Landau-Zener effect in fission
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Bucharest (Romania)
A model that takes into account the Landau-Zener promotion mechanism during fission was developed recently. The structures observed in the subthreshold neutron-induced fission of {sup 232}Th are investigated employing this model. Theoretical single-particle excitations of a phenomenological two-humped barrier are determined by solving a system of coupled differential equations for the motion along the optimal fission path. A rather good agreement with experimental data is obtained using a small number of independent parameters. It is predicted that the structure at 1.4 and 1.6 MeV is mainly dominated by a spin 3/2 partial cross section with a small admixture of spin 1/2, while the structure at 1.7 MeV is given by a large partial cross section of spin 5/2.
- OSTI ID:
- 21067986
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 76, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.76.064608; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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