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6 Appendices
Project Y, The Los Alamos Project. Now unfortunately out of print, this book gives
a detailed technical and administrative history of Los Alamos from its inception
through December, 1946. The original Los Alamos report on which the book is
based is available from the Federation of American Scientists at http://www.fas.org/
sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00103803.pdf.
Hoddeson, L., Henriksen, P.W., Meade, R.A., Westfall, C.: Critical Assembly:
A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1993). An authoritative technical history
of Los Alamos during the war years.
L’Annunziata, M.: Radioactivity: Introduction and History. Elsevier Science,
Amsterdam (2007). An excellent survey of the history of discoveries in radiation
and radioactive decay, with emphasis on original works; enlivened with biographical
accounts.
Reed, B.C. Arthur Compton’s 1941 report on explosive fission of U-235: A look
at the physics. American Journal of Physics 75(12), 1065–1072 (2007). Technical
material pertinent to Sect. 2.2 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. A Brief Primer on Tampered Fission-Bomb Cores. American Journal
of Physics 77(8), 730–733 (2009). This companion paper to the entry immediately
above explores the physics of tamped bomb cores as discussed in Sect. 2.3 of the
present book.
Reed, B.C. Student-level numerical simulation of conditions inside an exploding
fission-bomb core. Natural Science 2(3), 139–144 (2010). Material relevant to
Sect. 2.6 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. Predetonation probability of a fission-bomb core. American Journal
of Physics. 78(8), 804–808 (2010). Material relevant to Sect. 4.2 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. A desktop-computer simulation for exploring the fission barrier.”
Natural Science 3(4) 323–327 (2011). Material relevant to Sect. 1.11 of the present
book.
Reed, B.C. Fission fizzles: Estimating the yield of a predetonated nuclear weapon.
American Journal of Physics, 79(7), 769–773 (2011). This companion paper to the
predetonation probability paper two entries above extends the analysis to explore the
physics of predetonation yield as in Sect. 4.3 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. Liquid Thermal Diffusion during the Manhattan Project. Physics in
Perspective 13(2), 161–188 (2011). The S-50 liquid thermal diffusion uraniumenrichment project has tended to be overlooked in comparison with its gargantuan
K-25 and Y-12 counterparts. This paper explores the history of this project at a
semi-popular level.
Reed. B.C.: From Treasury Vault to the Manhattan Project. American Scientist
99(1), 40–47 (2011). Over 14,000 t of silver were borrowed from the U.S. Treasury to
make magnet coils for the calutron electromagnetic isotope separators at Oak Ridge.
This paper relates the history of this little-known part of the Project.
Reed, B.C.: A Physicist’s Guide to The Los Alamos Primer, Phys. Scr. 91(11)
113002 (30 pp) (2016). Erratum: Phys. Scr. 91(12) 129601 (1p) (2016). This paper
offers a detailed analysis of the physics of Robert Serber’s Los Alamos Primer (see
immediately below).
6 Appendices
Project Y, The Los Alamos Project. Now unfortunately out of print, this book gives
a detailed technical and administrative history of Los Alamos from its inception
through December, 1946. The original Los Alamos report on which the book is
based is available from the Federation of American Scientists at http://www.fas.org/
sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00103803.pdf.
Hoddeson, L., Henriksen, P.W., Meade, R.A., Westfall, C.: Critical Assembly:
A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1993). An authoritative technical history
of Los Alamos during the war years.
L’Annunziata, M.: Radioactivity: Introduction and History. Elsevier Science,
Amsterdam (2007). An excellent survey of the history of discoveries in radiation
and radioactive decay, with emphasis on original works; enlivened with biographical
accounts.
Reed, B.C. Arthur Compton’s 1941 report on explosive fission of U-235: A look
at the physics. American Journal of Physics 75(12), 1065–1072 (2007). Technical
material pertinent to Sect. 2.2 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. A Brief Primer on Tampered Fission-Bomb Cores. American Journal
of Physics 77(8), 730–733 (2009). This companion paper to the entry immediately
above explores the physics of tamped bomb cores as discussed in Sect. 2.3 of the
present book.
Reed, B.C. Student-level numerical simulation of conditions inside an exploding
fission-bomb core. Natural Science 2(3), 139–144 (2010). Material relevant to
Sect. 2.6 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. Predetonation probability of a fission-bomb core. American Journal
of Physics. 78(8), 804–808 (2010). Material relevant to Sect. 4.2 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. A desktop-computer simulation for exploring the fission barrier.”
Natural Science 3(4) 323–327 (2011). Material relevant to Sect. 1.11 of the present
book.
Reed, B.C. Fission fizzles: Estimating the yield of a predetonated nuclear weapon.
American Journal of Physics, 79(7), 769–773 (2011). This companion paper to the
predetonation probability paper two entries above extends the analysis to explore the
physics of predetonation yield as in Sect. 4.3 of the present book.
Reed, B.C. Liquid Thermal Diffusion during the Manhattan Project. Physics in
Perspective 13(2), 161–188 (2011). The S-50 liquid thermal diffusion uraniumenrichment project has tended to be overlooked in comparison with its gargantuan
K-25 and Y-12 counterparts. This paper explores the history of this project at a
semi-popular level.
Reed. B.C.: From Treasury Vault to the Manhattan Project. American Scientist
99(1), 40–47 (2011). Over 14,000 t of silver were borrowed from the U.S. Treasury to
make magnet coils for the calutron electromagnetic isotope separators at Oak Ridge.
This paper relates the history of this little-known part of the Project.
Reed, B.C.: A Physicist’s Guide to The Los Alamos Primer, Phys. Scr. 91(11)
113002 (30 pp) (2016). Erratum: Phys. Scr. 91(12) 129601 (1p) (2016). This paper
offers a detailed analysis of the physics of Robert Serber’s Los Alamos Primer (see
immediately below).