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PPPL FY 2007 Highlights Report
PPPL Fiscal Year 2007 Highlights Report
Editors: Anthony R. DeMeo and Carol A. Phillips
PPPL FY07 Highlights Abstract
PPPL-4261
Microtearing Instabilities and Electron Transport in the NSTX Spherical Tokamak
Authors: K.L. Wong, S. Kaye, D.R. Mikkelsen, J.A. Krommes, K. Hill, R. Bell, and B. LeBlanc
PPPL-4261 Abstract
PPPL-4262
Control of Asymmetric Magnetic Perturbations in Tokamaks
Authors: Jong-kyu Park, Michael J. Schaffer, Jonathan E. Menard, and Allen H. Boozer
PPPL-4262 Abstract
PPPL-4263
Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments in Alcator C-Mod
Authors: J.R. Wilson, S. Bernabei, P. Bonoli, A. Hubbard, R. Parker, A. Schmidt, G. Wallace, J. Wright, and the Alcator C-Mod Team
PPPL-4263 Abstract
PPPL-4264
Nonequilibrium Gyrokinetic Fluctuation Theory and Sampling Noise in Gyrokinetic Particle-in-cell Simulations
Author: John A. Krommes
PPPL-4264 Abstract
PPPL-4265
Physics Design for ARIES-CS
Authors: L.P. Ku, P.R. Garabedian, J. Lyon, A. Turnbull, A. Grossman, T.K. Mau, M. Zarnstorff, and the ARIES Team
PPPL-4265 Abstract
PPPL-4266
Large Aperture Electrostatic Dust Detector
Authors: C.H. Skinner, R. Hensley, and A.L Roquemore
PPPL-4266 Abstract
PPPL-4267
Stabilization of the Vertical Mode in Tokamaks by Localized Nonaxisymmetric Fields
Author: A. Reiman
PPPL-4267 Abstract
PPPL-4268
Progress towards Steady State at Low Aspect Ratio on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
Authors: D.A. Gates, J. Menard, R. Maingi, S. Kaye, S.A. Sabbagh, S. Diem, J.R.Wilson, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, J. Ferron, E.D. Fredrickson, C.E. Kessel, B.P. LeBlanc, F. Levinton, J. Manickam, D. Mueller, R. Raman, T. Stevenson, D. Stutman, G. Taylor, K. Tritz, H. Yu, and the NSTX Research Team
PPPL-4268 Abstract
PPPL-4269
Overview of the Alcator C-MOD Research Program
Authors: S. Scott, A. Bader, M. Bakhtiari, N. Basse, W. Beck, T. Biewer, S. Bernabei, P. Bonoli, et al.
PPPL-4269 Abstract
PPPL-4270
Neutral Particle Analyzer Vertically Scanning Measurements of MHD-induced Energetic Ion Redistribution or Loss in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: S.S. Medley, R. Andre, R.E. Bell, D.S. Darrow, C.W. Domier, E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, F.M. Levinton, D. Liu, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., J.E. Menard, H. Park, D. Stutman, A.L. Roquemore, K. Tritz, H. Yuh and the NSTX Team
PPPL-4270 Abstract
PPPL-4271
Passive Spectroscopy Bolometers, Grating- And X-Ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometers
Authors: M. Bitter, K.W. Hill, S. Scott, S. Paul, A. Ince-Cushman, M. Reinke, J.E. Rice, P. Beiersdorfer, M.F. Gu, S.G. Lee, Ch. Broennimann, and E.F. Eikenberry
PPPL-4271 Abstract
PPPL-4272
New Insights to the Sawtooth Oscillation (m/n=1/1 mode
) in Hot Plasmas based on High Resolution 2-D Images of Te Fluctuations
Authors: H.K. Park, N.C. Luhmann, Jr, A.J.H. Donné, C.W. Domier,
PPPL-4272 Abstract
PPPL-4273
Optimization of Cylindrical Hall Thrusters
Authors: Yevgeny Raitses, Artem Smirnov, Erik Granstedt, and Nathaniel J. Fisch
PPPL-4273 Abstract
PPPL-4274
MHD Induced Neutral Beam Ion Loss from NSTX Plasmas
Authors: D.S. Darrow, E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, A.L. Roquemore, and K. Shinohara
PPPL-4274 Abstract
PPPL-4275
