Inventory of the Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins) Johnson papers
Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins) Johnson papers
Date (inclusive): 1963-1990
Collection Number: 92047
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
53 manuscript boxes, 1 motion picture film reel
(21.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, studies, technical reports, journal articles, and other printed matter, relating
to physics, nuclear and other energy sources, nuclear weapons, laser technology, the Strategic Defense Initiative, arms control,
and scientific policy in the United States during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan. Digital copies of select
records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins), 1943-1990
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Thomas Hawkins Johnson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternate Forms Available
Biographical Note
1943 November 11 |
Born, Massachusetts |
1965 |
Graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and commissioned as a second lieutenant |
1968 |
MS in Physics, University of California, Davis |
1974 |
PhD in Applied Physics, University of California, Davis |
1974-1976 |
Chief, physics section, Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico |
1975 |
Permanent professor, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1977-1980 |
Returned to U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, and taught in Department of English |
1980 |
Director, Science Research Laboratory, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1981-1982 |
Deputy to the president's science advisor and deputy director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
1981-1983 |
Executive director, White House Science Council |
1982 |
Associate Dean, academic research, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1990 |
Member, International Board of Editors, Science and Global Security |
|
Awarded Legion of Merit, |
1990 June 26 |
Died, Washington, D.C. |
1990 Fall |
Poems, Sewanee Review. Posthumously published and dedicated to his memory |
Scope and Content of Collection
Acquired in 1992, the Thomas Hawkins Johnson papers consist of correspondence, journal articles, memoranda, notes, studies,
technical reports, writings and other printed matter, relating to physics, nuclear and other energy sources, nuclear weapons,
laser technology, the Strategic Defense Initiative, arms control, and scientific policy in the United States during the presidential
administration of Ronald Reagan.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures
Nuclear energy
Officers
Physics
Nuclear weapons
Arms control
United States -- Military policy
United States -- Defenses
Strategic Defense Initiative
Science -- United States
Power resources
Lasers -- Military applications
United States. Army
United States Military Academy. Science Research Laboratory
White House Science Council
box 1, folder 1
"The MAC Method, 1966." Report, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico.
Scope and Contents note
Includes related articles, 1965-1971
box 1, folder 2
"Calculation of Toroidal Magnetic Field Configurations," University of California, Livermore
1967
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 1, folder 3
"Computational Problems in Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)," John Killeen
1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 1, folder 4
"Numerical Simulation of Plasmas with Periodic Smoothing in Phase Space," J. Denavit
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 1, folder 5
"Relativistic Plasma Simulation-Optimization of a Hybrid Code," J. P. Boris
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 1, folder 6
Reports of Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) magnetic fusion panel
1978-1983
Scope and Contents note
Includes information bulletins
box 1, folder 6
Articles, notes, recommendations, reports, and statement relating to work of magnetic fusion panel
1983-1992
box 2, folder 1
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, D.C.
undated, 1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Articles and reports relating to striation work
box 2, folder 2
R. W. Klib
1975-1977
Scope and Contents note
Articles, outlines, and report relating to late-time propagation and striation spectra, plasma instabilities and striations,
striation diffusive decay, striation growth and decay, and effect of low-B plasmas
box 2, folder 3
"Linear and Nonlinear Theory of Ionospheric Irregularities," Pradeep Kumar Chaturbedi
1976
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation
box 2, folder 4
Hane transport coefficients
1975
Scope and Contents note
Report. Also includes a report on collisional momentum and energy transfer rates
box 2, folder 5
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) ionosphere papers
undated
box 2, folder 6
"Two-Dimensional Lagrangian Hydrodynamic Difference Equations," William D. Schulz
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 7
"Numerical Simulation of the Earth's Atmosphere," Cecil E. Leith
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 8
"Numerical Study of Two Fluid Rayleigh-Taylor Instability," Bart J. Daly
1967
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 9
W. P. Crowley
1967-1969
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 2, folder 10
"Slip Instability," Anthony A. Amsden and Francis H. Harlow
1964
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 11
"Numerical Study of Large-Amplitude Free-Surface Motions," Francis H. Harlow and J. Eddie Welch
1966
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 12
"Particle-in-Cell Computing Method for Fluid Dynamics," Francis H. Harlow
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 13
CMHD approach to high-altitude blast waves
1974
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 2, folder 14
Hull
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs and notes
box 2, folder 15
"Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) Multiburst Model," Daniel A. Matuska, Michael M. Tower, and Charles E. Needham
circa 1975
Scope and Contents note
Articles and notes
box 2, folder 16
"Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria in Sharply Curved Axisymmetric Devices," J. D. Calleen and R. A. Dory
1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 17
"Computation of Hydromagnetic Equilibria with Finite Pressure in Minimum-B Systems," John Killeen and Kenneth J. Whiteman
1966
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 18
"Finite Beta Equilibria in Axially Symmetric Toroidal Plasma Containment Devices," S. Fisher and J. Killeen
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 19
"A Bifurcation Problem in E-Layer Equilibria," B. Marder and H. Weitzner
1970
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 2, folder 20
"Computer Simulation of Plasma Confinement in an Atellarator," C. G. Smith and A. S. Bishop
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 1
"Mixed Eulerian-Langrangian Method," R. M. Frank and R. B. Lazarus
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 2
"Numerical Simulation of the Weibel I in One and Two Dimensions," R. L. Morse and C. W. Nielson
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 3
Two-stream instability calculations
1969-1971
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 3, folder 4
"The Numerical Solution of Radial Transport Equations for Toroidal Plasmas," John Killeen
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article. Includes a related article about plasma transport, 1972
box 3, folder 5
"Numerical Simulation of Relativistic Electrons Confined in an Axisymmetric Mirror Field," M. Brettschneider, J. Killeen,
and A. A. Mirin
1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 6
"Computation of E-Layers and Plasma Equilibria in Astron," David V. Anderson, John Killeen, and Marvin E. Rensink
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 7
"Hybrid Simulations of Quasineutral Phenomena in Magnetized Plasma," J. A. Byers, B. L. Cohen, W. C. Condit, and J. D. Hanson
1977
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 8
Articles about Fokker-Planck equation and mirror confined plasma
1957-1970
box 3, folder 9
Symposium on atmospheric effects sponsored by Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), San Diego, California
1973 April 9-13
Scope and Contents note
Memorandum and program
box 3, folder 10
"A Numerical Fluid Dynamics Calculation Method for All Flow Speeds," Francis H. Harlow and Anthony A. Amsden
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article and report
box 3, folder 11
"Satellite Communications in a Scintillated Environment,"
1976
Scope and Contents note
Report and related article
box 3, folder 12
Barium clouds
1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Articles and reports
box 3, folder 13
"Implication of Pseudo-Classical Diffusion for Toroidal Confinement Devices," S. Yoshikawa and N. C. Christofilos
undated, 1970
Scope and Contents note
Article and related materials
box 3, folder 14
EXB instability
1963-1974
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 3, folder 15
"A Possible Mechanism for Energy Losses in a Tokamak Device," O. P. Pogutse
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article. Includes review of a related article
box 3, folder 16
"The Electromagnetic Interchange Mode in a Partly-Ionized Collisional Plasma," Mary K. Hudson and Charles F. Kennel
1975
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 17
"Numerical Modeling of the Drift and Deformation of Ionospheric Plasma Clouds and Their Interaction with Other Layers of the
Ionosphere," K. H. Lloyd and G. Haerendel
1973
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 3, folder 18
CTR diffusion data
undated, 1967
Scope and Contents note
Articles Miscellany, 1966-1976. Articles and bibliography relating to ionospheric irregularities, plasma in the magnetosphere,
