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U.S. Transport Task Force Workshop

Loew’s Annapolis Hotel
Annapolis, MD
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April 10-13, 2012

TTF PROGRAM

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Mon., April 9	Tues., April 10	Wed., April 11	Thurs., April 12	Fri., April 13
	Welcome / Logistics 8:15 AM (Ballroom B&C)			Closing Plenary 8:15 AM (Ballroom B)
	Plenary Session I (Ballroom B&C)	Plenary Session II (Ballroom B&C)	Working Group Session I Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)	Working Group Session Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)
	Break (Windjammer)	Break (Windjammer)	Break (Windjammer)	Break (Windjammer)
	Plenary Session I (Ballroom B&C)	Plenary Session II (Ballroom B&C)	Working Group Session II Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)	Working Group Session Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)
	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	MEETING ADJOURNS
	Plenary Session I (Ballroom B&C)	Plenary Session II (Ballroom B&C)	Working Group Session III Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)	ECC Meeting (Windjammer)
	Break (Windjammer)	Break (Windjammer)	Break (Windjammer)
	Poster Session (Atrium)	Poster Session (Atrium)	Working Group Session IV Core (Ballroom B) Edge (Ballroom C) Energetic Particle (Ballroom A)	ECC Meeting (Windjammer)
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Welcome Reception/ Registration (Atrium)	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Reception/Dinner (Ballroom B&C)

Date Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Plenary Session I – Physics of Low Torque Plasmas		Plenary Presentations (Regatta Ballroom B&C)
8:20–8:30	S. Kaye	Welcome / Logistics

8:30-12:00	Chairs: J. Rice and G. Staebler
8:30	M. Reinke	The curious case of toroidal rotation
9:00	J.-K. Park	Intrinsic rotation generation during L-H transition in NSTX ohmic plasmas
9:30	D. Brower	Intrinsic flow from magnetic-fluctuation-driven kinetic stress
10:00-10:30		BREAK – Atrium A

10:30	W. Solomon	Confinement properties of low torque plasmas in DIII-D
11:00	D. Schaffner	Observation of improved and degraded confinement with driven flow on the LAPD
11:30	H. Jhang	Role of external torque in the ion temperature profile de-stiffening and internal transport barrier formation

12:00-1:30		LUNCH

1:30-2:30	Chair: J. Rice and G. Staebler
1:30	D. Ernst	Nonlinear upshift of the threshold for trapped electron mode turbulence: experiments and simulation
2:00	J. Hillesheim	Observation of a critical gradient threshold for electron temperature fluctuations in low torque DIII-D plasmas
2:30-3:15	W. Solomon, J. Rice, G. Staebler	Summary and Discussion
3:15-3:30		BREAK – Atrium A

3:30-6:00		Poster Session – (Atrium)

6:30-9:30		Reception / Dinner (Ballroom B&C)
6:30-7:15		Cash Bar
7:15-9:30		Dinner (Wine service with dinner, cash bar remains open)

Date Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Plenary Session II – Experimental characterization of the H-mode pedestal structure and transport processes, and comparison with modeling and theory			Plenary Presentations (Regatta Ballroom B&C)
8:30-10:20		Chair: R. Maingi	Experiment
8:30		R. Groebner	Coordinated experimental, modeling and theoretical investigation of pedestal structure in FY2011 joint research target on pedestal physics
9:20		J. Hughes	Developing predictive capability for the tokamak pedestal: Experiment and modeling on Alcator C-Mod
9:50	A. Diallo		Evolution of the pedestal transport and characterization of the edge fluctuations during the ELM cycle on NSTX

10:20-10:35			BREAK – Atrium A

10:35-12:30		Chair: T. Rognlien	Theory
10:35		P. Snyder	Developing and testing the EPED pedestal model as part of the 2011 Joint Research Target
11:05		C.S. Chang	New bootstrap current formula for diverted edge pedestal
11:35		E. Wang	Linear gyrokinetic analysis of a DIII-D H-mode pedestal near ideal ballooning threshold
12:05		R. Maingi & T. Rognlien	Combined discussion

12:30-2:00			LUNCH

2:45-3:15		Chair: R. Maingi & T. Rognlien
2:00		S. Parker	Bootstrap current destabilization of the kinetic ballooning mode in the tokamak edge pedestal
2:25		W. Stacey	Interpretation of diffusive and non-diffusive transport in the tokamak edge pedestal
2:50		R. Maingi & T. Rognlien	Discussion

3:15 -3:30			BREAK – Atrium A

3:30-6:00			Poster Session (Atrium)

Date Thursday, April 12, 2012
Core Transport Working Sessions and Discussion (Regatta Ballroom B)
8:30-10:00	Chair: L. Schmitz	Session I – 2012 Joint Research Target
8:30	A. White	Overview of the 2012 JRT on core transport validation
8:50	L. Schmitz	JRT Discussion
9:20	Z. Lin	Gyrokinetic particle simulations of collisionless trapped electron turbulence
9:40	C. Fiore	The effect of intrinsic flow drive in the production of C-Mod internal transport barriers

10:00-10:20		BREAK – Atrium A

10:20-12:10	Chair: C. Holland	Session II – Core/V&V Joint on 2012 JRT
10:20	N. Howard	Quantitative comparison of experimental impurity transport with nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation on Alcator C-Mod
10:40	R. Bravenec	Comparisons of GYRO and GS2 including ExB flow shear
11:10	T. Rafiq	Validation study of MMM7.1 anomalous transport module
11:30	B. Grierson	Comparison of core deuterium ion toroidal and poloidal rotation to neoclassical theory
11:50	C. Holland/L. Schmitz	Discussion

