A Workshop at the University of Texas Austin, Texas, USA NOVEMBER 23-25, 2008 (Sunday 10 AM to Tuesday 3 PM)
PDFs of Workshop Talks Sunday 9:00-9:55 Registration Coffee during registration (no morning break) 9:55-10:00 F. Waelbroeck Welcome and announcements by local host K. Yamazaki Welcome from Japanese coordinator Session 1 Chair: K. Yamazaki Resistive Wall Mode: Experiments (I) & MHD Control Plans (I) 10:00-10:40 H. ReimerdesInteraction of RWM Stability, error fields and plasma rotation 10:40-11:05 J. SarffRotating Wall Machine 11:05-11:45 J. DrakeAdvanced RWM control methods on EXTRAP T2R 11:45-12:10 S. MasamuneMHD issues in low-aspect-ratio RFP machine RELAX 12:10-12:50 E. StraitNewly reconstituted ITPA MHD control & disruptions group 12:35-2:00 Lunch Session 2 Chair: M. Okabayashi High Beta Steady State Operation Limits, Flow, ITER Coil 2:00-2:40K. Itami Avoidance of high beta disruptions in JT-60U 2:40-3:05 M. Furukawa Effects of shear flow on tearing mode stability 3:05-3:30 E. Schuster Progress on Current Profile Control on DIII-D 3:30-3:50 Coffee Break 3:50-4:30 Y. Narushima Characteristics of MHD in the high central density plasma in LHD 4:30-4:55 E. Lazzaro Controlled dynamics of NTM islands in neo-viscous regime 4:55-5:35 M. Schaffer Control coils for ITER 5:35-6:00 Discussion on Sunday topics 6:15-7:15 Reception Monday 8:55-9:00 Announcements Session 3 Chair: R. La Haye ELM Control, Error Fields, Tearing Modes & MHD Control Plans (II) 9:00-9:40 Q. Yu Interaction between resonant magnetic perturbations and plasma 9:40-10:20 E. Nardon Recent work on ELM control by resonant magnetic perturbations 10:20-10:45 A. Garofalo Plasma rotation driven by static non-axisymmetric magnetic fields in DIII-D 10:45-11:05 Coffee Break 11:05-11:30 D. de Lazzari On merits of heating and current drive for tearing mode stabilization 11:30-11:55 R. Buttery Rotation and error field influences on NTMs 11:55-12:35 S. Sabbagh Plans for MHD control in the 5 year renewal of NSTX 12:35-2:00 Group Photograph and Lunch Session 4 Chair: J. Sarff Resistive Wall Mode: Experiments (II) & MHD Control Plans (III) 2:00-2:40 R. Paccagnella for L. Marrelli Progress in MHD feedback control in RFX-mod 2:40-3:05 R. Paccagnella Simulation of RWM 3:05-3:30 E. Olofsson Closed-loop identification of MHD modes in a reversed-field pinch 3:30-3:50 Coffee Break 3:50-4:15 L. Zheng Non-hybrid kinetic analysis of the RWM in ITER by AEGIS-K code 4:15-4:40 M. Okabayashi Issues of RWM stabilization at low rotation in DIII-D and JT60U 4:40-5:05 J. Berkery RWM stabilization physics with application to NSTX 5:05-5:30 O. Katsuro-Hopkins Computational analysis of advanced control methods applied to RWM Control in tokamaks 5:30-5:55 J. Shiraishi A New Matching Method for Resistive Wall Mode Analysis of Rotating Plasmas 5:55-6:35 E. Strait Plans for MHD control in the 5 year renewal of DIII-D 6:35-6:50 Discussion on Monday topics 7:00 Workshop dinner TuesdayNOTE 1/2 HOUR EARLIER START 8:25-8:30 Announcements Session 5Chair: G. NavratilTearing Modes, MHD Control in Future Devices 8:30-9:10 B. Nelson Evidence for Flow-Shear Stabilization of MHD Modes in a Z-pinch 9:10-9:35 Y. In Efficacy of current-driven RWM feedback control 9:35-10:15 G. Fiksel Progress on modulated broad ECCD suppression of 2/1 NTMs in DIII-D 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-10:55 A. Welander Progress on modulated broad ECCD suppression of 2/1 NTMs in DIII-D 10:55-11:20 B. Hennen Feedback control of ECRH for MHD mode stabilization on TEXTOR 11:20-11:45 F. Volpe Real-time ray/beam tracing localization of ECRH/ECCD for MHD control in ASDEX Upgrade 11:45-12:10 D. Maurer Recent HBT-EP Kink Mode Control Results 12:10-12:30 K. Yamazaki MHD Stabilization Analysis in Tokamak with Helical Field 12:30-12:50 J. Snipes Test Blanket Module Effects on Plasma Operations in ITER 12:50-1:20 R. Buttery Newly created European MHD topical group 12:50-1:20 M. Okabayashi Next MHD Control Workshop after Atlanta APS: Theme and location?(Next US-Japan workshop to be in Japan, probably January 2010) 1:30 End