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History of UW Plasma Physics

History of UW Plasma Physics. J. C. Sprott Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison Presented to the Plasma Physics Group Meeting on November 13, 2001. Nuclear History. 1942 First fission reactor (Dec) 1942 - 1945 Manhattan Project 1945 First fission bomb (Jul)

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History of UW Plasma Physics

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  1. History of UW Plasma Physics J. C. Sprott Department of Physics University of Wisconsin - Madison Presented to the Plasma Physics Group Meeting on November 13, 2001

  2. Nuclear History • 1942 First fission reactor (Dec) • 1942 - 1945 Manhattan Project • 1945 First fission bomb (Jul) • 1952 First fusion bomb (Oct) • 1952 - 1958 Project Sherwood • 1958 Controlled fusion declassified • 1960 First fission power plant • 1963 Plasma physics begins at UW

  3. US Fusion Program 1960 • Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - Stellarators • Oak Ridge National Lab - ECRH Mirror Devices • Lawrence Livermore National Lab - Gun-Injected Mirror Devices • Los Alamos Scientific Lab - Toroidal Pinches • General Dynamics - Toroidal Pinches

  4. Donald W. Kerst 1911 - 1993

  5. Wanderings of Don Kerst

  6. Toroidal Octupole

  7. Early Ph.D. Graduates • Dale Meade (Kerst 65) - PPPL • Jim Paukey (Symon 66) - Sandia • Gerry Barney (Kerst 67) - Rockfeller • Cliff Erickson (Kerst 67) - Honeywell • Jim Howard (Symon 69) - U. Colorado • John Schmidt (Mills 69) - PPPL • Clint Sprott (Kerst 69) - U. Wisconsin • Don Lencioni (Kerst 69) - MIT Lincoln Lab • Glenn Kuswa (Kerst 70) - Sandia • Charles Stallings (Kerst 70) - Physics Int.

  8. Plasma Physics Faculty • Don Kerst • Keith Symon • Fred Mills • Dale Meade • Clint Sprott • Stewart Prager • Dick Dexter • Paul Terry • Sam Hokin • Cary Forest

  9. Early Engineering Plasma Faculty • Jim Beyer (ECE) • Leon Shohet (ECE) • John Scharer (ECE) • Harold Forsen (EP) • Gil Emmert (EP) • Bob Conn (EP) • Gerry Kulcinski (EP) • Dick Post (EP) • John Conrad (EP) • Jim Callen (EP)

  10. Tokapole II Vacuum Field

  11. Tokapole II with Plasma

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