensional, Time-Gated X-ray/EUV Imaging Spectrometer
V.L. Kantsyrev, B.S. Bauer, R. Presura, D.A. Fedin, A.S. Shlyapsteva, S. Hansen (University of Nevada, Reno)
QP1.104 X-ray Spectropolarimetry of Dense Z-pinch Plasma
A.S. Shlyaptseva, A.G. Petrashen, S. Hansen, V.L. Kantsyrev, D.A. Fedin, B.S. Bauer (University of Nevada, Reno), S.A. Kazantsev (DASOP-L.P.S.H., Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France)
QP1.105 Demonstration of soft x-ray laser plasma interferometry with a tabletop laser and an amplitude division interferometer based on diffraction ratings.
Jorge J. Rocca (Colorado State University. Fort Collins CO 80523.), Jorge Filevich, Mario C. Marconi (Dpto. de Fisica, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Kelly Kanizay (Colorado State University. Fort Collins CO 80523.)
QP1.106 Edge diagnostics for KSTAR using hyperthermal neutrals
BongJu Lee, Suk-Jae Yoo, Soon-Mo Hwang (Korea Basic Science Institute), Mi Jung, Moo-Hyun Cho (Institute of Pohang Science and Technology)
QP1.107 KSTAR Magnetic Diagnostics
Sang Gon Lee, Jun Gyo Bak (Korea Basic Science Institute), National Fusion Ramp;D Center Team
QP1.108 Designing an AVS/Express interface to MDSPLUS
S.A. Klasky, W. Welch (Princeton Univ.)