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EPR/CT 2014 Program
Program ~ Workshop on Exploratory Topics in Plasma and Fusion Research (EPR) and US-Japan Compact Torus (CT) Workshop
August 5-8, 2014
Location: The Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin
Program as a PDF document.
The Program of oral and poster presentations for the workshop is given below.
Tuesday:: Wednesday:: Thursday:: Friday
Tuesday, August 5[top]
8:25 |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks ~ Wisconsin Ballroom, Second Level |
Stellarators: International/US and 3D: RFP/Tokamak
Session Chair: David Anderson
8:30 |
Ralf Koenig |
Construction and commissioning status of Wendelstein 7-X and prospects for university collaborations |
9:00 |
Francesco Volpe |
Stellarator Experiments at Columbia University |
9:30 |
Matthew ArchMiller |
Vacuum rotational dependence of disruptive behavior and vertical stability in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid |
10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Stefano Munaretto |
Control and understanding of 3D equilibria in the RFP |
11:00 |
Jeffrey Levesque |
Active and passive MHD stability research on the HBT-EP tokamak |
11:30 |
Ezekial Unterberg |
Effects of Changes in the 3D Equilibria during RMP Application in Interpretation of Soft X-ray Images on DIII-D H-mode Discharges |
Lunch 12:00-1:30
Alternate Approaches and Improvements
Session Chair: Brett Chapman
1:30 |
John Santarius |
Overview of Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Research at the University of Wisconsin |
2:00 |
Michel Laberge |
Sustained spheromak at General Fusion |
2:30 |
Derek Sutherland |
The dynomak: An advanced spheromak reactor concept with imposed-dynamo current drive and next-generation nuclear power technologies |
3:00 |
Break |
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3:30 |
Richard Majeski |
Enhanced confinement with liquid lithium PFCs in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) |
4:00 |
Kathreen Thome |
Advanced Tokamak Physics Studies on an Intermediate-Scale Spherical Tokamak |
4:30 |
Kyle Caspary |
Probing the limits on beta and density in the RFP |
5:00 Dinner (on your own)
Restaurant suggestions: State Street has many options (Takara, Casa de Lara, Samba, …)
Wednesday, August 6[top]
Tom Intrator Memorial Session: Twisting and Merging, Discovery Science: EPR Plasma Physics
Session Chair: Mike Brown
8:30 |
Brian Nelson |
Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-pinch Studies: ZaP and ZaP-High Density Experiments |
9:00 |
Scott Hsu |
Laboratory experiments on colliding supersonic plasma jets: a validation opportunity for plasma collisionality and shock-handling physics models |
9:30 |
Paul Bellan |
Fast collisionless reconnection intrinsic to construction & destruction of Caltech MHD-driven plasma jet |
10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Cary Forest |
Plasma Confinement in the Madison Plasma Dynamo Ring Cusp Experiment |
11:00 |
Mike Mauel |
Discovery Fusion Energy Science using a Superconducting Laboratory Magnetosphere |
11:30 |
David Schaffner |
MHD Turbulence Analysis of a Relaxing Spheromak in a Plasma Wind Tunnel |
Lunch 12:00-1:30
Simulation: Validation and Comparison with Experiments
Session Chair: Brian Nelson
1:30 |
Vyacheslav Lukin |
Simulations of turbulent magnetic relaxation and merging in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment wind tunnel |
2:00 |
Joshua Reusch |
A Direct Comparison of Single-Fluid MHD Simulations to the MST RFP |
2:30 |
Chris Hansen |
The PSI-TET Framework for 3D MHD: Application to Injector Coupling and Current Drive in HIT-SI |
3:00 |
Matthew Galante |
Determination of Zeff in the Madison Symmetric Torus through Integrated Data Analysis |
3:30 |
Break |
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4:00-6:00 |
Capitol Ballroom |
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6:00 |
Adjourn |
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Reception 6:00-7:00 ~ University Rooms ABC (Cash Bar)
Banquet 7:00-10:00 (Speaker: Sam Barish) ~ Wisconsin Ballroom
Thursday, August 7[top]
3D Physics/US-Japan CT Workshop, FRCs
Session Chair: Brian Victor
8:30 |
Gavin Weir |
Recent results from the HSX stellarator |
9:00 |
Sadao Masamune |
Characterization of high-electron-poloidal-beta axisymmetric state and self-organized helical state in RELAX |
9:30 |
Edward Hinson |
Advancing Toward Reactor Relevant Startup via Localized Helicity Injection at the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment |
10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Yasushi Ono |
Ion and Electron Heating Characteristics of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) in TS-3 and TS-4 Merging Startup Experiments |
11:00 |
Bihe Deng |
Exploratory study of fluctuations and toroidal magnetic field dynamics in the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas |
11:30 |
Samuel Cohen |
Long duration discharges in the PFRC-2: evidence for closed field lines |
Lunch 12:00-1:30
1:30-3:30 |
Capitol Ballroom |
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2:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Wisconsin Lab Tours |
MST, HSX, Pegasus, MPDX |
Friday, August 8[top]
US/Japan CT Workshop, Spheromaks
Session Chair: Yasushi Ono
8:30 |
Masayoshi Nagata |
Dynamo current drive and Alfven wave generated by CHI on HIST |
9:00 |
Brian Victor |
Sustained spheromaks with ideal n = 1 kink stability and pressure confinement |
9:30 |
Michiaki Inomoto |
Merging startup of high beta spherical tokamak by using outer poloidal field coils |
10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
William Young |
Electron Heating During m=0 Mode Activity on the MST RFP |
11:00 |
Tomohiko Asai |
Flux amplification of a translated field-reversed configuration plasma |
11:30 |
Toshiki Takahashi |
Simulation study on FRC translation |
Workshop Adjourn 12:00
