TTF 2002
The 15th Annual US Transport Task Force meeting will be held in Annapolis, Maryland,  from April 3rd – 6th. The meeting will be held at the Loew’s Annapolis Hotel. The meeting is being hosted by the Plasma Science & Fusion  Center at MIT.

Draft Agenda (pdf 33kB)

VUgraphs of Preview and Summary Talks

Important Deadlines
Nominations for Preview Talks January 25, 2002
               (The online form is available here.)
Abstracts for contributed talks and presentations February 15
               (The online preregistration form is here.)
Hotel Reservations, conference rate March 3

Organization and Meeting Administration
TTF Chairman: Ed Synakowski (synakowski@pppl.gov; 609-243-2748)
Meeting program: Joanne Savino (PPPL): jsavino@pppl.gov; 609-243-3379
Annapolis arrangements: Valerie Censabella (MIT):censabella@psfc.mit.edu, 617-253-5456

Accommodations
Loews Annapolis Hotel  www.loewsannapolis.com
126 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410-263-7777 - Telephone for TTF rate
FAX: 410-263-0084
 

The TTF Conference Rate is $125
Note the deadline for this rate is March 3, 2002
Telephone Hotel for TTF rate

Meeting Registration
5 PM - 8 PM, Tuesday, April 2, 2002

Meeting Format
This year, we are restructuring the meeting somewhat in an effort to stimulate discussion on important transport physics topics.

• The Preview Talk speakers and topics are

These talks reflect an effort to restructure the meeting somewhat in order to stimulate discussion on important transport physics topics. The speakers above have been chosen to address key open plasma transport physics issues in both experiment and theory, and also pertaining to the relationship between the two.  These talks will have a review but more  importantly a "preview" character, with the emphasis on setting the stage for plenary discussion and discussion in the breakout sessions.All speakers will be charged with setting up questions for the Working Group discussion sessions to consider.

Guest Invited Talk: "Transport and Turbulence in the Galaxy"
Steven R. Spangler - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa

Professor Spangler studies interstellar turbulence, as well as turbulence in the solar wind. His work involveds a collaboration with the Institute of Radioastronomy in Italy and the Very Long Baseline Array of the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
 

Registration and abstracts for contributed presentations
Preregistration and contributed abstract submission can be done on line or via fax or email by February 15, 2002. The online preregistration form is here.

Working Groups
Five working groups will provide the forums for many of the presentations and discussion. Working groups are core transport, H mode physics, modeling, fast particle physics, and transient phenomena.

Burning Plasmas, Snowmass, and the nature of plasma transport science

In addition to the Working Group presentations and discussions, this year’s TTF meeting will have working discussions on proposed burning plasma experiments and their relation to transport science.

The upcoming Snowmass Summer Study will focus on an assessment of proposed burning plasma experiments. Some discussions at the TTF will address issues that have direct bearing on how science conducted on a burning plasma experiment might look to maximize the scientific output. These discussions will sharpen our participation in the Snowmass meeting itself. Possible questions include:

•    What are the characteristics of new transport science that might be extracted from a burning plasma?
•    How deep is the integration goal of a BP from the point of view of transport?
•    How can the perspective of a burning plasma experiment as a scientific instrument be strengthened?
•    What are the costs or benefits of pursuing plasma transport science in a BP as compared to an strengthened base program?
•    Do the burning plasma experiments being discussed at Snowmass (ITER-FEAT, FIRE, and IGNITOR) have the flexibility required to extract interesting, useful, and fundamentally new transport science?