0000000000416785
AUTHOR
H. R. Faust
Mass Yields in the Very Asymmetric Fission of 249Cf(nth,f)
Independent fission yields and fragment kinetic energies in the very asymmetric (A=87−72) fission of 249Cf have been measured using the mass separator LOHENGRIN at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble. The mass yields were found to be up to a factor of 100 higher than predicted in the US ENDF-V file. A preliminary evaluation of the isotopic yields shows a strong increase of the proton odd-even effect from 7 % to 15 %. This can be explained by a decreasing excitation energy in this very asymmetric region.
Odd-Even Effects in the Reaction 241Am(2n,f)
Fission yields of the light fission products in the reaction 241Am(2n,f) have been measured. The results indicate an odd-even proton effect in the yield distribution of this odd nucleus with Z=95.
Beta decay energies and nuclear masses of148Ba,148La and151Pr
Theβ-decay energy of the neutron-rich isotopes148Ba,148La and151Pr has been measured at the Institute Laue-Langevin (ILL). The148Ba- and148La-nuclei were produced using a high-temperature ion source at the OSTIS separator of this institute, whereas samples of151Pr were obtained from the thermal fission of239Pu, used as a target in the mass separator LOHENGRIN. At both instruments,βγ-coincidences were measured with a plastic scintillator telescope and a Ge(I)-detector, together withβ-singles andγ-singles spectra. Theβ-spectra emitted in coincidence with 44γ-lines in the decay of these nuclei have been evaluated. From their endpoint energies, the followingQβ-values have been obtained:Qβ(148Ba…