12:10-1:20		LUNCH

1:20-3:00	Chair: G. Staebler	Session III – Transport in Core/Edge Transition Regime
1:20	J. Kinsey	TGLF modeling and gyro simulations of the L-mode near edge region
1:40	C. Holland	Development and analysis of a core transport and turbulence validation database
2:00	Y. Kosuga	Structure-driven turbulence in ‘No man’s Land’: A bound for fluctuation amplitude in drift hole - zonal flow system
2:20	J. Rice	Rotation reversals, energy confinement saturation and non-diffusive heat transport in Alcator C-Mod ohmic plasmas
2:40	G. Staebler	Discussion

3:00-3:30		BREAK – Atrium A

3:30-5:30	Chair: J. Rice	Session IV – Discussion of Future Plans and Action Items
3:30	Staebler/Schmitz/Holland	Discussion

Date Friday April 13, 2012
Momentum/Core Working Sessions and Discussion (Regatta Ballroom B)
8:30 – 10:10	Chair: P. Diamond	Session V – Joint Core/Momentum on Zonal Flows and GAMs
8:30	L. Wang	Zonal flow driven by coupling between drift waves and ion acoustic waves
8:50	O. Gurcan	Spectral dynamics and Predator-Prey oscillations in simple (and more complicated) models of plasma turbulence
9:10	L. Vermare	Modulation of GAM frequency observed on Tore Supra using Doppler backscattering
9:30	K. Makwana	Role of stable modes in zonal flow regulated turbulence
9:50	P. Diamond	Discussion

10:15-10:30		BREAK – Atrium A

10:30-12:30	Chair: W. Solomon	Session VI – Intrinsic Rotation and Momentum Transport
10:30	S. Muller	Boundary conditions for intrinsic rotation: kinetic calculations of angular momentum transport by a neutral gas in contact with a spinning plasma
10:50	S. Ku	Momentum transport of full-f ITG turbulence simulation in realistic tokamak geometry including separatrix
11:10	P.-C. Hsu	Structure of turbulent momentum flux in quasi-2d system with multi-scale shearing field
11:30	S. Thakur	Suppression of drift wave turbulence and zonal flow formation by changing axial boundary conditions in a linear magnetized plasma device
11:50-12:30	W. Solomon/P. Diamond	Discussion + Future Plans and Action Items

Date Thursday, April 12, 2012
Edge Physics Working Sessions and Discussion (Regatta Ballroom C)
8:30 – 10:00	Chair: R. Groebner	Session I – Pedestal Structure - Turbulence
8:30	D. Smith	Parametric dependencies of low-k turbulence in NSTX H-mode pedestals
8:50	J. Walk	Characterization of the Pedestal in Alcator C-Mod ELMing H-Modes and Comparison to the EPED Model
9:10	I. Czeigler	Interactions between the Quasi- and Weakly-Coherent-Modes and edge flows in Alcator C-Mod
9:30	R. Vann	Using electron Bernstein wave emission as an edge diagnostic
9:50	D. Fulton	Gyrokinetic particle simulation of linear instabilities in DIII-D pedestal plasmas

10:15-10:30		BREAK – Atrium A

10:30-12:15	Chair: J. Canik	Session II – Pedestal Structure – Particle Transport and Sources
10:30	W. Xiao	Pedestal Particle Transport Study using Perturbation Method Perturbation Method in HL-2A and KSTAR
10:50	J. Lang	Effect of neutral particle source and sink on pedestal turbulence and transport
11:10	A. Pankin	Effects of Transient Fluxes on the H-mode Pedestal Stability
11:30	Y. Sechrest	Gas Puff Imaging observations of ELM precursors in NSTX
11:50	R. Groebner/J. Canik	Discussion

12:15 – 1:30		LUNCH

1:30-3:00	Chair: C.S. Chang	Session III – 3D Physics and RMP Fields – Joint Session
1:30	J. Callen	RMP effects on pedestal plasma transport
2:00	S. Mordijk	Particle transport changes as a result of RMPs
2:20	T. Rognlien	Plasma edge-SOL transport simulations including quasilinear stochastic transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations
2:40	T. Evans/C.S. Chang	Discussion

3:00-3:30		BREAK – Atrium A

3:30-5:30	Chair: J. Myra	Session IV – SOL Transport
3:30	R. Kube	Large amplitude blob propagation in the SOL of Alcator C-Mod and comparison to theoretical models
3:50	D. Russell	Reduced-model (SOLT) simulations of the EDA H-mode at Alcator C-Mod
4:10	S. Zweben	Effects of Biased Electrodes in the Divertor Plate Region of NSTX
4:30	X. Tang	Parallel transport and profile of boundary plasmas with a low recycling wall
4:50	B. Friedman	Energy dynamics in a simulation of LAPD turbulence
5:10	J. Myra	Discussion

Date Friday April 13, 2012
Edge Physics Working Sessions and Discussion (Regatta Ballroom C)
8:30 – 10:30	Chair: S. Parker	Session V – Edge/SOL Fluctuations
8:30	P. Diamond	Spatio-Temporal Evolution of the L→H Transition
8:50	A. Hubbard	Threshold conditions for transitions to I-mode and H-mode with unfavourable ion drift direction
9:10	G. Xu	The role of oscillatory zonal flows in the L-H transition near threshold conditions and the formation of a small-ELM regime
9:30	P. Manz	Energetic interaction between turbulence and shear flows during L-H transition in the EAST tokamak
9:50	S. Parker	Discussion

10:15-10:30		BREAK – Atrium A

10:30-11:15	T. Rognlien/R. Maingi	Develop Plans/Action Items – Full Group

Date Thursday, April 12, 2012
Energetic Particles Working Group Sessions and Discussion (Regatta Ballroom A)
8:30-10:15	Chair: G.Y. Fu	Session I
	E. Fredrickson	Fast ion energy loss during TAE avalanches in NSTX
	D. Darrow	Stochastic loss of neutral beam ions during TAE avalanches in NSTX
	J. Koliner	Fast Particle Confinement and Alfvénic Instabilities during Neutral Beam Injection on the RFP
	L. Lin	Neutral-Beam-Driven Instabilities and Their Impact on Beam Ions in a Reversed Field Pinch