and plasma computer simulation
box 4, folder 1
S. R. Goldman
undated and 1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
Papers, proposal, and reports
box 4, folder 2
H. Okuda et al.
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Articles and papers
box 4, folder 3
Diffusion
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Working notes
box 4, folder 4
Strips
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article and notes
box 4, folder 5
Background plasma physics – draft waves
1963-1978
Scope and Contents note
Papers and reviews
Writings by Thomas Johnson
box 4, folder 6
"The Role of Anomalous Transport Mechanisms in Striation Decay,"
1975
box 4, folder 6
"Drift Waves, the Universal Instability and Anomalous Diffusion in Ionospheric Striations,"
1977
box 4, folder 7
Physical Dynamics, Inc. (PDI)
1975-1978, undated
Scope and Contents note
Graph, letter, outline, report, and related materials
box 4, folder 8
F. W. Perkins
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Articles (co-authored with others)
box 4, folder 9
LMSC ionosphere background
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
Reports
box 5, folder 1
Ionosphere/Magnosphere
1980
Scope and Contents note
Technical report
box 5, folder 2
"The Prospects for ICF Power," John S. Foster, Jr., American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) symposium,
San Francisco
1980
box 5, folder 3
"Economic Potential of Inertial Fusion," John H. Nuckolls
1985
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 5, folder 4
"Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF): Feasibility and Utility for Power Production," remarks by John Nuckolls
1979-1981
Scope and Contents note
Includes article, memorandum, and review of an article
box 5, folder 5
Greg Canavan
1979
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda and remarks
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program, Department of Energy (DOE)
box 5, folder 6
Articles, letter, notes, and program recommendations
1979-1980, undated
box 5, folder 7
Politics
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles, letter, memoranda, notes, report, review committee report, 1986
box 5, folder 8
William Happer, Jr., review committee report
1986
box 5, folder 9
Alexander Glass
1979, 1985-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles, remarks, report, and statement
box 5, folder 9
Miscellany
1973-1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles, brochure, graph, clipping, journal, memoranda, notes, paper, remarks, and report relating to fusion studies
box 6, folder 1
Report of the ad hoc experts review group--Recommendations on the NOVA program
undated
box 6, folder 2
William Happer, Jr., review committee report
1985-1986
Scope and Contents note
Includes related materials
box 6, folder 3
Jaws correspondence and background
1979
Scope and Contents note
Letter and list of Energy Systems Acquisition Advisory Board (ESAA) members
box 6, folder 3
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program
1975-1985
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, conference papers, letters, memoranda, notes, outline, reviews, and statistical data relating to research,
strategies, and politics of this program at various institutions and government agencies, such as Argonne National Laboratory,
Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, SRI International, Naval Research Laboratory,
and Universities of Rochester and Wisconsin
box 7, folder 1
List of Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) panelists, technical consultants and others
undated
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, message, notes, and related materials
box 7, folder 3
Naval Research Laboratory papers
1975-1984
box 7, folder 4
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program review
1982 January
Scope and Contents note
Letter, note, and related materials
box 7, folder 4
Ion fusion accelerator research, plasma and laser systems research, ion beam propagation and focusing, and overview of ICF
program
1975-1984
Scope and Contents note
Articles, graph, journals, memoranda, notes, program, and reports
Advanced Isotope Separation (AIS) Program
box 8, folder 1
Background materials
1979-1982
box 8, folder 2-3
Paperwork
1980
Scope and Contents note
Graph, letter, and related materials. Includes 1 photographic print depicting unidentified individuals, undated
