FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

February 5-7, 1997, PPPL

The NSTX Research Forum will provide an efficient opportunity for

• Outreach to the broad expertise of the U.S. magnetic fusion community for input to, and
• Developing the scientific elements of

the National NSTX Research Program.

Your contributions to and participation in the NSTX Research Forum is cordially invited. There will be a $30. registration fee to cover supplies and printing.

The NSTX, beginning in FY 1999, will be capable of testing the scientific principles of the new ST plasma regime for magnetic fusion. For this regime it is possible to have stable ultra high beta plasmas with high, well-aligned self-driven current fractions; confinement associated with strong magnetic well, magnetic shear, and field line curvature; noninductive startup and current drive involving minimized magnetic fluxes and helicity per plasma current; and impurity control through scrape-off layers characterized by strong mirror-ratio and field-line curvature. Opportunities for discovery, innovation and advancement in fusion and plasma sciences are therefore indicated. The NSTX Research Forum will be an important step for the U.S. fusion expertise to begin to take advantage of these opportunities.

The centerpiece of the Forum will be the open topical NSTX Working Group Sessions. The Working Groups, guided by the NSTX scientific research mission and initial research goals, will serve to

• Encourage and receive input synopses suggesting important and interesting scientific elements of NSTX research;
• Organize open Working Group Sessions during the NSTX Research Forum;
• Hold the Working Group Sessions for all contributors to present, discuss, improve, and integrate their inputs on NSTX research and diagnostics;
• Present summaries of the Working Group Session results at the NSTX Research Forum; and
• Produce reports on the recommended scientific NSTX research activities.

WG1. Current Formation and Sustainment by Slow (DC) Mechanisms

WG2. Heating, Current Formation and Sustainment by Fast Mechanisms

WG3. Magnetics and Stability Limits

WG4. Transport and Fluctuations

WG5. Divertor, Scrape-Off Layer, and Fueling

Each Working Group report should contain

• Scientific goals for the research topic during the initial 2-3 years of the NSTX experimentation, emphasizing the unique ST plasma properties
• Recommended research tasks to achieve these goals, including
• anticipated scientific results
• necessary measurements and accuracy
• necessary plasma operating conditions
• diagnostics ideas
• Recommended priority or schedule for these tasks
• Appendix: input synopses

Researchers interested in participating in the NSTX Research Program are encouraged to send (via email if possible) input to the coordinator(C), the Assistant(A), the members of the Working Group, and Sallie Citrolo, in the appropriate topic. The WGs will organize the WG session agenda based on the input. Please limit each input to one-page synopsis describing:

1. Scientific issue(s) being addressed (experimental and/or theoretical)
2. Relevance to ST fusion and/or plasma science, identifying issues unique to the ST
3. Measurements needed and/or recommended
4. Plasma parameters and operating condition required

The FY 1997 Working Group members to date are listed below. The Working Group Coordinators (C), Assistants (A), and members have graciously agreed to serve in the capacity described above and according to the schedule described in Section VI.

 WG1. Current Formation and Sustainment by Slow Mechanisms

Tom Jarboe (Univ. Washington), C	jarboe@aa.washington.edu
Masaaki Yamada (PPPL), A	myamada@pppl.gov
Paul Bellan (Cal. Tech.)	pbellan@cco.caltech.edu
Sam Cohen (PPPL)	scohen@pppl.gov
Alan Hoffman (U. Wash.)	Hoffman@AA.WASHINGTON.EDU
Bick Hooper (LLNL)	hooper1@llnl.gov
Hantao Ji (PPPL)	hji@pppl.gov
John Sarff (U. Wisc.)	SARFF@JUNO.PHYSICS.WISC.EDU
Mike Schaffer (GA)	Schaffer@gav.gat.com
Ravi Sudan (Cornell U.)	sudan@lps.cornell.edu
King-Lap Wong (PPPL)	kwong@pppl.gov

Don Batchelor (ORNL), C	BATCHELORDB@ornl.gov
Dick Majeski (PPPL), A	rmajeski@pppl.gov
Tim Bigelow (ORNL)	bigelowts@ornl.gov
Dan D’Ippolito (Lodestar)	dasd@lodestar.com
Cary Forest (TBD)	forest@gav.gat.com
Larry Grisham (PPPL)	lgrisham@pppl.gov
Tom Intrator (Univ. Wisc.)	INTRATOR@ENGR.WISC.EDU
T.K. Mau (UCSD)	mau@fusion.ucsd.edu
Robert Pinsker (GA)	Pinsker@gav.gat.com
Bob Taylor (UCLA)	rtaylor@ucla.edu
Roscoe White (PPPL)	rwhite@pppl.gov