10:15-10:30		BREAK – Atrium A

10:30-12:00	Chair: G.Y. Fu	Session II
	G.Y. Fu	M3D-K Simulation of Beam-Driven Alfven Modes in DIIID
	E.M. Bass	Gyrokinetic effects on linear Alfvén eigenmode structure and transport
	W. Deng	Gyrokinetic particle simulations of reversed shear Alfv en eigenmodes in DIII-D tokamak

12:00-1:30		LUNCH

1:30 – 3:00	Chair: G.Y. Fu	Session III
	M. Lesur	Nonlinear instabilities driven by coherent phase-space structures
	K. Ghantous	Revisiting Line Broadened Burst Model: Applications on TAE-EP Interaction
	H. Zhang	Nonlinear Frequency Chirping of b-induced Alfven Eigenmode

3:00 – 3:30		BREAK – Atrium A

3:30 – 5:00	Chair: G.Y. Fu	Session IV
	F. Hinton	Effect of superbanana diffusion on fusion reactivity in stellarator
	G. Kramer	Full gyro-orbit simulations of the interaction between Neutral Beam Ions and High Harmonic Fast Waves in NSTX
	M. Pueschel	Gyrokinetic Fast Particle Simulations in Tokamak Geometries

5:00-5:30	All	Discussion of future plans and Action Items

POSTER SESSIONS – Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3:30-5:45 PM			Atrium
P1	Ogata	Douglas		Investigating non-diffusive transport in drift wave turbulence
P2	Reynolds-Barredo	Jose		Study of intermittent coherent regions in the phase of k modes for 2D drift wave DTEM turbulence simulations
P3	Newman	David		Initiation and dynamical co-evolution of electron and ion channel transport barriers
P4	Terry	Paul		On the effect of damped modes on transport
P5	Yi	Sumin		Role of turbulence spreading in flow generation and transport
P6	Zhao	Lei		Inter-species collisionless energy transfer by drift wave-zonal flow turbulence
P7	Smith	Sterling		Probing electron stiffness and critical gradients in experiment and simulation
P8	Kim	Chang-Bae		Induction of advective turbulent flux in Hasegawa-Mima fluctuations driven by noise
P9	Guttenfelder	Walter		Testing TGLF for spherical tokamaks
P10	Carmody	Daniel		Gyrokinetic modeling of microinstabilities in the Reversed Field Pinch
P11	Brower	David		Core density fluctuations and plasma flow in the HSX stellarator
P12	Porkolab	Miklos		Transport and gyrokinetic analysis in the Linear Ohmic Confinement (LOC) regime in Alcator C-Mod
P13	Ennever	Paul		The effects of main ion dilution on transport and turbulence ohmic plasmas in Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with gyrokinetic simulations
P14	Liao	Ken		Transport of helium as an impurty and as a main ion in Alcator C-mod
P15	Reinke	Matthew		Anomalous up/down asymmetry of Ar16+ emission in Alcator C-Mod Ohmic plasmas
P16	Rowan	William		Transport of light, trace impurities in Alcator C-Mod
P17	Scotti	Filippo		Study of carbon and lithium neoclassical transport in ELM-Free H-Mode discharges in NSTX
P18	White	Anne		Evolution of core turbulence across the L-I transition in Alcator C-Mod
P19	Ren	Yang		Response of electron-scale turbulence and thermal transport to continuous ExB shear ramping-up
P20	Yu	Liubing		Electronics characterization and data correction for far infrared tangential interferometry and polarimetry (FIReTIP) on NSTX
P21	Marinoni	Alessandro		Plasma fluctuations in ion stiffness experiments sampled by the Phase Contrast Imaging diagnostic
P22	Baver	Derek		ArbiTER: a flexible eigenvalue solver for fluid and kinetic problems in general topologies
P23	Vadlamani	Srinath		Progress of parallel validation tools for fusion simulations as applied to synthetic diagnostic efforts
P24	Light	Adam		Turbulent stress measurements using imaging techniques
P25	Wang	Weixing		Flow shear driven turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas
P26	Bortolon	Alessandro		High frequency Alfven Eigenmode activity in presence of low frequency and static magnetic perturbations on NSTX
P27	Liu	Deyong		M3D-K simulations of beam-ion-driven Alfven modes on NSTX
P28	Podesta	Mario		Parametric study of chirping TAE modes in NSTX
P29
P30
P31
P32
P33
P34

