Publications

Imaging of Density Interfaces Accelerated by Strong Shocks; M. Anderson, B. Puranik, J. Oakley, R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R. Weaver, M. Gittings, July 1999 [Presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, London, UK, July 1999]. (19 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]

An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Shock-Cylinder Interaction; B. Puranik, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R. Weaver, M. Gittings, July 1999 [Presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, London, UK, July 1999]. (13 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]

Shielding Analysis for a Heavy Ion Beam Chamber with Plasma Channels for Ion Transport; M.E. Sawan, R.R. Peterson, S. Yu, September 1999 [Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Rome, Italy, 19-24 September 1999]. (19 pages, 227 kB) [more]

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]

Dry Wall Chamber Issues for the SOMBRERO Laser Fusion Power Plant; G.L. Kulcinski, R.R. Peterson, L.J. Wittenberg, E.A. Mogahed, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, June 2000 [Presented at the IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Physics and Technology of Inertial Fusion Energy Target and Chambers, Madrid, Spain, 7-9 June 2000]. (22 pages, 717 kB)

Shock Loading of IFE Reactor Cooling Tubes; M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, M. Coil, R. Bonazza, R.R. Peterson, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (21 pages, 3.9 MB)

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)

Dry-Wall Target Chambers for Direct-Drive Laser Fusion; G.L. Kulcinski, R.R. Peterson, February 2001 [presented at the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Laser Fusion, January 25-27, 2001, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]. (31 pages, 654 kB)

Dry-Wall Target Chambers for Direct-Drive Laser Fusion; G.L. Kulcinski, R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, February 2001 [presented at the Laser IFE Program Workshop, February 6-7, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory]. (43 pages, 713 kB)

First Wall Response to the 400MJ NRL Target; D.A. Haynes, Jr. and R.R. Peterson, May 2001 [presented at the 2nd Laser IFE Program Workshop, May 31 - June 1, 2001, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (9 pages, 233 kB)

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)

ArFIT: A Detailed Model of Ar K-shell Emission from High Energy Density Plasmas; D.A. Haynes, Jr., R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, C.F. Hooper, Jr., September 2001 [presented at the 2nd International Conference on Inertial Fusion Science and Applications, Kyoto, Japan, September 9-14, 2001]. (18 pages, 822 kB) [more]

First Wall Studies for Dry Wall IFE Chambers; D.A. Haynes, Jr., R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, October 2001 [presented at the American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Long Beach CA, October 29, 2001]. (22 pages, 674 kB)

First Wall Response to Several 400MJ Targets' Threat Spectra; D.A. Haynes, Jr., R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (15 pages, 353 kB)

Modeling of Z-Ablation; I.E. Golovkin, R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, G. Rochau, November 2001 [presented at Laser IFE Program Workshop, 13-14 November 2001, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pleasanton, CA]. (9 pages, 350 kB) [more]

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)

Response of Dry Wall Graphite Chamber Designs to the Output Spectrum from a Directly Driven Laser IFE Target; Donald A. Haynes, Jr. and Robert R. Peterson, December 2002 [presented at High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 5-6 December 2002, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (26 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]

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)

Z-Pinch (LiF)2-BeF2(flibe) Preliminary Vaporization Estimation Using the BUCKY 1-D Radiation Hydrodynamics Code; T.A. Heltemes, E.P. Marriott, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (8 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-500   TASKA - A Tandem Mirror Fusion Engineering Facility; B. Badger, F. Arendt, H.M. Attaya, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J.B. Beyer, E. Bogusch, D. Boehme, D. Bruggink, L.P. Dietz, H. Dittrich, L. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J. Erb, H. Frey, B. Glaser, G. Grant, W. Heinz, W. Hennhoefer, W. Koehler, P. Komarek, G.L. Kulcinski, M. Kuntze, E.M. Larsen, T. Lechtenberg, H.G. Leiste, X.Z. Li, W. Link, B.M. Manes, W. Maurer, C.W. Maynard, F. Mehren, E. Montalvo, D. Mundt, Z. Musicki, E. Opperman, J.E. Osher, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K.E. Plute, U. Quade, G. Ries, H. Runge, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, J.E. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, H. Schuetz, A. Suppan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W. Tischler, M.A. Vogel, W.F. Vogelsang, A.M. White, W.G. Wolfer, D.B. Young, K.Y. Yuan, March 1982. (1043 pages, 33 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1168   ARIES Inertial Fusion Chamber Assessment; M.S. Tillack, F. Najmabadi, L. El-Guebaly, R.R. Peterson, D.T. Goodin, K.R. Schultz, W.R. Meier, J. Perkins, D.A. Petti, J.D. Sethian, L.M. Waganer, ARIES Team, March 2001 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15--19, 2000, Park City UT; published in Fusion Technology, 39, No. 2, 343 (2001)]. [more]

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