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Electromagnetic and nuclear fission of238U in the reaction of 100, 500, and 1000 A�MeV208Pb with238U
S. M. PolikanovE. SchimpfH. FolgerE. JägerT. KrogulskiNorbert TrautmannThomas AumannM. SchädelW. BrüchleG. WirthE. StielJ. V. Kratzsubject
Nuclear reactionPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsCold fissionCluster decayFissionNuclear TheoryAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsNuclear physicsCross section (physics)Nuclear fissionNuclear fusionHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutronAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsNuclear Experimentdescription
The folding- and azimuthal-angle and velocity distributions for the238U fission fragments have been measured in reactions with 100, 500, and 1000 A·MeV208Pb. These distributions were used to decompose the fission cross section into its electromagnetic and nuclear components. The fraction of electromagnetic fission was found to be 0.16±0.07, 0.48±0.08, and 0.60±0.04, respectively. The electromagnetic fission cross section as a function of the208Pb nucleus energy is compared with theoretical predictions. The measured fission cross section from nuclear reactions (≈1.5 b) is approximately constant between 100 and 1000 A·MeV.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-09-01 | Zeitschrift f�r Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei |