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FTI Publications

Spectroscopic Diagnosis of Plasma in the IEC; E.C. Alderson, J.F. Santarius, D.R. Boris, G.R. Piefer, and the UW-IEC Group, 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, 5.1 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)

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Negative Ions in IEC Devices at UW-Madison: Current Results and Plans for Future Work; Eric C. Alderson, October 2010 [presented at the 12th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 20-21 October 2010, Osaka, Japan]. (43 pages, 4.5 MB)

Negative Ion Generation in an IEC Fusion Device; E. Alderson, J. Santarius, G. Emmert, D. Donovan, G. Kulcinski, November 2010 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 8-12 November 2010, Chicago IL]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

Negative Ion Studies in an IEC Fusion Device; E.C. Alderson, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, November 2011 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 14-18 November 2011, Salt Lake City UT]. (1 page, 1.4 MB)

Negative Ion Studies in an IEC Fusion Device; E.C. Alderson, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (37 pages, 1.5 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)

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-1144   Steady-State D-3He Proton Production in an IEC Fusion Device; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G. Piefer, R. Radel, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 206 kB)

UWFDM-1218   Recent Progress in Steady State Fusion Using D-3He; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel, J. Weidner, 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, 564 (2003)]. (5 pages, 661 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Performance Improvements of the UW IEC Device HELIOS for 3He-3He Fusion; G.E. Becerra and the UW IEC Group, October 2009 [presented at the 11th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 12-13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (1 page, 900 kB)

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)

Improved Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device for 3He-3He Fusion; G. Becerra, D. Donovan, J. Santarius, G. Kulcinski, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 7-11 November 2010, Las Vegas NV]. (1 page, 1.5 MB)

Optimization and Characterization of a Helicon Ion Source on an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device for Helium-3 Fusion; G.E. Becerra, G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, November 2011 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 14-18 November 2011, Salt Lake City UT]. (1 page, 971 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)

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)

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)

UW-Madison IEC Laboratory Continuing Capacity Upgrades and Infrastructure Upgrades; R. Bonomo, E. Alderson, G. Becerra, D. Boris, L. Campbell, D. Donovan, B. Egle, G. Emmert, L. Garrison, G. Kulcinski, M. Michalak, J. Santarius, C. Schuff, S. Zenobia, October 2009 [presented at the 11th U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 12--13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (24 pages, 909 kB)

UW IEC Group 2010: Further Infrastructure Improvements and Preparations for 300 kV Operation; Richard Bonomo, Eric Alderson, Gabriel Becerra, Logan Campbell, David Donovan, Gil Emmert, Lauren Garrison, Gerald Kulcinski, Aaron McEvoy, Matthew Michalak, John Santarius, Craig Schuff, Sam Zenobia, October 2010 [presented at the 12th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 20-21 October 2010, Osaka, Japan]. (30 pages, 5.7 MB)

Using an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Nuclear Fusion Device as a Pulsed Neutron Source: Optimizing the Pulse Shape; Richard Bonomo, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 7-11 November 2010, Las Vegas NV]. (1 page, 777 kB)

UW IEC Group 2011: Continuing Preparations for 300 kV Operation -- Device Switching; R. Bonomo, E. Alderson, G. Becerra, G. Emmert, L. Garrison, K. Hall, G. Kulcinski, A. McEvoy, M. Michalak, J. Santarius, C. Schuff, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (24 pages, 2.7 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)

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)

Plasma Characteristics of the Ion Source Region in the University of Wisconsin Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device; D.R. Boris and G.A. Emmert, October 2006 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 30 October-3 November 2006, Philadelphia PA]. (1 page, 944 kB)

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)

Ion Species Measurements in the Source Region of the UW-IEC Device; D.R. Boris, G.A. Emmert, J.F. Santarius, 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]. (14 pages, 410 kB)

Parametrics for Molecular Deuterium Concentrations in the Source Region of the UW-IEC Device Using an Ion Acoustic Wave Diagnostic; D.R. Boris and G.A. Emmert, November 2007 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 12-16 November 2007, Orlando FL]. (1 page, 659 kB)

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)

Negative Ions in IEC Devices; D.R. Boris, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, May 2009 [presented at the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (1 page, 2.6 MB)

UWFDM-1366   Novel Diagnostic Approaches to Characterizing the Performance of the Wisconsin Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Plasma; David R. Boris, July 2009 [Ph.D. thesis]. (221 pages, 6.5 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)

Negative Ions in IEC Devices; D.R. Boris, October 2009 [presented at the 11th U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 12--13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (20 pages, 1.4 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)

UWFDM-1226   The Fusion of Advanced Fuels to Produce Medical Isotopes Using Inertial Electrostatic Confinement; B.B. Cipiti, May 2004 [Ph.D. thesis]. (182 pages, 10.0 MB)

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)