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Inertial Electrostatic Confinement
Advanced fusion fuels, D and 3He, have been successfully fused in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement device at the University of Wisconsin. It is thought that this is the first known fusion of helium-3 with deuterium on a steady state basis. The detection of 14.7 MeV protons has confirmed the reaction of D-3He fusion, and has produced a continuous, charged particle flux.
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Response of Tungsten to High Temperature Implantation of D+ and He+;
R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski,
March 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 3-4 March 2005, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (22 pages, 6.5 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)
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-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)
Implantation of D+ and He+ in W-Coated Refractory Carbides;
R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski,
October 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 27-28 October 2004, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ]. (18 pages, 7.7 MB)
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)
UWFDM-1254 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, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, T.E. Uchytil, and A.L. Wehmeyer, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1238-1244]. (10 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-1249 Optimizing Neutron Production Rates from D-D Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; A.L. Wehmeyer, R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1260-1264]. (7 pages, 916 kB)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
UWFDM-1210 The Production of 13N from Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion; John W. Weidner, June 2003 [M.S. thesis]. (139 pages, 5.6 MB)
Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion;
Gerald Kulcinski,
May 19, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (30 pages, 1.9 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)
UWFDM-1190 Return to the Moon; Harrison H. Schmitt, December 2002 [Accepted essay for a forthcoming book, ``Our Worlds 2,'' edited by Alan Stern]. (10 pages, 907 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)
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)
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-1201 Production of 13N via Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion; J.W. Weidner, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G. Piefer, B. Cipiti, R. Radel, S. Krupakar Murali, 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, 539 (2003)]. (7 pages, 1.2 MB)
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)
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)
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)
Medical Isotope Production Using D-3He Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device;
B.B. Cipiti,
November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 478 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)
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)
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)
Overview of the U.S. IEC Program;
G.L. Kulcinski,
October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (17 pages, 1.8 MB)
Modeling Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Devices in the Moderate Mean-Free-Path Regime;
J.F. Santarius,
March 2001 [presented at the Japan-U.S. IEC Workshop, March 22-23, 2001, Marshall Space Flight Center]. (14 pages, 437 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-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)