The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb

Wellerstein, Alex; Geist, Edward

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“…He made major contributions to the fields of physical chemistry, nuclear physics, thermodynamics, and cosmology. In 1946, he became the head of the theoretical department of the military project Arzamas-16 and led the research of atomic weapons, working together with Andrei Sakharov on the conception of the Soviet hydrogen bomb [46]. In the sixties, Zel'dovich turned his attention to astrophysics, researching, among other things, the formation of black holes.…”

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The thermodynamics of black holes: from Penrose process to Hawking radiation

Almeida

2021

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In 1969, Roger Penrose proposed a mechanism to extract rotational energy from a Kerr black hole. With this, he inspired two lines of investigation in the years after. On the one side, the Penrose process, as it became known, allowed a comparison between black-hole mechanics and thermodynamics. On the other, it opened a path to a quantum description of those objects. This paper provides a novel take on the events that led to the rise of the thermodynamic theory of black holes, taking as a starting point the Penrose process. It studies the evolution of the research conducted independently by Western and Soviet physicists on the topic, culminating in Stephen Hawking's groundbreaking discovery that black holes should radiate.

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The thermodynamics of black holes: from Penrose process to Hawking radiation

Almeida

2021

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“…Here he assisted the engineers to store the materials safely so that no accident occurs. He developed a series of safety recommendations for the various grades of enrichments 10 . After returning to Los Alamos he was given the charge of the group who were working on the proposed uranium hydride bomb.…”

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Birth Centenary of Richard Feynman: A Tribute

Datta¹

2019

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2018 was the birth centenary of Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists. He was widely regarded as the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field in the post-World War II era. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichiro? Tomonaga in 1965 for his contributions in the field of quantum electrodynamics. His other contributions in physics include the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, quantum computing, Parton theory, etc.

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The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb

Cited by 2 publications

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The thermodynamics of black holes: from Penrose process to Hawking radiation

The thermodynamics of black holes: from Penrose process to Hawking radiation

Birth Centenary of Richard Feynman: A Tribute

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