Lectures

Overview of Days, Lectures, and Lecture Topics.

Session	Topic	Sub-Topics
1	Introduction	Course Description Syllabus
2	Lecture 1	Course Overview
3	Lecture 2	Machine Guns New Weapons Technologies - Tanks New Weapons at Air Chemical Warfare Gas War Fritz Haber 1868-1934 Chemical Weapons A War that Changed the World Physics Behind Radioactivity
4	Lecture 3	The discovery of the neutron Properties of the Nucleus The discovery of fission, 1938 Niels Bohr Fission Fragments World War II - prelude
5	Lecture 4	World War II Bombing Technique Developments Technological Escalation in WW II The Beginning of the Nuclear Age
6	Lecture 5	Requirements for a Fission Explosion 1/v law of neutron capture German Choices The Manhattan Project Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Reactors Graham’s Law of Effusion
7	Lecture 6	Nuclear Waste Los Alamos First Bombs Trinity Test How were the Germans doing? Was there a nuclear race?
8	Lecture 7	Nuclear Plan Modification Morality of the Bomb Political Discussions Mission to Hiroshima Nagasaki Japan's Surrender
9	Lecture 8	Moral Opposition to Nuclear Weapons Attempts at Global Nuclear Control Cold War and Proliferation Start of Soviet Weapons Program
10	Lecture 9	Hydrogen Bomb - The fusion process The Fathers of (US) Hydrogen Bomb Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Ulam-Teller Design Mike (the first Hydrogen Bomb) Soviet Response 1955 The Cold War and Nuclear Arms Race
11	Lecture 10	The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons The Suez Crisis The “Mordechai Vanunu” Case India Pakistan North Korea Negotiations
12	Lecture 11	The Bomb Test Programs 1946 - 1963 Preparation of Population The Public Warning System Nukes as a Business Motivator
13	Review: Mid-Term Exam 1
14	Exam 1
MIDTERM BREAK
	Lecture 12	The Nature of the Blast Burst Physics Altitude Test Delivery Systems
17	Lecture 13	The Baker Test Underground Test Procedure SEDAN Preparations Containment of Nuclear Blast Bomb Test Characteristics
	Lecture 14	Destructive Effects of Nuclear Weapons Mechanical Shock Shock Characteristics Shock Expansion Scaling laws for blast effects Distance effects of airburst Scaling in Altitude Thermal effects Firestorms Effects of thermal radiation on materials
18	Lecture 15	Prompt Radiation Effects from a Nuclear Bomb Monitoring radiation intensity Radiation Exposure & Dosimetry Sources of Natural Radiation and Radioactivity Fission products Dose received from bomb tests
19	Lecture 16	Radiation Exposure Sequence of Radiation Events in Indirect Action Medical Diagnosis
20	Lecture 17	Radioactive Fallout Military Personnel Tests High Altitude Distribution Fallout Patterns Testing Expectations Questions
21	Lecture 18	Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climate Natural Disasters Effects on Sunset Asteroids Nuclear Winter
22	Lecture 19	Terrorism Fundamentalists Use of WMD Dirty/Radiological Bomb Medical Sources of Radioactivity
23	Review: Midterm Exam 2
24	Exam 2
25	Presentations Day 1
26	Presentations Day 2
27	Presentations Day 3
28	Presentations Day 4
27	Final Review Day 1
28	Final Review Day 2
27	Final Exam

Citation: Stavinoha, T. (2008, May 30). Lectures. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/physics/nuclear-warfare/lectures.