2 papers
physics.hist-ph2021
Neutronics Calculation Advances at Los Alamos: Manhattan Project to Monte Carlo
A. Sood, R. A. Forster, B. J. Archer +1
The history and advances of neutronics calculations at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project through the present is reviewed. We briefly summarize early simpler, and more approxi…
physics.hist-ph2021
The Los Alamos Computing Facility during the Manhattan Project
B. J. Archer
This article describes the history of the computing facility at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, 1944 to 1946. The hand computations are briefly discussed, but the focus is…