LEADER 04051nam 22006615 450 001 9910300429203321 005 20200701060658.0 010 $a3-662-43533-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-662-43533-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000224654 035 $a(EBL)1802676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001338816 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11796893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001338816 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11338629 035 $a(PQKB)11683650 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-662-43533-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1802676 035 $a(PPN)180622234 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000224654 100 $a20140820d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Physics of the Manhattan Project /$fby Bruce Cameron Reed 205 $a3rd ed. 2015. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-17281-1 311 $a3-662-43532-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aPreface -- Energy Release in Nuclear Reactions, Neutrons, Fission, and Characteristics of Fission -- Critical Mass and Efficiency -- Producing Fissile Material -- Complicating Factors -- Miscellaneous Calculations -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Selected D-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: Exercises and Answers -- Appendix I: Glossary of Symbols -- Appendix J: Further Reading -- Appendix K: Useful Constants and Conversion Factors. 330 $aThe development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd 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. Links are given to several freely-available spreadsheets which users can use to run many of the calculations for themselves. 606 $aNuclear fusion 606 $aNuclear chemistry 606 $aPhysics 606 $aNuclear energy 606 $aNuclear Fusion$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23045 606 $aNuclear Chemistry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C31000 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aNuclear Energy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/113000 615 0$aNuclear fusion. 615 0$aNuclear chemistry. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aNuclear energy. 615 14$aNuclear Fusion. 615 24$aNuclear Chemistry. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$aNuclear Energy. 676 $a333.7924 700 $aReed$b Bruce Cameron$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0947691 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300429203321 996 $aThe Physics of the Manhattan Project$92529466 997 $aUNINA