Check out my first novel, midnight's simulacra!
Nuclear weapons: Difference between revisions
From dankwiki
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
* Nilsson model - (two-humped) fission barrier - fission isomer | * Nilsson model - (two-humped) fission barrier - fission isomer | ||
* Madland-Nix (Los Alamos) model - Prompt neutron multiplicity distribution P(ν) - prompt fission neutron energy spectrum - TKE | * Madland-Nix (Los Alamos) model - Prompt neutron multiplicity distribution P(ν) - prompt fission neutron energy spectrum - TKE | ||
** TKE: '''T'''otal '''K'''inetic '''E'''nergy (of fission fragments) | |||
* Number of neutrons per fission ("nu-bar", <span style="text-decoration: overline">ν</span>) is a function of the particular breakup / fission fragments | * Number of neutrons per fission ("nu-bar", <span style="text-decoration: overline">ν</span>) is a function of the particular breakup / fission fragments | ||
** ...but can be averaged over inputs. In general, plutonium generates more neutrons than uranium, though <sup>233</sup>U's not bad. | ** ...but can be averaged over inputs. In general, plutonium generates more neutrons than uranium, though <sup>233</sup>U's not bad. | ||
