A Conference supported by  PHYSICS ESSAYS, an International Journal Dedicated to Fundamental Questions in Physics

A Conference endorsed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ,  Los Alamos National Laboratory,  Naval Research Laboratory  and Sandia National Laboratory

List of Participants
Schedule of the Presentations

REPORT FROM THE REVIEW PANEL OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS

Presentations of the 2005 Symposium (in alphabetical order of speaker)

Plasma Formation in Spherical Tokamaks without a Central Tranformer Solenoid    F. Alladio, P. Costa, A. Mancuso, P. Micozzi, A. Sykes, G. Cunningham, M. Gryaznevich, J. Hicks, M. Hood, G. McArdle, and Y. Dnestrovskij

Commissioning Status of the Mercury Laser, a Scalable Option for Inertial Fusion Energy    C. Bibeau, A.J. Bayramian, J.P. Armstrong, R.J. Beach, R.W. Campbell, C.A. Ebbers, B.L. Freitas, A.S. Ladran, J. A. Menapace, E.I. Moses, S.A. Payne, N.L. Peterson, K.I. Schaffers, C. J. Stolz, S. Telford, J.B. Tassano, and E.J. Utterback

Plasma and Ion Beam Injection into an FRC (2)    M. Anderson, M. Binderbauer, V. Bystritskii, E. Garate, N. Rostoker, Y. Song, A. Van Drie, and I. Isakov

IAEA Support for Fusion Energy Research    R.E.H. Clark, G. Mank, A.L. Nichols, and A. Malaquias

Keynote Speech: Progress In Mirror Plasma Activities (2)    T. Cho

Stopping Power for Arbitrary Angle Between Test Particle Velocity and Magnetic Field    C. Cereceda, M. de Peretti, and C. Deutsch

Keynote Speech: Fusion Research as a Scientific Undertaking: Relationship to Other Fields of Science and Technologys (2)    Bruno Coppi

Keynote Speech: Compression of Field Reversed Configurations for Magnetized Target Fusion    J.H. Degnan, A. Brown, T. Cavazos, S.K. Coffey, M. Frese, S. Frese, D. Gale, C. Gilman, C. Grabowski, B. Guffey, T.P. Intrator, R. Kirkpatrick, G.F. Kiuttu, F.M. Lehr, R.E. Peterkin, Jr., N.F. Roderick, E.L. Ruden, R.E. Siemon, W. Sommars, Y.F. Thio, P.J. Turchi, G.A. Wurden, S. Zhang ;The Keynote Speech will be given by J.H. Degnan

Taming of Electromagnetic Instabilities in Fast Ignition Scenarios For ICF and REB Stopping    Claude Deutsch, Antoine Bret, Marie-Christine Firpo, and Konstantin Starikov

Supersonically Rotating Plasmas for Magnetic Fusion: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment    R. Ellis, A. Hassam, S. Messer, A. Case, A. DeSilva, R. Elton, J. Ghosh, H. Griem, R. Lunsford, and C. Teodorescu

Rational Paradigm of Plasma Physics (2)    V.I. Erofeev

The MAGO System: Current Status    S.F. Garanin, V.I. Mamyshev, V.B. Yakubov

Keynote Speech: Inertial Fusion Energy Research Progress in China    X.T. He, W.Y. Zhang, and Chun-Fu Ye

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions in Reproduced Experiments and Explained as Picometer-Megasecond Reactions    H. Hora, G.H. Miley, X.Z. Li, J.C. Kelly and F. Osman

Demonstration of Steady Inductive Helicity Injection    T.R. Jarboe, P.E. Sieck, W.T. Hamp, B.A. Nelson, R.G. O'Neill, A.J. Redd, and R.J. Smith

Physical Schemes of Experimental Devices with Disk EMG for Feasibility Study of Thermonuclear Ignition in MAGO System    A.M. Buyko, S.F. Garanin, G.G. Ivanova, V.M. Kalashnikov, V.I. Mamyshev, V.B. Yakubov

