Identifier: DPP08 Year: 2008 Series: DPP Total Presentations: 1597 Total Sessions: 72 This academic conference archive contains all presentations, abstracts, and scholarly content from the 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics PostDeadline conference. Browse through sessions and individual presentations to explore the research presented. • AR0: Celebration of Plasma Physics Plenary Presentations I (INVITED, Room Landmark A/B, Nov. 17, 2008, 7:00 AM – 8:12 AM, 2 presentations) • BP6: Poster Session I: Z-Pinches and High Energy Density Plasmas; Simulation and Modeling of Magnetic Confinement; Stellarators (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM, 85 presentations) • BO5: Nonlinear Waves, Simulation, and Modeling (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:09 AM, 12 presentations) • BO3: Basic MHD, Turbulence, and Transport (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:21 AM, 13 presentations) • BO4: Laser Plasma Pulse Compression/Laboratory Astrophysics (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:21 AM, 13 presentations) • BI1: Inertial Confinement Fusion (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • BI2: Rotation in Tokamaks (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 17, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • CP6: Poster Session II: Heating and Current Drive; Non-Neutral Plasmas; Basic Theory; MHD and Stability; LDX and MCX (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM, 97 presentations) • CT2: Tutorial: Using Space as a Nonlinear Plasma Laboratory (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, 1 presentation) • CO5: Hydrodynamic Instability (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:36 PM, 13 presentations) • CO3: NSTX and Spherical Torus (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:48 PM, 14 presentations) • CI1: Magnetic Confinement I (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 6 presentations) • CO4: Fast Ignition I (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 17, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 15 presentations) • DI2: Plasma-Based Acceleration (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 17, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 4 presentations) • EE1: Women in Plasma Physics (MIXED, Room Reunion E, Nov. 17, 2008, 4:15 PM, 0 presentations) • FR0: Celebration of Plasma Physics Plenary Presentations II (INVITED, Room Landmark A/B, Nov. 18, 2008, 7:00 AM – 8:12 AM, 2 presentations) • GP6: Poster Session III: Magnetic Reconnection; Waves, Oscillations, and Instabilities; Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence and Transport; Magnetic Fusion Technology (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM, 134 presentations) • GI1: Energetic Particles and MHD (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:15 AM, 5 presentations) • GO3: Research in Support of ITER (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:33 AM, 14 presentations) • GI2: Space and Astrophysical Plasmas (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • GO4: Short Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 15 presentations) • GO5: Hohlraum Physics (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 18, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 15 presentations) • HE1: Town Meeting on Concerns for Junior Scientists (MIXED, Room Reunion A, Nov. 18, 2008, 12:00 PM, 0 presentations) • JP6: Poster Session IV: Education and Outreach; Undergraduate and High School Research; DIII-D I; HBT-EP and Other Tokamaks; Short-Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions and Equations of State for HEDP (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM, 142 presentations) • JT2: Tutorial: The Science of Spherical Tokamak Plasmas: Progress and Promise (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, 1 presentation) • JO4: Laser-Plasma Acceleration (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:24 PM, 12 presentations) • JO5: X-Pinches and Z-Pinches (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:48 PM, 14 presentations) • JI1: Reconnection (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 6 presentations) • JO3: Alcator C-Mod, KSTAR, Ignitor (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 18, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 15 presentations) • KI2: Warm Dense Matter and Laser-Plasma Interactions (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 18, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, 5 presentations) • LE1: Student Appreciation Reception (MIXED, Room Cotton Bowl, Nov. 18, 2008, 5:00 PM, 0 presentations) • LE2: Town Meeting on ITER (MIXED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 18, 2008, 6:30 PM, 0 presentations) • MR0: Celebration of Plasma Physics Plenary Presentations III (INVITED, Room Landmark A/B, Nov. 19, 2008, 7:00 AM – 8:12 AM, 2 presentations) • NP6: Poster Session V: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas; Basic Plasma Physics and Simulation; MST, RFX-MOD, and Reversed Field Pinch; NSTX and Spherical Torus; General Spherical Torus (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM, 141 presentations) • NO5: Compression and Burn I (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:21 AM, 13 presentations) • NO3: Magnetic Confinement II (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:33 AM, 14 