The Physics of the Manhattan Project - hardcover

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783642147081
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3642147089
Hardcover
Publishing year: 2010
Publisher: Springer
170 Pages
Weight: 0,437 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9783642147081

ISBN - alternate spelling:
3-642-14708-9, 978-3-642-14708-1
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Book author: bruce cameron reed
Book title: manhattan, the project, project physics

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Author: B. Cameron Reed
Title: The Physics of the Manhattan Project; The Physics of the Manhattan Project
Publisher: Springer; Springer Berlin
170 Pages
Publishing year: 2010-10-09
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
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Weight: 0,980 kg
Language: English
64,19 € (DE)
65,99 € (AT)
80,08 CHF (CH)
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BB; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Physik, Astronomie/Atomphysik, Kernphysik; Kernphysik; Verstehen; B; Physics and Astronomy; Nuclear Fusion; Nuclear Chemistry; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Kernchemie, Photochemie und Strahlung; Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften; BC; EA; BB

Preface Part 1. Energy Release in Nuclear Reactions, Neutrons, Fission, and Characteristics of Fission 1.1 Notational Conventions for Mass Excess and Q-Values 1.2 Rutherford and the Energy Release in Radium Decay 1.3 Rutherford’s First Artificial Nuclear Transmutation 1.4 Discovery of the Neutron 1.5 Artificially-Induced Radioactivity and the Path to Fission 1.6 Energy Release in Fission 1.7 The Bohr-Wheeler Theory of Fission: The Z2/A Limit Against Spontaneous Fission 1.8 Energy Spectrum of Fission Neutrons 1.9 Leaping the Fission Barrier 1.10 A Semi-Empirical Look at the Fission Barrier Part 2. Critical Mass and Efficiency 2.1 Neutron Mean Free Path 2.2 Critical Mass: Diffusion Theory 2.3 Effect of Tamper 2.4 Estimating Bomb Efficiency - Analytic 2.5 Estimating Bomb Efficiency – Numerical 2.6 Another Look at Untamped Criticality: Just One Number Part 3. Producing Fissile Material 3.1 Reactor Criticality 3.2 Neutron Thermalization 3.3 Plutonium Production 3.4 Electromagnetic Separation of Isotopes 3.5 Gaseous (Barrier) Diffusion Part 4. Complicating Factors 4.1 Boron Contamination in Graphite 4.2 Spontaneous Fission of 240Pu, Predetonation, and Implosion 4.3 Tolerable Limits for Light-Element Impurities Part 5. Miscellaneous Calculations 5.1 How Warm Is It? 5.2 Brightness of the Trinity Explosion 5.3 A Model for Trace Isotope Production in a Reactor Appendix A Selected -Values and Fission Barriers Appendix B Densities, Cross-Sections, and Secondary Neutron Numbers Appendix C Energy and Momentum Conservation in a Two-Body Collision Appendix D Energy and Momentum Conservation in a Two-Body Collision That Produces a Gamma-Ray Appendix E Formal Derivation of the Bohr-Wheeler Spontaneous Fission Limit Appendix F Average Neutron Escape Probability From Within a Sphere Appendix G The Neutron Diffusion Equation Appendix H Questions and Answers Appendix I Further Reading Appendix J Useful Constants and Conversion Factors
- Gathers together all relevant and quite diverse physics of the atom-bomb project in a single volume - Retells the challenges of the Manhattan project, with the skill of a dedicated teacher of physics - Appendices provide numerous useful data-tables and special tools of calculation - A unique blend of history and physics