Third and Final Announcement of the 19th MHD Stability Control Workshop

This is the third and final announcement of the 19th MHD Stability Control Workshop. The theme this year is "Fundamental understanding of plasma response to 3D fields & MHD stability control." The workshop will take place on November 3-5 in Auburn, AL following the APS-DPP Annual meeting in New Orleans. The conference hotel will be the Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center. The workshop is organized jointly by Auburn University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Columbia University, General Atomics, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Topics: Three-dimensional magnetic fields are ubiquitous in toroidal magnetic confinement devices, and are an essential tool in MHD control. Since complex processes within the plasma itself make non-negligible contributions to the total 3D magnetic field, it is critical to account for these plasma effects when developing MHD control algorithms. This workshop will consider role of plasma response to 3D fields in a variety of MHD control schemes and across magnetic confinement devices including tokamaks, RFPs, stellarators, and hybrid devices, in order to consolidate our understanding of plasma response effects and apply this knowledge for optimal MHD control.
• Invited speakers: Please find a complete list of invited speakers enclosed below.
• Registered participants (new): See a current list on the "Workshop participants" tab.
• Registration for contributed proposals remains open via the website until October 11. Late registrants may be placed on a waiting list so register as soon as possible.
• Hotel Reservations: the hotel reservations should be made by Oct. 13, 2014 to receive the workshop rate. See the website for information about airport shuttles and make your reservation soon.
• Publication: Invited and contributed talks will be provided with the opportunity to publish their work as a fully refereed publication as part of a special issue in Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion.
• Workshop fees:
  • The workshop registration fee will be $100
  • The banquet fee will be $30
  • Fees will be accepted in cash or check, if the check is drawn from a US bank. Please make checks payable to Auburn University.
• Program Committee:
  • Matthew Lanctot (chair) General Atomics, USA
  • David Maurer (Local Organizer) Auburn University, USA
  • Andrew Cole Columbia University, USA
  • Robert La Haye General Atomics, USA
  • Piero Martin CNR, Italy
  • Sadao Masamune Kyoto Ins. Tech., Japan
  • Go Matsugana JAEA, Japan
  • Gerald Navratil Columbia University, USA
  • Michio Okabayashi PPPL, USA
  • Takahisa Ozeki JAEA Naka, Japan
  • Jong-Kyu Park PPPL, USA
  • John Sarff University of Wisconsin, USA
  • Francesco Volpe, Columbia University, USA
  • Kozo Yamazaki Nagoya University, Japan
  • Prof. Kiyomasa Watanabe, NIFS, Japan
  • Prof. Masaru Furukawa, Tottori University, Japan
• Invited speakers (complete list)
  • Dylan Brennan (PPPL) Control of resistive wall modes with tearing layers, rotation, and finite beta in full MHD
  • Chiara Piron (RFX) Coupling of externally applied 3D fields with internal MHD, with focus on sawteeth and their control
  • Valentin Igochine (IPP) Identification and possible extension of the beta limit in ASDEX Upgrade
  • Zhirui Wang (PPPL) Drift kinetic effects on 3D plasma response in high beta NSTX and DIII-D plasmas
  • Josef Kamleitner (EPFL/CRPP) Suprathermal electron dynamics and MHD instabilities in a tokamak
  • Gerrit Kramer (PPPL) Fast ion transport and modification of Alfven activity in NSTX using 3D field
  • Junya Shiraishi (JAEA) Extension of kinetic-MHD model to include toroidal rotation shear effect and its application to stability analysis of resistive wall modes
  • Nik Logan (PPPL) Neoclassical toroidal viscosity in perturbed equilibria with general tokamak geometry
  • Ian Chapman (EURATOM/CCFE) 3D plasma boundary displacements and interaction with position control
  • Stefano Munaretto (MST) Control of 3D equilibria with a 3D RMP in MST
  • Edward Strait (GA) Validation of 3D plasma response models
  • Akio Sanpei (Kyoto) Properties of the equilibrium and the eddy current distribution in the vacuum vessel in a low-aspect-ratio RFP RELAX
  • David Ennis (AU) Passive stabilization of MHD instability using stellarator rotational transform on CTH
  • Satoshi Ohdachi (NIFS) MHD instabilities and its suppression by the RMP in the Large Helical Device
• Special Session on "Using internal coils for MHD control":
  • A.W. Morris (CCFE) – DITE: developing design for JET in-vessel saddle coils (R. La Haye presenting)
  • T.C. Hender (CCFE) – JET: 8 in-vessel saddle coils (R. La Haye presenting)
  • Peter Denner (Juelich) - Application of 3D fields on TEXTOR using the DED
  • Qian Peng (Columbia) - Internal coils for RWM Control on HBT-EP
  • Dmitri Orlov (UCSD) DIII-D: Internal and Centerpost Coils
  • Bo Rao (HUST) - Magnetic island control using Internal Coils on J-Text
  • G. Matsunaga (JAEA) JT-60SA: Plans for internal coils
  • Samual Lazerson (PPPL) Numerical optimization of 3D coils for NSTX-U
  • Yuri Gribov (ITER) ITER in-vessel coils (M. Lanctot presenting)
• Previous workshops in this series:
  • 18 Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza, November 18-20, 2013, "MHD Control for Steady State Burning Plasmas"
  • 17 Columbia University, November 5-7, 2012, "Addressing the Disruption Challenge for ITER"
  • 16 General Atomics, Nov 20-22, 2011, "Optimizing and Understanding the Role of Coils for Mode Control"
  • 15 University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 15-17, 2010, "3D Magnetic Field Effects in MHD Control"
  • 14 PPPL, Nov.9-11, 2009, "Assuring successful MHD control in ITER"
  • 13 University of Texas, Austin, November 23-25, 2008, "US-Japan Workshop on MHD Control, Magnetic Islands and Rotation"
  • 12 Columbia University, November 11-13, 2007,"Improved MHD Control Configurations"
  • 11 PPPL, November 6-8, 2006, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Active MHD Control in ITER"
  • 10 University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 31-November 2, 2005, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Progress in Kink and Tearing Mode Control"
  • 9 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 21-23 November 2004, "Active Control of MHD Stabilities: Back to Basics"
  • 8 University of Texas - Austin, 3-5 November 2003, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension to the Burning Plasma Regime"
  • 7 Columbia University, 18-20 November 2002, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension of Performance"
  • 6 General Atomics, 5-7 November 2001, Workshop on Control of MHD Stability by Rotation
  • 5 PPPL, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2000, Workshop on Innovative MHD Control in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas
  • 4 University of Washington, 21-23 November 1999, Workshop on Active MHD Mode Control in Innovative Confinement Concepts
  • 3 General Atomics, 22-24 November 1998, Workshop on Active Control of MHD Modes in Toroidal Devices
  • 2 Columbia University, 23-25 November 1997, Workshop on Control of MHD Modes in Tokamaks with Non-axisymmetric Coils
  • 1 PPPL, 11-13 December 1996, Workshop on Feedback Stabilization of MHD Instabilities