*** Workshop on Feedback Stabilization of MHD Instabilities ***
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A workshop on Feedback Stabilization of MHD Instabilities will take
place from Wednesday, December 11th, 1996 to Friday, December 13th, 1996 at
the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. It is
co-sponsored by Columbia University and the Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory.
Purpose of Workshop:
The feedback stabilization of MHD instabilities is an area of
research that is critical for improving the performance and economic
attractiveness of magnetic confinement fusion devices.
The scope of the workshop includes active and passive control of
MHD modes, such as kinks and tearing modes or tilting modes, and includes
the feedback control of plasma profiles in order to prevent the onset of
instabilities.
The workshop is open to scientists investigating tokamak as well as
non-tokamak devices, such as the control of resistive wall modes in RFPs
and in spherical tokamaks.
The workshop will involve extensive discussion and the preparation of a
workshop summary.
Potential topics include:
* Review existing theoretical and experimental results on feedback.
* General requirements for feedback.
* Feedback options under investigation.
* New sensors for feedback systems.
* Experiments currently being planned nationally and internationally.
* Implications for performance on present and future machines.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT TO THIS WORKSHOP AND YOU
ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSIONS DURING
THE WORKSHOP.
Please discuss contributions with Michael Mauel at Columbia University
(mauel@columbia.edu) or Kevin McGuire at PPPL (kmcguire@pppl.gov)
Abstracts should be limited to 200 words and submitted to the
Chairman, Program Committee (mauel@columbia.edu) or (kmcguire@pppl.gov)
(address below) as soon as possible, but no later than Friday Dec 6th 1996.
E-mail submission is preferred. If you plan to attend mainly for
information and discussion and not make a presentation, let us know that
also.
Informal presentations of work in progress are encouraged. There
will be a significant fraction of time allocated for discussions.
There will be a banquet on Wednesday evening, the first day of the
Workshop, at Prospect House at Princeton University.
Please contact the Chairmen for further information.
Michael E. Mauel
Chairman, Program Committee
Department of Applied Physics
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027 U.S.A.
Telephone No. 212-854-4455
Fax No. 212-854-8257
email: mauel@columbia.edu
Kevin McGuire
Co-Chairman
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
P.O. Box 451
Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
Telephone No. 609-243-3187
Fax No. 609-243-2874
email: kmcguire@pppl.gov
The program committee:
R. LaHaye GA
B. Nevins LLNL
S. Prager University of Wisconsin
M. Mauel Columbia University
K. McGuire PPPL
The Program Committee will be responsible of scheduling both invited and
overview talks (approximately 30 minutes in length) and contributed talks
(approximately 15 minutes in length). If you are interested in presenting
an invited or overview talk, please indicate this to the workshop Chairmen
or to members of the Program Committee.
Registration Fee: $30, visitors from outside the US may pay at
the workshop.
Please register early, by contacting:
Terry Greenberg, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Workshop Secretary
P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ, 08543,
Fax 609-243-2874 (phone 609-0243-3347).
or
Kevin McGuire, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Program Committee
P.O. Box 451,
Princeton, NJ 08543,
Fax 609-243-2874 (phone 609-243-3187).
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TRAVEL, HOTELS AND AUTHORIZATION FORMS
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A hotel list and foreign visitor authorization form to enter PPPL
have been enclosed. Please contact Terry Greenberg if you need
help with this.
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TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:
Below is a hotel list and an authorization form for non-US
citizens. Further information (such as local maps) will be available at
registration or can be faxed on request.
You are responsible for your own travel and hotel reservation.
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Accommodations and Travel Information:
(for all hotels mention gov. rate & add 6% tax)
Nearby Hotels:
Novotel 100 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ $79 w/full breakfast
3.0 miles
08540, (609) 520-1200, $75 w/o breakfast
Fax (609) 520-0594
We recommend Novotel Hotel where there are some rooms put aside for the
workshop.
Holiday Inn 4355 Rt. 1, Princeton, NJ 08540 $85 w/full breakfast
3.0 miles
(609) 452-2400, Fax (609) 452-2494
Residence Inn 4255 Rt. 1, South, Princeton, NJ 08540 $67 or $77
3.5 miles
(609) 683-0001, Fax (908)-329-8422 (studios)
The Forrestal Hotel
Princeton Forrestal Center $89
1.5 miles
at Princeton 100 College Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 (can walk to PPL)
(formerly (609) 452-7800, Fax (609) 452-7883
Scanticon)
Nassau Inn Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ 08540 $90.00 4.0 miles
609-921-7500, Fax (609) 921-9385
Directions from Newark Airport to PPPL (1 hour by car, 1.5 hours by bus):
Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit #9. Then use U.S. Route #1
South for about 20 miles to the Princeton area.
Bus Service: There is frequent airport bus service (from 7:15AM approx.
every hour to the Princeton area from the Newark Airport. Look for the
Princeton Airporter booth at the Ground Transportation area of each terminal
(for assistance in scheduling call 609-587-6600).
Driving to Hotel: If you rent a car at Newark airport, follow Airport exit
signs to the New Jersey Turnpike South (marked NJTP inter-locking letters).
Follow any NJTP South sign to the toll plaza and get a toll card from a
machine or a person; go south on the NJ Turnpike for about 25 miles. Get
off the turnpike at Exit 9 and take the rightmost exit from the toll plaza
to Rt. 18 East. Move left to get onto the middle lane of Rt. 18. Follow
Rt. 18 for only about half a mile to an overpass, and then exit from the
right hand lane after the overpass to Rt. 1 South Princeton. Go south on
Rt. 1 for about 15 miles to the Princeton area. Most of the Hotels are on
or near Rt. 1. To get to the Forrestal at Princeton (formerly Scanticon),
exit Rt. 1 at the large College Road interchange toward the Forrestal
Campus (not Forrestal Center) direction, cross over Rt. 1 and the hotel is
less than 0.5 miles on the right side (their sign is small, so
go slowly).
To get to PPPL from a hotel: Take Rt. 1 and get off at the small exit
marked Forrestal Campus/Sayre Drive, between the College Road and Scudders
Mill Road exits. Go in Forrestal Campus direction past open gate and then
left to PPPL. Stop at 2nd gate (guard station) for check-in to PPPL. On
the first day of the meeting, allow 15 minutes for check-in process.
All non-US Citizens:: Please fill out the Visitor Authorization Form
and send it to us as soon as you can ahead of your arrival.
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VISITOR AUTHORIZATION FORM
(for non-US citizens only)
NAME OF VISITOR: __________________________________________
CITIZENSHIP: _________________ PASSPORT#/_________________
EXP. DATE___________________
PLACE/DATE OF BIRTH: ______________________________________
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: ________________________________
ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________
OFFICIAL DOE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT: ____YES ____NO
ARRIVAL DATE: ________________ DEPARTURE DATE: ___________
PPPL HOST/SUPERVISOR: __Kevin McGuire_________________________
PURPOSE OF VISIT (state specific subjects to be discussed):
_______________________ __________ ____________________
Division Head Date Foreign Visitor Coordinator
______________________ _______________________
Department Head Visitor's Signature
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RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO: Terry Greenberg, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ
>08543,
Fax 609-243-2874, (phone 609-0243-3347).
(electronic version is acceptable to tgreenberg@pppl.gov)
or
KEVIN MCGUIRE, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, P.O. Box 451,
Princeton, NJ 08543,
Fax 609-243-2874 (phone 609-243-3187).