Poster Session II: Reconnection and Non-Neutral I; Spheromaks and MCX; MFC Diagnostics; Simulation: Algorithm; Simulation: Kinetic/Edge

Presentations

• RECONNECTION AND NON-NEUTRAL I

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• Boundary conditions in magnetic reconnection

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  Authors

  • J. Egedal

    • MIT

  • W. Fox

    • MIT

  • N. Katz

    • MIT

  • A. Le

  • M. Porkolab

    • PSFC MIT
    • MIT PSFC
    • MIT
    • MIT, PSFC

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• Experimental study of fast fluctuations and turbulence during magnetic reconnection events on the VTF experiment

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  Authors

  • W. Fox

    • MIT

  • M. Porkolab

  • J. Egedal

  • N. Katz

  • A. Le

    • MIT PSFC

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• Three-Dimensional Magnetic and Electrostatic Measurements of Spontaneous Magnetic Reconnection

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  Authors

  • A. Le

  • J. Egedal

    • MIT

  • W. Fox

  • N. Katz

  • M. Porkolab

    • MIT, PSFC

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• Experiments on the Propagation of Plasma Blobs

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  Authors

  • W. Fox

    • MIT

  • N. Katz

    • MIT

  • J. Egedal

    • MIT

  • M. Porkolab

    • PSFC MIT
    • MIT PSFC
    • MIT
    • MIT, PSFC

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• On the filamentary structure of energetic electrons during reconnection in flares

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  Authors

  • J.F. Drake

    • UC Berkeley

  • R. Fermo

    • UMD

  • M. Swisdak

    • University of Maryland
    • UMD

  • M.A. Shay

    • University of Delaware
    • U Delaware

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• The Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection is Localized

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  Authors

  • John Meyer

    • University of Delaware

  • Paul Cassak

    • University of Delaware

  • Michael Shay

    • University of Delaware

  • James Drake

    • University of Maryland

  • Bruno Eckhardt

    • Phillips-Universitat Marburg

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• Two-scale structure of the electron dissipation region during collisionless magnetic reconnection: PIC simulations and Cluster satellite observations

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  Authors

  • M.A. Shay

    • University of Delaware
    • U Delaware

  • James Drake

    • University of Delaware

  • Marc Swisdak

    • University of Delaware

  • Tai Phan

    • University of Delaware

  • Jonathan Eastwood

    • University of Delaware

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• Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations

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  Authors

  • Paul Cassak

    • University of Delaware

  • Michael Shay

    • University of Delaware

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• Diamagnetic effects in driven magnetic reconnection

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  Authors

  • Julio Martinell

    • ICN, UNAM, Mexico

  • J.J. Ramos

    • PSFC, MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• A first-principles analytical theory for 2D magnetic reconnection in electron and Hall MHD.

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  Authors

  • A. Zocco

  • A.N. Simakov

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Luis Chacon

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Lab

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• Energetic electrons and magnetic islands during reconnection

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  Authors

  • L.-J. Chen

    • Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence (CICART), University of New Hampshire
    • University of New Hampshire

  • N. Bessho

    • University of New Hampshire

  • W. Daughton

    • LANL

  • A. Bhattacharjee

    • UNH

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• PIC simulations of core magnetic field generation in magnetic islands by reconnection

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  Authors

  • N. Bessho

    • Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence (CICART), University of New Hampshire

  • L.-J. Chen

    • Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence (CICART), University of New Hampshire
    • University of New Hampshire

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee

    • University of New Hampshire
    • Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence (CICART), University of New Hampshire
    • Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824

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• Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Large-Scale Electron-Positron Plasmas

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  Authors

  • W. Daughton

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • H. Karimabadi

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • L. Yin

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • B.J. Albright

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • K. Bowers

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Kinetic Theory and Simulation of Collisionless Tearing in Bifurcated Current Sheets

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  Authors

  • Tatsuki Matsui

    • University of Iowa

  • W. Daughton

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Vadim Roytershteyn

    • University of Iowa
    • The University of Iowa

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• The Influence of Sheared Parallel Flows on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

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  Authors

  • Vadim Roytershteyn

    • University of Iowa
    • The University of Iowa

  • W. Daughton

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Forced Magnetic Reconnection with Open Boundary Conditions

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  Authors

  • Weigang Wan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Giovanni Lapenta

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • (LANL)
    • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, Belgium, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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• Micro-reconnection at the $c/\omega_{pe}$ Scale Length$^*$

