Energy and mass distributions for 241Pu(nth, f), 242Pu(s.f.) and 244Pu(s.f.) fragments

E. Allaert; C. Wagemans; G. Wegener-Penning; A. J. Deruytter; R. Barthélémy

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(82)90582-6

Energy and mass distributions for ²⁴¹Pu(n_th, f), ²⁴²Pu(s.f.) and ²⁴⁴Pu(s.f.) fragments

E. Allaert, C. Wagemans, G. Wegener-Penning, A. J. Deruytter, R. Barthélémy

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Abstract

The energy and mass distributions and their correlations have been studied for the spontaneous fission of ²⁴²Pu and ²⁴⁴Pu and for the thermal-neutron induced fission of ²⁴¹Pu. A comparison of the ²⁴²Pu(s.f.) and the ²⁴¹Pu(n_th, f) results shows a narrower mass distribution, a much higher peak yield and a more pronounced fine structure for the spontaneous fission than for the neutron induced fission. The average total kinetic energy is higher for ²⁴²Pu(s.f.) than for ²⁴¹Pu(n_th, f), and also the energy-mass correlations behave differently in both cases. The ²⁴⁴Pu(s.f.) data are very similar to these for ²⁴²Pu(s.f.). All these results are discussed and interpreted in the frame of the scission point model of Wilkins et al.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-71
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section A
Volume	380
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(82)90582-6
State	Published - 17 May 1982

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