Eric Fredrickson (PPPL), C	efredrickson@pppl.gov
Steve Sabbagh (Columbia Univ.), A	ssabbagh@pppl.gov
Zuoyang Chang (PPPL)	zchang@pppl.gov
John Ferron (GA)	Ferron@gav.gat.com
Guo-Yong Fu (PPPL)	gfu@pppl.gov
Chris Hegna (U. Wisc.)	hegna@cptca.neep.wisc.edu
Mike Hughes (Grumman)	hughes@grump.com
Ed Lazarus (ORNL)	Lazarus@gav.gat.com
Neil Pomphrey (PPPL)	npomphrey@pppl.gov
Pat Pribyl (UCLA)	pribyl@ucla.edu
Jesus Ramos (MIT)	RAMOS@PFC.MIT.EDU

Ed Synakowski (PPPL), C	esynakowski@pppl.gov
David Newman (ORNL), A	fonck@engr.wisc.edu
Ray Fonck (U. Wisc.), A	mbeer@pppl.gov
Mike Beer (PPPL)	bdorland@zonker.ph.utexas.edu
Bill Dorland (UT-Austin)	Greenfield@gav.gat.com
Chuck Greenfield (GA)	emazzucato@pppl.gov
Ernesto Mazzucato (PPPL)	newmande@ornl.gov
Tony Peebles (UCLA)	peebles@gav.gat.com
Greg Rewoldt (PPPL)	grewoldt@pppl.gov
Gary Staebler (GA)	Staebler@gav.gat.com
Mike Zarnstorff (PPPL)	mzarnstorff@pppl.gov

Peter Mioduszewski (ORNL), C	mioduszewspk@ornl.gov
Stewart Zweben (PPPL), A	szweben@pppl.gov
Michael Finkenthal (Johns-Hpkns)	mike@rowland.pha.jhu.edu
Dave Hill (LLNL)	HillD@gav.gat.com
David Hwang (UC Davis)	hwang1@llnl.gov
Stan Luckhardt (UCSD)	sluckhardt@ucsd.edu
Stan Milora (ORNL)	milorasl@ornl.gov
Greg Schmidt (PPPL)	gschmidt@pppl.gov
Charles Skinner (PPPL)	cskinner@pppl.gov
Mike Ulrickson (SNL)	maulric@sandia.gov

The Forum will have three components:

• Plenary session (half-day) to present and discuss the NSTX scientific mission and goals, the NSTX facility capabilities, and the NSTX physics considerations.
• Open parallel Working Group Sessions (three half-days) for the contributors to present, discuss, improve, and integrate the input on NSTX research and diagnostics.
• Plenary session (half-day) to summarize the Working Group session results for comments, in preparation of reports on the scientific elements of the NSTX Research Program.
• An opportunity following the forum for the interested to tour and comment on the planned NSTX site, equipment, and facilities.

The following schedule is suggested:

January 20	Receive input on presentations at the NSTX Research Forum
January 27	Organize Working Group sessions and distribute Forum agenda
February 5-7	Hold NSTX Research Forum
Mid-February	Produce and distribute Working Group Reports

Please contact the Working Group Coordinators and Assistants, or the following researchers if you have questions and/or suggestions:

Stan Kaye	609-243-3162	skaye@pppl.gov
Masa Ono	609-243-2105	mono@pppl.gov
Martin Peng	609-243-2305	mpeng@pppl.gov or pengym@ornl.gov
Rob Goldston	609-243-3172	rgoldston@pppl.gov

Sallie Citrolo

609-243-3379

scitrolo@pppl.gov

will provide administrative assistance for the NSTX Research Forum. She will issue information on the local arrangements for the Forum.

Bill Davis	609-243-2546	bdavis@pppl.gov
Steve Davis	609-243-3170	sdavis@pppl.gov

have kindly agreed to build an NSTX Meetings and Vugraphs web page http://fileroom.pppl.gov/nstxhome/nstx/meetings/ to provide the latest information on the NSTX meetings including the NSTX Research Forum. Please consult this web page for updated information.