Keynote Speech: Progress in US Fast Ignition Research    M.H. Key, F. Amiranoff, D. Batani, S.D. Baton, T. Cowan, N. Fisch, R.R. Freeman, L.Gremillet, T. Hall, S.P. Hatchett, J.M. Hill, J.A. King, R Kodama, J.A. Koch, M. Koenig, B.F. Lasinski, B. Langdon, A.J. MacKinnon, E. Martinolli, P.A. Norreys, P. Parks, E. Perelli-Cippo, M. Rosenbluth, C. Rousseaux, J.J. Santon, R.A. Snavely, R. Stephens,, M Tabak, K Tanaka, and R Town

Nonlocal Transport of Heat by Electromagnetic Waves in Magnetically Confined Plasmas    Alexander B. Kukushkin, and Konstantin V. Cherepanov

New Regime in TCABR Tokamak: Runaway Elctron Avalanche in Cold Recombinative Plasma    Yu.K. Kuznetsov, R.M.O. Galvăo, and I.C. Nascimento

D-D Fusion Neutrons from a Strong Spherical Shock Wave Focused on a Deuterium Bubble in Water    Michel Laberge

Advances Towards pB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus    Eric J. Lerner, and Robert E. Terry

Memorial Lecture: Edward Tellerõs Scientific Legacy    Stephen B. Libby

Inertial-Confinement Fusion At Los Alamos    Erick Lindman, M.M. Balkey, D.C. Barnes, C.W. Barnes, J. Bartos, S.H. Batha, R.R. Berggren, B. Bezzerides, K. Bowers, P.A. Bradley, P. Brooks, B. Cameron, J.A. Cobble, R.F. Coker, J. Cooley, R. E. Chrien, C.R. Christensen, R. Day, N.D. Delamater, E.S. Dodd, M.R. Douglas, D.F. DuBois, J. Edwards, J. Elliott, N. Elliott, J.C. Fernandez, J.R. Fincke, S.R. Goldman, V. Gomez, M.A. Gunderson, D. Hatch, A. Hauer, D.A. Haynes, B.M. Hegelich, N.M. Hoffman, R.L. Holmes, G.C. Idzorek, R.P. Johnson, P.A. Keiter, J.M. Kindel, K.A. Klare, D.P. Kilcrease, J.L. Kline, G.A. Kyrala, N.E. Lanier, S.N. Luo, P. Lushnikov, R. Morse, G.R. Magelssen, R. Manzanares, R.J. Mason, D.S. Montgomery, M.S. Murillo, A. Nobile, D.L. Paisley, P. Papin, A.L. Peratt, R. Perea, D.L. Peterson, R.R. Peterson, T. Pierce, G.D. Pollak, P. Ramaprabhu, B. Randolph, G. Rivera, H.A. Rose, D. Sandoval, D. Schmidt, M. Schmitt, J.M. Scott, R. Sebring, R. Snow, M.S. Sorem, W. Steckle, D.C. Swift, T.E. Tierney, D.L. Tubbs, A. Valdez, W.S. Varnum, E. Vold, R.G. Watt, B.H. Wilde, D.C. Wilson, B.P. Wood, J.B. Workman, L. Yin

Neoclassical Collision Transport in Tokamaks for Elliptic Plasmas with Triangularity: A Review (2)    Pablo Martín and Enrique Castro

Future Issues in the RFP Research    Piero Martin

About the Next Step in the Development of a Tokamak Fusion Reactor    E. Mazzucato

Study of Dipole-Assisted Inertial Electrostatic Confinement    George H. Miley, Hiromu Momota, Rob Thomas, and Yoshi Takeyama

Single Event Laser Fusion Schemes Using ns-MJ or PW-ps Laser Pulses    George H. Miley, H. Hora, F. Osman, X.Z. Li

Thermonuclear Fusion, NPT, and CTBT    V.N. Mokhov

Keynote Speech: The National Ignition Facility: Exploring ICF Burning Plasmas in the Laboratory    Edward I. Moses

Progress Toward Fusion Energy with Direct-Drive Krypton Fluoride Laser Drivers    Andrew N. Mostovych, Stephen P. Obenschain, and John D. Sethian

