Publications

UWFDM-1407   Adjoint Activation for Determining Source Pathways of Radioactive Inventory; A. Jaber, D. Henderson, L. El-Guebaly, March 2012. (15 pages, 421 kB)

UWFDM-1409   Compression of a Spherically Symmetric DT Plasma Liner onto a Magnetized DT Target; J.F. Santarius, March 2012 [submitted to Physics of Plasmas.]. (21 pages, 962 kB)

Nickel Alloys as Fusion Reactor Plasma-Facing Materials; Karla Hall, Lauren Garrison, Gerald Kulcinski, John Santarius, Richard Bonomo, April 2012 [presented at the GERS and Sci-Med GRS Annual Poster Session, 26 April 2012, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-1408   3-D Modeling of Neutron Wall Loading, Tritium Breeding Ratio, and Nuclear Heating Distribution for ARIES-ACT-DCLL Design; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, L. Mynsberge, April 2012. (28 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-1412   Monte Carlo Adjoint Transport and Adjoint Activation for Biological Dose Calculations and Pathway Analysis; Amir Ebrahim Jaber, May 2012 [M.S. thesis]. (128 pages, 2.3 MB)

Final Radial/Vertical Builds for ARIES-ACT-SiC Power Core; L. El-Guebaly, May 2012 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 31 May--1 June 2012, Gaithersburg MD]. (22 pages, 5.2 MB)

UWFDM-1413   Future Trend Toward the Ultimate Goal of Radwaste-Free Fusion: Feasibility of Recycling/Clearance, Avoiding Geological Disposal; L.A. El-Guebaly, June 2012 [presented at the 1st Conference on Inertial Fusion Energy, 25-27 April 2012, Yokohama, Japan; published in J. Plasma and Fusion Research 8, 3404041 (May 2013)]. (8 pages, 878 kB)

UWFDM-1411   Environmental Aspects of W-Based Components Employed in ITER, ARIES, and PPCS Fusion Designs; M. Desecures, L. El-Guebaly, June 2012. (34 pages, 1.9 MB) [more]

He+ Irradiation of Single Crystal Tungsten in the Materials Irradiation Experiment; Lauren M. Garrison, Gerald L. Kulcinski, July 2012 [presented at the DOE SCGF Conference, July 29-August 1, 2012, Brookhaven National Lab]. (1 page, 2.4 MB)

Ion Extraction from a Helicon Plasma Source for an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device; G.E. Becerra, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, October 2012 [presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 29 October-2 November 2012, Providence RI]. (1 page, 398 kB)

FLASH Simulations of 120 MJ Target Explosions in LIFE Reactor Chamber; Ryan Sacks, Gregory Moses, Milad Fatenejad, October 2012 [presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 29 October-2 November 2012, Providence RI]. (1 page, 2.2 MB) [more]

Non-Local Electron Transport Validation Using 2D DRACO Simulation; D. Cao, J. Chenhall, E. Moll, A. Prochaska, G. Moses, J. Delettrez, T. Collins, October 2012 [presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 29 October-2 November 2012, Providence RI]. (1 page, 505 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1414   Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Tritium Breeding Ratio, Nuclear Heating Distribution, and Neutron Wall Loading Profile for ARIES-ACT-1 (SiC/LiPb) Design; L. Mynsberge, A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, December 2012. (25 pages, 2.1 MB)

Overview of University of Wisconsin Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Research; J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, R. Bonomo, E. Alderson, G. Becerra, L. Garrison, K. Hall, A. McEvoy, M. Michalak, C. Schuff, October 2012 [presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 29 October-2 November 2012, Providence RI]. (27 pages, 6.0 MB)

UW IEC Group 2012: Building a 300kV Switch for Device Selection -- Surprises, Lessons Learned, and Mitigation Techniques; Richard Bonomo, Eric Alderson, Gabriel Becerra, Gil Emmert, Lauren Garrison, Karla Hall, Gerald Kulcinski, Aaron McEvoy, Matthew Michalak, John Santarius, Craig Schuff, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (45 pages, 1.9 MB)

IEC Device Core Physics Explorations; John F. Santarius and Gilbert A. Emmert, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (15 pages, 1.4 MB)

Recent Advances in IEC Physics and Technology at the University of Wisconsin; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, R.L. Bonomo, E.C. Alderson, G.E. Becerra, L.M. Garrison, K.B. Hall, A.M. McEvoy, M.K. Michalak, C.M. Schuff, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (23 pages, 3.0 MB)

Ion Extraction from a Helicon Plasma for 3He IEC Experiments; Gabriel E. Becerra, Gerald L. Kulcinski, John Santarius, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (34 pages, 3.7 MB)

Modeling Two-Charge State Helium Plasmas; G.A. Emmert and J.F. Santarius, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (20 pages, 753 kB)

Exploring Non-Uniformities in Gun-to-Gun Performance on the Six Ion Gun Fusion Experiment (SIGFE); Matt K. Michalak, Gerald L. Kulcinski, John F. Santarius, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (18 pages, 1.9 MB)

Determination of Fusion Spatial Profiles in the HOMER IEC Device using the Time of Flight Diagnostic; Aaron McEvoy, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (19 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-1415   Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Negative Deuterium Ion Distributions in a Gridded Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Device; Eric C. Alderson, August 2012 [Ph.D. thesis]. (223 pages, 7.1 MB)