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  Authors

  • K. Tummel

    • MIT

  • B. Coppi

    • MIT

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• Roles of Magnetic Reconnection and Developments of Modern Theory$^*$

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  Authors

  • Bruno Coppi

    • MIT

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• Overview of recent results from the Columbia Non-neutral Torus and future plans

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Thomas Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
    • Columbia University

  • J.W. Berkery

  • A.H. Boozer

  • Q.R. Marksteiner

  • M.S. Hahn

  • P.W. Brenner

  • B. Durand de Gevigney

  • J.P. Kremer

  • R.G. Lefrancois

  • H. Himura

    • Kyoto Inst. of Tech., Kyoto, Japan

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• Confinement of pure electron plasmas in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus

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  Authors

  • John Berkery

    • Columbia University

  • Thomas Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
    • Columbia University

  • Allen Boozer

    • Columbia University

  • Paul Brenner

    • Columbia University

  • Quinn Marksteiner

    • Columbia University

  • Michael Hahn

    • Columbia University

  • Jason Kremer

    • Columbia University

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• Observations of an Ion Driven Instability in Non-neutral Plasmas Confined on Magnetic Surfaces.

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  Authors

  • Quinn Marksteiner

    • Columbia University

  • Thomas Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
    • Columbia University

  • J. Berkery

    • Columbia University

  • J. Mendez

    • Columbia University

  • M. Hahn

    • Columbia University

  • P. Ennever

    • Columbia University

  • H. Himura

    • Kyoto Institute of Technology

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• Pure Electron Equilibrium and Transport Jumps in the Columbia Nonneutral Torus

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  Authors

  • Michael Hahn

    • Columbia University

  • Thomas Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
    • Columbia University

  • Quinn Marksteiner

    • Columbia University

  • John Berkery

    • Columbia University

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• Installation and Operation of a Conducting Boundary in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus

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  Authors

  • Paul Brenner

    • Columbia University

  • T. Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University

  • J.W. Berkery

    • Columbia University

  • R.G. Lefrancois

    • Columbia University

  • M.S. Hahn

    • Columbia University

  • Q.R. Marksteiner

    • Columbia University

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• Numerical Studies of Transport in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus

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  Authors

  • Benoit Durand de Gevigney

    • Columbia University

  • Thomas Sunn Pedersen

    • Columbia University

  • Allen H. Boozer

    • Columbia University

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• Confinement Time Exceeding One Second in a Toroidal Electron Plasma

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  Authors

  • M.R. Stoneking

  • J.P. Marler

  • Bao Ha

  • J.C. Smoniewski

    • Lawrence University

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• Magnetic Field Dependence of the Diffusion Coefficient in Asymmetry-Induced Transport

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  Authors

  • D.L. Eggleston

    • Occidental College

  • J.M. Williams

    • Occidental College

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• Limits of Particle-beam Extraction from Single-Component Plasmas

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  Authors

  • T.R. Weber

  • J.R. Danielson

  • C.M. Surko

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Attracting Fixed Points for Radially Compressed Single-Component Plasmas

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  Authors

  • J.R. Danielson

  • C.M. Surko

  • M.W. Anderson

  • T.M. O'Neil

    • University of California, San Diego

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• A Multicell Trap for Positron Storage

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  Authors

  • C.M. Surko

  • J.R. Danielson

  • T.R. Weber

    • University of California, San Diego

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• SPHEROMAKS AND MCX

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• SSPX Achievements and Future Directions for Spheromak Research

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  Authors

  • H.S. McLean

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • R.D. Wood

  • D.N. Hill

  • E.B. Hooper

  • B. Hudson

  • R.J. Jayakumar

  • L.L. LoDestro

  • J.M. Moller

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

  • T.A. Casper

  • B.I. Cohen

  • T.K. Fowler

  • L.D. Pearlstein

  • D.D. Ryutov

  • J.C. Ortiz

  • J.H.T. Clementson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J. King

  • E.C. Morse

    • UC Berkeley

  • E.D. Mezonlin

  • J.A. Johnson III

    • Florida A\&M Univ.

