Publications

UWFDM-1088   Response of X-1 Experiment Chamber to Target Explosions; R.R. Peterson and J.F. Santarius, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (5 pages, 328 kB)

UWFDM-1090   X-1 Experiment Chamber Design and Analysis: 1998 Annual Report to Sandia National Laboratories; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Cousseau, J.F. Santarius, K. Olson, T. Utschig, D.L. Henderson, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.A. Moses, December 1998. (27 pages, 604 kB)

UWFDM-1094   X-1 Experiment Chamber Design and Analysis: Progress Report for the Period August 1, 1998 to September 30, 1998; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Cousseau, J.F. Santarius, K. Olson, T. Utschig, D.L. Henderson, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.A. Moses, October 1998. (28 pages, 853 kB)

UWFDM-1123   Chamber Dynamic Research with Pulsed Power; R.R. Peterson, C.L. Olson, T.J. Renk, G.E. Rochau, M.A. Sweeney, February 2001 [accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (2001)]. (13 pages, 135 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1124   Containment of Radioactive Material in the Z, ZX, and X-1 Facilities: Progress Report for the Period January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, M.H. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, D.A. Haynes, D.L. Henderson, D.C. Kammer, H.Y. Khater, P. McKenna, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, K. Olson, G.A. Rochau, J.F. Santarius, C. Sauer, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, T. Utschig, P.P.H. Wilson, J. Yuan, December 1999. (75 pages, 6.4 MB)

UWFDM-1163   Inertial Fusion Energy Target Output and Chamber Response: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, Jr., I.E. Golovkin, G.A. Moses, January 2002 [published in Physics of Plasmas, 9, No. 5, 2287 (May 2002)]. (15 pages, 967 kB)

UWFDM-1177   RAGE Simulations of Radiation Driven Turbulence; Robert R. Peterson and Thad Heltemes, March 2002. (21 pages, 768 kB)

FPA-82-2   FPA Contribution to FRG Heavy Ion Fusion Project Annual Report; R.R. Peterson, L. Pong, A. Hassanein, D.K. Sze, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, K.E. Plute, M.E. Sawan, March 1982. (18 pages, 565 kB)

FPA-83-1   MHD Stability Analysis for TASKA; R.R. Peterson, February 1983. (21 pages, 517 kB)

FPA-84-6   WINDOW - A Code to Compute Ion Beam Power Constraints; R.R. Peterson, December 1984. (31 pages, 938 kB)

FPA-88-4   Plasma Channels for the Propagation of Ion Beams in LIBRA; Robert R. Peterson and Gregory A. Moses, July 1988 [presented at Beams 88, 7th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, Kongresszentrum, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, 4-7 July 1988] [also UWFDM-786].

FPA-91-3   LIBRA-LiTE, A Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor With Ballistic Ion Propagation; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego, CA] [also UWFDM-864].

FPA-92-7   LIBRA-LiTE, A Ballistic Focus Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; R.R. Peterson, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, May 1992 [presented at Beams '92, 25-29 May 1992, Washington, DC] [also UWFDM-898].

FPA-92-8   Ballistic Focus Light Ion Beams for an Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; R.R. Peterson, May 1992 [presented at Beams '92, 25-29 May 1992, Washington, DC] [also UWFDM-899].

FPA-93-2   Molecular Effects on the Opacity of the Vapor Created During Tokamak Disruptions: Formalism, Methods and Examples; R.R. Peterson and Wang Ping, May 1993. (21 pages, 236 kB)

Chamber Physics: Target Output, Blast Propagation, and First Wall Interactions; R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, M.E. Sawan, June 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, June 19-21, 2000, Madison WI]. (43 pages, 1.4 MB)

Output Calculations for Laser Fusion Targets; R.R. Peterson and D.A. Haynes, September 2000 [ARIES Meeting, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 18-20 September 2000]. (18 pages, 325 kB)

Liquid Wall Chamber Dynamics; R.R. Peterson, October 2001 [ARIES E-Meeting, 24 October 2001]. (11 pages, 253 kB)

Dynamics of Liquid Wall Chambers; R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, April 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 22-23 April 2002, Madison WI]. (17 pages, 930 kB)

Target Chamber Issues for Direct-Drive Targets; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, September 1999 [Presented at the IFE Direct-Drive Workshop, General Atomics, San Diego CA, 15 September 1999]. (24 pages, 445 kB)

Diagnostic Hole Closure Calculations for Z-Pinch-Driven Hohlraums on Z; R.R. Peterson, T.W.L. Sanford, R.E. Olson, R.C. Mock, W. Matuska, R.P. Weaver, M.L. Gittings, November 1999 [Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, Seattle WA, 15-19 November 1999]. (24 pages, 491 kB) [more]

Recent Results of ICF and IFE Z-Pinch Research at the University of Wisconsin; R.R. Peterson, D. Kammer, D.A. Haynes, D. Williamson, J.P. Blanchard, A. Kostuch, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, H.Y. Khater, G.A. Moses, G.A. Rochau, M.E. Sawan, J. Yuan, P. McKenna, T.J. Tautges, G. Shanmugasundar, and G.L. Kulcinski, November 2000 [presented at Sandia National Laboratories, 6 November 2000]. (92 pages, 3.4 MB)

