Model for Asymmetric Fission

1 June 1955

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 98 (5) , 1272-1276
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.98.1272

Abstract

On the basis of shell effects, asymmetric fission is attributed to symmetrical division except for a non-fissionable core. Distributions of fission-fragment yields, vs fragment charges and masses, are obtained from simple statistical considerations of the division.

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