  • C.R. Sovinec

    • UW-Madison

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• Magnetic Field Build-up in SSPX

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  Authors

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA

  • B.I. Cohen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • D.N. Hill

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • E.B. Hooper

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • L.L. LoDestro

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • H.S. McLean

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • J.M. Moller

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • C.A. Romero-Talam\'as

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Electron Temperature Measurements and Energy Transport in SSPX

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  Authors

  • B.F. Hudson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • T.A. Casper

  • E.B. Hooper

  • R.J. Jayakumar

  • L.L. LoDestro

  • H.S. McLean

  • J.M. Moller

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Predictive capability for whole-device spheromak MHD physics

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  Authors

  • E.B. Hooper

    • LLNL

  • B.I. Cohen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
    • LLNL

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• Linear MHD Stability Analysis of the SSPX Spheromak

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  Authors

  • R. Jayakumar

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • B.I. Cohen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
    • LLNL

  • E.B. Hooper

    • LLNL

  • L.L. LoDestro

  • H.S. McLean

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • L.D. Pearlstein

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA

  • A.D. Turnbull

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA

  • C. Sovinec

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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• Neutral Beam Current Drive in Spheromak plasma and plasma stability

  POSTER

  Authors

  • B. Hudson

  • D.N. Hill

  • L.L. LoDestro

  • H.S. McLean

  • T.K. Fowler

  • T.A. Casper

  • L.D. Pearlstein

  • R.J. Jayakumar

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• Flux amplification in SSPX

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  Authors

  • Lynda LoDestro

    • LLNL

  • E.B. Hooper

  • R.J. Jayakumar

  • L.D. Pearlstein

  • R.D. Wood

  • H.S. McLean

    • LLNL

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• Measurements of spheromak formation and field buildup at SSPX using a double magnetic probe array

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  Authors

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • O.O. Ohia

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • R. Jayakumar

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

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• Stereo Imaging as a Diagnostic in SSPX

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  Authors

  • J.C. Ortiz

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

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• Ion Doppler Spectroscopy Measurements on SSPX

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  Authors

  • H.S. McLean

  • R.D. Wood

  • J. King

  • E.C. Morse

    • UC Berkeley/LLNL

  • J.M. Moller

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• EUV spectroscopy on the SSPX spheromak

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  Authors

  • J.H.T. Clementson

  • P. Beiersdorfer

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA

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• Correlation between gun current and ion temperature in SSPX plasma

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  Authors

  • E.D. Mezonlin

  • J.B. Titus

  • J.A. Johnson III

    • Florida A\&M University, Tallahassee, Fl

  • J.M. Moller

  • E.B. Hooper

  • H.S. McLean

  • B. Hudson

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Correlations of Turbulent Magnetic Field Parameters with Electron and Ion Temperature Measurements in SSPX Plasmas

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  Authors

  • J.A. Johnson III

  • J.B. Titus

  • E.-D. Mezonlin

    • Florida A\&M University

  • J.M. Moller

  • E.B. Hooper

  • H.S. McLean

  • B. Hudson

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

  • R.D. Wood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Correlation of Soft X-ray Emission with Thompson Scattering Measurements of Electron Temperature in SSPX

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  Authors

  • H.S. McLean

  • B.F. Hudson

  • D.F. Montez

  • C.A. Romero-Talamas

  • R.D. Wood

  • D. Correll

    • LLNL

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• Overview of results from the Caltech Spheromak Formation, Astrophysical Jet, and Solar Coronal Loop Simulation Experiments

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  Authors

  • P.M. Bellan

    • Caltech
    • California Institute of Technology

  • D. Kumar

  • G.S. Yun

  • A.L. Moser

  • E.V. Stenson

  • R.J. Perkins

  • S.K.P. Tripathi

    • Caltech

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• Plasma tubes becoming collimated as a result of MHD pumping

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  Authors

  • G.S. Yun

    • California Institute of Technology

  • P.M. Bellan

    • Caltech
    • California Institute of Technology

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• Flow velocity measurements and X-ray imaging of merging flux tubes

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  Authors

  • D. Kumar

    • Caltech

  • P.M. Bellan

    • Caltech
    • California Institute of Technology

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• Overview of the Helicity Injected Torus Program

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  Authors

  • Bret Thomas Stewart

    • University of Washington

  • A.J. Redd

  • T.R. Jarboe

  • R.Z. AboulHosn

  • C. Akcay

  • W.T. Hamp

  • G. Marklin

  • B.A. Nelson

  • R.G. O'Neill

  • R. Raman

  • P.E. Sieck

  • R.J. Smith

  • J.S. Wrobel

    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

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• The physics of steady-state CHI in an ST

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  Authors

  • B.A. Nelson

  • T.R. Jarboe

  • W.T. Hamp

  • A.J. Redd

  • R.G. O'Neill

  • R. Raman

  • R.J. Smith

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA

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• Evidence of closed flux during CHI formation of a spherical tokamak in the HIT-II experiment