Steady State Turbulent Transport in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas
Authors: W.W. Lee, S. Ethier, R. Kolesnikov, W.X. Wang, and W.M. Tang
PPPL-4275 Abstract
PPPL-4276
Plasma Measurements: An Overview of Requirements and Status
Author: Kenneth M. Young
PPPL-4276 Abstract
PPPL-4277
The Theory of the Kink Mode during the Vertical Disruption Events in Tokamaks
Author: Leonid E. Zakharov
PPPL-4277 Abstract
PPPL-4278
The Theory of Variances in Equilibrium Reconstruction
Authors: Leonid E. Zakharov, Jerome Lewandowski, Elizabeth L. Foley, Fred M. Levinton, Howard Y. Yuh, Vladimir Drozdov, and Darren McDonald
PPPL-4278 Abstract
PPPL-4279
Optimizing Extender Code for NCSX Analyses
Authors: M. Richman, S. Ethier, and N. Pomphrey
PPPL-4279 Abstract
PPPL-4280
NCSX Plasma Heating Methods
Authors: H.W. Kugel, D. Spong, R. Majeski and M. Zarnstorff
PPPL-4280 Abstract
PPPL-4281
Design and Performance of NSTX Movable GDC Probe
Authors: H.W. Kugel, R. Maingi, M. Bell, W. Blanchard, D. Gates, R. Gernhardt, T. Holoman, G. Labik, T. Provost, A.L. Roquemore, and P. Sichta
PPPL-4281 Abstract
PPPL-4282
High Harmonic Fast Wave Heating Efficiency Enhancemen and Current Drive at Longer Wavelength on the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: J. Hosea, R. E. Bell, B.P. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, G. Taylor, E. Valeo, J.R. Wilson, E.F. Jaeger, P.M. Ryan, J. Wilgen, H. Yuh, F. Levinton, S. Sabbagh, K. Tritz, J. Parker, P.T. Bonoli, R. Harvey, and the NSTX Team
PPPL-4282 Abstract
PPPL-4283
Development of a High Resolution X-Ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometer for Measurement of Ion-Temperature and Rotation-Velocity Profiles in Fusion Energy Research Plasmas
Authors: K.W. Hill, M.L. Bitter, Ch. Broennimann, E.F. Eikenberry, A. Ince-Cushman, S.G. Lee, J.E. Rice, S. Scott, and R. Barnsley
PPPL-4283 Abstract
PPPL-4284
Temperature Contours and Ghost-Surfaces for Chaotic Magnetic Fields
Authors: S.R. Hudson and J. Breslau
PPPL-4284 Abstract
PPPL-4285
Turbulent Equipartition Theory of Toroidal Momentum Pinch
Authors: T.S. Hahm, P.H. Diamond, O.D. Gurcan, and G. Rewaldt
PPPL-4285 Abstract
PPPL-4286
Variational Symplectic Integrator for Long-Time Simulations of the Guiding-Center Motion of Charged Particles in General Magnetic Fields
Authors: H. Qin and X. Guan
PPPL-4286 Abstract
PPPL-4287
The Linear Stability Properties of Medium- to High- n TAEs in ITER
Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, H.L. Berk, R.V. Budny, C.E. Kessel, G.J. Kramer, D. McCune, J. Manickam, R. Nazikian and A. Polevoi
PPPL-4287 Abstract
PPPL-4288
Anode Sheath Switching in a Carbon Nanotube Arc Plasma
Authors: A. Abe Fetterman, Yevgeny Raitses, and Michael Keidar
PPPL-4288 Abstract
PPPL-4289
The Use of Kruskal-Newton Diagrams for Differential Equations
Authors: T. Fishaleck and R.B. White
PPPL-4289 Abstract
PPPL-4290
Lithium Surface Coatings for Improved Plasma Performance in NSTX
Authors: H.W. Kugel, M. G. Bell, J-W. Ahn, J.P. Allain, R. Bell , J. Boedo, C. Bush, D. Gates, T. Gray,S. Kaye, R. Kaita, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, R. Majeski, D. Mansfield, J. Menard, D. Mueller, M. Ono, S. Paul, R. Raman, A.L. Roquemore, P.W. Ross, S. Sabbagh, H. Schneider, C. H. Skinner, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Stevenson,
PPPL-4290 Abstract
PPPL-4291
Plasma Start-up in HIT-II and NSTX using Transient Coaxial Helicity Injection
