Fission of /sup 255,256/Es, /sup 255en-dash257/Fm, and /sup 258/Md at moderate excitation energies

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.30.559· OSTI ID:6792904

Britt, H C; Hoffman, D C; van der Plicht, J; Wilhelmy, J B; Cheifetz, E; Dupzyk, R J; Lougheed, R W

The fission of /sup 255,256/Es, /sup 255en-dash257/Fm, and /sup 258/Md has been studied in the excitation energy range from threshold to 25 MeV. A target of /sup 254/Es was used in the direct reaction studies; (d,pf), (t,pf), (/sup 3/He,df), (/sup 3/He,pf), and in the compound induced fission reactions formed with p, d, t, and ..cap alpha.. particle projectiles. Coincident fission fragment energies were recorded along with (in the direct reaction studies) the outgoing light charged particle. The mass and kinetic energy distributions were studied as a function of nuclear excitation energy. The observed bulk properties were consistent with established systematics in that they exhibited an asymmetric mass distribution and a phenomenologically consistent total kinetic energy. However, the systems demonstrated a fission decay mode which we ascribe to high energy symmetric fission decay. This component, though somewhat arbitrary in its definition, showed a general decrease in yield as a function of increasing nuclear excitation energy. This observed rapid change in fission properties between ''normal'' and high energy symmetric fission probably points to the important observable consequences that can occur from small variations in the potential energy surface.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6792904
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Vol. 30:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COINCIDENCE SPECTROMETRY
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