box 8, folder 4
W. J. Schafer Associates, Inc.
circa 1979
Scope and Contents note
Report on assessment of pulsed compressed KrF lasers
box 8, folder 4
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) background papers and administrative files
1971-1985
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, paper, and report
box 8, folder 4
Articles, journals, papers, and reports relating to laser fusion, report of Advanced Isotope Separation (AIS) program, laser
and plasma research, Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) report
1975-1986
box 9, folder 1
Heavy Ion Fusion (HIF) and Particle Beam Fusion Program (PBFA)
1978-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles, letter, papers, program, and report
box 9, folder 2
University of Rochester
1977-1985
Scope and Contents note
Articles, graph, letter, memoranda, and program
box 9, folder 3
Advanced Isotope Separation (AIS) draft materials
1981-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles, graphs, report, and schedule
box 9, folder 4
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory--Nova project
1977-1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles, brochure, fact sheet, financial records, letter, memoranda, and report
box 9, folder 4
Articles, letter, and reports relating to Inertial Fusion Program and laser plasma coupling
1983-1985
box 10, folder 1
Fusion hybrid reactors project
1983-1987
Scope and Contents note
Article, letters, list of members of committee on fusion hybrid reactors, memoranda, and report
box 10, folder 1
Report on the fusion-fission hybrid reactor
1986
box 10, folder 1
Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) fusion panel and magnetic fusion energy research
1984-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles, graphs, reports, and other materials
box 11, folder 1
National Academy of Sciences
1985-1986
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, list of members of committee on fusion hybrid reactors, memoranda, minutes of meetings, outline, papers, reports,
schedule, and summary of significant studies
box 11, folder 1
Thomas H. Johnson
1986
Scope and Contents note
Magnetic fusion panel report
box 11, folder 1
Budget
1983-1984
Scope and Contents note
Includes related materials
box 11, folder 1
Miscellany
1977-1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles, brochure, journal, letter, memoranda, notes, proposal, remarks, and report relating to magnetic and plasma fusion
program
Thomas H. Johnson--Magnetic fusion panel
box 12
Agenda, article, letter, list of technical panel members, memoranda, note, outline, report, and statement
1986
box 12
Magnetic Fusion Advisory Committee report
1983
box 12
Committee on fusion hybrid reactors
1985
Scope and Contents note
Agenda of meeting, articles, list of names and addresses of committee members, memoranda, remarks, and statement of work
box 12
Fusion program, plasma physics, and other related matters
1984-1986
Scope and Contents note
Data, graph, memoranda, newsletter, paper, report, and statement
box 13
Fusion hybrid and tritium breeding fusion reactors, magnetic fusion, hybrid blanket concept, fission tokamak hybrid, and development
of fusion energy
1980-1987
Scope and Contents note
Article, budget, graphs, letter, memoranda, notes, printed matter, report, testimony, and other materials
box 14
Comprehensive kinetic model of the electron-beam-excited Xenon chloride laser, plasma physics, magnetic fusion, and MFE program
strategy
1981-1989
Scope and Contents note
Articles, data sheets, graphs, journal, letters, memoranda, notes, remarks, and reports
box 15, folder 1
"A Comprehensive Kinetic Model of the Electron-Beam-Excited Xenon Chloride Laser," Thomas Johnson, Harry E. Cartland, and
Thomas C. Genoni
undated
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 15, folder 2
Energy Research Advisory Board (ERAB) fusion panel
1986
Scope and Contents note
Letter, list, memoranda, and report
box 15, folder 2
Miscellaneous materials relating to thermonuclear research, fusion program, and energy issues
1973-1987
Laser systems, plasma, and Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
box 16
Conference proceedings, laser digest, reports, and related materials
1975-1979
box 17
Conference proceedings, laser digest, paper, report, and summary of facilities construction schedules
1975-1986
box 18
Laser digest, letter, paper, report, and technical proposal
1974-1980
box 19
Nuclear debate and laser program
1978-1986
Scope and Contents note
Conference proceedings, military cost handbook, outline, paper, report, technical proposal for laser design study, and miscellany
box 20
Soviet Military Power
1981-1988
box 20
Report on laser research
1978
box 20
Whence the Threat to Peace
1987
box 20
"Strategic Stability under the Conditions of Radical Nuclear Arms Reductions,"
1987
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 20
"New Electronic Transition Laser Systems," 1978, and "High Resolution Imaging and ASAT,"
1982
Scope and Contents note
Reports
box 21, folder 1
PH 385 B laser physics
1978
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 21, folder 2
DASA reaction rate handbook
1948
box 21, folder 2
Report on electronic transition laser system
1978
Writings by Thomas Johnson
box 21, folder 2
Technical Trends and Strategic Policy, with Sidney Drell
1988
box 21, folder 2
"Inertial Confinement Fusion: Review and Perspective,"
1984
box 21, folder 2
"XeC1 Laser Modeling," with Thomas Genoni
1984
box 21, folder 2
"The Natural History of the Space Shuttle,"
1988
box 21, folder 2
"Scaling of KrF for Inertial Confinement Fusion," with Allen Hunter II and Robert Hunter, Jr.
1986
box 21, folder 2
"A Comprehensive Kinetic Model of the Electron-Beam-Excited Xenon Chloride Laser," with Harry Cartland, Thomas Genoni, and
Allen Hunter
1989
box 22, folder 1
"Time-Reversible Difference Procedures," O. Buneman
1967
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 22, folder 2
"Particle-Code Models in the Nonradiative Limit," Clair W. Nielson and H. Ralph Lewis
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 22, folder 3
"Collective Transport in Plasmas," John M. Dawson, Hideo Okuda, and Bernard Rosen
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 22, folder 4
Bruce Langdon
1972-1979
Scope and Contents note
Paper and related materials
box 22, folder 5
"Recent Developments in the Computational Aspects of MHD Stability," R. Grimm, remarks, Second European Conference on Computational
Physics, Garching, near Munich, Germany
1976 April 27-30
box 22, folder 6
"A Continuously Rezonable Fluid Solver in Moving Orthogonal Coordinates with Time Dependent Metric," D. V. Anderson, 1974,
and "Solutions of Transient Problems in Free Surface Hydrodynamics," M. J. Fritts and J. P. Boris
1977
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 22, folder 7
Flux-Corrected Transport (FCT)
1971-1978
Scope and Contents note
Papers
box 22, folder 7
Strategic defense initiative and space systems
1983-1989
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and photocopies of articles, letter, and news bulletins
History of defense strategy
box 23, folder 1
Early history of nuclear arms race
1953, 1975, undated
Scope and Contents note
Papers
box 23, folder 2
"Evolution of the U.S. Military Space Program, 1945-1960," B. W. Augenstein
1982
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 3
"The Delicate Balance of Terror," Albert Wohlstetter
circa 1959
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 4
"Discriminate Deterrence," report of the Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy
1988
box 23, folder 5
"The Development of Nuclear Strategy," Bernard Brodie
1959
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 6
"Springtime of the Nuclear Debate," William L. Borden
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 7
"Bernard Brodie: America's Prophetic Strategic Thinker," William P. Snyder and John A. MacIntyre, Jr., 1981, and "The Necessity
of Knowledge," M. Mitchell Waldrop
1984
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 23, folder 8
"The Los Alamos Primer,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 23, folder 9
"The Gaither Committee and the Policy Process," Morton H. Halperin
1961
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 10
Hans Bethe
1959-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles by Hans Bethe and others in his honor
box 23, folder 11
"Choosing a Strategy for World War III," Thomas Powers
1982
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 12
The nuclear barons
undated
Scope and Contents note
Collection of articles
box 23, folder 13
"The Russian Revolution--Fifty Years After: Origins of the Cold War," Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 23, folder 13
Laser program, nuclear weapons, space weapons system, and strategic defense
1975-1992
Scope and Contents note
Articles, course and lecture outline, journals, letter, memorandum, notes, press release, and reports
box 24, folder 1
Force, structure, strategy, deterrence--Europe
1950, 1982-1987, undated
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 24, folder 1
Security and arms control issues, missile system, nuclear defense policy, and strength of Soviet defense system
1972-1988, undated
Scope and Contents note
Announcement by the president on strategic weapons systems, article, clipping, journals, letters, notes, outline, press release,
reports, and testimony
box 25, folder 1
Proliferation
1978-1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 25, folder 2
Test ban
1982-1988
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 25, folder 3
Verification
1985-1988
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 25, folder 4
Civil defense
1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles and newsletter
box 25, folder 4
Article, book reviews, comments on strategic defense, journal, letter, memoranda, press release, and report
1979-1988
box 25, folder 5
Treaty compliance
1985
Scope and Contents note
Article and clipping
box 25, folder 6
"Strategic Arms Reductions," Michael M. May and George F. Bing
1987
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 25, folder 7
"Arms Control, Compliance, and the Law," George Bunn and Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 25, folder 8
"The Grand Negotiation,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 25, folder 9
INF treaty between President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Washington, D.C.
