ICC 2010 Workshop
Program ~ Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop 2010
February 16-19, 2010, Princeton, New Jersey
Location: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Program in PDF format.
Fusion Energy Sciences: Innovative Confinement Concepts Program
Presented by Dr. Stephen Eckstrand
Acting Director, Research Division, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
February 17, 2010
The Program of oral presentations for the meeting is given below.
Tuesday:: Wednesday:: Thursday:: Friday
8:45 |
Welcome and Administrative Matters |
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Mirrors: Gas Dynamic traps and Rotating; Dipole |
Chair: Jay Kesner |
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9:00 |
High Beta Experiments in the GDT Axi-symmetric Magnetic Mirror |
Thomas C. Simonen |
9:20 |
Axisymmetric Mirror as a Driver for a Fusion-Fission Hybrid: Physics Issues |
Dmitri D. Ryutov |
9:40 |
Parameter Optimization Studies for a Tandem Mirror Neutron Source |
W. Horton |
10:00 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Experimental evidence of MHD plasma centrifugal confinement in a shaped open magnetic field configuration |
Catalin Teodorescu |
10:40 |
The Diamagnetism of Rotating Plasmas in Shaped Magnetic Fields |
William C. Young |
11:00 |
Overview of the Levitated Dipole Experiment |
Darren T. Garnier |
11:20 |
Overview of the recent results of the RT-1 magnetospheric experiment with a levitated superconducting coil |
Haruhiko Saitoh |
11:40 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:10 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Magnetized Target Fusion |
Chair: Glen Wurden |
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1:30 |
Progress report on the acoustically driven MTF experiment at General Fusion Inc. |
Michel G. Laberge |
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1:50 |
Physics demonstration of Magnetized Target Fusion and future directions |
Tom Intrator |
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2:10 |
Aluminum plasma formation and evolution as expected from magneto-inertial fusion surfaces pulsed by multi-megagauss field |
Bruno S. Bauer |
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2:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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3:00 - 6:00 |
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New Ideas, Brainstorming and FRC |
Chair: Lothar Schmitz |
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9:00 |
Thermoelectric Rotating Torus (TROT): A Concept for Fusion |
Adil B. Hassam |
9:20 |
Macron Formed Liner as a Practical Method for Enabling Magneto-Inertial Fusion |
David Kirtley |
9:40 |
Fusion Internal Combustion Engine (Fusion-ICE) |
Simon Woodruff |
10:00 |
Challenge hybrid FRC concept |
Loren Steinhauer |
10:20 |
Break |
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10:40 |
High Flux FRC Facility for Stability, Confinement, and Sustainment Studies |
John Slough |
11:00 |
Nimrod Simulations of FRC Formation and Sustainment with Rotating Magnetic Field Current Drive |
Richard D. Milroy |
11:20 |
Particle-in-cell modeling of field-reversed configuration formation by odd-parity rotating magnetic fields |
Dale R. Welch |
11:40 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:10 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Extended MHD Modeling, Spheromak Formation, and other |
Chair: Mike Brown |
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1:30 |
HiFi multi-fluid modeling framework – capabilities and ICC applications |
Vyacheslav S. Lukin |
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1:50 |
Simulations of ICC Experiments by the Plasma Science and Innovation Center |
Brian A. Nelson |
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2:10 |
Three-Dimensional, Nonlinear MHD Simulations of Co- and Counter-Helicity Spheromak Merging Using the HYM Code |
Clayton E. Myers |
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2:30 |
Break |
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2:50 |
Aspect ratio scan of CT merging in SSX |
Tim Gray |
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3:10 |
Mechanism of helicity injection in the Caltech spheromak experiment |
Deepak Kumar |
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3:30 |
Formation and Stabilization in the ZaP Flow Z-Pinch |
Uri Shumlak |
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3:50 |
Fast flows in arched plasma flux tubes |
Eve V. Stenson |
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4:10 |
Panel Discussion |
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6:00 |
Reception (cash bar) |
Wyndham Hotel, the Princeton Room |
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6:30 |
Banquet |
Wyndham Hotel, the Princeton Room |
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8:00 |
Update from DOE |
Dr. Edmund Synakowski |
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Spheromak and RFP |
Chair: Brian Nelson |
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9:00 |
New Understanding and Achievements from Independent Injector Drive Experiments on HIT-SI |
David A. Ennis |
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9:20 |
Observations Supporting Electron Hyper-Viscosity Current Drive in the HIT-SI Spheromak |
Aaron C. Hossack |
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9:40 |
Looking forward: implications of the preferential current drive direction on the future of HIT-SI |
Brian S. Victor |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Characteristics of non-collisional ion heating in the MST RFP |
Richard M. Magee |
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10:50 |
Oscillating Field Current Drive Experiments on MST |
Karsten J. McCollam |
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11:10 |
Varying Stochasticity in the Core of the MST RFP |
Joshua A. Reusch |
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11:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
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Stellarator and Helical system |
Chair: Mike Zarnstorff |
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1:30 |
The HSX Stellarator experimental program |
Simon Anderson |
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1:50 |
Finite length Taylor double helix states |
Christopher D. Cothran |
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2:10 |
Overview of the PPPL Stellarator program |
David Gates |
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2:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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3:00 - 6:00 |
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Spherical Torus and Moving Wall |
Chair: Rob Goldston |
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9:00 |
Studies in the high-field utilization regime at near-unity aspect ratio in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment |
Raymond J. Fonck |
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9:20 |
Demonstration of Plasma Start-up in NSTX Using Transient CHI |
Roger Raman |
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9:40 |
Progress in Developing Advanced Spherical Tokamak Scenarios in NSTX |
Stefan P. Gerhardt |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Liquid metal PFC development and the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) |
Richard Majeski |
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10:40 |
Characterizing the unique current and density profiles of the Resistive Wall Machine |
David A. Hannum |
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11:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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11:30 |
Meeting Adjourned |
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