Ignition by Fission Explosives

The following sections are included:

• Temperature and Radiation Flux of a Fission Explosion

• The Ignition Problem

• The Thermonuclear Booster Concept

• The Polyhedron Configuration

• The Teller-Ulam Configuration

• Ignition and Burn in the Teller-Ulam Configuration

• Nuclear “Spark Plugs”

• Fission-Fusion-Fission Bombs

• Staging of Thermonuclear Explosions

• Autocatalytic Thermonuclear Detonation

• Magnetized Thermonuclear Explosive Devices

• Miniaturized Thermonuclear Explosive Devices

• Thermonuclear Explosion Driven X-Ray Lasers

• Mini Fission-Fusion Explosive Devices

• Bibliography for Chapter 7