POSTER SESSIONS – Wednesday, April 11, 2012
3:30-5:45 PM			Atrium
P1	Aydemir	Ahmet		Poloidally asymmetric edge electric fields and their effect on the L-H transition power threshold
P2	Lee	Christopher		L-I-H Transition with Avalanche Noise
P3	Ma	Yunxing		Comprehensive study of H-mode access in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak: density, toroidal field and divertor geometry dependence
P4	Battaglia	Devon		Connection between neoclassical pedestal physics and the L-H power threshold scaling
P5	Yagi	Masatoshi		Simulation study of L-H transition with self-consistent integrated modelling of core and SOL-divertor transport
P6	Schmitz	Lothar		The role of zonal flows and predator-prey oscillations in the L-H and H-L transition
P7	Xu	Min		Vortex-mediated energy, momentum, and charge transport at the edge of a L-mode tokamak plasma
P8	Fedorczak	Nicolas		A possible model for the dependence of the Low to High mode power threshold with the plasma geometry
P9	Hayes	Tiffany		A correlation between turbulence and parallel flows in a linear device
P10	Canik	John		Linear microstability properties of the NSTX pedestal without and with lithium coated PFCs
P11	Davis	Evan		BOUT simulations of edge turbulence in Alcator C-Mod's EDA H-mode
P12	Fu	Xiangrong		Turbulent impurity transport modeling for C-Mod
P13	Kruger	Scott		Verification of bootstrap current models
P14	Rost	Jon		Phase contrast imaging measurements of short wavelength turbulence generated in the QH-mode edge on DIII-D
P15	Wan	Weigang		Micro-instabilities of tokamak edge pedestal
P16	Maingi	Rajesh		The steps by which lithium wall coatings lead to ELM suppression in NSTX
P17	Boyle	Dennis		Evolution of ELM-free pedestal structure with lithium wall coatings in NSTX
P18	Churchill	Michael		Poloidal flows and in-out impurity density asymmetries in the pedestal region
P19	Dorf	Mikhail		Progress with the COGENT edge kinetic code: neoclassical and initial divertor-geometry simulations
P20	Kim	Jayhyun		Effects of vertical jogging of plasma column and edge electron heating on plasma confinement in the KSTAR device
P21	Rhee	Tongnyeol		On interpreting perturbative experiments on pedestal transport using supersonic molecular beam injection
P22	Wang	Huiqian		Comparison of a new small ELM and type-III ELM in EAST H-mode plasmas
P23	Yan	Zheng		Pedestal density fluctuation characteristics and dynamics during a poloidal beta scan
P24	Myra	James		Edge sheared flows and blob dynamics
P25	Gentle	Kenneth		Turbulent structures and turbulence suppression in the helimak
P26	Guo	Zehua		Wave-particle interaction in parallel transport of long mean-free-path scape-off layer plasmas
P27	Joseph	Ilon		Drift-MHD model for transport induced by external magnetic perturbations
P28	Wilcox	Robert		Measurement of Reynolds stress flow drive in the HSX stellarator
P29	Evans	Todd		Changes in fluctuations and transport due to toroidal phase variations of nonaxisymmetric magnetic perturbations in DIII-D
P30	Moyer	Richard		Response of the radial electric field and rotation to externally applied magnetic perturbations
P31	Chang	Choong-Seock		Unveiling the kinetic mechanism for RMP penetration in diverted edge geometry
P32
P33
P34