Tutorial Talk: Desirable Fusion Reactor Qualities For Commercial Electrical Generation Applications    Vincent Page

The Institute for Fusion Studies in Southern Italy: Progress Report on the Design and Constructionof the First Fusion Prototype Reactor    Emilio Panarella

Axisymmetric Tandem Mirrors: Status of Kinetic-Stabilizer Studies    R.F. Post

New Conserved Quantities Around a Magnetic Surfaces for Plasma Equilibria with Non-Linear Convective Terms and Low Vorticity: A Review    Julio Puerta, Enrique Castro, and Pablo Martín

Staged Z-Pinch for Fusion    H.U. Rahman, P. Ney, F.J. Wessel, and N. Rostoker

Celebration of "Fusion Day" (2)    Roger Raman

Laser - Magnetized Plasma Interaction - Toward a Few Hundreds eV Solid Density Plasma in the Laboratory    Y. Sentoku, A.J. Kemp, M. Bakeman, R. Presura, and T.E. Cowan

Keynote Speech: Prospects For Magneto-Inertial Fusion Using The Atlas Facility at the Nevada Test Site    Richard E. Siemon

Small Scale Fusion: The Pulsed High Density FRC Experiment    John Slough

Enhancement of the Thermonuclear Component of the Neutron Yield in Pinch Plasma Focus. Experiments in Devices with Energy from 100 kJ to Less Than 1 J    Leopoldo Soto, Patricio Silva, José Moreno, Marcelo Zambra, Gustavo Sylvester, and Cristian Pavez

Keynote Speech: Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Research at the Laboratory of Laser Energetics    R.L. McCrory, D.D. Meyerhofer, S.J. Loucks, S. Skupsky, J.M. Soures, R. Betti, T.R. Boehly, M.J. Bonino, R.S. Craxton, T.J.B. Collins, J.A. Delettrez, D.H. Edgell, R. Epstein, V.Yu. Glebov, V.N. Goncharov, D.R. Harding, R.L. Keck, J.H. Kelly, J.P. Knauer, L.D. Lund, D. Jacobs-Perkins, J.R. Marciante, J.A. Marozas, F.J. Marshall, A.V. Maximov, P.W. McKenty, S.F.B. Morse, J. Myatt, S.G. Noyes, P.B. Radha, T.C. Sangster, W. Seka, V.A. Smalyuk, C. Stoeckl, K.A. Thorp, M.D. Wittman, B.Yaakobi, and J.D. Zuegel, K.A. Fletcher, C. Freeman, and S. Padalino, J.A. Frenje, C.K. Li, R.D. Petrasso, and F.H. Séguin

Keynote Speech: Current Status of Fast Ignition Research Using a Long Pulse Laser for Implosion and a PW Laser For Heating (2)    Kazuo A. Tanaka, R. Kodama, Yoneyoshi Kitagawa, Kiminori Kondo, Kunioki Mima, Hiroshi Azechi, Zenling Chen, Shinsuke Fujioka, Tomoyuki Johzaki, An le Lei, Takeshi Matsuoka, Noriaki Miyanaga, Keiji Nagai, Hideo Nagatomo, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Keisuke Shigemori, Hiroyuki Shiraga, Motonobu Tanpo, Yusuke Tohyama, Toshinori Yabuuchi, and Jian Zheng, Richard Stephens, Christian Stoeckl, David D. Meyerhofer, Mike Key, Stephen P. Hatchett, and Richard Freeman The Keynote Speech has be given by Kazuo A. Tanaka

Plasma Electric Generator Space Propulsion System    A Cheung, F. Liu, A. Qerushi, N. Rostoker, F.J. Wessel, and M.W. Binderbauer

Laser-Plasma Experiment and PIC-Simulation To Study Dynamics and Energetics of ICF-Plasma in a VISTA-Type Rocket with Dipole Magnetic Field    Yu.P. Zakharov.