1987 December 7-10
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 25, folder 9
Address, articles by Hans Bethe, Sidney Drell and others; clipping; speech; report; and testimony relating to nuclear arms
control and preservation of peace, negotiations for the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT), and future of U.S.-Soviet
relations
1978-1985
Writings by Thomas Johnson
box 26
"A Comprehensive Kinetic Model of the Electron-Beam-Excited Xenon Chloride Laser," with others
1989
box 26
"Inertial Confinement Fusion: Review and Perspective,"
1984
box 26
"Kinetics Simulation of High-Power Gas Lasers," with others
1979
box 26
"The Natural History of the Space Shuttle,"
1988
box 26
"Scaling of KrF Lasers for Inertial Confinement Fusion," with others
1986
box 26
"Technical Trends and Strategic Policy," with Sidney Drell
1988
box 26
Articles and reports relating to energy plan and least-cost energy strategy
1979-1989
box 26
Richard Garwin
1958-1981
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, article, commencement address, comments, correspondence with Thomas Johnson, draft papers, letters, list of papers
and testimony, memoranda, report, and speech relating to arms race, strategic options, and the issue of defense. Includes
letter to President Jimmy Carter
box 27, folder 1
Fusion
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Article, graphs, letters, memoranda, notes, papers, press release, report, and speech
box 27, folder 1
Fusion briefing, magnetic fusion, and nuclear weapons
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Articles, graph, letters, memoranda, notes, and reports
box 28, folder 1
Research and Development funding
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article and clipping
box 28, folder 1
Arms race, laser and fusion research, science and fusion energy policy, role of science and technology in American life, European
security, and high power radio frequency research
1981-1998
Scope and Contents note
Articles, bulletin, clippings, course outline, journal, letters, lists, memoranda, newsletters, notes, reports, and miscellany
box 29, folder 1
Carbon dioxide
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clipping, list of participants in green house effect meeting, and notes
box 29, folder 2
Special Isotope Separation (SIS) Project
1989
Scope and Contents note
Articles, chart, clipping, graphs, letter, notes, outline, statement, and testimony
box 29, folder 2
Artificial intelligence, computational physics, energy research and possible sources of power, international security and
arms control, and laser technology
1973-1989
Scope and Contents note
Articles, journals, letters, memoranda, press release, and report. Includes colored photocopies of a building and the interior
of a scientific research laboratory
White House Science Council (WHSC)
box 30, folder 1
Background materials and forms
1976-1982
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter, memoranda, organizational chart, and procedural manual
box 30, folder 2
Letter, list of members, memoranda, notes, travel authorization forms and worksheet
1981-1983
Meetings
Scope and Contents note
Includes minutes and related materials
box 30, folder 10
Press
1982
Scope and Contents note
Article and clippings
box 30, folder 11
Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Article, clipping, comments on budgetary risks, letter, outline, report, and study
White House Science Council (WHSC)
box 31, folder 1-2
Federal lab panel
1982
Scope and Contents note
Article, clipping, graphs, instructions for review, letters, list of interagency laboratory working group, memoranda, minutes
of meetings, report, and study relating to the review of federal laboratories in the context of reported under-performance
box 31, folder 3
Special Nuclear Materials Production panel
1982
Scope and Contents note
Letters, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, and schedule relating to the issue of nuclear materials production and maintenance
of the stockpile
box 31, folder 3
Letters, list of WHSC federal laboratory review panel members, memoranda, note, report, and schedule of study and inspection
of laboratories
1982-1983
box 32, folder 1
Office of Science and Technology Development (OSTD)
1981
Scope and Contents note
Article, clipping relating to the appointment of George Keyworth as President Ronald Reagan's science advisor. Includes reassignment
order for Thomas Johnson as a consultant to the presidential science advisor in Washington, D.C. for one year
box 32, folder 2
Military technology panel
1982
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, energy study, letters, list of associate members of the WHSC, memoranda, notice and schedule of meeting, and travel
schedule, relating to the role of the panel in connection with the inspection of advanced weapon technology
box 32, folder 3
Memoranda to the WHSC regarding scheduled meetings
1982
Scope and Contents note
Includes a letter to Edward Teller
box 32, folder 4
Members' extraneous correspondence
1982
Scope and Contents note
Includes a memorandum to Edward Teller
box 32, folder 6
Active--List of members of the WHSC
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Includes notice of establishment of the WHSC and notes
box 32, folder 7
Other panels--List of members of the Defense Science Board (DSB)
1982
box 32, folder 8
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
1974-1982
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles, bulletins, letter, list of members of the panel on the national airspace system plan proposed by the FAA,
memoranda, notes, notice of meeting, and report on the plan
box 32, folder 8
Miscellaneous materials relating to the national airspace system, agenda for panel discussion, financial record relating to
the implementation of the plan, mission statement and report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air traffic control
system, and reports on the plan and preparation and consequences of an earthquake as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
1978-1982
box 33, folder 1
"Gas Laser Technology," Douglas C. Sinclair and W. Earl Bell
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
Mission Research Corporation (MRC) reports for the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA)
box 33, folder 1
"Encyclopedia of High-Altitude Nuclear Weapons Effects," Vol. II
1972-1975
box 33, folder 1
"Physics of High-Altitude Burst Effects,"
1977
box 33, folder 1
White House Science Council manual
1982
box 34, folder 1
Pamphlets--United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
1982
Scope and Contents note
Includes brochure, letter, memoranda, schedule of religious services, and newsletter
box 34, folder 1
Bulletin of the American Physical Society
1988
box 34, folder 1
Course outline and notes, prepared by Thomas Johnson for a class on plasma dynamics, Institute of Technology, U.S. Air Force
1979
box 34, folder 1
"Encyclopedia of High-Altitude Nuclear Weapons Effects," Vol. II
1973-1975
Scope and Contents note
Report prepared by the Mission Research Corporation (MRC)
box 34, folder 1
"Statistical Mechanics and Kinetic Theory of Plasmas," Carl Tyler Case
1970
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation
box 34, folder 1
"Numerical Studies of Resistive Instabilities in Diffuse Pinches,"
1974
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 34, folder 1
Notes for an advanced weapons technology course, Institute of Technology, U.S. Air Force
1979
box 35
"Readings in National Security," Vol. II, national security seminar, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military
Academy, West Point, New York
1982-1983
box 35
"Physics of Short Wavelength Laser Design," P. L. Hagelstein
1981
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation
box 35
Summer 1988 Free Electron Laser (FEL) report--Discussions of some major issues
1988
box 35
"Time-Dependent Thermal-Blooming/Turbulence Propagation Code: Design, Motivations, Requirements,"
1987 September 22
Scope and Contents note
Project report
box 35
Advanced compact reactor systems--Proceedings of a symposium, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1982 November 15-17
box 35
Cadet notebook, national security seminar, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, New
York
1982-1983
box 35
"Plasma Physics Aspects of the Solar Neutrino Problem," Robert O. Hunter, Jr.