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  Authors

  • W.T. Hamp

  • T.R. Jarboe

  • R. Raman

  • A.J. Redd

  • B.A. Nelson

  • R.G. O'Neill

  • R.J. Smith

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• Nimrod Simulations of Decaying and Driven HIT-SI Plasmas

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  Authors

  • Cihan Akcay

    • University of Washington

  • Charlson C. Kim

    • University of Washington

  • Griff O'Neill

    • University of Washington

  • T.R. Jarboe

    • Plasma Science and Innovation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
    • University of Washington

  • Brian A. Nelson

    • University of Washington

  • Valerie A. Izzo

    • University of California, San Diego
    • General Atomics

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• Magnetic Diagnostics on HIT-SI Experiment

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  Authors

  • R.J. Smith

  • J.S. Wrobel

  • T.R. Jarboe

    • Plasma Science and Innovation Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
    • University of Washington

  • B.A. Nelson

    • University of Washington

  • A.J. Redd

  • Cihan Akcay

    • University of Washington

  • W.T. Hamp

  • Bret Thomas Stewart

    • University of Washington

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• Development of rotating magnetic field coil system in the HIST spherical torus device

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  Authors

  • T. Yoshikawa

  • Y. Kikuchi

  • S. Yamada

  • S. Hashimoto

  • T. Nishioka

  • N. Fukumoto

  • M. Nagata

    • Univ. of Hyogo

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• Ion flow measurements during the rotating kink behavior of the central column in the HIST device

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  Authors

  • S. Yamada

  • T. Yoshikawa

  • S. Hashimoto

  • T. Nishioka

  • Y. Kikuchi

  • N. Fukumoto

  • M. Nagata

    • Univ. of Hyogo

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• Interaction of Accelerated Compact Toroid with External Magnetic Fields

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  Authors

  • D.Q. Hwang

    • UCDavis Applied Science
    • UC Davis

  • S.J. Howard

    • UC Davis

  • R.D. Horton

    • UC Davis

  • S.E. Brockington

    • UC Davis

  • R.W. Evans

    • UC Davis

  • R. Klauser

    • UC Davis

  • D. Buchenauer

    • Sandia National Lab

  • W.M. Clift

    • Sandia National Lab

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• Hall MHD Equilibrium of Accelerated Compact Toroids

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  Authors

  • S.J. Howard

  • D.Q. Hwang

  • R.D. Horton

  • R.W. Evans

  • S.J. Brockington

    • University of California, Davis

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• Plasma Density Gradient Profiles of Unconstrained CTs with an Array of Laser Deflectometers on CTIX

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  Authors

  • Samuel Brockington

    • UCDavis Electrical Engineering

  • D.Q. Hwang

    • UCDavis Applied Science
    • UC Davis

  • Robert Horton

    • University of California, Davis

  • Stephen Howard

  • Russ Evans

  • P. Beiersdorfer

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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• Magnetic Field Effects on Accelerator-Region Gas Puffing on CTIX

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  Authors

  • Robert Horton

    • University of California, Davis

  • David Hwang

  • Stephen Howard

  • Samuel Brockington

  • Russell Evans

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• Impurity Content of Compact Toroid Plasmas in CTIX

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  Authors

  • D. Buchenauer

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • W.M. Clift

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • S.J. Howard

    • University of California Davis

  • R. Klauser

    • University of California Davis

  • S.J. Brockington

    • University of California Davis

  • R.W. Evans

    • University of California Davis

  • D.Q. Hwang

    • University of California Davis

  • R.D. Horton

    • University of California Davis

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• Preliminary experiment of high-speed gas flow generation by a compact toroid injection into a gas neutralizer

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  Authors

  • Y. Ito

  • D. Liu

  • T. Shoji

  • R. Nakanishi

  • N. Fukumoto

  • T. Sekioka

  • Y. Kikuchi

  • M. Nagata

    • Univ. of Hyogo

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• Spheromak merging studies in an oblate flux conserver in SSX

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  Authors

  • M.R. Brown

    • Swarthmore College

  • C.D. Cothran

    • Swarthmore College

  • D.H. Cohen

    • Swarthmore College

  • V. Chaplin

    • Swarthmore College

  • A.M. Phillips

    • Swarthmore College

  • L.D. Bookman

    • Swarthmore College

  • T. Gray

    • Swarthmore College

  • M.J. Schaffer

    • Swarthmore College

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• Nonlinear driven resonance in magnetic self-organization and the feasibility of a spheromak reactor

