Class 4

Class 4: Fission, Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War

Class 4 Readings: Fred Kaplan, ” The Wizards of Armageddon” pg. 201 – 306

Professor van Bibber’s Lecture on:

Fission

• Phenomenology

• Spontaneous; Neutron-Induced

• Fission Spectrum

• Fission Products

Professor Nacht’s Lecture on:

Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War cont.