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Applications of the hot sphere generated by an A-bomb.

DE92008982

Publication Date	1992
Personal Author	von Neumann, J.; Teller, E.
Page Count	11
Abstract	The possibility of using the isothermal sphere produced by a nuclear explosion in air as a ''hohlraum'' in which various thermal operations can be conducted is investigated. Isothermal spheres at altitudes of zero, 40,000 and 80,000 feet for bomb yields of 2, 20, 200 and 2000 kt are considered and relevant facts for these spheres are tabulated. The thermal operations discussed are: the compression of another nuclear or thermonuclear device, the acceleration of a rocket, the damaging of a rocket arriving into the atmosphere and the destruction of an incoming bomb. The improvement of the thermal characteristics of the sphere by exploding a second bomb is also considered.
Keywords	Nuclear Explosions Levels Spheres Thermal Testing Uses Antimissile defense EDB/427000
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	74B - Antimissile Defense Systems 74H - Nuclear Warfare
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199216
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-48

Applications of the hot sphere generated by an A-bomb.

Applications of the hot sphere generated by an A-bomb.
DE92008982

Publication Date	1992
Personal Author	von Neumann, J.; Teller, E.
Page Count	11
Abstract	The possibility of using the isothermal sphere produced by a nuclear explosion in air as a ''hohlraum'' in which various thermal operations can be conducted is investigated. Isothermal spheres at altitudes of zero, 40,000 and 80,000 feet for bomb yields of 2, 20, 200 and 2000 kt are considered and relevant facts for these spheres are tabulated. The thermal operations discussed are: the compression of another nuclear or thermonuclear device, the acceleration of a rocket, the damaging of a rocket arriving into the atmosphere and the destruction of an incoming bomb. The improvement of the thermal characteristics of the sphere by exploding a second bomb is also considered.
Keywords	Nuclear Explosions Levels Spheres Thermal Testing Uses Antimissile defense EDB/427000
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	74B - Antimissile Defense Systems 74H - Nuclear Warfare
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199216
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-48