Temperature dependent fission fragment distribution in the Langevin equation

The temperature dependent width of the fission fragment distributions was simulated in the Langevin equation by taking two-parameter exponential form of the fission fragment mass variance at scission point for each fission event. The result can reproduce experimental data well, and it permits to make reliable estimate for unmeasured product yields near symmetry fission.     

Fission Fragment Angular Correlation in the Reaction Induced by 84.0MeV 16O Bombarded 238U

Fission fragment angular distribution and angular correlation in the reaction induced by 84.0MeV ¹⁶O bombarded ²³⁸U have been measured by using two position-sensitive PPAC with large area.Transfer fission has been removed from total fission using fission fragment angular correlation technique.The contribution to the total fission cross section arising from transfer is about 10%.The anisotropy of fission fragment for transfer-fission is rather small,thus the removal of the transfer fission has little effect on the total fragment angular distribution.Indeed the anisotropy becomes larger by about 5% and anomalously anisotropies still persist.     

Determination of the fission fragment excitation energy with allowance for neutron multiplicity

The study of the excitation energy distribution of fission fragments as a function of their mass and charge is important for revealing the nuclear fission mechanism and useful for many applications. To measure directly the excitation energy of primary fission fragments (before emission of neutrons) is a great problem. A method of obtaining these excitation energies from calculated neutron multiplicities and experimental values for differential yields of fragment pairs after emission of neutrons is considered. The Empire-II code was used to calculate neutron multiplicities as a function of various characteristics of the nuclear structure, fission process, and fission fragment deexcitation.     

Ranges of U235 fission fragments in natural elements

From a recent work by Aiello, Maracci and Rustichelli, dealing with transmission of U²³⁵ fission fragments in solid media, it appeared that the Lindhard, Scharff and Schiøtt theory is able to predict in a satisfactory way the relative stopping powers of different elements for the U²³⁵ fission fragments. On the basis of this work and using available absolute experimental data for average ranges in few elements, a complete set of average ranges of U²³⁵ fission fragments in all existing natural elements was derived. This set includes for each stopping element, ranges for the median light fission fragment, for the median heavy fission fragment and for the overall median fission fragment.     

Nuclear fission phenomenon—At a glance

This article gives an overview of the physics of the fission phenomenon. It provides a brief introduction to the various aspects of the fission process such as liquid drop model fission barriers, different stages of the fission process, fragment kinetic energy and mass distributions, nuclear shell effects on fission barriers, fragment angular distributions and rare fission modes.     

高激发核相继裂变的限制

高温核衰变是当前中能重离子核物理中研究最热烈的课题.理论上对高温核的衰变进行了各种预言,相继裂变就是其中之一.本文从有关核裂变的时间尺度、裂前中子发射、裂变截面等随激发能的变化和多重碎裂的实验结果以及复杂碎片发射时间的实验结果分析了对高温核相继裂变的限制,提出了从复杂粒子蒸发向多重碎裂过渡的可能性. Sequential fission is one of the several kinds of theoratical production for hot nucleus de-cay.By analysing relevant experimental results such as fission time scale,prescission neutron emission,fission cross sections and their variation with excitation energy,the results of multifragmentation andthe time scale of complex fragment emission,a limit to the sequential fission of the hot nucleus is sug-gested in this paper.A transition from intermediate mass fragment evaporation to..     

垒下16O+232Th裂变碎片角关联模拟

使用Monte-Carlo模拟计算了垒下¹⁶O+²³²Th系统转移裂变和复合核裂变碎片角分布及角关联.转移过程、熔合过程和裂变过程分别用半经典模型、耦合道模型及鞍点过渡态统计模型进行模拟.考虑了各物理量分布产生的运动学效应及裂前中子发射和裂后碎片粒子蒸发对碎片角分布及角关联的影响.模拟结果和实验测量的分布相一致.使用折叠角技术借助Monte-Carlo模拟区分转移裂变和复合核裂变是可能的.考虑了转移裂变和裂前中子发射的影响,复合核裂变碎片角分布各向异性异常仍然存在.     

