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Slides Shown in Class, Organized by Course Outline
If you do not have a copy of Microsoft PowerPoint, there is a free version of the
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Slides will be posted here as they become available, typically after lectures have been given. If you'd like a rough idea of the content to be covered in future lectures please use the links to the previous years course slides at the bottom of the page.
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Session Plans and News |
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Introduction to the Course |
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Nuclear Weapons |
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Here is a 2005 video (courtesy of Martin Kalinowski, copyright 2005) of the chain reaction demonstration presented in the February 1, 2007 lecture. The bottom of the cage is covered with mousetraps that have corks balanced on top of them. Professor Lamb initiates a chain reaction by throwing a rubber stopper into the cage, which sets off the first few mouse traps. This is analogous to neutrons from the initiator flooding a supercritical configuration of fissile material. The corks that fly up in the air are like the neutrons emitted in the first generation of the fission. Each of the corks in that first generation sets off another mousetrap, which in turn releases more corks. The second round of corks sets off even more mousetraps.
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Take a few minutes to step through the movie frame by frame and you will be able to distinguish the first and second generations of corks, though it is difficult to distinguish the later generations.
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Nuclear Terrorism |
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Nuclear Weapon Effects |
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Delivery Systems |
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Nuclear Arsenals |
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Arms Control |
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Missile Defense |
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Space Weapons |
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The Future |
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Previous Years' Class Slides
Spring 2006
Spring 2005
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