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KlappentextThe development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 4th edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, analytic and numerical models of the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design. An extensive list of references and a number of exercises for self-study are included. Revisions to this fourth edition include many upgrades and new sections. Improvements are made to, among other things, the analysis of the physics of the fission barrier, the time-dependent simulation of the explosion of a nuclear weapon, and the discussion of tamped bomb cores.New sections cover, for example, composite bomb cores, approximate methods for various of the calculations presented, and the physics of the polonium-beryllium "neutron initiators" used to trigger the bombs.The author delivers in this book an unparalleled, clear and comprehensive treatment of the physics behind the Manhattan project.
Zusammenfassung
Only treatment of the physics of Manhattan Project-era fission bombs prepared by a recognized expert on the topic
Surveys all aspects of the physics of fission weapons, from the characteristics of fission to analyzing critical mass, bomb yield, how to trigger the nuclear explosion in the first place, and complicating factors such as the probability that a bomb will pre-detonate
Technical points illustrated with numerous graphs
Includes student exercises, with answers
Only treatment of the physics of Manhattan Project-era fission bombs prepared by a recognized expert on the topic
Surveys all aspects of the physics of fission weapons, from the characteristics of fission to analyzing critical mass, bomb yield, how to trigger the nuclear explosion in the first place, and complicating factors such as the probability that a bomb will pre-detonate
Technical points illustrated with numerous graphs
Includes student exercises, with answers
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-61375-4
ProduktartBook on Demand
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum04.01.2022
Auflage4. Aufl.
Seiten256 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXXIII, 256 p. 88 illus.
Artikel-Nr.50370936
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