TTF List of Presentations

Oral	Poster	Primary Author Last Name	Primary Author First Name	Title
	Wed-P1	Aydemir	Ahmet	Poloidally asymmetric edge electric fields and their effect on the L-H transition power threshold
EP-II		Bass	Eric	Gyrokinetic effects on linear Alfven eigenmode structure and transport
	Wed-P4	Battaglia	Devon	Connection between neoclassical pedestal physics and the L-H power threshold scaling
	Tues-P22	Baver	Derek	ArbiTER: a flexible eigenvalue solver for fluid and kinetic problems in general topologies
	Tues-P26	Bortolon	Alessandro	High frequency Alfven eigenmode activity in presence of low frequency and static magnetic perturbations on NSTX
	Wed-P17	Boyle	Dennis	Evolution of ELM-free pedestal structure with lithium wall coatings in NSTX
Core-II		Bravenec	Ron	Comparisons of GYRO and GS2 including ExB flow shear
P1		Brower	David	Intrinsic flow from magnetic-fluctuation-driven kinetic stress
	Tues-P11	Brower	David	Core density fluctuations and plasma flow in the HSX stellarator
Edge-III		Callen	James D	RMP effects on pedestal plasma transport
	Wed-P10	Canik	John	Linear microstability properties of the NSTX pedestal without and with lithium coated PFCs
	Tues-P10	Carmody	Daniel	Gyrokinetic modeling of microinstabilities in the Reversed Field Pinch
P2		Chang	Choong-Seock	New bootstrap current formula for diverted edge pedestal
	Wed-P31	Chang	Choong-Seock	Unveiling the kinetic mechanism for RMP penetration in diverted edge geometry
	Wed-P18	Churchill	Michael	Poloidal flows and in-out impurity density asymmetries in the pedestal region
Edge-I		Cziegler	Istvan	Interactions between the Quasi- and Weakly-Coherent-Modes and edge flows in Alcator C-Mod
EP-I		Darrow	Douglass	Stochastic loss of neutral beam ions during TAE avalanches in NSTX
	Wed-P11	Davis	Evan	BOUT simulations of edge turbulence in Alcator C-Mod's EDA H-mode
EP-II		Deng	Wenjun	Gyrokinetic particle simulations of reversed shear Alfven eigenmodes in DIII-D tokamak
P2		Diallo	Ahmed	Evolution of the pedestal transport and characterization of the edge fluctuations during the ELM cycle on NSTX
Edge-V		Diamond	Patrick	Spatio-temporal evolution of the L→H transition
	Wed-P19	Dorf	Mikhail	Progress with the COGENT edge kinetic code: neoclassical and initial divertor-geometry simulations
	Tues-P13	Ennever	Paul	The effects of main ion dilution on transport and turbulence ohmic plasmas in Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with gyrokinetic simulations
P1		Ernst	Darin	Nonlinear upshift of the threshold for trapped electron mode turbulence: experiments and simulation
	Wed-P29	Evans	Todd	Changes in fluctuations and transport due to toroidal phase variations of nonaxisymmetric magnetic perturbations in DIII-D
	Wed-P8	Fedorczak	Nicolas	A possible model for the dependence of the Low to High mode power threshold with the plasma geometry
Core-I		Fiore	Catherine	The effect of intrinsic flow drive in the production of C-Mod internal transport barriers
EP-I		Fredrickson	Eric	Fast-ion energy loss during TAE avalanches in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Edge-IV		Friedman	Brett	Energy dynamics in a simulation of LAPD turbulence
EP-II		Fu	Guoyong	M3D-K simulation of beam-driven Alfven modes in DIII-D
	Wed-P12	Fu	Xiangrong	Turbulent impurity transport modeling for C-Mod
Edge-I		Fulton	Daniel	Gyrokinetic particle simulation of linear instabilities in DIII-D pedestal plasmas
	Wed-P25	Gentle	Kenneth	Turbulent structures and turbulence suppression in the Helimak
EP-III		Ghantous	Katy	Revisiting line broadened QL model: application on TAE-EP interaction
Core-II		Grierson	Brian	Comparison of core deuterium ion toroidal and poloidal rotation to neoclassical theory
P2		Groebner	Richard	Coordinated experimental, modeling and theoretical investigation of pedestal structure in FY2011 joint research target on pedestal physics
	Wed-P26	Guo	Zehua	Wave-particle interaction in parallel transport of long mean-free-path scape-off layer plasmas
Core-V		Gurcan	Ozgur	Spectral dynamics and predator-prey oscillations in simple (and more complicated) models of plasma turbulence
	Tues-P9	Guttenfelder	Walter	Testing TGLF for spherical tokamaks
	Wed-P9	Hayes	Tiffany	A correlation between turbulence and parallel flows in a linear device
P1		Hillesheim	Jon	Observation of a critical gradient threshold for electron temperature fluctuations in low torque DIII-D plasmas
EP-IV		Hinton	Fred	Effect of superbanana diffusion on fusion reactivity in stellarators
Core-III		Holland	Christopher	Development and analysis of a core transport and turbulence validation database
Core-II		Howard	Nathan	Quantitative comparison of experimental impurity transport with nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation on Alcator C-Mod
Core-VI		Hsu	Pei-Chun	Structure of turbulent momentum flux in quasi-2D system with multi-scale shearing field
Edge-V		Hubbard	Amanda	Threshold conditions for transitions to I-mode and H-mode with unfavourable ion drift direction
P2		Hughes	Jerry	Developing predictive capability for the tokamak pedestal: Experiment and modeling on Alcator C-Mod
P1		Jhang	Hogun	Role of external torque in the ion temperature profile de-stiffening and internal transport barrier formation
	Wed-P27	Joseph	Ilon	Drift-MHD model for transport induced by external magnetic perturbations
	Tues-P8	Kim	Chang-Bae	Induction of advective turbulent flux in Hasegawa-Mima fluctuations driven by noise
	Wed-P20	Kim	Jayhyun	Effects of vertical jogging of plasma column and edge electron heating on plasma confinement in the KSTAR device
Core-III		Kinsey	Jon	TGLF modeling and gyro simulations of the l-mode near edge region
EP-I		Koliner	Jonathan	Fast particle confinement and alfvenic instabilities during neutral beam injection on the RFP
Core-III		Kosuga	Yusuke	Structure-driven turbulence in ‘No man’s Land’: A bound for fluctuation amplitude in drift hole - zonal flow system
EP-IV		Kramer	Gerrit J.	Full gyro-orbit simulations of the interaction between Neutral Beam Ions and High Harmonic Fast Waves in NSTX
	Wed-P13	Kruger	Scott	Verification of bootstrap current models
Core-VI		Ku	Seung-Hoe	Momentum Transport of Full-f ITG turbulence simulation in realistic tokamak geometry including separatrix
Edge-IV		Kube	Ralph	Large amplitude blob propagation in the SOL of Alcator C-Mod and comparison to theoretical models
Edge-II		Lang	Jianying	Effect of neutral particle source and sink on pedestal turbulence and transport
	Wed-P2	Lee	Christopher	L-I-H transition with avalanche noise
EP-III		Lesur	Maxime	Nonlinear instabilities driven by coherent phase-space structures
	Tues-P14	Liao	Ken	Transport of helium as an impurty and as a main ion in Alcator C-mod
	Tues-P24	Light	Adam	Turbulent stress measurements using imaging techniques
EP-I		Lin	Liang	Neutral-beam-driven instabilities and their impact on beam ions in a Reversed Field Pinch
Core-I		Lin	Zhihong	Gyrokinetic particle simulations of collisionless trapped electron turbulence
	Tues-P27	Liu	Deyong	M3D-K simulations of beam-ion-driven Alfven modes on NSTX
	Wed-P3	Ma	Yunxing	Comprehensive study of H-mode access in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak: density, toroidal field and divertor geometry dependence
	Wed-P16	Maingi	Rajesh	The steps by which lithium wall coatings lead to ELM suppression in NSTX
Core-V		Makwana	Kirit	Role of stable modes in zonal flow regulated turbulence
Edge-V		Manz	Peter	Energetic interaction between turbulence and shear flows during L-H transition in the EAST tokamak
	Tues-P21	Marinoni	Alessandro	Plasma fluctuations in ion stiffness experiments sampled by the Phase Contrast Imaging diagnostic

