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LASL Reports Related to the Effects of Atmospheric Nuclear Detonation APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE UNCLASSIFIED Compiled: February1970 LA-4392-MS* SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION Distribl.lwd:June 1970 VERIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Per MR 7-/0-77 By A6rlk ALA L@-]+ /d-3’.f-+s LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY of the University of California LOS ALAMOS ● NEW MEXICO LASL Reports Related to the Effects of Atmospheric Nuclear Detonation, With Emphasis on High Altitude Events: A Title Listing Compiled by John W. Kodis 0LASSIF3CAT10N CHANGED TO UNCLASSIFIED BY AUlliORITY OF w.sfi~c@Y- &~ gii @ash &F-7~ . *SupersedesLA-3511-MS. , PUBLICLYRELEASABLE Per m #kvLM,FSS- 16 Date: 9.&#-57s CIC-14 Date: ~- ?/-9s APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Ilhlf”l AwFIFn APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE UNCLASSIFIED INTRODUCTION This bibliography is a selected title listing of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory reports (including EG&G and NRL reports on AEC-sponsored work directed by the LASL and LASL contributions to DASA publications.) A few of the recent reports review work supported jointly by the AEC and DASA or . ARPA. Reports dealing exclusively with airdrop or other weapon design and development programs have not been included. Reports from underground tests are included if these are related to the effects of high altitude nuclear detonations. ● The entries have been arranged by subject matter as per the outline below and by date of publication. Report listings applicable to more than one subject are either repeated or otherwise cross referenced. The main source of references was LA-3511-MS, a title listing prepared by R. Virginia Winsor from the Los Alamos Reports Catalog. Herman Hoerlin assisted in the selection of references ultimately included. PHENOMENOLOGY AND EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR BURSTS I. WEAPON OUTPUTS AND ENERGY DEPOSITION IN THE ATMOSPHERE A. Summaries of Source Characteristics of Atmospheric Nuclear Events B. Prompt Radiation Output and Deposition in the Atmosphere 1. Gamma 2. Neutron 3. X-Ray c. Delayed Gammas and Betas from Fission and Deposition in the Atmosphere D. Transport of X Rays, Gammas, and Neutrons in Air and Related Atmospheric Properties II. PHYSICS OF INTERACTION OF NUCLEAR DETONATIONS WITH THE ATMOSPHERE A. Collisionless (Nonhydrodynamic) Debris-Air Interactions B. Hydrodynamics and Thermal Radiation Transport c. Magnetohydrodynami.cs D. Atomic and Molecular Physics and Chemistry III. ANALYSIS OF HIGH ALTITUDE BURSTS AND INTERPRETATION OF RELATED OPTICAL DATA A. Starfish B. Checkmate c. Kingfish D. Bluegill E. Tightrope F’. Dominic High-Altitude Events (Fishbowl), General G. Teak and Orange H. ABM Detonations I. Miscellaneous 1. Nonnuclear Experiments 2. Other Iv. IONIZATION AND RADAR DEGRADATION v. VULNERABILITY AND HARDENING A. X-Ray B. Neutron and Other VI. ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS, DETECTION OF DETONATIONS, AND WEAPON DIAGNOSTICS A. Electromagnetic Signals B. Optical Emission 1. Air Fluorescence 2. Optical Power-Time . c. Satellite Systems and Test Data D. Bomb Debris Chemistry VII. EYEBURN . VIII. INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA REDUCTION METHODS FOR HIGH ALTITUDE NUCLEAR TESTS IX. MISCELLANEOUS UNCLASSIFIED I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE I I. WEAPON OUTPUTS AND ENERGY DEPOSITION IN LA-1620 Secret RD Sigma 1 THE ATMOSPHERE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION ON GAMMA RADI- ATION FROM ATOMIC WEAPONS A. SUMMARIES OF SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF J. S. Malik. January 1954 ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR EVENTS 2. Neutron ● LA-3931-MS Secret RD Sigma 1 OUTPUTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS LA-3688 Secret RD Sigma 3 Conrad L. Longmire. June 1968 NEUTRON OUTPUTS FROM SELECTED LASL (also published in DASA-1826, NUCLEAR DEVICES , P. 5-18, - October 1966) Wendell A. Biggers and K. C. Kohr. (hlly 1967 LA-3180-MS Secret RD Sigma 1 CALCULATED SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF LA-DC-6170 Unclassified DOMINIC HIGH ALTITUDE EVENTS BASED TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH ON A SPHERICAL MODEL NEUTRONS FROM NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS IN E1.bert W. Bennett. May 1963 SPACE S. J. Bame. January 1964 LAMS-2749 Secret RD Sigma 1 CALCULATIONS OF THE EARLY PHASES OF LA-DC-5456 Unclassified THE STARFISH, BLUEGILL, AND URRACA NEUTRON FLUX AND ENERGY SPECTRUM EXPLOSIONS ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE Robert D. Cowan, Richard L. Garwin, S. J. Bame, J. P. Conner et al. Roger B. Lazarus, Conrad L. Long- 1963 mire, and Albert G. Petschek. September 1962 P-4-80 Secret RD LASL MEASUREMENTS OF NEUTRON SPECTRA B. PROMPT RADIATION OUTPUT AND DEPOSITION FROM THE FISHBOWL EVENTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE S. J. Bame et al. March 1963 (See Section VI. B. 1, AIR FLUORESCENCE, LA-2390, Supplement Unclassified for other papers applicable to energy SPACE, ENERGY, AND TIME DISTRIBUTION deposition) OF NEUTRONS AT THE GROUND-AIR INTER- FACE, CALCULATED BY MONTE CARLO NHM 1. Gamma Radiation W. A. Biggers, et al. March 1962 LA-3944 Unclassified LA-2390 Unclassified SCATTERING OF GAMMA RAYS IN AN EXPO- SPACE, ENERGY, AND TIME DISTRIBUTION NENTIAL ATMOSPHERE OF NEUTRONS AT THE GROUND-AIR INTER- E. D. Cashwell, Conrad L. Longmire, FACE, CALCULATED BY MONTE CARLO NHM and J. R. Neergaard. W. A. Biggers, et al. March 1962 June 1968 T-1304 Secret RD LA-3113-MS Secret RD Sigma 3 Letter to Distr. (C. R. Mehl, Sandia), GAMMA RAYS FROM ATOMIC BOMBS Subj : PROMPT NEUTRON AND GAMMA RAY John Malik. May 1964 EMISSION IN THE XW-49 W. B. Goad. January 1962 LAMS-3044 Secret RD Sigma 1 GAMMA RAY SOURCE TIME DEPENDENCE LAMS-2121 Secret RD Sigma 1 John Malik. September 1963 A SUMMARY OF CERTAIN MONTE CARLO CAL- CULATIONS RUN ON MANIAC I T-1304 Secret RD Edmund D. Cashwell, et al. Letter to Distr. (C. R. Mehl, Sandia) April 1957 Subj : PROMPT NEUTRON AND GAMMA RAY EMISSION IN THE XW-49 3. X-Ray W. B. Goad. January 1962 T-2: 69-52 Secret RD Sigma 1 LA-2507 Unclassified OUTPUT OF THE PRETZEL DEVICE GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENTS IN AND ABOVE G. R. Spillman, et al. THE ATMOSPHERE September 1969 John A. Northrop. December 1960 LA-4026-MS Secret RD Sigma 1 LAMS-2577 Secret RD US/UK Atomic OUTPUT FROM THE HIBALL CODE , Sigma 1 G. R. Spillman. JUIY 1969 I TEN TO 1000 MICROSECOND GAMMA RAY DOSE RATE DATA LA-4025-MS Unclassified John Malik. October 1960 INPUT FOR THE HIBALL CODE . I G. R. Spillman. November 1968 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE T-1605 Secret RD Sigma 1 LA-381O Unclassified OBSERVED UMBER X-tiY SPECTRUM EFFECT OF BASIC NEUTRON REACTION