Authors: R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, D. Mueller, M.G. Bell, and M. Ono
PPPL-4291 Abstract
PPPL-4292
Response to "Comment on ' A New Derivation of the Plasma Susceptibility Tensor for a Hot Magnetized Plasma Without Infinite Sums of Products of Bessel Functions'
Authors: Hong Qin, Cynthia K. Phillips, and Ronald C. Davidson
PPPL-4292 Abstract
PPPL-4293
Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Dust Samples from NSTX
Authors: Y. Raitses, C.H. Skinner, F. Jiang and T.S. Duffy
PPPL-4293 Abstract
PPPL-4294
Interpretation of the Finite Pressure Gradient Effects in the Reversed Shear Alfvén Eigenmode Theory
Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, G.J. Kramer, R. Nazikian
PPPL-4294 Abstract
PPPL-4295
Paradigm Changes in High Temperature Plasma Physics Research and Implications for ITER
Authors: Hyeon K. Park
PPPL-4295 Abstract
PPPL-4296
Development of a High Resolution X-Ray Imaging Crystal Spectrometer for Measurement of Ion-Temperature and Rotation-Velocity Profiles in Fusion Energy Research Plasmas
Authors: K.W. HILL, M.L. BITTER, Ch. BROENNIMANN, E.F. EIKENBERRY, A. Ince-CUSHMAN, S.G. LEE, J.E. RICE, S. SCOTT and R. BARNSLEY
PPPL-4296 Abstract
PPPL-4297
Atomic Physics in the Quest for Fusion Energy and ITER
Authors: Charles H. Skinner
PPPL-4297 Abstract
PPPL-4298
The Remarkable Similarity Between the Scaling of Kurtosis with Squared Skewness for TORPEX Density Fluctuations and Sea-surface Temperature Fluctuations
Authors: John A. Krommes
PPPL-4298 Abstract
PPPL-4299
New Capabilities and Results for the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, F.M. Levinton, R. Maingi, J.E. Menard, R. Raman, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman and the NSTX Research Team
PPPL-4299 Abstract
PPPL-4300
Predictions of H-mode performance in ITER
Authors: R.V. Budny, R.Andre, G.Bateman, F.Halpern, C.E.Kessel, A.Kritz, and D.McCune
PPPL-4300 Abstract
PPPL-4301
Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Protection s
Authors: R. Camp
PPPL-4301 Abstract
PPPL-4302
Design, Installation and Performance of the New insulator for NSTX CHI Experiments
Authors: D. Mueller, M.G. Bell, J. Chrzanowski, D. Gates, J. Menard, R. Raman, T.R. Jarboe, B.A. Nelson, R.J Maqueda and M.J. Schaffer
PPPL-4302 Abstract
PPPL-4303
Controlling the Plasma Flow in the Miniaturized Cylindrical Hall Thruster
Authors: A. Smirnov, Y. Raitses and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4303 Abstract
PPPL-4304
Simulation of Alpha-Channeling in Mirror Machines
Authors: A.I. Zhmoginov, N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4304 Abstract
PPPL-4305
Mini-Conference on the First Microns of the First Wall
Authors: D.P. Stotler, T.D. Rognlien and S.I. Krasheninnikov
PPPL-4305 Abstract
PPPL-4306
Modeling Results for Proposed NSTX 28 GHz and EBWH System
Authors: G. TAYLOR, S.J. DIEM, R.A. ELLIS, E. FREDD, N. GREENOUGH, J.C. HOSEA, J.B. WILGEN, R.W. HARVEY, A.P. SMIRNOV, J. PREINHAELTER, J. URBAN, and A.K. RAM
PPPL-4306 Abstract
PPPL-4307
Investigation of EBW Thermal Emission and Mode Conversion Physics in H-Mode Plasmas on NSTX
Authors: S.J. DIEM, G. TAYLOR, P.C. EFTHIMION, H.W. KUGEL, B.P. LEBLANC, C.K. PHILLIPS, J.B. CAUGHMAN, J.B. WILGEN, R.W. HARVEY, J. PREINHAELTER, J. URBAN, AND S.A. SABBAGH
PPPL-4307 Abstract
PPPL-4308
Recent Advances on Hydrogenic Retention in ITER's Plasma-Facing Materials: BE, C, W.