Semi-empirical interpretation of nuclear fission based on deformed-shell effects

The main features of the fragment mass and charge distribution in the fission of nuclides from Po to Fm are accounted for using a correlation of minimum potential energy with fragment yield. The potential energy is calculated from a liquid drop surface with deformed-fragment shell and pairing corrections at a particular deformation for the nascent fission fragments.     

Fission studies of gold induced by (1665 MeV) π- using a CR-39 detector

The fission cross section and fission probability of ¹⁹⁷Au, induced by (1665 MeV) π^-, have been studied using CR-39 track detectors. A 4π-geometry was used to count track statistics. A beam of negative pions of 1665 MeV was produced at AGS of Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, and allowed to fall normally on the stack. Two detectors from the stack were scanned for fission fragment tracks after etching in 6N NaOH at 70℃. The statistics of fission fragment tracks in both detectors were obtained. It was found that there was a marked asymmetry of registered tracks with respect to the forward and backward hemispheres. This asymmetry could be partly accounted for on the basis of momentum transfer to the struck nucleus. On the basis of counting statistics fission cross section was measured, and fission probability was determined by dividing the fission cross section with the reaction cross section. The fission cross-section and fission probability were compared with the computed values using the cascade-exciton model code CEM95.     

Multi-modal analysis for low energy neutron-induced fission of ~(235)U

Low energy neutron induced fission of 235U is studied in the framework of the multi-modal fission model. The fission fragment properties, such as the yields, the average total kinetic energy distribution and the average neutron separation energy, are investigated for incident neutron energies from thermal to 6.0 MeV. The multi-modal fission approach is also used to evaluate the prompt fission neutron multiplicity and spectra for the neutron-induced fission of 235U with an improved version of the Los Alamos ...     

Calculation of prompt fission neutron spectra for 235U(n,f)

The prompt fission neutron spectra for the neutron-induced fission of ²³⁵U at E_n < 5 MeV are calculated using nuclear evaporation theory with a semi-empirical model, in which the nonconstant and constant temperatures related to the Fermi gas model are taken into account. The calculated prompt fission neutron spectra reproduce the experimental data well. For the n(thermal)+²³⁵U reaction, the average nuclear temperature of the fission fragment, and the probability distribution of the nuclear temperature, are discussed and compared with the Los Alamos model. The energy carried away by γ rays emitted from each fragment is also obtained and the results are in good agreement with the existing experimental data.     

Fission studies of gold induced by (1665 MeV) π- using a CR-39 detector

The fission cross section and fission probability of ¹⁹⁷Au, induced by (1665 MeV) π^-, have been studied using CR-39 track detectors. A 4π-geometry was used to count track statistics. A beam of negative pions of 1665 MeV was produced at AGS of Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, and allowed to fall normally on the stack. Two detectors from the stack were scanned for fission fragment tracks after etching in 6N NaOH at 70℃. The statistics of fission fragment tracks in both detectors were obtained. It was found that there was a marked asymmetry of registered tracks with respect to the forward and backward hemispheres. This asymmetry could be partly accounted for on the basis of momentum transfer to the struck nucleus. On the basis of counting statistics fission cross section was measured, and fission probability was determined by dividing the fission cross section with the reaction cross section. The fission cross-section and fission probability were compared with the computed values using the cascade-exciton model code CEM95.     

Multiparameter studies of polar emission in 236U fission

The energy distributions and relative intensities of protons, deutrons, tritons and α-particles emitted along the fission axis during thermal neutron fission of ²³⁵U were measured simultaneously with both fission fragment energies. The mass distributions of fragments, the total kinetic energy (TKE), the dependence of the mean TKE on the fragment mass, as well as the mean kinetic energy dependence of polar particles on the fragment mass and energy were subsequently deduced from these data. Although some experimental results agree remarkably well with the hypothesis that polar particles are evaporated in flight from fission fragments, the general conclusion is that these particles are emitted according to some other mechanism.     

