PROMPT NEUTRON EMISSION FROM THE SPONTANEOUS FISSION OF MD-260

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作者
WILD, JF [1 ]
VANAARLE, J [1 ]
WESTMEIER, W [1 ]
LOUGHEED, RW [1 ]
HULET, EK [1 ]
MOODY, KJ [1 ]
DOUGAN, RJ [1 ]
KOOP, EA [1 ]
GLASER, RE [1 ]
BRANDT, R [1 ]
PATZELT, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MARBURG, W-3550 MARBURG, GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 1990年 / 41卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevC.41.640
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
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We have made the first measurement of the number of neutrons emitted from the spontaneous fission of a nuclide in which very high fragment energies dominate the fission process. In bombardments of Es254, we produced a large sample of 28-d Md260, which was neutron counted in a 1-m-diameter spherical tank containing a Gd-doped scintillator solution. The average number of neutrons emitted per fission is only 2.58±0.11, substantially less than for other actinides. A linear dependence of neutron multiplicity on fragment-excitation energy is observed to the highest values of total kinetic energy. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:640 / 646
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