Thermonuclear research

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
121 A.E.R.E. report by W B Thompson titled 'A phenomenological theory of the constricted gas discharge at moderate currents' File May 1952
122 Typescript by W B Thompson titled `The Diffusion Theory of the Constricted Gas Discharge' File October 1952
123 A.E.R.E report by W B Thompson titled ,The theoretical characteristics of constricted discharges in mercury and caesium vapour' File
131 Typescript by W B Thompson and S.J. Roberts titled 'The Viscous Discharge. A New Model of the Highly lonised Gas Discharge' File nd
133 Typescript by S W Cousins and A A Ware titled 'High Current Discharge Research. March 1949-March 1950)' File c 1949-1950
137 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'The Radial Electric Field in a High Current Discharge and the Effect of the Discharge Tube Wall' File 1 October 1952
139 Typescript by J A Wesson titled 'The Effects of Stray Magnetic Fields on Plasma Containment' File 17 May 1960
142 Miscellaneous diagrams, photographs, etc. File
3 Two copies, both annotated, of duplicated typescript of 'Atomic Energy from Deuterium', of which E.2 is a draft. File
8 Spring-back binder containing 'Calculations relating to Torus without disintegration' File nd
10 Duplicated typescript 'Note on the Torus Project', n.d., but with ms. annotation by Thomson 'Sent to Bunneman Feb. 27 1948'. File
16 Typescript on '"Wirbelrohr" Oscillations'. File
37 Typescript draft of E.35 with ms. corrections File December 1953
40 Undated ms. draft headed 'Loss of particles to the walls in presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields'. File
42 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus' File
43 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus' File
48 Ms. and typescript versions of a second draft of E.47 File undated
50 Soft-cover notebook containing calculations re thermonuclear work interleaved with some personal and autobiographical notes. File
54 Spiral bound notebook with rather miscellaneous contents File
57 Spiral bound notebook with only one remaining page, containing a calculation File
58 Blue notebook with some pages missing containing miscellaneous calculations, mainly re thermonuclear work. File
61 Miscellaneous bundles of undated calculations re thermonuclear work. Includes 2 sets on Langevin Mobility. File
63 Duplicated typescript version of E.62 circulated as A.E.R.E. Harwell report X/R 1831 File January 1956
66 Typescript, with ms. additions, on 'Energy Balance' File June 1956
68 'On the radial electric field necessary for containment in a "pinch" discharge'. File 1957
70 Typescript with ms. additions on 'The Use of Alpha Rays as Probes' File 22 June 1959
73 5 pp. typescript, no author or date, describing the mode of action of the toroid. File
75 Provisional specification for U.K. patent application No. 13963/46 by Thomson and Blackman for `Improvements in or relating to high temperature systems' File
77 Correspondence with Ministry of Supply re U.S. patent application File 1947-1949
83 2 copies of specification for U.S. patent. File 1956-1957