Nucleon transport processes in fission and heavy ion reactions

The nucleon exchange process between two nuclei in close proximity and its application to an explanation of fragment mass and charge distributions in fission and in heavy ion deep inelastic collisions are reviewed. An analysis of the measured correlations between the energy loss from relative motion and the fragment mass and charge variances in the heavy ion deep inelastic collisions is presented. The recent data on fragment mass and charge variances as a function of the fragment kinetic energy in thermal neutron induced fission of²³⁵U, lends added support to the hypothesis that the nucleon transport process plays a similar role both in fission and in heavy ion deep inelastic collisions.     

Spontaneous Fission Barriers Based on a Generalized Liquid Drop Model

The barrier against the spontaneous fission has been determined within the Generalized Liquid Drop Model （GLDM） including the mass and charge asymmetry, and the proximity energy. The shell correction of the spherical parent nucleus is calculated by using the Strutinsky method, and the empirical shape-dependent shell correction is 6mp10yed during the deformation process. A quasi-molecular shape sequence has been defined to describe the whole process from one-body shape to two-body shape system, and a two-touching-ellipsoid is adopted when the superdeformed one-body system reaches the rupture point. On these bases the spontaneous fission barriers are systematically studied for nuclei from 2a~Th to 249 Cm for different possible exiting channels with the different mass and charge asymmetries. The double, and triple bumps are found in the fission potential energy in this region, which roughly agree with the experimental results. It is found that at around Sn-like fragment the outer fission barriers are lower, while the partner of the Sn-like fragment is in the range near l~SRu where the ground-state mass is lowered by allowing axially symmetric shapes. The preferable fission channels are distinctly pronounced, which should be corresponding to the fragment mass distributions.     

Mass resolved angular distribution in helium ion induced fission of233U

Mass resolved fission fragment angular distribution was measured in the 28.5 MeV alpha induced fission of²³³U using recoil catcher technique and direct gamma spectrometry. The angular distribution of 8 fission products were obtained. The angular anisotropies of asymmetric fission products were found to be higher than those of symmetric products indicating a correlation between the fragment angular distribution and the mass distribution.The authors are grateful to Dr. S.K. Kataria and Dr. T. Datta for fruitful discussions. We thank the operation crew of the variable energy cyclotron, Calcutta for their help in carrying out the irradiations. Thanks are due to Dr. P.R. Natarajan, Head of the Radiochemistry Division for his keen interest in the work.     

Prompt neutron multiplicity distribution for 235U(n,f) at incident energies up to 20 MeV

For the n+<'235>U fission reaction, the total excitation energy partition of the fission fragments, the average neutron kinetic energy <ε>(A) and the total average energies E<,γ>(A) removed by γ rays as a function of fission fragment mass are given at incident energies up to 20 MeV. The prompt neutron multiplicity as a function of the fragment mass, ν(A), for neutron-induced fission of <'235>U at different incident neutron energies is calculated. The calculated results are checked with the total average prompt neutron multiplicities ν and compared with the experimental and evaluated data. Some prompt neutron and γ emission mechanisms are discussed.     

Fragment mass and kinetic energy distribution in isomeric fission of 240Pu

Fragment mass and kinetic energy distributions have been measured for isomeric fission of ²⁴⁰Pu. The mass distribution is asymmetric with the average heavy fragment mass nearly equal to that found for ground state spontaneous fission of ²⁴⁰Pu, but slightly lower than for n_th + ²³⁹Pu-fission. The average total fragment kinetic energy appears to be higher in isomeric fission (179.5_?0.7^+1.5 MeV) than in spontaneous fission from the ground state (176.8 ± 1.8 MeV).     

Influence of the shell effects on fission fragment angular anisotropies

The influence of the damping shell corrections with increasing excitation energy on the fission fragment angular anisotropies is considered. In the framework of the statistical approach to nuclear fission, experimental data on fission fragment angular anisotropies obtained in the ⁴He + ²³⁸U reaction is analyzed. Information about the energy dependence of the shell corrections is obtained from this analysis.