Publications

UWFDM-819   An Overview of Target Chamber Design and Analysis for the Light Ion Beam Laboratory Microfusion Facility (Annual Report to Sandia National Laboratories for Work Performed 10/1/88 - 9/31/89); R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, J.W. Powers, H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, J.S. Lipschultz, February 1990. (66 pages, 3.2 MB)

UWFDM-719   Analysis of Cavity Conditions in Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, February 1987. (41 pages, 1.7 MB)

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)

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)

UWFDM-899   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]. (10 pages, 770 kB)

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].

UWFDM-315   Blast Wave Calculations in Argon Cavity Gas for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, October 1979. (27 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-670   CONRAD - A Combined Hydrodynamics-Condensation/Vaporization Computer Code; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, January 1986 (revised July 1988). (139 pages, 5.0 MB)

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)

UWFDM-371   Cavity Gas Analysis for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, G.W. Cooper, and G.A. Moses, August 1980 [Nucl. Technology/Fusion 1, 377 (1981)]. (37 pages, 1.8 MB)

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]

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)

UWFDM-456   Choice of First Wall Material in the Light Ion Beam Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, and K.J. Lee, February 1982. (51 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-798   Computer Simulation of the Destruction of a Close-In Diagnostic for the Laboratory Microfusion Facility; R.R. Peterson, August 1989. (36 pages, 1.5 MB)

UWFDM-1073   Computer Simulations of Laser Hot Spots and Implosion Symmetry Kiniform Phase Plate Experiments on Nova; R.R. Peterson, E.L. Lindman, N.D. Delamater, G.R. Magelssen, January 1999 (revised March 2000)  [Published in Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7 (5), May 2000, pp. 1544-1554]. (37 pages, 1.4 MB) [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)

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]

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)

UWFDM-946   Experimental Vessel for JUPITER; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, Y-M. Lee, S.C. Rutledge, May 1994. (23 pages, 764 kB)

UWFDM-806   Experiments to Simulate X-Ray Damage to the First Wall of the Inertial Confinement Fusion Laboratory Microfusion Facility; Robert R. Peterson, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 514 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)

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)

UWFDM-536   Fireball Interaction with Lithium Mist in Light Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor Cavities; R.R. Peterson, August 1983 (revised March 1984). (46 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-455   Fireball Propagation in Preformed Plasma Channels in the Light Ion Beam Driven Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, K.J. Lee, and G.A. Moses, January 1982. (25 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-522   First Wall Materials Selection for the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, E.G. Lovell, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Moses, and K.J. Lee, 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, 872 (1983)]. (9 pages, 811 kB) [more]

UWFDM-654   Gas Condensation Phenomena in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reaction Chambers; Robert R. Peterson, October 1985. (15 pages, 995 kB)

UWFDM-443   Gas Dynamics and Heat Transfer Phenomena in Liquid Metal ICF Reactor First Surfaces; R.R. Peterson, D.K. Sze, A.M. Hassanein, and L. Pong, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 800 kB)

UWFDM-580   ICF Reactor Target Chamber Issues for the Los Alamos National Laboratory FIRST STEP Reactor Concept; Robert R. Peterson and Tim J. Bartel, June 1984. (36 pages, 1.5 MB)

UWFDM-725   Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, M. El-Afify, M.L. Corradini, July 1987. (81 pages, 3.5 MB)

UWFDM-765   Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.J. Barry, F. Gonzalez, M. El-Afify, G.A. Moses, M.L. Corradini, July 1988. (125 pages, 4.1 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-915   Initial Computer Simulations of Vaporization of Material in Experiments Meant to Mimic Divertor Plates During Tokamak Disruptions; R.R. Peterson, May 1993. (37 pages, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-816   Investigations into X-Ray Damage to the First Wall of the Inertial Confinement Fusion Laboratory Microfusion Facility; Robert R. Peterson, October 1989 [Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, 6-10 November 1989, Monterey CA]. (15 pages, 1.7 MB)

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)

UWFDM-898   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]. (10 pages, 847 kB)

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].

UWFDM-864   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]. (6 pages, 585 kB)

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].

UWFDM-627   Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility Preliminary Design; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.J. Watrous, R.E. Olson, D.L. Cook, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Technology 8, 1895-1900 (July 1985)]. (9 pages, 842 kB) [more]

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

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