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Threshold for thermal ionization of an aluminum surface by pulsed megagauss magnetic field by Awe, T J, Bauer, B S, Fuelling, S, Siemon, R E

“…The first measurement of the threshold for thermal ionization of the surface of thick metal by pulsed magnetic field (B) is reported. Thick aluminum-with depth…”
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Magneto-Inertial Fusion by Wurden, G. A., Hsu, S. C., Intrator, T. P., Grabowski, T. C., Degnan, J. H., Domonkos, M., Turchi, P. J., Campbell, E. M., Sinars, D. B., Herrmann, M. C., Betti, R., Bauer, B. S., Lindemuth, I. R., Siemon, R. E., Miller, R. L., Laberge, M., Delage, M.

“…In this community white paper, we describe an approach to achieving fusion which employs a hybrid of elements from the traditional magnetic and inertial fusion…”
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Field Reversed Configuration Translation and the Magnetized Target Fusion Collaboration by Intrator, T. P., Wurden, G. A., Sieck, P. E., Waganaar, W. J., Dorf, L., Kostora, M., Cortez, R. J., Degnan, J. H., Ruden, E. L., Domonkos, M., Adamson, P., Grabowski, C., Gale, D. G., Kostora, M., Sommars, W., Frese, M., Frese, S., Camacho, J. F., Parks, P., Siemon, R. E., Awe, T., Lynn, A. G., Gribble, R.

“…After considerable design and construction, we describe the status of a physics exploration of magnetized target fusion (MTF) that will be carried out with the…”
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The Challenge of Wall–Plasma Interaction with Pulsed Megagauss Magnetic Fields by Siemon, R. E., Bauer, B. S., Awe, T. J., Angelova, M. A., Fuelling, S., Goodrich, T., Lindemuth, I. R., Makhin, V., Atchison, W. L., Faehl, R. J., Reinovsky, R. E., Turchi, P. J., Degnan, J. H., Ruden, E. L., Frese, M. H., Garanin, S. F., Mokhov, V. N.

“…A method is described for choosing experimental parameters in studies of high-energy-density (HED) physics relevant to fusion energy, as well as other…”
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Physics Basis and Progress for a Translating FRC for MTF by Intrator, T. P., Wurden, G. A., Sieck, P. E., Waganaar, W. J., Renneke, R., Dorf, L., Kostora, M., Hsu, S. C., Lynn, A. G., Gilmore, M., Siemon, R. E., Awe, T., Degnan, J., Grabowski, C., Ruden, E. L.

“…We describe a physics scaling model used to design the high density field reversed configuration (FRC) at LANL that will translate into a mirror bounded…”
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Magnetic field and inductance calculations in theta-pinch and Z-pinch geometries by AWE, T. J, SIEMON, R. E, BAUER, B. S, FUELLING, S, MAKHIN, V, HSU, S. C, INTRATOR, T. P

“…Two codes have been developed to model solid metal or wire-wound conductors. The calculations are based on the decomposition of the conductors into arrays of…”
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Development of a high-current low-inductance crowbar switch for FRX-L by Grabowski, C., Degnan, J.H., Cavazos, T., Gale, D.G., Gilman, C., Sommars, W., Intrator, T.P., Taccetti, J.M., Waganaar, B., Siemon, R.E., Wurden, G.A.

“…The design and test results of a crowbar switch developed for the formation of long-lifetime field-reversed configurations are presented. These research…”
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The Evolving Structure of Plasma Formed From the Surface of Aluminum Rods Driven to Megaampere Current by Awe, T. J., Bauer, B. S., Fuelling, S., Siemon, R. E.

“…Plasma formation from thick Al rods ohmically heated during the diffusion of pulsed multimegagauss magnetic field is examined experimentally. Rods in the Z…”
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Radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulation of plasma formed on a surface by a megagauss field by Esaulov, A A, Bauer, B S, Makhin, V, Siemon, R E, Lindemuth, I R, Awe, T J, Reinovsky, R E, Struve, K W, Desjarlais, M P, Mehlhorn, T A

“…Radiation magnetohydrodynamic modeling is used to study the plasma formed on the surface of a cylindrical metallic load, driven by megagauss magnetic field at…”
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Fusion energy science opportunities in emerging concepts by BARNES, D. C, HAMMER, J, SARFF, J, SIEMON, R. E, SLOUGH, J, YAMADA, M, HASSAM, A, HILL, D, HOFFMAN, A, HOOPER, B, KESNER, J, MILEY, G, PERKINS, J, RYUTOV, D

“…This paper summarizes some of the main conclusions and highlights of the Emerging Concepts Working Group (EC Group) of the Snowmass 1999 Fusion Summer Study…”
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Panel Report to FESAC: Review of the 1996 ITER Detailed Design Report by Conn, R. W, Baldwin, D. E, Briggs, R. J, Callen, J. D, Goldston, R. J, Hazeltine, R. D, Siemon, R. E, Taylor, T. S

“…This report presents the results of a U.S. review of the 1996 Detailed Design Report (DDR) of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)…”
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Observations of tilt instabilities in field-reversed configurations of a confined plasma by TUSZEWSKI, M, BARNES, D. C, CHRIEN, R. E, COBB, J. W, REJ, D. J, SIEMON, R. E, TAGGART, D. P, WRIGHT, B. L

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Implosion of solid liner for compression of field reversed configuration by Degnan, J.H., Taccetti, J.M., Cavazos, T., Clark, D., Coffey, S.K., Faehl, R.J., Frese, M.H., Fulton, D., Gueits, J.C., Gale, D., Hussey, T.W., Intrator, T.P., Kirkpatrick, R.C., Kiuttu, G.H., Lehr, F.M., Letterio, J.D., Lindemuth, I., McCullough, W.F., Moses, R., Peterkin, R.E., Reinovsky, R.E., Roderick, N.F., Ruden, E.L., Shlachter, J.S., Schoenberg, K.F., Siemon, R.E., Sommars, W., Turchi, P.J., Wurden, G.A., Wysocki, F.

“…The design and first successful demonstration of an imploding solid liner with height to diameter ratio, radial convergence, and uniformity suitable for…”
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Energy- and Particle-Confinement Properties of an End-Plugged, Linear, Theta Pinch by Commisso, R. J., Bartsch, R. R., Ekdahl, C. A., McKenna, K. F., Siemon, R. E.

“…Experiments show that axial confinement of plasma in a straight theta-pinch solenoid is improved by placing solid lithium deuteride plugs at the ends. The…”
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Multiband time-resolved spectra of metal surface plasmas: Comparison of experiment with plasma spectroscopic modeling by Fuelling, S., Bauer, B. S., Lindemuth, I. R., Siemon, R. E., Yates, K. C.

“…Summary form only given. In MTF liner compression experiments, MG magnetic fields heat up the inner liner surface during compression, possibly leading to gas…”
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Numerical Simulations of Thick-Aluminum-Wire Behavior Under Megaampere-Current Drive by Garanin, S F, Kuznetsov, S D, Atchison, W L, Reinovsky, R E, Awe, T J, Bauer, B S, Fuelling, S, Lindemuth, I R, Siemon, R E

“…A series of experiments to study the behavior of thick wires (0.5-2 mm in diameter) driven by currents of about 1 MA has recently been conducted on the Zebra…”
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Sensitivity of Instability to Different Resistivity Models by Angelova, MA, Bauer, B S, Siemon, R E, Lindemuth, IR, Makhin, V

“…Instabilities can affect the quality of flux compression and other high-current experiments. The modeling of such experiments involves a number of numerical…”
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Experimental and Computational Progress on Liner Implosions for Compression of FRCs by Degnan, J.H., Amdahl, D.J., Brown, A., Cavazos, T., Coffey, S.K., Domonkos, M.T., Frese, M.H., Frese, S.D., Gale, D.G., Grabowski, T.C., Intrator, T.P., Kirkpatrick, R.C., Kiuttu, G.F., Lehr, F.M., Letterio, J.D., Parker, J.V., Peterkin, R.E., Roderick, N.F., Ruden, E.L., Siemon, R.E., Sommars, W., Tucker, W., Turchi, P.J., Wurden, G.A.

“…Magnetized target fusion (MTF) is a means to compress plasmas to fusion conditions that uses magnetic fields to greatly reduce electron thermal conduction,…”
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A Zebra Experiment to Study Plasma Formation by Megagauss Fields by Fuelling, S., Awe, T.J., Bauer, B.S., Goodrich, T., Haboub, A., Ivanov, V.V., Makhin, V., Oxner, A., Presura, R., Siemon, R.E.

“…An alternative concept for fusion energy production is magnetized target fusion using metal liners to compress a mixture of magnetic flux and plasma fuel. In…”
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Computational aspects of simulating megagauss-magnetic-field-induced plasma formation on Thick-wire metallic surfaces by Lindemuth, I. R., Siemon, R. E., Bauer, B. S., Atchison, W. L.

“…Summary form only given. Understanding the physical processes that can lead to the formation of plasma on the surface of metals subjected to megagauss magnetic…”
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