The Tsar Bomba had a yield of 50 megatons. According to Wikipedia "the bomb would have had a yield in excess of 100 megatons if it had included a uranium-238 tamper". Why does a U-238 tamper increase the yield as opposed to other materials or no tamper at all?
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