MAUD Committee
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The MAUD Committee was a British scientific advisory group during World War II that conducted pioneering research into the feasibility of an atomic bomb, helping to spur the later development of the Manhattan Project.
Aliases (4)
- British Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defence ×1
- British Mission to the Manhattan Project ×1
- MAUD ×1
- MAUD Report ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British government committee
→
scientific advisory committee → |
| areaServed |
Allied powers
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| chairperson |
George Paget Thomson
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| concluded |
an atomic bomb could be built within a few years
→
an atomic bomb was technically feasible → an atomic bomb would require large-scale industrial effort → |
| country |
United Kingdom
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| dissolved |
1941
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| documentedIn |
MAUD Report
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| field |
military technology
→
nuclear physics → weapons research → |
| hasAbbreviation |
MAUD
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| inception |
1940
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| influenced |
Manhattan Project
→
United States atomic bomb program → |
| influencedBy |
Frisch–Peierls memorandum
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| legacy |
helped trigger full-scale U.S. commitment to atomic bomb development
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| location |
London
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| member |
James Chadwick
→
John Cockcroft → Mark Oliphant → Maurice Pryce → Otto Frisch → Philip Moon → Rudolf Peierls → Wallace Akers → |
| namedAfter |
Maud Ray Kent
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| notableWork |
MAUD Report
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| operatedIn |
United Kingdom
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| partOf |
British wartime scientific establishment
→
Tube Alloys programme → |
| purpose |
to advise the British government on uranium research
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to investigate the feasibility of an atomic bomb → |
| reportedTo |
British government
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Ministry of Aircraft Production → |
| sentTo |
United States
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| significantEvent |
transmission of MAUD findings to American scientists in 1941
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| timePeriod |
World War II
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| topic |
centrifuge enrichment
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critical mass calculations → gaseous diffusion → nuclear fission → uranium enrichment → uranium-235 → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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MAUD Report
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author |
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Manhattan Engineer District
("British Mission to the Manhattan Project")
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collaboratedWith |
|
MAUD Committee
("MAUD")
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hasAbbreviation |
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Tube Alloys programme
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hasPart |
|
Frisch–Peierls memorandum
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influenced |
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MAUD Committee
("MAUD Report")
→
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notableWork |
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Manhattan Project
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predecessor |
|
MAUD Report
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producedBy |
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MAUD Report
("British Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defence")
→
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relatedOrganization |