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Xianzhu Tang

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Allen Boozer

    • Columbia University

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• 2D MHD simulations of the High to Ordinary Mode Transitions in MCX

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  Authors

  • I. Shamim

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • C. Teodorescu

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • P. Guzdar

    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA
    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • A. Hassam

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • R. Clary

    • University of Maryland
    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • R. Ellis

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • R. Lunsford

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

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• Magnetic Fluctuation Measurements in MCX

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  Authors

  • Seung Choi

    • University of Maryland
    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

  • Parvez Guzdar

    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

  • Richard Ellis

    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

  • Adil Hassam

    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

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• Spectral Results of the Magnetic Fluctuations Observed in MCX

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  Authors

  • Ilker Uzun-Kaymak

    • University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • S. Choi

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • R. Clary

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • R. Ellis

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • A. Hassam

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • C. Teodorescu

    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment(MCX)

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  Authors

  • R. Ellis

    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • S. Choi

  • M.R. Clary

  • R. Elton

  • A.B. Hassam

  • R. Lunsford

  • C. Teodorescu

  • I. Uzun-Kaymak

    • University of Maryland

  • A. Case

  • S. Messer

  • D. Witherspoon

    • HyperV Technologies

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• Progress on H$_{\alpha}$ at MCX

  POSTER

  Authors

  • R. Clary

    • University of Maryland
    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • Seung Choi

    • University of Maryland
    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

  • R. Ellis

    • University of Maryland

  • A. Hassam

    • University of Maryland

  • C. Teodorescu

    • University of Maryland

  • Ilker Uzun-Kaymak

    • University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland, College Park

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• Experimental study on the velocity limits of magnetized rotating plasmas

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  Authors

  • C. Teodorescu

    • University of Maryland

  • Ryan Clary

    • University of Maryland

  • Richard Ellis

    • University of Maryland

  • Adil Hassam

    • University of Maryland

  • Ilker Uzun-Kaymak

    • University of Maryland

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• MFC DIAGNOSTICS

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• Study of magnetic dipole forbidden transitions in Large Helical Device and its application to impurity and $\alpha $ particle diagnostics in burning plasmas

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  Authors

  • Shigeru Morita

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Motoshi Goto

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Ryuji Katai

    • ILE-Osaka

  • Malay Chowdhuri

    • Graduate University for Advanced Studies

  • Atsushi Iwamae

    • Kyoto University

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• Observation of Novel Instability by using Microwave Imaging Reflectometry in LHD

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Soichiro Yamaguchi

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Yoshio Nagayama

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Zhongbing Shi

    • National Institute for Fusion Science

  • Yuichiro Kogi

    • Art Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu Univ.

  • Atsushi Mase

    • Art Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu Univ.

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• Magnetic Fluctuation Profile Measurement Using Optics of Motional Stark Effect Diagnostics in JT-60U

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  Authors

  • Takahiro Suzuki

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Akihiko Isayama

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Go Matsunaga

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Takaaki Fujita

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Toshihiro Oikawa

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Yutaka Kamada

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

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• Fast ion collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic results at TEXTOR, ASDEX Upgrade and status of ITER design

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  Authors

  • S.K. Nielsen

    • Risoe-DTU/PSFC MIT

  • H. Bindslev

    • Risoe-DTU

  • S.B. Korsholm

    • Risoe-DTU

  • F. Leipold

    • Risoe-DTU

  • P. Michelsen

    • Risoe-DTU

  • P. Woskov

    • PSFC MIT

  • J.W. Oosterbeek

    • IPP-FZ Juelich

  • E. Westerhof

    • FOM

  • F. Leuterer

    • IPP-Garching

  • D. Wagner

    • IPP-Garching

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• The motional Stark effect with laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic

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  Authors

  • Elizabeth Foley

    • Nova Photonics, Inc
    • Nova Photonics
    • Nova Photonics, Inc.

  • Fred Levinton

    • Nova Photonics, Inc.

