The Supernova Bomb

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Upon reading the wikipedia article about antimatter weapons, it's clear that the proposed antimatter bomb is highly unfeasible and extremely dangerous to the side that possesses it as well as to the enemy, so I have an idea for a new type of weapon. This was partly inspired by AspieOtaku's comment about the enormous explosive power of volcanoes which far exceed the combined firepower of every nuclear weapon in existence today(~10,000 megatons). So here's an outline of it's anatomy and explosive mechanism:


1)The *pit* of this device contains a pure fusion bomb no bigger in size than a globe(14 inch diameter max). This device must be triggered by an intense burst of x-rays from a z-pinch tube and the x-rays travel through an evacuated tube injecting them into the pit.

2) The outer core that surrounds the pit is a thick sphere of Lithium Deuteride. It's total mass would be up to 300kg. This is the primary fusion fuel.

3)The core is surrounded by a tamper consisting of Uranium 238 which will undergo fast fission and intensify the force of the nuclear explosive lens and help compress the core fusion fuel.

4) Outside of the encased core are a cluster of small (fission-fusion)nuclear bombs whose total combined yield should be around 10 megatons. There number of these devices should range from 18-30. These bombs are timed to detonate simultaneously. Their combined explosive force acts as a nuclear explosive lens which hurl intense gamma rays as well as fission products traveling at relativistic velocities.


The nuclear explosive lens compresses the core to a density approaching that of a neutron star. This will create coulomb large enough to generate gamma ray pressure within the imploding core. A few nanoseconds later, the pit is detonated to create additional gamma ray pressure. However, the gamma ray pressure from outside the core is greater, so rather than stop the implosion, it creates a feedback mechanism to which the gamma rays in the exploding pit increasing the energy millions of times. The idea is to create enough gamma ray pressure to stimulate particle-antiparticle production which pushes the gamma ray pressure over the top and the imploding core explodes with the same mechanism as a Supernova.

Any thoughts?

Evidence, Please?

Show the maths.

OP:
Ok Dr. Evil, if you want to make this thing useable on a planet rather than detonate a star, how do you calculate it's yeild to adjust the size so that it does not destroy part of the earth's crust or cause massive ruptures and other apocalyptic geologic activity worldwide.

Assuming aren't a teenager that reads too much magna and plays to many video games and you really have the credentials to make a credible theory on such a device, why not apply it to rocket propulsion instead?

I love it how JB, who obviously doesn't know jack sh1t about physics, let alone nuclear weapons, is trying to troll me with ghey movie references!


Keep trying hard to be cool, bro. You'll get there one day.

OP, is this basically the same as your design ? Basically a fission-fusion sandwich? --> http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/hb ... e_08.shtml

I don't know enough about this subject to know (but this isn't Phys Rev A, so what the hell...), but I wonder if the problem is the timing requirements (as others have noted). It seems like with this 'alarm clock' design you have to worry not just about the uniformity of the chemical explosion (as you would with a fission-only bomb), but also of the fission explosion.