(1) Nuclear Science Centre, 110 067 New Delhi, India;(2) Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400 085 Bombay, India
Abstract:
The emission of light charged particles in the fission process is of interest as they are believed to emerge from the neck region of the deformed fissioning nucleus at a time close to the scission point and may thus prove a useful probe to investigate the last stages of fission close to the rupture point. Experimental results on light charged particle emission and the efforts made to obtain information about the scission point parameters therefrom are reviewed.