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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Los Alamos Primer canonical | 4 |
| The Los Alamos Primer | 1 |
| The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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lecture notes ⓘ technical report ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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| associatedWithProject | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| author | Robert Serber ⓘ |
| classifiedStatus | originally classified ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| contains |
assumptions about material properties of uranium-235 and plutonium-239
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diagrams of bomb configurations ⓘ estimates of explosive yield ⓘ mathematical derivations of critical conditions for fission ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfFirstDelivery | April 1943 ⓘ |
| declassificationStatus | later declassified ⓘ |
| declassificationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| field |
nuclear physics
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weapons engineering ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | LA-1 ⓘ |
| hasIdentifier | LA-1 ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Los Alamos Primer
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer
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| historicalSignificance |
earliest comprehensive technical summary of atomic bomb design for Los Alamos staff
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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
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to outline design concepts for the first atomic bombs ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | development of the first atomic bombs ⓘ |
| relatedToPerson |
Enrico Fermi
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Hans Bethe ⓘ J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| relatedToWeapon |
Fat Man
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Little Boy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| topic |
chain reactions
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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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this entity surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb
this entity surface form:
The Los Alamos Primer