Los Alamos Primer

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Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
lecture notes ⓘ
technical report ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
Los Alamos National Laboratory ⓘ
associatedWithProject Manhattan Project ⓘ
author Robert Serber ⓘ
classifiedStatus originally classified ⓘ
commissionedBy J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
contains assumptions about material properties of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 ⓘ
diagrams of bomb configurations ⓘ
estimates of explosive yield ⓘ
mathematical derivations of critical conditions for fission ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateOfFirstDelivery April 1943 ⓘ
declassificationStatus later declassified ⓘ
declassificationYear 1965 ⓘ
field nuclear physics ⓘ
weapons engineering ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle LA-1 ⓘ
hasIdentifier LA-1 ⓘ
hasTitle The Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
linked to: Los Alamos Primer
historicalSignificance earliest comprehensive technical summary of atomic bomb design for Los Alamos staff ⓘ
key document in the organization of theoretical work at Los Alamos ⓘ
intendedAudience scientists at Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
isPartOf Los Alamos Laboratory report series ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium typewritten report ⓘ
placeOfFirstDelivery Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ
purpose to introduce newly arrived scientists to the basic physics of nuclear fission weapons ⓘ
to outline design concepts for the first atomic bombs ⓘ
relatedToEvent development of the first atomic bombs ⓘ
relatedToPerson Enrico Fermi ⓘ
Hans Bethe ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
relatedToWeapon Fat Man ⓘ
Little Boy ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
topic chain reactions ⓘ
critical mass ⓘ
efficiency of fission weapons ⓘ
gun-type nuclear weapons ⓘ
implosion-type nuclear weapons ⓘ
neutron diffusion ⓘ
neutron physics ⓘ
nuclear fission ⓘ
tamper and reflector effects ⓘ
weapon design ⓘ
writtenBy Robert Serber ⓘ
yearOfCreation 1943 ⓘ

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Robert Serber → notableWork → Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
Robert Serber → notableWork → The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb ⓘ
linked to: Los Alamos Primer
Robert Serber → wrote → Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
Atomic Quest → relatedWork → Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
Robert Serber → authored → Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
subject linked to: Serber
Los Alamos Primer → hasTitle → The Los Alamos Primer ⓘ
linked to: Los Alamos Primer
LA-1 → alternativeTitleOf → Los Alamos Primer ⓘ