Edge-III		Mordijck	Saskia	Particle Transport Changes as a result of RMPs
	Wed-P30	Moyer	Richard	Response of the radial electric field and rotation to externally applied magnetic perturbations
Core-VI		Muller	Stefan	Boundary conditions for intrinsic rotation: Kinetic calculations of angular momentum transport by a neutral gas in contact with a spinning plasma
	Wed-P24	Myra	James	Edge sheared flows and blob dynamics
	Tues-P3	Newman	David	Initiation and dynamical co-evolution of electron and ion channel transport barriers
	Tues-P1	Ogata	Douglas	Investigating non-diffusive transport in drift wave turbulence
Edge-II		Pankin	Alexei	Effects of transient fluxes on the H-mode pedestal stability
P1		Park	Jong-Kyu	Intrinsic rotation generation during ohmic L-H transition in nstx ohmic plasmas
P2		Parker	Scott	bootstrap current destabilization of the kinetic ballooning mode in the tokamak edge pedestal
	Tues-P28	Podesta	Mario	Parametric study of chirping TAE modes in NSTX
	Tues-P12	Porkolab	Miklos	Transport and gyrokinetic analysis in the linear ohmic confinement (LOC) regime in Alcator C-Mod
EP-IV		Pueschel	M.J.	Gyrokinetic fast particle simulations in tokamak geometries
Core-II		Rafiq	Tariq	Validation study of MMM7.1 anomalous transport module
P1		Reinke	Matthew	The curious case of toroidal rotation
	Tues-P15	Reinke	Matthew	Anomalous up/down asymmetry of Ar16+ emission in Alcator C-Mod Ohmic plasmas
	Tues-P19	Ren	Yang	Response of electron-scale turbulence and thermal transport to continuous ExB shear ramping-up
	Tues-P2	Reynolds-Barredo	Jose	Study of intermittent coherent regions in the phase of k modes for 2D drift wave DTEM turbulence simulations
	Wed-P21	Rhee	Tongnyeol	On interpreting perturbative experiments on pedestal transport using supersonic molecular beam injection
Core-III		Rice	John	Rotation reversals, energy confinement saturation and non-diffusive heat transport in Alcator C-Mod ohmic plasmas
Edge-III		Rognlien	Thomas	Plasma edge-SOL transport simulations including quasilinear stochastic transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations
	Wed-P14	Rost	Jon	Phase Contrast Imaging measurements of short wavelength turbulence generated in the QH-mode edge on DIII-D
	Tues-P16	Rowan	William	Transport of light, trace impurities in Alcator C-Mod
Edge-IV		Russell	David	Reduced-model (SOLT) simulations of the EDA H-mode at Alcator C-Mod
P1		Schaffner	David	Observation of improved and degraded confinement with driven flow on the LAPD
	Wed-P6	Schmitz	Lothar	The role of zonal flows and predator-prey oscillations in the L-H and H-L ransition
	Tues-P17	Scotti	Filippo	Study of carbon and lithium neoclassical transport in ELM-Free H-mode discharges in NSTX
Edge-II		Sechrest	Yancey	Gas Puff Imaging observations of ELM precursors in NSTX
Edge-I		Smith	David	Parametric dependencies of low-k turbulence in NSTX H-mode pedestals
	Tues-P7	Smith	Sterling	Probing electron stiffness and critical gradients in experiment and simulation
P2		Snyder	Philip	Developing and testing the EPED pedestal model as part of the 2011 Joint Research Target
P1		Solomon	Wayne	confinement properties of low torque plasmas in DIII-D
P2		Stacey	Bill	Interpretation of diffusive and non-diffusive transport in the tokamak edge pedestal
Edge-IV		Tang	Xianzhu	Parallel transport and profile of boundary plasmas with a low recycling wall
	Tues-P4	Terry	Paul	On the effect of damped modes on transport
Core-VI		Thakur	Saikat	Suppression of drift wave turbulence and zonal flow formation by changing axial boundary conditions in a linear magnetized plasma device
	Tues-P23	Vadlamani	Srinath	Progress of parallel validation tools for fusion simulations as applied to synthetic diagnostic efforts
Edge-I		Vann	Roddy	Using electron Bernstein wave emission as an edge diagnostic
Core-V		Vermare	Laure	Modulation of GAM frequency observed on Tore Supra using Doppler backscattering
Edge-I		Walk	John	Characterization of the pedestal in Alcator C-Mod ELMing H-modes and comparison to the EPED model
	Wed-P15	Wan	Weigang	Micro-instabilities of tokamak edge pedestal
P2		Wang	Eric	Linear gyrokinetic analysis of a DIII-D H-mode pedestal near ideal ballooning threshold
	Wed-P22	Wang	Huiqian	Comparison of a new small ELM and type-III ELM in EAST H-mode plasmas
Core-V		Wang	Lu	Zonal flow driven by coupling between drift waves and ion acoustic waves
	Tues-P25	Wang	Weixing	Flow shear driven turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas
Core-I		White	Anne	Overview of the 2012 JRT on core transport validation
	Tues-P18	White	Anne	Evolution of core turbulence across the L-I transition in Alcator C-Mod
	Wed-P28	Wilcox	Robert	Measurement of Reynolds stress flow drive in the HSX stellarator
Edge-II		Xiao	Weiwen	Pedestal particle transport study using perturbation method perturbation method in HL-2A and KSTAR
Edge-V		Xu	Guosheng	The role of oscillatory zonal flows in the L-H transition near threshold conditions and the formation of a small-ELM regime
	Wed-P7	Xu	Min	Vortex-mediated energy, momentum, and charge transport at the edge of a L-mode tokamak plasma
	Wed-P5	Yagi	Masatoshi	Simulation study of L-H transition with self-consistent integrated modelling of core and SOL-divertor transport
	Wed-P23	Yan	Zheng	Pedestal density fluctuation characteristics and dynamics during a poloidal beta scan
	Tues-P5	Yi	Sumin	Role of turbulence spreading in flow generation and transport
	Tues-P20	Yu	Liubing	electronics characterization and data correction for far infrared tangential interferometry and polarimetry (FIReTIP) on NSTX
EP-III		Zhang	Huasen	Nonlinear frequency chirping of beta-induced Alfven eigenmode
	Tues-P6	Zhao	Lei	Inter-species collisionless energy transfer by drift wave-zonal flow turbulence
Edge-IV		Zweben	Stewart	Effects of biased electrodes in the divertor plate region of NSTX

	Program Committee
TTF Executive Committee
Stanley Kaye (Chair)	kaye@pppl.gov
George Tynan (Dep. Chair)	gtynan@ucsd.edu
C.S. Chang	cschang@cims.nyu.edu
Pat Diamond	diamondph@gmail.com
Todd Evans	evans@fusion.gat.com
Guo-Yong Fu	gfu@pppl.gov
Punit Gohil	gohil@fusion.gat.com
Chris Holland	gohil@fusion.gat.com
Rajesh Maingi	rmaingi@pppl.gov
John Rice	rice@psfc.mit.edu
Lothar Schmitz	schmitz@ucla.edu
Tom Rognlien	rognlien@llnl.gov
Wayne Solomon	solomon@fusion.gat.com
Gary Staebler	staebler@fusion.gat.com
Mike van Zeeland	vanzeeland@fusion.gat.com

