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Revisiting the Frisch–Peierls Memorandum

Reed, B. Cameron

European physical journal H, 2024-12, Vol.49 (1) [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Título:
Revisiting the Frisch–Peierls Memorandum
Autor: Reed, B. Cameron
Assuntos: Astronomy ; Astrophysics and Cosmology ; Chain reactions (nuclear physics) ; Critical mass ; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics ; History of Science ; Measurement Science and Instrumentation ; Nuclear weapons ; Physics ; Physics and Astronomy ; Quantum Physics ; Regular Article
É parte de: European physical journal H, 2024-12, Vol.49 (1)
Descrição: This paper analyzes the physics of the famous 1940 Frisch–Peierls memorandum, which examined the possibility of creating a nuclear weapon utilizing a fast-neutron chain reaction with uranium-235. While Frisch and Peierls’ estimate of the critical mass was far too low, their analysis was fundamentally sound. I also survey the role of the memorandum in the overall history of wartime nuclear developments, and its prescient predictions of aspects of the Cold War.
Editor: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Idioma: Inglês

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