Behaviour of Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission in ColdFission of 252Cf

The behaviour of prompt γ-ray emission in the cold fission of ²⁵²Cf was investigated experimentally using a four-parameter correlation technique. A twin gridded ionization chamber was employed to detect the fission signals and to determine the fragment emission angles, and a φ10cm×10cm NaI(T1) detector was used to record the γ-ray energies. The result shows that the angular distribution coefficient of γ-rays emitted in cold fission is twice as large as that in the normal fission.The fact that in the cold fission the number of γ-rays emitted from the light fragments is approximately three times as large as that from the heavy ones can not be explained satisfactorily so far.