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Neutron yields and angular distributions produced in antiproton annihilation at rest in uranium

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Measurements of neutron yields and their angular distributions in coincidence with fission fragments produced in antiproton annihilation at rest in a natural uranium target have been carried out Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) at CERN. A total of 16.3±0.9 neutrons per annihilation have been found, distributed among direct knockout (27%), evaporation (21%), and fission (52%) processes. Angular distributions show that neutrons below approximately 5 MeV result entirely from moving fission fragments, and above approximately 12 MeV entirely from the excited, prescission nucleus. An estimate of the angular momentum of the excited fission fragment gives ~13¯h. We are able to account for all baryons produced in annihilation, including neutrons from this experiment and light charged nuclei found in another LEAR experiment, to within 4.5±2.5 of the initial 237 units in the initial state.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
919468
Report Number(s):
CEBAF-TH-92-39; DOE/ER/40150-4387
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 45; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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