Publications

UWFDM-442   Low Density Cavity Gas Fireball Dynamics in the Light Ion Beam Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, K.J. Lee, and G.A. Moses, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (7 pages, 748 kB)

UWFDM-307   MFP - A Calculation of Radiation Mean Free Paths, Ionization and Internal Energies in Noble Gases; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, May 1979. (52 pages, 2.2 MB)

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

UWFDM-372   MIXER - A Multi-Species Optical Data and Equation of State Computer Code; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, September 1980. (31 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-464   MIXERG - An Equation of State and Opacity Computer Code; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, March 1982 [Comm. Physics Communications 28 405 (1983)]. (56 pages, 4.2 MB)

UWFDM-613   Microfireball Propagation in Z-Discharge Plasma Channels in the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; Robert R. Peterson, John J. Watrous and Gregory A. Moses, January 1985. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)

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)

UWFDM-1036   National Ignition Facility Target Area Studies Final Report for the Period 4/1/96 through 11/30/96; R.R. Peterson, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Moses, January 1997. (31 pages, 838 kB)

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)

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)

UWFDM-944   Parametric Target Chamber Simulations for the Inertial Fusion Energy Integrated Test Facility; R.R. Peterson, April 1994 [Prepared for the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 19-23, 1994, New Orleans LA]. (8 pages, 542 kB)

UWFDM-666   Plasma Channels for Light Ion Beam Propagation in the Target Development Facility; Robert R. Peterson, Gregory A. Moses, John J. Watrous, R.E. Olson, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 677 kB) [more]

UWFDM-786   Plasma Channels for the Propagation of Ion Beams in LIBRA; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, July 1988. (9 pages, 742 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].

UWFDM-467   Plastic and Creep Deformation of First Wall Components Following a Plasma Disruption; R.R. Peterson and W.G. Wolfer, May 1982 [presented at the 5th Inter national Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices]. (14 pages, 747 kB)

UWFDM-1040   Pre-formed Plasma Channels for Heavy Ion Transport in IFE Reactors: Final Report for Contract \#46053410; R.R. Peterson and M.E. Sawan, February 1997. (27 pages, 236 kB)

UWFDM-833   Pressure Loadings on the Walls of a Light Ion Laboratory Microfusion Facility Target Chamber; R.R. Peterson, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (9 pages, 634 kB)

UWFDM-749   Proceedings of the Third Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems and Applications Colloquium; R.R. Peterson, compiling editor, May 1988. (332 pages, 23 MB)

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

UWFDM-954   Radiation Transport Effects in Divertor Plasmas Generated During a Tokamak Reactor Disruption; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, May 1994 [Prepared for the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 19-23, 1994, New Orleans LA]. (8 pages, 565 kB)

UWFDM-537   Radiative Heat Transfer in Self-Shielding Vapor Layer During Tokamak Disruptions; R.R. Peterson, August 1983. (28 pages, 1.2 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)

UWFDM-689   Repetition Rates in Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactors; Robert R. Peterson, May 1986 [presented at International Symposium on Heavy Ion Fusion, 27-29 May 1986, Washington D.C.]. (12 pages, 857 kB)

UWFDM-1018   Response of National Ignition Facility First Wall Materials to Target X Rays and Debris; R.R. Peterson, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 533 kB)

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-952   Response of the National Ignition Facility Target Chamber Walls to the Microexplosion of a Fusion Target; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, May 1994 [Prepared for the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 19-23, 1994, New Orleans LA]. (8 pages, 580 kB)

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)

UWFDM-382   TSTRESS - A Transient Stress Computer Code; R.R. Peterson, R.D. Watson, W.G. Wolfer, and G.A. Moses, December 1980. (50 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-1072   Target Chamber Considerations for Heavy Ion Transport in Plasma Channels; Robert R. Peterson, Mohamed E. Sawan, Simon Yu, Ralph Moir, May 1998 [ Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 415 (1998) 182-185]. (9 pages, 222 kB) [more]

UWFDM-724   Target Chamber Design Considerations for the APEX Light Ion Beam Fusion Facility; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.A. Moses, E.G. Lovell, May 1987. (40 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-733   Target Chamber Designs for the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 701 kB)

UWFDM-747   Target Chamber Gas Issues in Near Term ICF Facilities; Robert R. Peterson, October 1987 [submitted to Proceedings of the Symposium on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, October 1987, Monterey, CA]. (9 pages, 747 kB)

UWFDM-859   Target Chamber Gas Response and Vaporization in a Laser and a Heavy Ion Beam IFE Reactor; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA]. (7 pages, 201 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)

UWFDM-854   Target Chamber Issues for the Sandia National Laboratories Laboratory Microfusion Facility - Final Report for the Period 10/1/88 through 12/31/90; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, R.D. Griffin, H.Y. Khater, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, J.W. Powers, S.C. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, P. Wang, O. Yasar, April 1991. (89 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-697   Target Chamber Studies for the Inertial Confinement Fusion Technology Test Bed, FIRST STEP: Final Report for the Period 30 April 1985-30 June 1986; Robert R. Peterson, June 1986. (16 pages, 811 kB)

UWFDM-1008   Target Emission and Wall Response: National Ignition Facility Target Area Studies Interim Report for the Period 5/1/95 Through 3/31/96; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Moses, April 1996. (78 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-515   Target Explosion Generated Fireballs in the Nitrogen Filled Target Chamber of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, 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, 860 (1983)]. (9 pages, 833 kB)

UWFDM-1017   The BUCKY and ZEUS-2D Computer Codes for Simulating High Energy Density ICF Plasmas; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.F. Santarius, P. Wang, G.A. Moses, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 551 kB)

UWFDM-918   The Promise of Self-Pinched Beam Propagation to Light Ion Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, August 1993 (revised October 1993). (14 pages, 417 kB)

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