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FTI Publications

13N Production Via D-3He Fusion using a Water-Cooled IEC Cathode; Ben Cipiti, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (13 pages, 1.9 MB)

A Campaign to Study Negative Ion and Fast Neutral Currents Produced by the IEC Device in a Variety of Configurations; E.C. Alderson, October 2009 [presented at the 11th U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 12--13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (42 pages, 1.8 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)

UWFDM-1342   Advanced Fuels (D-D and D-3He) Fusion Proton Energy Distribution from an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; S. Krupakar Murali, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, April 2008 [published in Fusion Science and Technology, 53 (3), April 2008, 841-853].

Advanced Fusion Fuels in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; G.E. Becerra and the UW IEC Group, October 2009 [presented at the 2nd University of Wisconsin Energy Hub Conference, 16 October 2009, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-1216   Alternate Applications of Fusion-Production of Radioisotopes; G.L. Kulcinski, J. Weidner, B. Cipiti, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, S.K. Murali, G. Piefer, R. Radel, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 559 (2003)]. (7 pages, 741 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)

UWFDM-1191   Business Approach To Lunar Base Activation; Harrison H. Schmitt, December 2002 [accepted by the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), 2-5 February 2003, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 750 kB)

Comparison of Cylindrical and Spherical Geometry in a New Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; Brian J. Egle and the UW IEC Team, May 2007 [presented at the U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop on Small Plasma and Accelerator Neutron Sources, May 22-24, 2007, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1305   Comparison of Spherical and Cylindrical Cathode Geometries in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Devices; B.J. Egle, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM; Fusion Science and Technology 52, 1110 (2007)]. (7 pages, 652 kB)

Comparison of Spherical and Cylindrical Geometries in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Devices; B.J. Egle, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (18 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-1344   Composition of the Source Region Plasma in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Devices; D.R. Boris and G.A. Emmert, August 2008 [to be published in Physics of Plasmas]. (21 pages, 423 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)

UWFDM-1119   D-3He Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G. Piefer, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (4 pages, 147 kB)

UWFDM-1255   Design of an Ion Source for 3He Fusion in a Low Pressure IEC Device; G.R. Piefer, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1255-1259]. (7 pages, 881 kB)

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)

Detection of HEU Using a Pulsed D-D Fusion Source; R. Radel, G. Kulcinski, R. Ashley, J. Santarius, G. Piefer, D. Boris, B. Egle, C. Seyfert, S. Zenobia, E. Alderson, D. Donovan, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (15 pages, 1.4 MB)

Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium Using a Pulsed IEC Fusion Device; R.F. Radel, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, and the UW-IEC Team, May 2007 [presented at the U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop on Small Plasma and Accelerator Neutron Sources, May 22-24, 2007, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL]. (22 pages, 969 kB)

UWFDM-1325   Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium and Tungsten Surface Damage Studies Using a Pulsed Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device; Ross F. Radel, May 2007 [Ph.D. thesis]. (203 pages, 19 MB)

Detection of Nitrogen Based Explosives using the UW IEC Device; David Donovan, May 2007 [presented at the U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop on Small Plasma and Accelerator Neutron Sources, May 22-24, 2007, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL]. (19 pages, 1.1 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-1374   Deuterium Anions in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Devices; D.R. Boris, E. Alderson, G. Becerra, D.C. Donovan, B. Egle, G.A. Emmert, L. Garrison, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, C. Schuff, S.J. Zenobia, September 2009 [published in Physical Review E, vol. 80, 036408 (2009)]. (21 pages, 2.4 MB)

Development of an Experimental Method to Investigate 3He-3He Fusion with Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Techniques; G.R. Piefer, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, October 2006 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 30 October-3 November 2006, Philadelphia PA]. (1 page, 2.5 MB)

Diagnosing the High Energy Deuterium Spectra in IEC Devices Using Doppler Shifted Fusion Products; D.R. Boris, D.C. Donovan, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, November 2008 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 17-21 November 2008, Dallas TX]. (1 page, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-1267   Diagnostic Study of Steady State Advanced Fuel (D-D and D-3He) Fusion in an IEC Device; Krupakar Murali Subramanian, December 2004 [Ph.D. thesis]. (258 pages, 8.5 MB)

Direct Conversion of High Energy Protons Using a Solid State PIN Junction Diode; David R. Boris, Zhenqiang Ma, Hao-Chih Yuan, Robert P. Ashley, John F. Santarius, Gerald L. Kulcinski, Clayton Dickerson, Todd Allen, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 848 kB)

Effects of He+ Implantation on CVD SiC Surface Morphology; S.J. Zenobia, G.L. Kulcinski, R.F. Radel, R.P. Ashley, D.R. Boris, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (1 page, 3.3 MB)

Effects of High Temperature Pulsed Helium Implantation on Tungsten Surface Morphology; R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (15 pages, 4.0 MB)

UWFDM-1202   Embedded D-3He Fusion Reactions and Medical Isotope Production in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; B.B. Cipiti and G.L. Kulcinski, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 534 (2003)]. (7 pages, 862 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)

Enhancement of an IEC Device with a Helicon Ion Source for Helium-3 Fusion; G.E. Becerra, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (17 pages, 1.6 MB)

Experimental Progress in 2003 of the UW IEC Facility; R.P. Ashley and the UW IEC Team, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (16 pages, 2.6 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)

Exploration of IEC Device Operating Regimes; J.F. Santarius and G.A. Emmert, October 2009 [presented at the 11th U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 12--13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (20 pages, 321 kB)

Exploration of IEC Device Operating Regimes; John F. Santarius and Gilbert A. Emmert, October 2010 [presented at the 12th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 20-21 October 2010, Osaka, Japan]. (15 pages, 1.3 MB)

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)

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]

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)

UWFDM-1246   Implantation of D and He in W-Coated Refractory Carbides; R.F. Radel, B.B. Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1250-1254]. (7 pages, 3.4 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)