FY2009 NSTX Results Review

 

Tuesday 9/15

 

8:30    Welcome - S. Prager/S. Kaye

 

8:45    Run Summary - R. Raman

 

SFSU (9:00-9:30) - 2 talks

XP-927: CHI use of absorber coils - D. Mueller

XP-928: Flux savings from inductive drive of a Transient CHI started plasma - R. Raman

 

Boundary (9:30 - noon) - 10+ talks

 

XP923: Thermal transport in the NSTX boundary - R. Maingi
XP956: Divertor and SOL characterization in discharges with reversed B_t - R. Maingi
XP956: Divertor and SOL characterization in discharges with reversed B_t - V. A. Soukhanovskii
XP924: Snowflake- divertor in NSTX - V. A. Soukhanovskii

XP912: Comparison of H-mode fueling with supersonic gas injector and conventional gas injector -  V. A. Soukhanovskii
XP929: Ultra-high speed GPI measurements of the L-H transition - S. Zweben
XP938: Dust mobilization from ITER-scale castellations - C. H. Skinner

First real time detection of surface dust in a tokamak - C. H. Skinner
XP957: Tungsten Dust transport using the Li powder dropper - A. L. Roquemore
ELM precursors in NSTX - F. Kelly

XP926: Characterization of magnetically triggered ELMs in lithium conditioned discharges - J. Canik
XP942: ELM stability dependence on plasma shape - A. Sontag
Dusty plasma - X. Tang
Modeling of turbulent transport in the SOL: status & plans - J.R. Myra

 

T&T (1:00 - 2:45) - 8+ talks

XP908: Dependence of momentum and particle pinch on collisionality - W. Solomon

XP909: Dependence of L-H power threshold on X-point radius - R. Maingi

XP910: Beta scaling of confinement in weakly shaped plasmas - S. Kaye

XP922: Ip dependence of L-H threshold, hysteresis and confinement quality - S. Kaye

XP936: Effect of rotation on the L-H threshold - S. Kaye

XP941: L-H threshold power: D vs He - S. Kaye

XP921: Characterization of GAE modes and their effect on electron thermal transport - K. Tritz

Theoretical and numerical studies of electron transport-induced by beam-driven GAE's - N.Gorelenkov

Global gyrokinetic simulation of ETG turbulence and transport in NSTX plasmas and development of synthetic diagnostic -S. Ethier

Status of poloidal CHERS analysis - R. Bell

Density fluctuation measurement and transport study by upgraded FIReTIP - K.C. Lee

Diagnostic results from prototype ME-SXR array and Transmission Grating Spectrometer - D. Stutman

 

WEP (3:00 - 5:30) - 10 talks

 

XP944, XP-946: Results from HHFW experiments - P. Ryan 

XP916: TAEs and TAE-induced fast ion transport in L-mode, center-stack limited deuterium plasmas - M. Podesta

XP917: FIDA blue/red shift - E. Ruskov

XP905: Current profile modification and fast ion loss from BAAEs/EPMs - D. Darrow

RF modeling of HHFW in NSTX - R. Harvey

Toric modeling of HHFW in NSTX -P. Bonoli

Investigation of an -anomalous' high-energy feature observed on energetic ion spectra in NSTX using the E||B Neutral Particle Analyzer - S. Medley

Numerical simulations of NBI-driven sub-cyclotron frequency modes using the HYM code - E. Belova

Coupled ray-tracing and Fokker-Planck EBW modeling for Spherical Tokamaks - J. Urban

Three wave interaction of fast-ion modes - N. Crocker

 

Wednesday 9/16

 

MHD (8:30-1200 PM) - 17 talks

XP903: Error field threshold study in high-beta plasmas - J.K. Park

XP902: Continued search for the n=3 EF source in NSTX - S. Gerhardt

XP934: Improving <bN>pulse vs. rotation under RWM Feedback - S. Sabbagh

XP932: Influence of fast particles in Resistive Wall Mode stabilization - J. Berkery

XP931: Effect of RWM stabilization on background plasma - L. Delgado-Aparicio

XP935: Search for multiple RWM behavior at high bN - S. Sabbagh

RWM stability calculations using VALEN with multiple modes - J. Bialek

XP901: Disruption mitigation in NSTX using CHI - S. Gerhardt

Halo current results from the NSTX 2009 run campaign - S. Gerhardt

XP933: NTV physics at varied ni*/qwE and search for offset rotation - S. Sabbagh

VACUUM Greens function upgrade for PEST - M. Chance

New PEST results for NSTX - M. Chance (for Manickam)

XP918: Effects of impurities and wall conditioning on NTM stability - F. Volpe

XP914: NSTX/DIII-D aspect ratio comparison of 2/1 NTM physics - R. LaHaye

XP915: Error field influence on 2/1 NTM onset through rotation - R. Buttery

Resistive MHD analysis of NSTX with the M3D-C1 code - J. Breslau

Understanding disruptions in tokamaks - L. Zakharov

 

Lithium (1-3:30) - 10 talks

XP827: Recovery of Lithium Wall Conditions - H. Kugel

XP911: Li pumping and retention in NSTX - C. Skinner

Lithium surface analysis - C. Taylor

XP950: Dependence of metallic impurity generation - S. Paul

XP951: Diffusive Li injection - C. Skinner

Li Dropper results - D. Mansfield

XP952: Measurement of SOL widths in ELM-free H-mode plasmas - J. W. Ahn

Particle simulation of neoclassical Li transport in NSTX - CS Chang 

XP951: Monte Carlo calculations of Li diffusion in He - D. Stotler

Modeling of Lithium coating experiment in NSTX - A. Pigarov (remote)

 

ASC (3:30 - 5:30) - 9 talks

 

XP904: Strike Point Control - E. Kolemen                      

XP919: Development and characterization of an intermediate triangularity discharge with lithium PFC coatings - J. Kallman         

A Model for the Rotational Control of Plasma in NSTX - K. Taira

XP836: Parametric scan of high elongation high fbs plasmas - D. Gates  

XP948: Long pulse plasmas with high pulse average beta_t - S. Gerhardt           

XP945: ELM pacing via vertical jogs - S. Gerhardt         

XP954: Early error-field correction - J. Menard  

XP956: Impurity evolution versus grad-B drift direction - J. Menard

XP943: Optimization of ELM pace-making with 3D fields - J. Canik