Angular distributions in quasi-fission reactions: Evidence for incomplete relaxation of the tilting mode

The integral β^?-spectra of²³⁵U and²³⁹Pu fission products have been measured with a plastic scintillator telescope at an external neutron guide tube at the high flux reactor of the ILL in Grenoble. The highly enriched targets (150 – 800 γg/cm²) were placed in a fission chamber at a distance of approximately 110 m from the reactor core. From the measured beta-spectra absolute counting rates per MeV and fission have been calculated, which are compared with the results of earlier experiments of other authors and with recent theoretical calculations.