International Advisors
Clemente Angioni (Chair of EU TTF)	cla@rzg.mpg.de
Xavier Garbet	xavier.garbet@cea.fr
Carlos Hidalgo	carlos.hidalgo@ciemat.es
Katsumi Ida	ida@nifs.ac.jp
Guosheng Xu	gsxu@ipp.ac.cn
Masatoshi Yagi	yagi@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Conference Organizing Committee
Stanley Kaye	kaye@pppl.gov
Marianne Tyrrell	mtyrell@pppl.gov
Valerie Censabella	censabella@psfc.mit.edu

		2011 TTF PARTICIPANTS
Last Name	First Name	Affiliation	Email Address	Country
Aydemir	Ahmet	Institute for Fusion Studies	aydemir@mail.utexas.edu	US
Bass	Eric	General Atomics	bassem@fusion.gat.com	US
Battaglia	Devon	PPPL	dbattagl@pppl.gov	US
Baver	Derek	Lodestar Research Corporation	dabaver@lodestar.com	US
Bespamyatnov	Igor	Univ. of Texas - Fusion Studies	igorbest@gmail.com	US
Bortolon	Alessandro	UCI	abortolo@pppl.gov	US
Boyle	Dennis	PPPL	dboyle@pppl.gov	US
Bravenec	Ron	Fourth State Research	rvbravenec@4th-state.com	US
Brower	David	UCLA	brower@mail.utexas.edu	US
Burrell	Keith	General Atomics	burrell@fusion.gat.com	US
Callen	James D	University of Wisconsin	callen@engr.wisc.edu	US
Canik	John	ORNL	canikjm@ornl.gov	US
Carmody	Daniel	UW - Madison	dcarmody@wisc.edu	US
Carter	Troy	UCLA	tcarter@physics.ucla.edu	US
Chang	Choong-Seock	PPPL	cschang@pppl.gov	US
Chen	Ran	Institute of Plasma Physics	chenran@ipp.ac.cn	China
Churchill	Michael	MIT PSFC	rmchurch@mit.edu	US
Cziegler	Istvan	UCSD	icziegler@ucsd.edu	US
Darrow	Douglass	PPPL	ddarrow@pppl.gov	US
Davis	Evan	MIT PSFC	emd@mit.edu	US
Deng	Wenjun	PPPL	wdeng@pppl.gov	US
Diallo	Ahmed	Princeton Plasma Physics Lab	adiallo@pppl.gov	US
Diamond	Patrick	UC San Diego	pdiamond@ucsd.edu	US
Dippolito	Daniel	Lodestar Research	dippolito@lodestar.com	US
Dorf	Mikhail	LLNL	mdorf@lbl.gov	US
Ennever	Paul	MIT PSFC	ennever@psfc.mit.edu	US
Ernst	Darin	MIT	dernst@psfc.mit.edu	US
Evans	Todd	General Atomics	evans@fusion.gat.com	US
Fedorczak	Nicolas	UC San Diego CER - CMTFO	nfedorczak@ucsd.edu	US
Fiore	Catherine	MIT-PSFC	fiore@psfc.mit.edu	US
Fredrickson	Eric	PPPL	efredrickson@pppl.gov	US
Friedman	Brett	UCLA	friedman@physics.ucla.edu	US
Fu	Guoyong	Princeton University	fu@pppl.gov	US
Fu	Xiangrong	University of Texas at Austin	xrfu@physics.utexas.edu	US
Fulton	Daniel	UC Irvine	dfulton@uci.edu	US
Gentle	Kenneth	University of Texas	k.gentle@mail.utexas.edu	US
Ghantous	Katy	PPPL	katyghantous@gmail.com	US
Gilmore	Mark	U. New Mexico	gilmore@ece.unm.edu	US
Gohil	Punit	General Atomics	gohil@fusion.gat.com	US
Grierson	Brian	PPPL	bgriers@pppl.gov	US
Groebner	Richard	General Atomics	groebner@fusion.gat.com	US
Guo	Zehua	Los Alamos National Laboratory	guo@lanl.gov	US
Guo	Zhibin	UCSD	guozhipku@gmail.com	US
Gurcan	Ozgur	LPP Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS	objektin@yahoo.com	France

