Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Data

A survivor house from a nuclear test. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photograph.

1. DOE Nevada: Photo Library - Atmospheric These are photos from the Nevada Test Site archive. The site is of course for nuclear explosions.
2. Nuclides, Table, Chart Brookhaven National Laboratory.
3. Standard Abundance Distribution of the solar system. Derived from Grevesse & Sauval (1998). See Andrew Cowley's diagrams of SAD (the older Anders & Grevesse 1989 version)

These are just papers I've read and found useful. They are given in reverse time order.

1. Standard Solar Composition Grevesse, N., & Sauval, A. J., 1998, Space Science Reviews, 85, 161. They give a Standard Abundance Distribution (SAD) that is probably up-to-date circa 2003aug08. One can also obtain this paper from the journal page

---

1. Trinity, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1945jul16.

   Trinity was the first nuclear explosion. The Trinity site is only about 30 miles from Socorro where I worked at New Mexico Tech in 2001--2003.

   Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photograph.

   ---

2. A 15 megaton bomb on Bikini Atoll, 1954feb28.

   This was XX-92 BRAVO - Operation Castle. We've long forgotten where an innocent word for beach-wear came from and why.

   Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photograph.

   ---

3. A survivor house from 1955may05.

   This house was constructed to test survival in nuclear explosions. It was located 7,500 feet (about 1.5 miles) from a 29-kiloton nuclear detonation. It remained essentially intact. I assume the location is the Nevada Test Site outside of Las Vegas.

   Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photograph.

   ---

4. A nuclear explosion.

   Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photograph????.

   ---