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Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk, 2005, Volume 175, Number 11, Pages 1243–1252
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNr.0175.200511h.1243
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FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS

The extraordinarily beautiful physical principle of thermonuclear charge design (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the test of RDS-37 — the first Soviet two-stage thermonuclear charge)

G. A. Goncharov

Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Physics
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Abstract: On 22 November 1955, the Semipalatinsk test site saw the test of the first domestic two-stage thermonuclear RDS-37 charge. The charge operation was based on the principle of radiation implosion. The kernel of the principle consists in the radiation generated in a primary A-bomb explosion and confined by the radiation-opaque casing propagating throughout the interior casing volume and flowing around the secondary thermonuclear unit. The secondary unit experiences a strong compression under the irradiation, with a resulting nuclear and thermonuclear explosion. The RDS-37 explosion was the strongest of all those ever realized at the Semipalatinsk test site. It produced an indelible impression on the participants in the test. This document-based paper describes the genesis of the ideas underlying the RDS-37 design and reflects the critical moments in its development. The advent of RDS-37 was an outstanding accomplishment of the scientists and engineers of our country.
Received: July 18, 2005
Revised: September 19, 2005
English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 2005, Volume 48, Issue 11, Pages 1187–1196
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1070/PU2005v048n11ABEH005839
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Document Type: Popular science or education materials
PACS: 01.65.+g, 28.70.+y
Language: Russian
Citation: G. A. Goncharov, “The extraordinarily beautiful physical principle of thermonuclear charge design (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the test of RDS-37 — the first Soviet two-stage thermonuclear charge)”, UFN, 175:11 (2005), 1243–1252; Phys. Usp., 48:11 (2005), 1187–1196
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