Neutron Multiplicities and Yields of Correlated Zr-Ce and Mo-Ba Fragment Paris in Spontaneous Fission ofCf252

Abstract
High resolution γγ and γγγ coincidences in the spontaneous fission of Cf252 were measured. Relative yields and neutron multiplicities from zero up to 10 were extracted directly for the first time in fission for the Zr-Ce and Mo-Ba correlated fragment pairs. The 0, 8, and the new 10 neutron emission yields for Mo-Ba are significantly larger than those reported previously for total Cf252 spontaneous fission. Our results demonstrate that the use of this high resolution γγγ coincidence technique can provide important, previously inaccessible data on fission.