Introductory nuclear physics
by Kenneth S. Krane · first published 1987
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Krane's Introductory Nuclear Physics is often considered a standard text, and includes a crash course in quantum that might be enough for someone comfortable with linear PDE's. You may also like Knoll's Radiation Detection and Measurement…
on “Physics – Probing the Limits of Nuclear Existence” ↗…course which at the time was focused on nuclear energy. At the time a very surface level course due to being reduced in size over the years in favor or atomic and quantum physics instead. I still have Introductory Nuclear Physics [2] sitting in my bookshelf because I never had the chance to sell it, the course was changed to be centered around particle accelerators instead. That program used to be the prime source of people going…
on “Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open” ↗My question isn't answered in the article, as I repeatedly explain elsewhere in this thread. As you only require one reference, I will present K.S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics, section 14.5 "Thermonuclear Weapons." The relevant schematic is numbered 14.19. I chose this because it's a textbook that I remember using myself; I'm not sure what is usually used these days.
on “Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo?” ↗What is it that the author thinks is particularly unusual about this image? Pretty much every schematic of a Teller-Ulam type weapon -- a schematic which you will find in every introductory Nuclear Physics textbook -- shows a large cylinder with a spherical fission device at the top and a cylindrical fusion device at the bottom, plus some FOGBANK-type material of unconfirmed purpose. This image looks exactly…
on “Did Sandia use a thermonuclear secondary in a product logo?” ↗