1981
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation
box 35
Certificate awarded to Thomas H. Johnson by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in recognition of high scholastic achievement
in the 1985-1986 year, United States Military Academy
1986
box 36, folder 1
"Fusion Reactor Systems," F. L. Ribe
1975
Scope and Contents note
Review
box 36, folder 2
"Theory of Plasma Transport in Toroidal Confinement Systems," F. L. Hinton and R. D. Hazeltine
1976
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 36, folder 3
"Motion of Magnetic Lines of Force," William A. Newcomb
1958
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 36, folder 4
"Linear Oscillations of a Collisionless Plasma," A. Simon, plasma physics seminar, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
1965
Scope and Contents note
Paper
box 36, folder 5
Review of Tokamak research by H. P. Furth
1975
Scope and Contents note
Paper
box 36, folder 6
Controlled Thermonuclear Research annual report, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California
1973 July – 1974 June
box 36, folder 7
"Diffusion, De-Excitation, and Ionization Cross Sections for Metastable Atoms I," Manfred A. Biondi
1952
Scope and Contents note
Article. Includes related materials
box 36, folder 8
"Energy Transfer Collisions of Atoms and Molecules," Jean W. Gallagher
1979 November 1
Scope and Contents note
Bibliography
box 36, folder 9
"Electron Impact Excitation of the Rare Gases," P. S. Ganas and A. E. S. Green
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 36, folder 10
"The Role of Electrons in Excimer Lasers," David L. Huestis
1985
Scope and Contents note
Outline
box 36, folder 11
Old Krkin draft materials
undated
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 36, folder 12
"Dissociate Attachment from Vibrationally and Rotationally Excited HCl and HF," M. Allan and S. F. Wong
1980
Scope and Contents note
Article. Includes related materials
box 36, folder 13
Articles and letter to the editor relating to vibrational excitation of molecules by electron impact; transmission spectroscopy
in hydrogen halides; energy deposition mechanism for electrons colliding with F2 and F2 mixtures; and kinetics of formation
of chloride ions in atmosphere
1972-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes related materials
box 36, folder 14
Defense procurement, management, organizational reform
1980-1985, undated
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, notes, and report
box 36, folder 15
David Allan Rosenberg
1982-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 36, folder 15
Miscellany
1984-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, map, and notes relating primarily to the Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"
box 37, folder 1
AIS rough draft
1980
Scope and Contents note
Letter
box 37, folder 2
Jaws
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence between Thomas Johnson and Pete Rose, E. T. Manning, and Eugene Fubini relating to fusion research
and laser applications; memorandum to Dr. Freeman regarding Jaws IV; newsletter; and notes
box 37, folder 3
News reports/budgets
1981-1984
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 37, folder 4
Speech, Robert L. Hirsch, Sixth topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy
1985 March 5
box 37, folder 5
Fusion Power Associates
1982-1985
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters
box 37, folder 6
Soloman J. Buchsbaum panel
1978-1980
Scope and Contents note
Agenda for meeting, articles, budget, comments, letters, list of attendants for sessions of ad hoc experts group on fusion,
memoranda, notes, outline, and report relating to fusion research program
box 37, folder 7
Office of Fusion Energy (OFE) report to Fusion Review Committee, Washington, D.C.
1980 February 13
box 37, folder 8
Princeton Large Torus (PLT) program
1978
Scope and Contents note
Article, letters to the editor, memoranda, and notes
box 37, folder 9
Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)
1979-1982
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, program, report, and related materials
box 37, folder 9
Miscellany
1977-1981
Scope and Contents note
Articles, information packet for Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, journals, letter, report, and statement by the president
relating to the Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act, Tandem mirror plan, and mirror fusion program
box 38, folder 1
Mirror machines program--Overview
1977-1978
Scope and Contents note
Articles and journal
box 38, folder 2
"A Reassessment of the Livermore Mirror Program," Ronald C. Davidson
1978
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 38, folder 3
Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF)
1978-1981
Scope and Contents note
Article, brochures, fact sheet, report, and materials relating to the Tandem mirror fusion program
box 38, folder 4
Report on the concept review committee recommendations for proof-of-principle alternate concept programs, 1979 March; and
articles, "A Triggered-Reconnection Compact Toroid Experiment," A. L. Hoffman and G. C. Vlases, undated; and "Plasma Rotation
in Field-Reversed Theta Pinches," L. C. Steinhauer
undated
box 38, folder 5
Mirror reactors
1977-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles and journals
box 38, folder 6
Reactors, hybrids, etc.
