The Manhattan Project by Reed, Bruce Cameron -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface A note on units Acknowledgements Author biography 1 The background

1.1 The physics 1.2 The Manhattan Project References

2 Nuclear fission

2.1 Energy release in fission 2.2 Chain reaction timescale 2.3 Temperature equivalent of fission fragments 2.4 A first glimpse of the efficiency issue 2.5 Neutron pairing energy, the fission barrier, and plutonium 2.6 Decay mechanisms and the (α, n) problem 2.7 Spontaneous fission References

3 Criticality and efficiency

3.1 Bare criticality 3.2 Supercriticality and the radius-density effect 3.3 Tamped criticality 3.4 Efficiency References

4 Obtaining fissile material

4.1 U-235: the electromagnetic method 4.2 U-235: the gaseous diffusion method 4.3 Pu-239: The Hanford reactors References

5 Los Alamos, Little Boy, Fat Man, Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

5.1 Predetonation probability 5.2 Little Boy 5.3 Implosion and Fat Man 5.4 Yield probability 5.5 Trinity 5.6 Hiroshima and Nagasaki References

6 Effects of nuclear weapons

6.1 Brightness and thermal radiation 6.2 Shock wave 6.3 Neutron scattering 6.4 A brief tutorial on radioactivity and radiation exposure units 6.5 Prompt radioactivity from a nuclear weapon References

7 Legacy

7.1 Postwar proliferation, tests, and deployments 7.2 Nuclear arms treaties and the baggage of the Cold War 7.3 Final thoughts References

8 Bibliography Glossary of Symbols

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