The RaLa Experiment, or RaLa, was a series of tests during and after the Manhattan Project designed to study the behavior of converging shock waves to...

heading the group at the Los Alamos Laboratory that carried out the RaLa Experiments. After the war, he was recruited by Jerrold Zacharias at MIT, where...

the behavior of converging shock waves, Robert Serber devised the RaLa Experiment, which used the short-lived radioisotope lanthanum-140, a potent source...

the behavior of converging shock waves, Robert Serber devised the RaLa Experiment, which used the short-lived radioisotope lanthanum-140, a potent source...

An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments...

satisfactory implosion. One of the most important tests was the series of RaLa Experiments. Initially, a 32 "point" assembly was used (each of which had a pair...

LaRa (Lander Radioscience) is a Belgian radio science experiment that will be placed onboard Kazachok, planned to be launched in 2022. LaRa will monitor...

neutron-reflective capability). Fat Man used an aluminium pusher. The series of RaLa Experiment tests of implosion-type fission weapon design concepts, carried out...

It was used in high quantities during the Manhattan Project for the RaLa Experiments. Some radionuclides, such as cobalt-60 and iridium-192, are made by...

radioactive gases; the RaLa Experiments, which used quantities of highly radioactive materials; and critical assembly experiments, which were particularly...