1971-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles, journals, remark, and report
box 38, folder 7
Fusion Materials Irradiation Test (FMIT) project
1978, undated
Scope and Contents note
Articles and draft papers
box 38, folder 7
Miscellany
1978-1985
Scope and Contents note
Address, brochure, journals, and report relating to magnetic fusion and the Tandem mirror fusion program
box 39, folder 1-3
Fusion budget strategies
1978-1979
Scope and Contents note
Article, budget strategy, letter, memoranda, notes, review of the fusion energy programs, and related materials
box 39, folder 4
Orange book--Fusion research and development program
undated
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 39, folder 5
"The Motion of a Charged Particle in a Strong Magnetic Field," Ira B. Bernstein
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 39, folder 6
"Radiation from Plasmas," John M. Dawson, undated, and "Cyclotron Radiation," W. E. Drummond
circa 1965
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 39, folder 7
Princeton experiments
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Articles relating to Tokamak research
box 39, folder 8
"Plasma and the Controlled Thermonuclear Reaction," P. L. Kapitza
1979
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 39, folder 9
"Stabilization by Shear and Negative V,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 39, folder 10
Review of fusion projects
1978
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda concerning budget
box 39, folder 11
International co-operation
1978
Scope and Contents note
Article, letter, and remarks
box 40, folder 1
"Collisional Interchange Instabilities in Shear and Stabilized Systems," B. Coppi and M. N. Rosenbluth, plasma physics seminar
1965
Scope and Contents note
Paper
box 40, folder 2
"Toroidal Containment of a Plasma," Harold Grad
1967
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 3
"Stability of the Adiabatic Motion of Charged Particles in the Earth's Field," Theodore G. Northrop and Edward Teller, Argus
symposium, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1960
box 40, folder 4
"Electrostatic Instabilities in Finite Mirror Plasmas," R. F. Post and Marshall N. Rosenbluth
circa 1966
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 5
Quasi-Linear theory
1964-1966
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 40, folder 6
"Waves and Turbulence in a Tokamak Fusion Plasma," C. M. Surko and R. E. Slusher
1983
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 7
"Motion of Charged Particles in Electromagnetic Fields," A. I. Morozov and L. S. Solov'ev
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 8
"Finite-Resistivity Instabilities of a Sheet Pinch," Harold P. Furth, John Killeen, and Marshall N. Rosenbluth
1963
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 9
Soloman J. Buchsbaum panel documentation
1980-1982
Scope and Contents note
Letters, memoranda, and report
box 40, folder 10
Magnetic Fusion Advisory Committee (MFAC)
1982
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter, report, and related materials
box 40, folder 11
"Tokamak Devices," L. A. Artsimovich
1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 12
"Trapped Particles in Toroidal Magnetic Systems," B. B. Kadomtsev and O. P. Pogutse
1971
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 13
Hannes Alfvén
1971
Scope and Contents note
Articles on plasma physics
box 40, folder 14
"Present Status of Controlled Thermonuclear Theory," Marshall N. Rosenbluth
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 15
"Controlled Fusion Research and High-Temperature Plasmas," H. F. Post
1970
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 16
"Microinstabilities," Marshall N. Rosenbluth
circa 1965
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 40, folder 16
Plasma fusion research, cyclotron instability, and electrostatic electron-ion streaming instability
1970-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles, memoranda, minutes, and reports
box 41, folder 1
Fusion policy and fusion energy program
1978
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, remarks, report, and statement
box 41, folder 2-3
Presentations on Tokamak overview, Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) remote maintenance program, superconducting magnet development,
materials technology for ETF, neutral beam heating, Tokamak as commercial power reactors, radio frequency heating, Tokamak
stability, beta limits, electron and ion confinement, divertor Tokamak operation, and related programs before the Fusion Review
Committee, Energy Research Advisory Board
1980
box 41, folder 4
"Electron Impact Excitation of Atoms," B. L. Moiseiwitsch and S. J. Smith
1968
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 41, folder 5
Xe total excitation, Makoto Hayashi
1983
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 41, folder 6
"Near Infrared Gas Lasers," S. Lawton and T. A. DeTemple
1978
Scope and Contents note
Technical report
box 41, folder 7
Michal Gryzinski
1976
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 41, folder 8
"Electron Energy Distribution in E-Beam Generated Xe and Ar Plasmas," C. J. Elliott and A. E. Greene
1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 41, folder 9
"Temperature Dependence of Dissociative Recombination and Molecular-Ion Formation in He, Ne, and Ar Plasmas," Che Jen Chen
1968-1977
Scope and Contents note
Article and related materials
box 42, folder 1
"Total Inelastic Cross Sections for Slow Electrons in Xenon," A. J. Dixon and A. von Engel, 1968, and "Measurement of Townsend
Ionization Coefficients and the Breakdown Potentials for the Penning Mixtures of Ne and Kr," Ashok K. Bhattacharya
1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 2
Vriens model for ionization
1972-1977
Scope and Contents note
Computer printouts, letter, and notes
box 42, folder 3
"Calculation of Inelastic Electro-Molecule Collision Cross Sections by Classical Method," Ernest Bauer and Charlotte Decker
Bartry, 1965, and "Elastic Scattering of Low-Energy Electrons by Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe," R. Haberland, L. Fritsche, and J. Noffke
1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 4
"Electron Impact Cross Sections for Argon," L. R. Peterson and J. E. Allen, Jr.
1971
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 5
"Determination of Cross Sections and Oscillator Strengths for Argon by Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopy," G. P. Li, T. Takayanagi,
K. Wakiya, H. Suzuki, and others
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 42, folder 6
"Ionization Cross Sections and Secondary Electron Distributions," A. E. S. Green and T. Sawada
1972
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 42, folder 7
"Total Electron Impact Excitation Cross Sections of Ar and Kr," J. H. Jacob and J. A. Mangano, 1976; "Comprehensive Optical
and Collision Data for Radiation Action ll. Ar," E. Eggarter, 1975; and "Absolute Determination of the Total Excitation Cross
Sections of the Noble Gases by Electron Impact," M. Schaper and H. Scheibner
circa 1975
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 8
H. A. Hyman
1978-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 9
"Total Cross Sections for the Production of Metastable Neon Atoms by Electron Impact," P. J. O. Teubner, et al.
