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Nuclear weapon launch codes for the US president
The Gold Code is the launch code for nuclear weapons provided to the president of the United States in their role as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. In conjunction with the nuclear football, the Gold Codes allow the president to authorize a nuclear attack. Gold Codes, as well as a separate nuclear football, are also assigned to the vice president in case the president is incapacitated or otherwise unable to discharge the duties of office pursuant to the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Gold CodesA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A refined Monte Carlo code for low-energy electron emission from gold material irradiated with sub-keV electronsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Inca GoldThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Expansion of the Genetic Code Enables Design of a Novel “Gold” Class of Green Fluorescent ProteinsCited 189 times
- Go sideways: Nuclear briefcaseA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Nuclear footballA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Expansion of the Genetic Code Enables Design of a Novel “Gold” Class of Green Fluorescent Proteins
Discovery of the DNA “Genetic Code” for Abiological Gold Nanoparticle Morphologies
Optical code-multiplex transmission by gold sequences
A triple-error-correcting cyclic code from the Gold and Kasami–Welch APN power functions
Electrical detection of DNA using gold and magnetic nanoparticles and bio bar-code DNA between nanogap electrodes
Discovery of the DNA “Genetic Code” for Abiological Gold Nanoparticle Morphologies
2-D quasi m-arrays and Gold code arrays
Opacity calculation for aluminum, iron, and gold plasmas using FLYCHK code
🆕 Influential since 2022
A refined Monte Carlo code for low-energy electron emission from gold material irradiated with sub-keV electrons
Research Code Sharing in Support of Gold Standard Science
AES and Mixed AES/Gold Spreading Sequences for Satellite Uplink Code Division Multiplexing
POF-Based Integrated Visible Light Communication and Positioning System Employing Modified Gold Code With Nonlinear Permutation Function
Design of Truncated Hybrid Gold-Kasami Code Families for LEO-PNT Systems
📚 Books worth reading
Inca GoldMick Posen · 2011
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