Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Development - A Physics Perspective

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 UTC 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1355758· OSTI ID:1355758

Maceira, Monica ^[1]; Blom, Philip Stephen ^[1]; MacCarthy, Jonathan K. ^[1]; Marcillo, Omar Eduardo ^[1]; Euler, Garrett Gene ^[1]; Begnaud, Michael Lee ^[1]; Ford, Sean R. ^[2]; Pasyanos, Michael E. ^[2]; Orris, Gregory J. ^[3]; Foxe, Michael P. ^[4]; Arrowsmith, Stephen J. ^[5]; Merchant, B. John ^[5]; Slinkard, Megan E. ^[5]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
3. Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)
4. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
5. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This document entitled “Trends in Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Development – A Physics Perspective” reviews the accessible literature, as it relates to nuclear explosion monitoring and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT, 1996), for four research areas: source physics (understanding signal generation), signal propagation (accounting for changes through physical media), sensors (recording the signals), and signal analysis (processing the signal). Over 40 trends are addressed, such as moving from 1D to 3D earth models, from pick-based seismic event processing to full waveform processing, and from separate treatment of mechanical waves in different media to combined analyses. Highlighted in the document for each trend are the value and benefit to the monitoring mission, key papers that advanced the science, and promising research and development for the future.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1355758
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-17-21274
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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