1985
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 42, folder 10
"Total Cross Sections for Ionization and Attachment in Gases by Electro Impact. I. Positive Ionization," Donald Rapp and Paula
Englander-Golden
1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes related article, 1973
box 42, folder 11
Reactions and spectra
1979, 1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 12
"Krypton-Flouride Excimer Laser Kinetics," Thomas H. Johnson
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes
box 42, folder 13
"On the Diffusion Approximation of the Boltzmann Equation for Slow Electrons," J. H. Jacob, B. N. Srivastava, M. Rokni, and
J. A. Mangano
1979
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes
box 42, folder 14-15
Boltzmann solutions
1975
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 16
Al's problem--Notes
undated
box 42, folder 17
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory computer
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda and notes
box 42, folder 18
Dimer ions
1977-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles and graphs
box 42, folder 19
Xenon manifold
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Articles and graphs
box 42, folder 20
Configurations/Abstracts
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs, notes, and tables
box 42, folder 21
"Kinetics Considerations for Narrowband XeC1 Lasers," Allen M. Hunter and Robert O. Hunter, Jr.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 42, folder 22
XeC1 spectra
1975-1978, 1983-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 42, folder 22
Miscellaneous articles--Continuum spectra of gas molecules, radiation and potential of T1-noble gas molecules, extreme-wing
line broadening and Cs-Inert-Gas Potential, spectroscopic studies of diatomic noble gas halides, and covalent and ionic states
of the xenon halides
1972-1978
box 43, folder 1
Ion-molecule reactions of Ar2+
1979
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 2
Absorption processes in XeC1
1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 3
"Electron Photodeachment Cross Sections of C1- and Br-+," A. Mandl, 1976; "Diatomics-In-Molecules Potential Surfaces for the
Triatomic Rare Gas Halides: Rg2X+," D. L. Huestis and N. E. Schlotter, 1977?; "Visible Absorption by Electron-Beam Pumped
Rare Gases," Ehud Zamir, David L. Huestis, Howard H. Nakano, and others, 1979; and "UV Transient Absorptions in High Pressure
Argon Excited by Relativistic Electrons," F. Collier, J. B. Leblond, F. Hoffbeck, and P. Cottin
1981
box 43, folder 4
"Photoassociative Laser-Induced Fluorescence of XeC1 and Kinetics of XeC1(B) and XeC1(C) in Xe," J. K. Ku and D. W. Setser
1984
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 5
"Vibrational Excitation of HCl In Electron Beam," R. E. Center, J. H. Jacob, and Z. Rozenberg
1982
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 6
Electron impact dissociation of HC1
1986
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 7
Related lasers: Xe, C1, XeF(C-A), Xe*
1980-1983
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 8
Electron quenching
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 9
Quenching of Xenon
1985-1986
Scope and Contents note
Article and letter
box 43, folder 10
Charge transfer and penning ionization
1980-1981
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 11
David L. Huestis
1977-1985
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 12
Don Setser
1973-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 13
Destruction of XeC1(X), R. W. Waynant and J. G. Eden
1980
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 14
Arthur Greene
1981
Scope and Contents note
Memorandum
box 43, folder 15
Laser systems
1979-1981
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 16
AVCO
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs and reports
box 43, folder 17
"Ion-Atom Reactions in Rare Gases," A. V. Phelps
1977
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 43, folder 18
Don Lorents
1979-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 43, folder 19
Palumbo code
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Computer printouts
box 43, folder 20
SRI International workshop on XeC1 laser development and performance, Menlo Park, California
1985 December 18
box 44, folder 1
AVCO Everett Research Laboratory
1985-1987
Scope and Contents note
Letters, report, and study
box 44, folder 2
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
1978-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles and report
box 44, folder 3
Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc. (MSNW)
1981-1982
Scope and Contents note
Article and report
box 44, folder 3
SRI International
1973, 1982
Scope and Contents note
Reports
box 44, folder 3
Laser systems
1976-1987
Scope and Contents note
Article and reports
box 45, folder 1
Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc. (MSNW) electron density measurements
1986-1988
Scope and Contents note
Articles. Includes graphs, letters, notes, and reports
box 45, folder 2
"Electron-Beam XeC1 Laser with a Specific Output Energy of 20 J/Liter," A. D. Klementov, N. V. Morozov, and P. B. Sergeev
1985
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 45, folder 3
"Preionization Kinetics of an X-Ray Preionized XeC1 Gas Discharge Laser," H. Shields, A. J. Alcock, and R. S. Taylor
1983
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 45, folder 4
Laser systems
1980-1986
Scope and Contents note
Articles and related materials
box 45, folder 5
"Efficient E-Beam Excitation of XeC1 (B)," Dietmar E. Rothe and Mani L. Bhaumik
1979
Scope and Contents note
Article. Includes graphs, notes, and related materials
box 45, folder 6
Western Research Corporation (WRC)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Data and graphs
box 45, folder 6
AVCO Everett
1979-1980, undated
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 45, folder 6
Proceedings of the EMRLD technical interchange meeting sponsored by the Strategic Defense Initiative Office
1984
box 46, folder 1
XeCl JAP paper: Useful back-up
1981
Scope and Contents note
Articles, charts, graphs, notes, and report
box 46, folder 2
XeCl raw materials
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs, list of references, and notes
box 46, folder 3
Workshop on XeCl Kinetics, SRI International, Menlo Park, California
1986 March 10
Scope and Contents note
Report
box 46, folder 4
"XeCl Laser Modeling," Thomas C. Genoni and Thomas H. Johnson
1984
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 46, folder 5
"Physics of the Krypton Fluoride Laser," Thomas Johnson and Allen M. Hunter
1980
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 46, folder 6
Temperature model
undated
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 46, folder 7
Absorption, emission calculation for Xe Cl
1976-1986
Scope and Contents note
Article, letter, and report
box 46, folder 8
"Electron Densities in Xenon Chloride Laser Mixtures," Thomas Johnson and H. E. Cartland
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes article, copyright agreement, and letter
box 46, folder 9
KSOF model, Kannari and others
1983
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 46, folder 10
XeF model
1978-1987
Scope and Contents note
Articles
box 46, folder 11
Bill Long
undated
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 46, folder 12
Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc. (MSNW) model
1981
Scope and Contents note
Article
box 46, folder 13
Sandia simulations
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs
box 46, folder 14
AVCO experiment simulations
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs and notes
box 46, folder 15
Western Research Corporation (WRC) simulation
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs and notes
box 46, folder 16
Jacob simulations
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphs and notes
Aspen Strategy Group summer workshop, Aspen, Colorado
box 46, folder 17
"The Strategic Defense Initiative and American Security,"
1986 August 10-15
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, letter, list of members and office holders, map, memoranda, newsletter, notes, outline of paper by Thomas Johnson,
and schedule
box 46, folder 18
"Rethinking the Role of Nuclear Weapons in U.S. National Strategy,"
1987 August 16-21
Scope and Contents note
Address list, article, letters, map, memoranda, notes, and programs
box 46, folder 19
USSR II--Joint meeting of Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and Committee of Soviet Scientists for Peace and against
the Nuclear Threat, Virginia
1987 April 24-26
Scope and Contents note
Includes agenda, agreement, letters, and related materials
box 46, folder 20
Tenure committee--Appointment of Professor and Head, Department of System Engineering, United States Military Academy (USMA)
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Letters, list of applicants, and memoranda
box 47, folder 1
UAV memoranda
1987
Scope and Contents note
Article, map, note, and report
box 47, folder 2
Jack Matlock memoranda on Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
1984-1987