Output Spectra from Direct Drive ICF Targets; Robert R. Peterson, Igor E. Golovkin, Donald A. Haynes, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (12 pages, 1.8 MB)

Threat Spectra and Energy Partition for Au and Pd Coated Laser IFE Targets; R.R. Peterson, I. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, G.A. Moses, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (27 pages, 3.6 MB)

Fidelity of RHEPP and Z Experiments to Study Wall Response; R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (14 pages, 468 kB)

Ion Driven Fireballs: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (13 pages, 546 kB)

BUCKY Simulations of Z and RHEPP Experiments; R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, D.A. Haynes, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (11 pages, 686 kB)

Calculations of the Response of Inertial Fusion Energy Materials to X-ray and Ion Irradiation on Z and RHEPP; Robert R. Peterson, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (15 pages, 1.3 MB)

Stress and Yield Modeling in BUCKY; R.R. Peterson, September 2003 [poster presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (1 page, 369 kB)

BUCKY Simulations of Tungsten RHEPP Experiments: Initial Temperature, Ion Type Effects and Stresses; R.R. Peterson, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (9 pages, 420 kB)

UWFDM-1266   Development Path for Z-Pinch IFE; C. Olson, G. Rochau, S. Slutz, C. Morrow, R. Olson, M. Cuneo, D. Hanson, G. Bennett, T. Sanford, J. Bailey, W. Stygar, R. Vesey, T. Mehlhorn, K. Struve, M. Mazarakis, M. Savage, T. Pointon, M. Kiefer, S. Rosenthal, K. Cochrane, L. Schneider, S. Glover, K. Reed, D. Schroen, C. Farnum, M. Modesto, D. Oscar, L. Chhabildas, J. Boyes, V. Vigil, R. Keith, M. Turgeon, B. Cipiti, E. Lindgren, V. Dandini, H. Tran, D. Smith, D. McDaniel, J. Quintenz, M.K. Matzen, J.P. VanDevender, W. Gauster, L. Shephard, M. Walck, T. Renk, T. Tanaka, M. Ulrickson, W. Meier, J. Latkowski, R. Moir, R. Schmitt, S. Reyes, R. Abbott, R. Peterson, G. Pollock, P. Ottinger, J. Schumer, P. Peterson, D. Kammer, G. Kulcinski, L. El-Guebaly, G. Moses, I. Sviatoslavsky, M. Sawan, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, J. Oakley, P. Meekunnasombat, J. De Groot, N. Jensen, M. Abdou, A. Ying, P. Calderoni, N. Morley, S. Abdel-Khalik, C. Dillon, C. Lascar, D. Sadowski, R. Curry, K. McDonald, M. Barkey, W. Szaroletta, R. Gallix, N. Alexander, W. Rickman, C. Charman, H. Shatoff, D. Welch, D. Rose, P. Panchuk, D. Louie, S. Dean, A. Kim, S. Nedoseev, E. Grabovsky, A. Kingsep, V. Smirnov, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 633-640]. (11 pages, 966 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1116   An Investigation of Shock-Cylinder Interaction; J.G. Oakley, B.P. Puranik, M.H. Anderson, R.R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R.P. Weaver, M.L. Gittings, July 1999 [prepared for the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Imperial College, London, UK, July 18-23, 1999]. (8 pages, 538 kB) [more]

Shock Interface and Shock Structure Interactions; J. Oakley, M. Anderson, S. Wang, R. Bonazza, R. Peterson, October 2001 [ARIES E-Meeting, 24 October 2001]. (25 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-320   First Wall and Cavity Design Studies for a Light Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor; G.A. Moses, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, D. Drake, R. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, R. Lewis, E. Lovell, T. McCarville, L. Peranich, R.R. Peterson, M. Ragheb, R. Spencer, October 1979. (87 pages, 3.9 MB)

UWFDM-323   First Wall Protection in ICF Reactors by Inert Cavity Gases; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1979. (103 pages, 3.7 MB)

UWFDM-336   FIRE - A Computer Code to Simulate Cavity Gas Response to Inertial Confinement Target Explosions; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (81 pages, 2.2 MB)

UWFDM-396   High Gain Target Spectra and Energy Partitioning for Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design Studies; G. Moses, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, and W. Vogelsang, November 1980 [Bull Amer. Phys. Soc. 25, 1013 (1980)]. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-407   Improvements in the FIRE Code for Simulating the Response of a Cavity Gas to Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Explosions; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, and T.J. McCarville, June 1981 (revised February 1982). (91 pages, 2.8 MB)

UWFDM-458   Documentation for MF-FIRE, A Multifrequency Radiative Transfer Version of FIRE; G.A. Moses, T.J. McCarville, and R.R. Peterson, March 1982 (revised August 1984)  [Computer Phys. Comm. 36, 249 (1985)]. (150 pages, 6.0 MB)

UWFDM-521   Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility Preconceptual Design; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, G.L. Kulcinski, K.J. O'Brien, A.M. White, J.J. Watrous, and D.L. Cook, May 1983 [presented at the Fifth ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 26-28 April 1983, Knoxville, TN; Nucl. Tech./Fusion 4, 961 (1983)]. (9 pages, 775 kB) [more]

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