Localization and Pattern Formation in Models of Fusion/Energy Confinement in Plasma Physics. I. Math Framework for Non-Equilibrium Hierarchies    Antonina N. Fedorova and Michael G. Zeitlin

Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma for Magnetized Target Fusion at Los Alamos National Laboratory    S.Y. Zhang, T.P. Intrator, G.A. Wurden, W.J. Waganaar, R. Renneke, J.M. Taccetti, C. Grabowski, E.L. Ruden, J.H. Degnan

From Cold Fusion to Condensed Matter Nuclear Science - A Chinese View on the Summary of CMNS    Li Xing Zhong

6 th Symposium
CURRENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL FUSION RESEARCH: A REVIEW

Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 7 - 11 March 2005
A Conference organized under the auspices of Fusion Reactor Technology, Inc.
and in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The objective of this series of Symposia is to assess the benefits, applications, and spin-offs of nuclear fusion research, including both conventional and alternative approaches.

The first Symposium in this series was held in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., on 14-18 November 1994 and Plenum Press published the Proceedings in 1997. A full report of the Symposium appeared in a special issue of the Journal of Fusion Energy, 14 (3), 281-327, 1995. As a continuation of these successful biennial conferences, a second Symposium was held in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., on 10-14 March, 1997. The third, fourth, and fifth Symposia were again held in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. in March 1999, March 2001, and March 2003, respectively. The Proceedings of the 2nd and 3rd Symposium have been published by NRC Research Press, while the Proceedings of the 4th and 5th Symposium will be published, again by NRC Research Press, in the year 2005. In the past Symposia, a selected number of scientists, of renowned reputation and stature, were invited to present review papers in their field of interest in fusion research. The gatherings have been international in nature, and many countries were represented. A Panel of Distinguished Scientists and Engineers, which included Drs. Stirling Colgate, Edward Creutz, Arthur Kantrowitz, Richard F. Post, Norman Rostoker (Chairman), Hans J. Schneider-Muntau, and Frederick Seitz, were in charge of commenting on the fusion programs presented at the Symposium, and to provide recommendations with respect to direction, balance, and synergism of the research. Their report for the 1st Symposium appeared in Fusion Technology, 33, 219-231, (1998), as well as in the Proceedings of the Symposium. The Proceedings of the following Symposia also contained the report of the Panel.

A Sixth Symposium is scheduled for 7-11 March 2005 in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory also endorse the Symposium. Invited and contributed papers will be part of the Symposium. Invited observers will also be included.

Chairman of the Steering Committee

Emilio Panarella
Fusion Reactor Technology, Inc.
2012 Woodglen Cres.
Ottawa, Ont., K1J 6G4  Canada
Fax: (819) 457-1020
E-mail: editor@physicsessays.com  

International Advisory Board

Bruno Coppi, M.I.T., U.S.A.
Malcolm G. Haines, Imperial College, U.K.
George H. Miley, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
Richard F. Post, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S.A.
Liu Shenggang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ravi N. Sudan, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Kazuo Tanaka, Osaka University, Japan
Guillermo Velarde, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Steering Committee

Michel de Peretti, EPF-Ecole d' Ingenieurs, France
Claude Deutsch, Université Paris XI, France
Thomas J. Dolan, INEEL, U.S.A.
Julio Herrera, Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico
Akira Hirose, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
P.I. John, Institute for Plasma Research, India
Ronald C. Kirkpatrick, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.A.
Xing Zhong Li, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China
Guenter Mank - IAEA, Vienna, Austria
José Maria Martinez-Val, Madrid Polytechnic University, Spain
Sadao Nakai, Osaka University, Japan
Ivan Cunha Nascimento, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Charles D. Orth, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S.A.
Sidney L. Ossakow, Naval Research Laboratory, U.S.A.
Emilio Panarella, (Chairman), FRT, Canada
Hafiz-Ur Rahman, University of California, U.S.A.
Norman Rostoker, University of California, U.S.A.
J. Reece Roth, University of Tennessee, U.S.A.
Moreno Vaselli, National Research Council, Italy
Kenneth D. Ware, ER2S, Inc., U.S.A