Scope and Contents note
Letter, memoranda, and note
box 47, folder 3
National Training Center (NTC)
1986-1987
Scope and Contents note
Article, letter, memoranda, newsletter, and program
box 47, folder 4
Scientific aspect of global security
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes agenda and minutes of meeting, article, letter, and memoranda
box 47, folder 5
SDI red team review group
1988
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, list of reference, and memoranda
box 47, folder 6
SRL--Research proposal for the United States Military Academy (USMA)
1986
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, notes, and report
box 47, folder 7
House Armed Services Committee (HASC)
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article, form letter in support of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), message, and testimony
box 47, folder 8
American Academy ABM study
1988
Scope and Contents note
Chapter titles for "Managing the ABM Treaty Regime," letter from Richard L. Garwin to Thomas Johnson, list of working group
members' addresses and phone numbers, memoranda, testimony, and related materials
box 47, folder 9
Department of Energy (DOE) and United States Military Academy (USMA) inter-agency agreement
1980-1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes article, agreement form, letter, memoranda, note, and statement of work
box 47, folder 10
Stanford regional security study
1988
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda and report
box 47, folder 11
Department of Energy/IDP
1989
Scope and Contents note
Chart, list of individuals in the assistant secretary of defense programs, and miscellany
box 47, folder 12
New Republic
1986
Scope and Contents note
Disposition form requesting clearance, letter, and note
box 47, folder 13
Army stealth task force
1988
Scope and Contents note
Letter, list of members for the Defense Science Board (DSB) sub-panel, program, and tentative agenda for the DSB task force
on low observable technology
box 47, folder 14
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, San Francisco
1989 January 17
Scope and Contents note
Invitation to join the panel on "SDI Testing and the ABM Treaty" and program
box 47, folder 15
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Miscellany
box 47, folder 16
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
1987-1989
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, letters, list of students pursuing a Ph.D. in the Engineering and Public Safety Department, newsletters, outlines,
and miscellany
box 47, folder 17
Roy Alcala committee
1989
Scope and Contents note
Agenda and briefings, letter, and memorandum
box 47, folder 18
Search for the position of Head of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Course outline, curriculum vitae, letter, list of professors and head of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department,
memoranda, and notes
box 47, folder 19
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) expert group meeting on "Problems of Definition and Demarcation
in the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space," Sochi, USSR
1988 October 19-20
Scope and Contents note
Brochure, letters, list of experts, minutes of meeting, and telegram
box 47, folder 20
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Inertial Fusion Advisory Committee (IFAC)
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Article, letters, list of committee members, and memoranda
box 47, folder 21
Nuclear power study
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, statement, and related information. Also includes agenda, biographies of speakers, and list of participants
for the Colloquium on "Nuclear Operations and Command and Control," Center for Public Policy Education, Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C., 1987 March 9
box 48, folder 1
National Research Council (NRC) space study
1987-1988
Scope and Contents note
Agenda for a meeting, financial record relating to travel, letters, list of members of the technology assessment committee,
memoranda, notes, organizational chart, progress report, and related materials. Also includes a letter confirming Thomas Johnson's
appointment as a member of the Technology Assessment Committee to the U.S. Space Command of the Air Force Studies Board, Commission
on Engineering and Technical Systems
box 48, folder 2
Army Space Master Plan project
1985
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, letters, list of names of attendees and their travel schedule, newsletter, notes, outline and related materials
box 48, folder 3
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
1987
Scope and Contents note
Brochures and newsletters relating to frequent flight program
box 48, folder 4
Army Science Board
1985-1988
Scope and Contents note
Agenda for Army Science Board Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program panel meeting, article, letters, list of participants,
memoranda, and outline, and miscellany
box 48, folder 5
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
1983-1989
Scope and Contents note
Consultant agreement for Thomas Johnson's services and related materials
box 48, folder 6
DCSRDA research initiative
1985-1986
Scope and Contents note
Disposition form, letters, memoranda, notes, and proposal
box 48, folder 7
Items of interest
1983
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda relating to Thomas Johnson's activities as Assistant Dean for Academic Research and Director, Science Research Laboratory,
United States Military Academy
box 48, folder 8
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
1986-1987
Scope and Contents note
Letters, program, notes, and related materials. Includes an article by Thomas Johnson, "Technologies of Ballistic Missile
Defense and the ABM Treaty," undated
box 48, folder 9
Stanford Center for International Security and Arms Control
1984-1988
Scope and Contents note
Annual report, brochure, letters, newsletter, and program
box 49
Articles relating to ICF tritium production reactor, free electron reactors, laser driver for an ICF reactor, effects of atmospheric
wind profiles on propagation
1985-1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles in Russian
box 49
Comments on glass laser driver, T. Coffey
undated
box 49
Foreign Affairs
1988 summer
box 49
List of names of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Inertial Confinement Fusion advisory committee members
undated
box 49
Notes and miscellany regarding Athena design, laser technology, and other related matters
undated
box 49
"Theory of Optical Guiding in a Free Electron Lasers," Ming Xie
1988 summer
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation
box 49
Reports and annual reports
1988-1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes Department of Defense annual reports to the Congress
box 50
Reports relating to atmospheric turbulence, beam research program, national airspace system plan, and other related subjects
1981-1988
Scope and Contents note
Also includes Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Inc. annual awards presentation program
box 51
Reports on air traffic control system, axisymmetric and mirror plasma, conceptual design of an auto-resonant accelerator experiment,
fusion and hose theory
1971-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes reactor and two-component toroidal fusion test reactor studies, and statement on fusion energy
box 52, folder 1
Defense Intelligence Agency-United States Military Academy (DIA-USMA) co-operation
1987
Scope and Contents note
Letters, memoranda, minutes of meeting, notes, personnel record, and related materials
box 52, folder 2
"Science and Security: The Future of Arms Control," American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) colloquium,
Washington, D.C.
1986 December 4-5
Scope and Contents note
Agenda of meeting, articles by Sidney Drell, Thomas Johnson, and others, letters, list of participants, program, and remarks
box 52, folder 2
Articles by Thomas Johnson and others; course outline for fusion energy; reports on krypton fluoride laser, numerical simulation
of laser fusion plasma; laser kinetics handbook; mirror systems, national security seminar, United States Military Academy;
review of ICF program, project "Phobos," and related materials
1971-1989
box 52, folder 3
Documentation for motion picture film
1975 March
box 53
"The Next Democracy," study by Thomas H. Johnson
Motion picture. A mathematical pools 24, 25, and 26 in the upper Mississippi and lower Illinois Rivers prepared for the Corps
of Engineers by Yung H. Chen and Daryl B. Simons, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
1975 March
Scope and Contents note
One 16mm film reel
film shelf
(1) Routing of 1965 flood in the upper Mississippi River
film shelf
(2) Changes of bed elevation in the upper Mississippi River
film shelf
(3) Changes of bed elevation in the upper Mississippi River (zero sediment inflow)
film shelf
(4) Routing of 1965 flood in the lower Illinois River
film shelf
(5) Dredging effects--Pool 25
Declassified U.S. government records
1987
online digital
2018 release of declassified records
1987