presentations) • NM7: Miniconference on the Plasma Physics of the Solar Wind: From Parker (1958) to the Present I (ORAL, Room Pegasus, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:40 AM, 6 presentations) • NI1: Edge and Pedestal Physics in Tokamaks (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • NI2: Intense Beams, Plasma Filaments, and Nonlinear Waves (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • NO4: Laser-Plasma Interactions (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 19, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 15 presentations) • PP6: Poster Session VI: Low Temperature Plasmas; Laser Plasma Accelerators and Coherent Sources; C-Mod; Inertial Confinement and Laser-Plasma Interactions (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM, 133 presentations) • PT2: Tutorial: Experimental Investigation of Opacity Models for Stellar Interiors, Inertial Fusion, and High Energy Density Plasmas (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, 1 presentation) • PO4: Magnetic Reconnection and Basic Plasma Properties (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:36 PM, 13 presentations) • PO5: Dusty and Low Temperature Plasmas (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:48 PM, 14 presentations) • PO3: DIII-D I (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 15 presentations) • PM7: Miniconference on the Plasma Physics of the Solar Wind: From Parker (1958) to the Present II (ORAL, Room Pegasus, Nov. 19, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:05 PM, 7 presentations) • QI1: Shocks and Shock-Driven Phenomena in High-Energy Density Plasmas (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 19, 2008, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, 3 presentations) • QI2: Education and Outreach (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 19, 2008, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, 3 presentations) • RE1: DPP Business Meeting (MIXED, Room Reunion A, Nov. 19, 2008, 4:15 PM, 0 presentations) • RE2: DPP Reception and Banquet (MIXED, Room Reunion Ballroom E-H, Nov. 19, 2008, 5:30 PM, 0 presentations) • SR0: Maxwell Prize Address (INVITED, Room Landmark A/B, Nov. 20, 2008, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM, 1 presentation) • TP6: Poster Session VII: DIII-D II; KSTAR, FDF, ITER, Diagnostics; FRC and Spheromak; Basic Turbulence and Transport; Gyrokinetics (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM, 152 presentations) • TO3: Electron and Ion Beams (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:06 AM, 13 presentations) • TI1: Low Temperature Plasmas and Technology (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM, 6 presentations) • TI2: Boundaries, Fluctuations and Transport (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM, 6 presentations) • TO4: Long and Short Pulse Laser Matter Interactions and Transport (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM, 15 presentations) • TO5: Compression and Burn II (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM, 15 presentations) • TM7: Miniconference on the Plasma Physics of the Solar Wind: From Parker (1958) to the Present III (ORAL, Room Pegasus, Nov. 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 11:35 AM, 7 presentations) • UP6: Poster Session VIII: Astrophysical and Space Plasmas; Laboratory Astrophysics; Beams, Coherent Radiation and Computation; Basic Plasma Experiment; Divertors, Edge Physics, and Fuelling (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM, 134 presentations) • UT2: Tutorial: Use of Non-Axisymmetric Shaping in Magnetic Fusion (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, 1 presentation) • UO3: Diagnostics and Target Fabrication (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:36 PM, 13 presentations) • UO5: Low Temperature Plasmas and Electric Propulsion (ORAL, Room Reunion C, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:48 PM, 14 presentations) • UM7: Miniconference on the Plasma Physics of the Solar Wind: From Parker (1958) to the Present IV (ORAL, Room Pegasus, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 3:55 PM, 7 presentations) • UI1: Basic Plasma Experiments (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 6 presentations) • UO4: High Energy Density Plasmas and Warm Dense Matter (ORAL, Room Reunion B, Nov. 20, 2008, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 15 presentations) • VI2: Current Drive (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 20, 2008, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, 4 presentations) • XR0: Celebration of Plasma Physics Plenary Presentations IV (INVITED, Room Landmark A/B, Nov. 21, 2008, 7:00 AM – 8:12 AM, 2 presentations) • YP6: Poster Session IX: Inertial Confinement Fusion and HEDP Experiments, Diagnostics and Drivers; Supplemental; Postdeadline (POSTER, Room Marsalis A/B, Nov. 21, 2008, 8:45 AM, 98 presentations) • YO3: Astrophysical and Space Plasmas (ORAL, Room Reunion A, Nov. 21, 2008, 8:45 AM – 10:57 AM, 11 presentations) • YI1: Fast Ignition II (INVITED, Room Landmark A, Nov. 21, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • YI2: Transport and Zonal Flows (INVITED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 21, 2008, 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM, 6 presentations) • ZR1: Door Prize Drawing (MIXED, Room Landmark B, Nov. 21, 2008, 11:45 AM, 0 presentations)