Publications

Fusion Space Propulsion Using Field-Reversed Configurations; J.F. Santarius, April 2001 [presented at the NASA-JPL/MSFC/AIAA Twelfth Annual Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop, University of Alabama-Huntsville, April 3-5, 2001]. (15 pages, 1.1 MB)

D-3He Magnetic Fusion Space Propulsion; J.F. Santarius, May 2001 [presented at the 20th International Space Development Conference, Albuquerque NM, May 24-28, 2001]. (19 pages, 1.1 MB)

Proliferation-Proof Fusion Power; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, January 2002 [Presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Conference and Fusion Skunkworks, 22-24 January 2002, College Park MD]. (14 pages, 222 kB)

Considerations for the Two-Stream Instability in Debris-Ion Stopping; J.F. Santarius, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (1 page, 73 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)

Embedded Fusion and Isotope Production in the UW IEC Device; Ben Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.R. Piefer, S. Krupakar Murali, J.W. Weidner, R.F. Radel, October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (16 pages, 644 kB)

Production of 13N Using D-3He Fusion Protons; John Weidner, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, B.B. Cipiti, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, S. Krupakar Murali, October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (12 pages, 640 kB)

Modeling D-D Operation of the UW IEC Experiment; J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, B.B. Cipiti, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, J.W. Weidner, October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (13 pages, 852 kB)

Fusion Product Source Regions in the IEC Fusion Reactor; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, B.B. Cipiti, J. Weidner, R.F. Radel, October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (15 pages, 260 kB)

A Passively Proliferation-Proof Fusion Power Plant; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 1.2 MB)

Production of 13N via D-3He Fusion in an IEC Device; J.W. Weidner, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G. Piefer, B. Cipiti, R. Radel, and S. Krupakar Murali, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 612 kB)

Progress Towards Proof of Principle Applications Using Steady State D-3He Fusion; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, Krupakar Murali Subramanian, G. Piefer, B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel and J. Weidner, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 773 kB)

Modeling UW Gridded Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Experiments; J.F. Santarius, November 2002 [presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 11-15 November 2002, Orlando, FL]. (1 page, 413 kB)

Magnetized-Target Fusion; John F. Santarius, April 15, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (19 pages, 1.3 MB)

Burn Dynamics of Plasma-Jet Magnetized-Target Fusion; John F. Santarius, May 2003 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Seattle WA, 28-30 May 2003]. (1 page, 686 kB)

Effect of Helium and Deuterium Implantation on Tungsten Surfaces at T>1000 C; Ben Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.R. Piefer, S.K. Murali, R.F. Radel, A. Wehmeyer, D. Boris, T. Uchytil, September 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, 24-25 September 2003]. (16 pages, 6.6 MB)

Burn Dynamics of Plasma-Jet Magnetized-Target Fusion; J.F. Santarius, October 2003 [presented at the American Physical Society-Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) Meeting, 27-31 October 2003, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 698 kB)

Magnetized-Target Fusion; J.F. Santarius, November 4, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (12 pages, 926 kB)

D-3He Fusion: Physics, Engineering, and Applications; J.F. Santarius, December 2003 [hallway poster]. (1 page, 1.6 MB)

University of Wisconsin Chambers Work; J.F. Santarius, G.A. Moses, M. Fatenejad, February 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, 5-6 February 2004, Atlanta GA]. (11 pages, 468 kB)

Plasma-Jet Magnetized-Target Fusion; J.F. Santarius, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (1 page, 450 kB)

D-3He Physics and Fusion Energy Prospects; J.F. Santarius and G.L. Kulcinski, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (1 page, 1.1 MB)

D-3He Physics and Fusion Energy Prospects; J.F. Santarius and G.L. Kulcinski, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (19 pages, 1.6 MB)

Recent Progress and Applications Using Steady State D-D and D-3He Fusion; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G. Piefer, S. Krupakar Murali, B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel, D. Boris, A. Wehmeyer, and J. Weidner, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

Helicon Ion Source and Core Physics Research for the UW IEC Device; G.R. Piefer, K. Tomiyasu, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.A. Emmert, A.L. Wehmeyer, G.L. Kulcinski, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (1 page, 1.7 MB) [more]

Target Threat Ion Spectra - Fluid or Kinetic Model?; J.F. Santarius and G.A. Moses, June 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 2-3 June 2004, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA]. (7 pages, 310 kB)

Current Directions for the University of Wisconsin IEC Research Program; G. Kulcinski, J. Santarius, R. Ashley, H. Schmitt, D. Boris, B. Cipiti, G. Piefer, R. Radel, S. Krupakar Murali, K. Tomiyasu, A. Wehmeyer, J. Weidner, T. Uchytil, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (20 pages, 621 kB)

Numerical Simulation for Numerical Simulation for UW-IEC Device; K. Tomiyasu, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (17 pages, 623 kB)

Overview of University of Wisconsin Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Research; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, D.R. Boris, B.B. Cipiti, S. Krupakar Murali, R.F. Radel, T.E. Radel, and A.L. Wehmeyer, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (15 pages, 2.2 MB)

High Energy Density Simulations for IFE Reactor Design; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (11 pages, 1.5 MB)

Implantation of D+ and He+ in Candidate Fusion First Wall Materials; R.F. Radel, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, G.R. Piefer, A.L. Wehmeyer, D.R. Boris, J.F. Santarius, and T.E. Radel, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 11 MB)

Design of an Ion Source for Low Pressure IEC Operation in 3He; G.R. Piefer, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.6 MB)

Optimizing Neutron Production Rates from D-D Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; A.L. Wehmeyer, R.F. Radel, G.R. Piefer, R.P. Ashley, T.E. Radel, D.R. Boris, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.7 MB)

Lunar 3He and Fusion Power; J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [presented at IEEE Rock River Valley Section, 28 September 2004, Rockford, IL]. (48 pages, 4.6 MB)

Threat Spectra Calculations for HAPL Chamber First Wall; G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, and M. Fatenejad, October 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 27-28 October 2004, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ]. (19 pages, 1.2 MB)

Plasma-Jet Magnetized-Target Fusion Dynamics and Stability Issues; J.F. Santarius, P.B. Parks, Y.C.F. Thio, November 2004 [presented at the APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting 17 November 2004, Atlanta GA]. (18 pages, 859 kB) [more]

Target Threat Spectra; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, March 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 3-4 March 2005, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (14 pages, 212 kB)

Atomic Physics Effects on IEC Ion Radial Flow; G.A. Emmert and J.F. Santarius, March 2005 [presented at the US-Japan IEC Workshop, 14-16 March 2005, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM]. (22 pages, 4.8 MB)

A Decade of IEC Research at the University of Wisconsin; R.P. Ashley, E.C. Alderson, D.R. Boris, R.C. Giar, G.L. Kulcinski, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, T.E. Radel, J.F. Santarius, and A.L. Wehmeyer, March 2005 [presented at the US-Japan IEC Workshop, 14-16 March 2005, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM]. (26 pages, 4.6 MB)

Progress in the Development of a 3He Ion Source for IEC Fusion; G.R. Piefer, E.C. Alderson, R.P. Ashley, D.R. Boris, G.A. Emmert, R.C. Giar, G.L. Kulcinski, R.F. Radel, T.E. Radel, J.F. Santarius, A.L. Wehmeyer, March 2005 [presented at the US-Japan IEC Workshop, 14-16 March 2005, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM]. (25 pages, 6.2 MB)

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