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• Velocity Field Analysis for Edge Turbulence Imaging

  POSTER

  Authors

  • B.T. Brown

  • T. Munsat

    • Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado

  • C. Holland

  • G. Tynan

    • Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD

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• Density fluctuation measurements with the microwave imaging reflectometry on TPE-RX

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  Authors

  • Z.B. Shi

    • Grad. Univ. Adv. Studies

  • Y. Nagayama

    • NIFS

  • S. Yamaguchi

    • NIFS

  • Y. Hirano

    • AIST

  • S. Kiyama

    • AIST

  • H. Koguchi

    • AIST

  • H. Sakakita

    • AIST

  • K. Yambe

    • AIST

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• Two-dimensional Thomson Scattering Measurement Using Multiple Reflection and the Time-of-Flight of Laser Light on TS-4

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  Authors

  • Takashi Sumikawa

    • University of Tokyo

  • Shingo Ito

    • University of Tokyo

  • Kohei Yamashita

    • University of Tokyo

  • Eiichirou Kawamori

    • University of Tokyo

  • Yasushi Ono

    • The University of Tokyo
    • University of Tokyo
    • Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
    • Univ. Tokyo

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• Electron Density Profile Measurements of a Field-Reversed Configuration Using an Optical Interferometer

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  Authors

  • J.F. Camacho

    • NumerEx

  • E.L. Ruden

    • Air Force Research Laboratory
    • AFRL/Kirtland
    • AFRL

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• Three dimensional full-wave simulations of reflectometry in toroidal plasma

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  Authors

  • Ernest Valeo

    • PPPL
    • Princeton University
    • PPPL, Princeton, NJ

  • Gerrit Kramer

    • PPPL
    • PPPL, Princeton, NJ

  • Raffi Nazikian

    • PPPL, Princeton, NJ

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• A Multi-Channel, Frequency Comb Doppler Reflectometry System

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  Authors

  • J.C. Hillesheim

    • UCLA

  • W.A. Peebles

    • UCLA

  • T.L. Rhodes

    • UCLA

  • L. Schmitz

    • UCLA

  • T.A. Carter

    • UCLA

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• ECE Imaging Bandwidth Upgrade for TEXTOR

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  Authors

  • C.W. Domier

    • University of California Davis
    • University of California at Davis

  • P. Zhang

  • N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

    • University of California at Davis
    • University of California Davis
    • UC at Davis

  • H.K. Park

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • M.J. van de Pol

  • G.W. Spakman

  • R. Jaspers

  • A.J.H. Donne

    • FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen

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• Development of free-standing diffractive optical elements as light extractors for burning plasma experiments

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  Authors

  • D. Stutman

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • G. Caravelli

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • M. Finkenthal

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • A. Tolea

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • G. Wright

    • University of Madison-Wisconsin

  • D. Whyte

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • N. Moldovan

    • Northwestern University

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• SIMULATION: ALGORITHM

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• Implementation of Language Interoperability Interfaces for NTCC transport models as part of FMCFM project

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  Authors

  • Srinath Vadlamani

    • Tech-X Corporation

  • A.Y. Pankin

    • Lehigh U.
    • Lehigh University

  • S. Kruger

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp.

  • A. Pletzer

    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp.

  • J. Carlsson

    • Tech-X Corp.

  • J.R. Cary

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • University of Colorado
    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corp.
    • Tech X Corp

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• Parallel, Implicit, Finite Element Solver

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  Authors

  • Weston Lowrie

    • University of Washington

  • Uri Shumlak

    • University of Washington

  • Eric Meier

    • University of Washington

  • George Marklin

    • University of Washington

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• New quasi-Newton solver for transport equations

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  Authors

  • J. Carlsson

    • Tech-X Corp.

  • John R. Cary

  • Alex Pletzer

    • Tech-X Corporation

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• Mathematical Properties of the Flowing MHD Equilibrium Equations

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  Authors

  • M. Miah

    • Tech-X Corporation

  • J.R. Cary

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • University of Colorado
    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corp.
    • Tech X Corp

  • A. Hakim

    • Tech-X Corporation

  • S. Kruger

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp.

  • A. Pletzer

    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp.

  • Srinath Vadlamani

    • Tech-X Corporation

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• Mesoscopic Detailed Balance Representations of Nonlinear Physics

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  Authors

  • Jeffrey Yepez

    • ARFL, Hanscom Field
    • Air Force Research Lab., Hanscom Field
    • AFRL, Hanscom Field

  • George Vahala

    • William \& Mary

  • Linda Vahala

    • Old Dominion University

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• A new nonlinear collision method for a particle code

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  Authors

  • Eisung Yoon

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Ravi Samtaney

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Ting Rao

    • Columbia University

  • David Keyes

    • Columbia University

  • C.S. Chang

    • New York University

  • Harold Weitzner

    • New York University

  • L. Greengard

    • New York University

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• A step towards addressing the temporal multi-scale problem.

