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, August 5
8:25 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 Stellarator Experiments at Columbia University Volpe 9:30 Matthew Vacuum rotational dependence of disruptive behavior and vertical stability ArchMiller in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid 10:00 Break 10:30 Stefano Control and understanding of 3D equilibria in the RFP Munaretto 11:00 Jeffrey Active and passive MHD stability research on the HBT-EP tokamak Levesque 11:30 Ezekial Effects of Changes in the 3D Equilibria during RMP Application in Unterberg 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 Overview of Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Research at the University of Santarius Wisconsin 2:00 Michel Sustained spheromak at General Fusion Laberge 2:30 Derek The dynomak: An advanced spheromak reactor concept with imposed- Sutherland dynamo current drive and next-generation nuclear power technologies 3:00 Break 3:30 Richard Enhanced confinement with liquid lithium PFCs in the Lithium Tokamak Majeski eXperiment (LTX) 4:00 Kathreen Advanced Tokamak Physics Studies on an Intermediate-Scale Spherical Thome 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
Tom Intrator Memorial Session: Twisting and Merging, Discovery Science: EPR Plasma Physics Session Chair: Mike Brown 8:30 Brian Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-pinch Studies: ZaP and ZaP-High Density Nelson 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 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 MHD Turbulence Analysis of a Relaxing Spheromak in a Plasma Wind Schaffner 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 4:00- Poster Session I Capitol Ballroom 6:00 6:00 Adjourn
Reception 6:00-7:00 ~ University Rooms ABC (Cash Bar) Banquet 7:00-10:00 (Speaker: Sam Barish) ~ Wisconsin Ballroom
Thursday, August 7
3D Physics/US-Japan CT Workshop, FRCs Session Chair: Brian Victor 8:30 Gavin Weir Recent results from the HSX stellarator 9:00 Sadao Characterization of high-electron-poloidal-beta axisymmetric state and self- Masamune organized helical state in RELAX 9:30 Edward Advancing Toward Reactor Relevant Startup via Localized Helicity Injection Hinson at the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment 10:00 Break 10:30 Yasushi Ion and Electron Heating Characteristics of Field-Reversed Configuration Ono (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 Long duration discharges in the PFRC-2: evidence for closed field lines Cohen
Lunch 12:00-1:30
1:30- Poster Session II Capitol Ballroom 3:30 2:30 Break 4:00 Wisconsin Lab MST, HSX, Pegasus, MPDX Tours Busses pick up on Wisconsin Avenue.
Friday, August 8
US/Japan CT Workshop, Spheromaks Session Chair: Yasushi Ono 8:30 Masayoshi Dynamo current drive and Alfven wave generated by CHI on HIST Nagata 9:00 Brian Sustained spheromaks with ideal n = 1 kink stability and pressure Victor confinement 9:30 Michiaki Merging startup of high beta spherical tokamak by using outer poloidal field Inomoto coils 10:00 Break 10:30 William Electron Heating During m=0 Mode Activity on the MST RFP Young 11:00 Tomohiko Flux amplification of a translated field-reversed configuration plasma Asai 11:30 Toshiki Simulation study on FRC translation Takahashi
Workshop Adjourn 12:00