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Series
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Theoretical Physics Notes (TPN)
Catalogue reference: ES 10
What's it about?
ES 10
Theoretical Physics Notes (TPN) are a collection of reports written mainly to aid and stimulate discussion within the Physics Division of AWRE. They represent the theoretical knowledge on which the trials and engineering work at AWRE was based....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Theoretical Physics Notes (TPN)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1954-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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Theoretical Physics Notes (TPN) are a collection of reports written mainly to aid and stimulate discussion within the Physics Division of AWRE. They represent the theoretical knowledge on which the trials and engineering work at AWRE was based. They highlight the problems encountered and detail the advances made in warhead design. They show areas of collaboration with the USA and summarise the status of weapon knowledge, design and methods of calculation at any given time. The series also gives information on service weapons and the scientific evaluation of foreign tests (SEFT). They are fundamental to the work undertaken at AWRE.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Listed serially within one year. All reports have been selected as they cite each other frequently building upon previous knowledge and often correcting earlier hypotheses.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1954-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2204 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Atomic Weapons Establishment
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in 1973 and then the Atomic Weapons Establishment in 1987.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1954-1975
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The TPN are so fundamental to charting the work carried out at AWRE that the whole set has been preserved. Following the publication of OSP 11 in 2001, it was decided to select no futher scientific reports dated after 1975.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14920/
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Theoretical Physics Notes (TPN)
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