OPERATION SANDSTONE. Nuclear Explosions. 1948. Scientific Director's Report of Atomic Weapon Tests. Annex 2, Part 4. Slowly Varying Light from an Atomic Explosion as Measured with a Photocell

Abstract

During the atomic bomb tests on 1948 it became of interest to measure the light intensity from a bomb in the time interval of 0 to 1 second. The measurement was made from the AV-5 which was at a distance of 8.9 miles from the explosion. Since no external signal to trigger the oscilloscope sweep was available, it was necessary to use the light itself for this purpose, Two scopes were used: one with a linear sweep length of about 400 microseconds, and the second with an exponential sweep which was about a second long.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 28, 1948
Accession Number
ADA995313

Entities

People

  • William Ogle

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bombs
  • Calibration
  • Cathode Followers
  • Circuits
  • Deflection
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Microsecond Time
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Explosion Testing
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Photoelectric Cells (Semiconductor)
  • Photographs

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.