hydrogen bomb (h-bomb)
111hydrogenbomb — hydrogen bomb n. An explosive weapon of enormous destructive power caused by the fusion of the nuclei of various hydrogen isotopes in the formation of helium nuclei. * * * …
112Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
113Edward Teller — The native form of this personal name is Teller Ede. This article uses the Western name order. Edward Teller Edward Teller in 1958 as Director of the Lawrence Livermore Nat …
114nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
115History of nuclear weapons — The history of nuclear weapons chronicles the development of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are devices that possess enormous destructive potential derived from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions. Starting with the scientific… …
116Teller–Ulam design — The basics of the Teller–Ulam design. Radiation from a primary fission bomb compresses a secondary section containing both fission and fusion fuel. The compressed secondary is heated from within by a second fission explosion. The Teller–Ulam… …
117Teller-Ulam design — The Teller–Ulam design is a nuclear weapon design which is used in megaton range thermonuclear weapons, and is more colloquially referred to as the secret of the hydrogen bomb . It is named after two of its chief contributors, Hungarian born… …
118History of the Teller–Ulam design — This article chronicles the history and origins of the Teller Ulam design, the technical concept behind modern thermonuclear weapons, also known as the hydrogen bomb. HistoryTeller s Super The idea of using the energy from a fission device to… …
119J. Robert Oppenheimer — J. Robert Oppenheimer, c. 1944 Born …
120Nuclear weapon — A bomb redirects here. For other uses, see A bomb (disambiguation). The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 …