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  Authors

  • Jing-Mei Qiu

    • Michigan State University

  • Andrew Christlieb

    • Michigan State University

  • Robert Krasny

    • University of Michigan

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• Boundary Integral Corrected Particle In Cell

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Christlieb Andrew

    • Michigan State University

  • Cartwright Keith

    • AFRL/DEHE

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• PARSEK: a Parallel Software Package for Implicit Particle-in-Cell Simulations

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  Authors

  • Stefano Markidis

  • Giovanni Lapenta

  • Enrico Camporeale

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• The EMPOWER Code: Electro-Magnetic Particle Operation With Enhanced Resolution

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  Authors

  • H. Karimabadi

  • Y.A. Omelchenko

    • SciberQuest, Inc/UCSD

  • H.X. Vu

    • SciberQuest, Inc/UCSD

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• A New Simulation Algorithm Combining Fluid and Kinetic Properties

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  Authors

  • David Larson

    • LLNL

  • Dennis Hewett

    • LLNL

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• Discrete-Event Simulation of Poisson-Based Particle Systems

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  Authors

  • Y.A. Omelchenko

    • SciberQuest, Inc/UCSD

  • H. Karimabadi

    • SciberQuest, Inc/UCSD

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• A robust, efficient equidistribution 2D grid generation method

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  Authors

  • Luis Chacon

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Gian Luca Delzanno

    • Los Alamos National Lab
    • LANL

  • John Finn

    • LANL

  • Jeojin Chung

    • SMU

  • Giovanni Lapenta

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • (LANL)
    • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan, Belgium, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

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• A Mesh-Free Method for the Simulation of Magnetic Diffusion

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  Authors

  • Jeffrey Johnson

    • UC Davis / Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Michael Owen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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• Solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for arbitrary collisionality

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  Authors

  • Mark L. Adams

    • LLNL

  • Howard A. Scott

    • LLNL

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• Regions of Validity for Common Plasma Models

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  Authors

  • R. Lilly

    • Aerospace and Energetics Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2600

  • U. Shumlak

    • University of Washington
    • Aerospace and Energetics Research Program, University of Washington
    • Aerospace and Energetics Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2600

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• SIMULATION: KINETIC/EDGE

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• Stability of the Long Wavelength Limit of ETG Modes

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  Authors

  • Eric Wang

    • UCLA

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• Nonlinear finite-Larmor-radius effects in reduced fluid models

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  Authors

  • A.J. Brizard

    • SMC

  • R.E. Denton

    • Dartmouth

  • W. Lotko

    • Dartmouth

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• Electrostatic turbulence on transport time scales

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  Authors

  • Peter Catto

    • Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
    • MIT
    • MIT Plasma Science \& Fusion Center

  • A.N. Simakov

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • Felix Parra

    • MIT Plasma Science \& Fusion Center

  • Grigory Kagan

    • MIT Plasma Science \& Fusion Center

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• Development of a Grid-Based Gyrokinetic Simulation Code

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  Authors

  • Stephan Brunner

    • CRPP

  • Trach-Minh Tran

    • CRPP

  • Xavier Lapillonne

    • CRPP

  • Maura Brunnetti

    • CRPP

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• A Low Moment Kinetic MHD Simulation Model

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  Authors

  • Scott Parker

    • Univ. of Colorado

  • Jianhua Cheng

    • Univ. of Colorado

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• Discrete particle noise in gyrokinetic PIC simulations of plasma turbulence

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  Authors

  • Igor Holod

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Zhihong Lin

    • University of California, Irvine

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• Collisionless Heating in Gyrokinetic Turbulence

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  Authors

  • William Dorland

    • University of Maryland

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• Minimal models of finite Larmor radius effects on non-diffusive transport in two-dimensional plasmas

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  Authors

  • Kyle Gustafson

    • University of Maryland

  • Diego del Castillo Negrete

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • William Dorland

    • University of Maryland

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• The role of conserved quantities in turbulence simulations

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  Authors

  • Ingmar Broemstrup

    • University of Maryland

  • William Dorland

    • University of Maryland

  • Michael Barnes

    • University of Maryland

  • Kyle Gustafson

    • University of Maryland

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• Global gyrokinetic simulations using coupled flux-tubes

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  Authors

  • Michael Barnes

    • University of Maryland

  • William Dorland

    • University of Maryland

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• Plasma Turbulence Simulation and Visualization on Graphics Processors: Efficient Parallel Computing on the Desktop

