Is it possible to create a quantum bomb?

[Jaakub]

I was wondering if it is possible to use bose-einstein condensate to create a warhead with more yield then any other bomb? If so please let me know I can't find anything about it online.

 

[Vanadium 50]

No, it is not. I can't imagine why you think it might be so.

 

[Jaakub]

No, it is not. I can't imagine why you think it might be so.

Scientists had, in simulation, created a bomb strong enough to destroy a planet.

Ans to answer your question, I thought that with bose-einstein condensate being at such a low temperature (177 nanokelvin) if it were to get rapidly heated it could cause a massive explosion.

 

[berkeman]

Scientists had, in simulation, created a bomb strong enough to destroy a planet.

Please post a link to the journal article where this was reported...

 

[Jaakub]

Please post a link to the journal article where this was reported...

Look up apophis. That is the name of the bomb project. It was looked into as a way to protect us from a massive asteroid.

 

[berkeman]

Look up apophis. That is the name of the bomb project. It was looked into as a way to protect us from a massive asteroid.

I don't want to look it up. Please post a link to a peer-reviewed journal article about it (not a pop-sci article). Thank you.

 

[Jaakub]

I don't want to look it up. Please post a link to a peer-reviewed journal article about it (not a pop-sci article). Thank you.

I can't remember the name of the article. Only the name of the weapon. That's why I didnt post the link

 

[berkeman]

I can't remember the name of the article. Only the name of the weapon. That's why I didnt post the link

Apophis is an asteroid, and all I can find with a quick Google search are pop-sci articles speculating how to destroy it if it is on a collision course with Earth...

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

How does this fit in with the story you are writing? Looks like your thread was moved from "Science Fiction and Fantasy". In that case per our guidelines your question must be in reference to a specific work of science fiction or fantasy, not your own speculation. Does your question come from a specific work?

 

[russ_watters]

I can't remember the name of the article. Only the name of the weapon. That's why I didnt post the link

In the future you're going to need to do better than this. We have very high quality standards here. But since you're new and I'm really good at Google, I'd say odds are good that this is the article:
http://21sci-tech.com/Subscriptions/Fall-Winter-2012_ONLINE/TCS_F-W_2012.pdf
(bottom left, page 56)
...aaand you misread it. The hypothetical weapon would use anti-hydrogen, stored as a BEC.

And this is one reason why we require users to post sources. Clearly it is pointless for us to try to explain something that was misread in the first place!

 

[GTOM]

In the future you're going to need to do better than this. We have very high quality standards here. But since you're new and I'm really good at Google, I'd say odds are good that this is the article:
http://21sci-tech.com/Subscriptions/Fall-Winter-2012_ONLINE/TCS_F-W_2012.pdf
(bottom left, page 56)
...aaand you misread it. The hypothetical weapon would use anti-hydrogen, stored as a BEC.

And this is one reason why we require users to post sources. Clearly it is pointless for us to try to explain something that was misread in the first place!

Since we now talk about anti-matter bombs, i found that.
https://www.livescience.com/61827-antimatter-van-plan.html

I wonder is it any realistic in near future, to store antimatter for long time enough to use it as fuel, or warhead?

Another similar idea, that was written by Heinlein in Starship Troopers, that with some kind of neutron trap, subcritical amount of radioactive isotopes could create a chain reaction.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Jaakub, we're going to close this due to speculation. Please contact me if this is in reference to a specific sci fi work. Thanks!