Authors: C.H. Skinner, A.A. Haasz,V. Kh. Alimov, N. Bekris, R.A. Causey, R.E.H. Clark, J.P. Coad, J.W. Davis, R.P. Doerner, M. Mayer, A. Pisarev, J. Roth, and T. Tanabe
PPPL-4308 Abstract
PPPL-4309
Scrape-Off-Layer Current Model for Filament Structure Observed during Edge Localized
Modes (ELMs) in DIII-D Tokamak
Authors: Hironori Takahash, E. D. Fredrickson, and M.J. Schaffer
PPPL-4309 Abstract
PPPL-4310
Plasma-Sheath Instability in Hall Thrusters Due to Periodic Modulation of the Energy of Secondary Electrons in Cyclotron Motion
Authors: D. Sydorenko and A. Smolyakov I. Kaganovich and Y. Raitses
PPPL-4310 Abstract
PPPL-4311
Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature
Authors: Hantao Ji, Philipp Kronberg, Stewart C. Prager, and Dmitri A. Uzdensky
PPPL-4311 Abstract
PPPL-4312
Spectral Asymmetry Due to Magnetic Coordinates
Authors: Jong-kyu Park,, Allen H. Boozer, and Jonathan E. Menard
PPPL-4312 Abstract
PPPL-4313
Cross-Field Current Instabilities in Thin Ionization Layers and the Enhanced Aurora
Authors: Jay R. Johnson and Hideo Okuda
PPPL-4313 Abstract
PPPL-4314
Electron Bernstein Wave Emission and Mode Conversion Physics on NSTX
Authors: S.J. Diem, G. Taylor, J.B. Caughman, P. Efthimion, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, J. Preinhaelter, S.A. Sabbagh, J. Urban, and J. Wilgen
PPPL-4314 Abstract
PPPL-4315
Error Field Correction in ITER
Authors: SJong-kyu Park, Allen H. Boozer, Jonathan E. Menard, and Michael J. Schaffer
PPPL-4315 Abstract
PPPL-4316
Field Line Resonance at Mercury's Magnetosphere: A Simulation Study
Authors: Eun-Hwa Kim, Jay R. Johnson, and Dong-Hun Lee
PPPL-4316 Abstract
PPPL-4317
Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics Stability Spectrum with a Resistive Wall
Authors: S.P. Smith and S.C. Jardin
PPPL-4317 Abstract
PPPL-4318
Anisotropic Pressure, Transport, and Shielding of Magnetic Perturbations
Authors: H.E. Mynick and A.H. Boozer
PPPL-4318 Abstract
PPPL-4319
Mass changes in NSTX Surface Layers with Li Conditioning as Measured by Quartz Microbalances
Authors: C.H. Skinner, H.W. Kugel, A. L. Roquemore, PS. Krstic and A. Beste
PPPL-4319 Abstract
PPPL-4320
Electrostatic Dust Detector with Improved Sensitivity
Authors: D.P. Boyle, C.H. Skinner*, and A. L. Roquemore
PPPL-4320 Abstract
PPPL-4321
Mode Conversion Of Langmuir To Electromagnetic Waves With Parallel InhomogeneityIn The Solar Wind And The Corona
Authors: Eun-Hwa Kim, Iver H. Cairns, and Peter A. Robinson
PPPL-4321 Abstract