Mass and charge distributions in the very asymmetric thermal neutron induced fission of the odd-Z nucleus Am-242m

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1999-10-25

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Tsekhanovich, I
Denschlag, HO
Davi, M
Buyukmumcu, Z
Wostheinrich, M
Gonnenwein, F
Oberstedt, S
Faust, HR

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Yields of light fission products (A = 68, 70-84, 87, 88, 94, 96, 98, 102 and 106-108), their kinetic energies and nuclear charge distributions (A = 71-84, 87 and 88) in the thermal neutron induced fission of the odd-Z nucleus Am-242m(Z = 95) were measured using the mass-separator Lohengrin at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble (France). The mass yield curve shows a fine structure at A = 70, probably due to shell and/or odd-even effects affecting also the nuclear charge distribution. The analysis of isotopic chain yields gives evidence for a very low excitation energy of the lightest fission fragments observed. A preferential formation of fragments with even Z is found for this odd-Z compound nucleus, Calculated values for the local odd-even effect are comparable with those for the neighbouring even-Z fissile nuclides and increase from 13% to 30% with increasing asymmetry of the mass split (A(L) = 84 to 68 and Z(L) = 35 to 28). The neutron odd-even effect shows a similar but less pronounced behaviour.

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Nuclear fission, Am-242m(n(th), f), Fission yields, Nuclear charge distribution, Odd-even effects

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68486

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NUCLEAR PHYSICS A

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0375-9474(99)00338-3

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I. Tsekhanovich et al., “Mass and charge distributions in the very asymmetric thermal neutron induced fission of the odd-Z nucleus Am-242m,” NUCLEAR PHYSICS A, pp. 217–239, 1999, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68486.