CROSS C. C. Longmire. August 1967 SECTIONS OF NITROGEN (n,n’), (n2n), (n,y), (n,p) and (n,a) ON HIGH ENERGY LA-3480-MS Secret RD Sigma 1 NEUTRON PENETRATION IN AIR TIME-DEPENDENT CALCULATIONS OF SPEC- G. E. Hansen and H. A. Sandmeier. TRUM EkITTED December 1967 Cecil C. Davis, Jr. Jldy 1967 LADC-8109 Unclassified T-1509 Secret RD MULTITABLE TREATMENTS OF ANISOTROPIC FINAL CALCULATED SPECTRUM FOR SCREAMER SCATTERING IN Sn MULTIGROUP TRANSPORT C. L. Longmire. April 1965 CALCULATIONS G. I. Bell, et al. 1967 LA-3187-MS Secret RD Sigma 3 BLUEGILL X-RAY ENERGY DEPOSITION CAL- LA-3415 Unclassified CULATIONS COMPUTATION OF FAST NEUTRON PENETRA- E. W. Bennett. April 1962 TION IN AIR BY THE “Sri-METHOD” WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF “MUL- c. DELAYED GAMMAS AND BETAS FROM FISSION TITABLE-MULTIGROUP CROSS SECTION SETS” AND DEPOSITION IN THE ATMOSPHERE H. A. Sandmeier, et al. August 1965 LA-2811, Addendum II Unclassified LADC-6488 Unclassified RE-EVALUATION OF OPTIMAL PARAMETERS NEUTRON PENETRATION FACTORS OBTAINED FOR POST-FISSION BETA DECAY BY ADJOINT TRANSPORT CALCULATIONS James J. Griffin. April 1964 H. A. Sandmeier and G. E. Hansen. July 1965 LA-2811, Addendum Unclassified OTHER DETAILS OF POST-FISSION BETA LA-3349-MS Unclassified DECAY DIFFUSION OF NEUTRONS FROM A POINT James J. Griffin. October 1963 SOURCE IN AN EXPONENTIAL ATMOSPHERE Marshall Rosenbluth. June 1956 LA-2811 Unclassified ******************************************* BETA DECAYS AND DELAYED GAMMAS FROM FISSION FRAGMENTS II. PHYSICS OF INTERACTION OF NUCLEAR James J. Griffin. December 1962 DETONATIONS WITH THE ATMOSPHERE LAMS-3059 Unclassified A. commIomws (NONHyDRODyN~IC) DEBRIS- ENERGY DEPOSITION IN THE ATMOSPHERE AIR INTERACTIONS BY DELAYED GAMMAS FROM FISSION Elbert W. Bennett. March 1964 DASA 2455, Vol 1, 2, 3, Secret RD PROCEEDINGS OF THE HIGH ALTITUDE LA-3179-MS Secret RD Sigma 3 NUCLEAR EFFECTS SYMPOSIUM, ENERGY DEPOSITION BY DELAYED GAMMA Sandia Base, N. M. (Expected publi- RAYS FROM BLUEGILL cation date: May 1970) Elbert W. Bennett. September 1963 LASL Papers: LAMS-2642 Unclassified ENERGY AND TIME DEPENDENCE OF DELAYED J-10 1909 Secret RD GAMMA FROM FISSION CURRENT HIGH ALTITUDE DEBRIS-AIR Leon B. Engle and Philip C. Fisher. COUPLING MECHANISMS January 1962 C. R. Shonk and D. W. Forslund. December 1969 D. TRANSPORT OF X RAYS, GAMMAS AND NEUTRONS IN AIR AND RELATED ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES J-10 1913 Secret RD LARGE SCALE NUMERICAL SIMULATION (See VI. B., OPTICAL EMISSION, below, OF HIGH ALTITUDE NUCLEAR BURSTS AT for additional papers on optical emis- EARLY TIME sion following interaction of weapon R. Morse and C. Shonk. outputs with the atmosphere) December 1969 LA-3816 Unclassified J-10 1914 Confidential FRD X-RAY SCATTERING FACTORS COMPUTED THE SIMULATION OF BINARY COLLISION FROM NUMERICAL HARTREE-FOCK WAVE PROCESSES IN PLASMAS FUNCTIONS T. A. OliDhant and C. W. Nielson. D. T. Cromer and J. B. Mann. December 1969 March 1968 J-10 1904 Secret RD THE DEBRIS LOSS CONE John Zinn. December 1969 3 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Phys . Rev. Letters, Vol 23, p. 1087 DASA 2145-1 (p. 305-337) (J-lCI 1536) Unclassified Secret RD ONE, TWO, AND THREE DIMENSIONAL NU- CALCULATIONS OF NUCLEAR WEAPON PHENOM- MERICAL SIMULATION OF TWO-BEAM PLAS- ENOLOGY FOR BURST ALTITUDES BETWEEN MAs 100 AND 200 KM C. W. Nielson and R. L. Morse. Dale Sappenfield. June 1968 .
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