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  Authors

  • George Stantchev

    • University of Maryland

  • Derek Juba

    • University of Maryland

  • William Dorland

    • University of Maryland

  • Amitabh Varshney

    • University of Maryland

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• Electrostatic kinetic turbulent cascade of entropy in magnetized plasmas

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  Authors

  • T. Tatsuno

  • W. Dorland

    • U Maryland

  • A.A. Schekochihin

    • Imperial

  • S.C. Cowley

    • UCLA

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• Excitation of geodesic acoustic modes by drift waves and ion temperature gradient modes

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  Authors

  • P. Guzdar

    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
    • IREAP, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA
    • IREAP, University of Maryand, College Park, MD, USA

  • Nikhil Charabarti

    • Saha Institute of Nuclear Research, Kolkata, India

  • Raghvendra Singh

    • IPR, Gandhinagar, India

  • Predhiman Kaw

    • IPR, Gandhinagar, India

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• Transport and the neoclassical tearing mode: Slab geometry

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  Authors

  • Pavel Popovich

    • CMPD, UCLA

  • Simon Allfrey

    • CMPD, UCLA

  • Steven Cowley

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • CMPD, UCLA

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• Hybrid Simulation of Ion Acoustic Waves Including Coulomb Collisions

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  Authors

  • B.I. Cohen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
    • LLNL

  • Andris Dimits

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

  • Russel Caflisch

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

  • C.M. Wang

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

  • Yanghong Huang

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA Math Department

  • Giacomo DiMarco

    • University of Ferrarra, Italy
    • U. Ferrara
    • Univ. of Ferrarra

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• A Hybrid Monte Carlo Method for Coulomb Collisions

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  Authors

  • Russel Caflisch

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

  • Bruce Cohen

    • LLNL

  • Giacomo DiMarco

    • University of Ferrarra, Italy
    • U. Ferrara
    • Univ. of Ferrarra

  • Andris Dimits

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

  • Yanghong Huang

    • UCLA

  • C.M. Wang

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

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• Simulation of sheath problems with an accelerated Monte Carlo method

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  Authors

  • Yanghong Huang

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA Math Department

  • Russel Caflisch

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

  • B.I. Cohen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
    • LLNL

  • Giacomo DiMarco

    • University of Ferrarra, Italy
    • U. Ferrara
    • Univ. of Ferrarra

  • Andris Dimits

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

  • C.M. Wang

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • UCLA Math Department

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• The neoclassical tearing mode: An anomalous transport process

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  Authors

  • Simon Allfrey

    • CMPD, UCLA

  • Pavel Popovich

    • CMPD, UCLA

  • Steven Cowley

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA
    • CMPD, UCLA

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• Tempest simulations of kinetic GAM mode and neoclassical turbulence

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  Authors

  • X.Q. Xu

    • LLNL

  • A.M. Dimits

    • LLNL

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• Toward an implicit Drift-Lorentz mover

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  Authors

  • R.H. Cohen

    • LLNL

  • A. Friedman

    • LLNL

  • D.P. Grote

    • LLNL

  • J.-L. Vay

    • LBNL

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• Gyrokinetic Models for Edge Plasmas

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  Authors

  • Andris Dimits

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

  • R.H. Cohen

  • X.Q. Xu

    • LLNL

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• Particle-in-cell modelling of plasma deposition in castellated divertor targets

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  Authors

  • Radomir Panek

    • Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i., Association EURATOM/IPP.CR, Prague, Czech Republic

  • Michael Komm

    • Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i., Association EURATOM/IPP.CR, Prague, Czech Republic

  • Renaud Dejarnac

    • Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i., Association EURATOM/IPP.CR, Prague, Czech Republic

  • James Gunn

    • Association EURATOM/CEA, CEA/DSM/DRFC, Centre de Cadarache, France

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• Simulations of dimensionless parameter experiments using theory-based transport models

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  Authors

  • L. Laborde

    • EURATOM-UKAEA

  • D. McDonald

    • EURATOM-UKAEA

  • I. Voitsekhovitch

    • EURATOM-UKAEA

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• Effect of fast-ion loss on momentum transport in tokamak plasmas with toroidal field ripples

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  Authors

  • Mitsuru Honda

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Tomonori Takizuka

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Atsushi Fukuyama

    • Kyoto University

  • Maiko Yoshida

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • Takahisa Ozeki

    • Japan Atomic Energy Agency

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• Charging and Rotation of Pellet Ablation Cloud

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  Authors

  • Roman Samulyak

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Tianshi Lu

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Paul Parks

    • General Atomics

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