Guttenfelder	Walter	PPPL	wgutten@pppl.gov	US
Hassam	Adil	University of Maryland	hassam@umd.edu	US
Hayes	Tiffany	U New Mexico	thayes77@unm.edu	US
Hillesheim	Jon	UCLA	jchillesheim@physics.ucla.edu	US
Hinton	Fred	UCSD	flhinton1@yahoo.com	US
Holland	Christopher	UCSD	chholland@ucsd.edu	US
Howard	Nathan	MIT - PSFC	nthoward@psfc.mit.edu	US
Hsu	Pei-Chun	UCSD	peihsu@physics.ucsd.edu	US
Hubbard	Amanda	MIT PSFC	hubbard@psfc.mit.edu	US
Hughes	Jerry	MIT PSFC	jwhughes@psfc.mit.edu	US
Jhang	Hogun	NFRI	hgjhang@nfri.re.kr	S. Korea
Joseph	Ilon	LLNL	joseph5@llnl.gov	US
Kaye	Stanley	PPPL	kaye@pppl.gov	US
Kim	Chang-Bae	Soongsil University	cbkim@ssu.ac.kr	S. Korea
Kim	Jayhyun	NFRI	jayhyunkim@nfri.re.kr	S. Korea
Kinsey	Jon	General Atomics	kinsey@fusion.gat.com	US
Koliner	Jonathan	University of Wisconsin	koliner@wisc.edu	US
Kosuga	Yusuke	UCSD	yukosuga@physics.ucsd.edu	US
Kramer	Gerrit J.	PPPL	gkramer@pppl.gov	US
Kruger	Scott	Tech-X Corp	kruger@txcorp.com	US
Ku	Seung-Hoe	PPPL	sku@pppl.gov	US
Kube	Ralph	University of Tromso	ralph.kube@uit.no	Norway
Lang	Jianying	PPPL	jlang@pppl.gov	US
Lee	Christopher	UCSD	clee@physics.ucsd.edu	US
Lesur	Maxime	NFRI Korea	maxime.lesur@gmail.com	S. Korea
Liao	Ken	UT Institute for Fusion Science	kenliao@physics.utexas.edu	US
Light	Adam	University of Colorado Boulder	adam.light@colorado.edu	US
Lin	Liang	UCLA	lianglin@ucla.edu	US
Lin	Zhihong	UC Irvine	zhihongl@uci.edu	US
Liu	Deyong	UC Irvine	deyongl@uci.edu	US
Ma	Yunxing	MIT PSFC	yma@psfc.mit.edu	US
Maingi	Rajesh	ORNL	rmaingi@pppl.gov	US
Makwana	Kirit	UW-Madison	makwana@wisc.edu	US
Mandrekas	John	US Department of Energy	john.mandrekas@science.doe.gov	US
Manz	Peter	UCSD	pmanz@ucsd.edu	US
Marinoni	Alessandro	MIT	marinoni@fusion.gat.com	US
Mordijck	Saskia	College of William and Mary	mordijck@cs.wm.edu	US
Moyer	Richard	UC San Diego	moyer@fusion.gat.com	US
Muller	Stefan	UCSD	shmueller@gmail.com	US
Myra	James	Lodestar	jrmyra@lodestar.com	US
Newman	David	Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks	denewman@alaska.edu	US
Ogata	Douglas	UAF	dogata@alaska.edu	US
Pankin	Alexei	Tech-X Corporation	pankin@txcorp.com	US
Park	Jong-Kyu	PPPL	jpark@pppl.gov	US
Parker	Scott	Univ. of Colorado	sparker@colorado.edu	US
Podesta	Mario	PPPL	mpodesta@pppl.gov	US

Porkolab	Miklos	MIT	porkolab@psfc.mit.edu	US
Pueschel	M.J.	UW-Madison	mjp@physics.wisc.edu	US
Rafiq	Tariq	Lehigh University	rafiq@lehigh.edu	US
Reinke	Matthew	ORISE	mlreinke@psfc.mit.edu	US
Ren	Yang	PPPL	yren@pppl.gov	US
Reynolds-Barredo	Jose	University of Alaska	jmrb2002@gmail.com	US
Rhee	Tongnyeol	NFRI	trhee@nfri.re.kr	S. Korea
Rice	John	MIT PSFC	rice@psfc.mit.edu	US
Rognlien	Thomas	LLNL	trognlien@llnl.gov	US
Rost	Jon	MIT PSFC	rost@fusion.gat.com	US
Rowan	William	The University of Texas	w.l.rowan@mail.utexas.edu	US
Russell	David	Lodestar	dave@lodestar.com	US
Schaffner	David	UCLA	davidsch@physics.ucla.edu	US
Schmitz	Lothar	UCLA	lschmitz@ucla.edu	US
Scotti	Filippo	PPPL	fscotti@pppl.gov	US
Sechrest	Yancey	University of Colorado	yancey.sechrest@colorado.edu	US
Smith	David	Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	drsmith@engr.wisc.edu	US
Smith	Sterling	General Atomics	smithsp@fusion.gat.com	US
Snyder	Philip	General Atomics	snyder@fusion.gat.com	US
Solomon	Wayne	PPPL	wsolomon@pppl.gov	US
Stacey	Bill	Georgia Tech	weston.stacey@nre.gatech.edu	US
Staebler	Gary	General Atomics	staebler@fusion.gat.com	US
Tang	Xianzhu	Los Alamos National Laboratory	xtang@lanl.gov	US
Terry	Paul	University of Wisconsin-Madison	pwterry@wisc.edu	US
Thakur	Saikat	CMTFO - UCSD	saikat@ucsd.edu	US
Vadlamani	Srinath	Tech-X Corp.	srinath@txcorp.com	US
Vann	Roddy	University of York	roddy.vann@york.ac.uk	U.K.
Vermare	Laure	LPP Ecole Polytechnique CNRS	objektin@yahoo.com	France
Walk	John	MIT PSFC	jrwalk@psfc.mit.edu	US
Wan	Weigang	University of Colorado	weigang.wan@gmail.com	US
Wang	Eric	LLNL	wang53@llnl.gov	US
Wang	Huiqian	ASIPP	hqwang@ipp.ac.cn	China
Wang	Lu	National Fusion Research Institute	wanglu.phy@gmail.com	S. Korea
Wang	Weixing	Princeton Plasma Physics Lab	wwang@pppl.gov	US
White	Anne	MIT	whitea@mit.edu	US
Wilcox	Robert	University of Wisconsin	rswilcox@wisc.edu	US
Xiao	Weiwen	NFRI	xiaoww123@nfri.re.kr	S. Korea
Xu	Guosheng	ASIPP	gsxu@ipp.ac.cn	China
Xu	Min	U C San Diego	minxu.min@gmail.com	US
Yagi	Masatoshi	JAEA	yagi.masatoshi@jaea.go.jp	Japan
Yan	Zheng	Univ of Wisconsin Madison	yanz@fusion.gat.om	US
Yi	Sumin	NFRI	yism@nfri.re.kr	S. Korea
Yu	Liubing	UC Davis	lbyu@ucdavis.edu	US
Zhang	Huasen	Peking University	zhang.huasen@gmail.com	China
Zhao	Lei	UCSD	leizhao@physics.ucsd.edu	US
Zweben	Stewart	PPPL	szweben@pppl.gov	US