The Extension of the Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay Model to Multi-chance Fission and its Application to 239Pu
Abstract
The Hauser-Feshbach fission fragment decay model, HF3D, calculates the statistical decay of fission fragments through both prompt and delayed neutron and γ-ray emissions in a deterministic manner. While previously limited to the calculation of only first-chance fission, the model has recently been extended to include multi-chance fission, up to neutron incident energies of 20 MeV. The deterministic decay takes as input prescission quantities–fission probabilities, pre-fission neutron energies, and the average energy causing fission– and post-scission quantities–yields in mass, charge, total kinetic energy, spin, and parity. From those fission fragment initial conditions, the full decay is followed through both prompt and delayed particle emissions. The evaporation of the prompt neutrons and γ rays is calculated through the Hauser-Feshbach statistical theory, taking into account the competition between neutron and γ-ray emission, conserving energy, spin, and parity. The delayed emission is taken into account using time-independent calculation using decay data. This whole formulation allows for the calculation of prompt neutron and γ-ray properties, such as multiplicities and energy distributions, both independent and cumulative fission yields, and delayed neutron observables, in a consistent framework. Here, we describe the implementation of multi-chance fission into the HF3D model, and show an example of prompt and delayedmore »
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
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- 1985861
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-22-29923
Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X; TRN: US2402705
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- Journal Name:
- EPJ Web of Conferences (Online)
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- Journal Name: EPJ Web of Conferences (Online); Journal Volume: 284; Conference: 15. International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2022), Held Virtually, 24-29 Jul 2022; Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X
- Publisher:
- EDP Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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Lovell, Amy Elizabeth, Kawano, Toshihiko, Okumura, Shin, Mumpower, Matthew Ryan, Stetcu, Ionel, and Talou, Patrick. The Extension of the Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay Model to Multi-chance Fission and its Application to 239Pu. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328404015.
Lovell, Amy Elizabeth, Kawano, Toshihiko, Okumura, Shin, Mumpower, Matthew Ryan, Stetcu, Ionel, & Talou, Patrick. The Extension of the Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay Model to Multi-chance Fission and its Application to 239Pu. United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328404015
Lovell, Amy Elizabeth, Kawano, Toshihiko, Okumura, Shin, Mumpower, Matthew Ryan, Stetcu, Ionel, and Talou, Patrick. Fri .
"The Extension of the Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay Model to Multi-chance Fission and its Application to 239Pu". United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328404015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1985861.
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title = {The Extension of the Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay Model to Multi-chance Fission and its Application to 239Pu},
author = {Lovell, Amy Elizabeth and Kawano, Toshihiko and Okumura, Shin and Mumpower, Matthew Ryan and Stetcu, Ionel and Talou, Patrick},
abstractNote = {The Hauser-Feshbach fission fragment decay model, HF3D, calculates the statistical decay of fission fragments through both prompt and delayed neutron and γ-ray emissions in a deterministic manner. While previously limited to the calculation of only first-chance fission, the model has recently been extended to include multi-chance fission, up to neutron incident energies of 20 MeV. The deterministic decay takes as input prescission quantities–fission probabilities, pre-fission neutron energies, and the average energy causing fission– and post-scission quantities–yields in mass, charge, total kinetic energy, spin, and parity. From those fission fragment initial conditions, the full decay is followed through both prompt and delayed particle emissions. The evaporation of the prompt neutrons and γ rays is calculated through the Hauser-Feshbach statistical theory, taking into account the competition between neutron and γ-ray emission, conserving energy, spin, and parity. The delayed emission is taken into account using time-independent calculation using decay data. This whole formulation allows for the calculation of prompt neutron and γ-ray properties, such as multiplicities and energy distributions, both independent and cumulative fission yields, and delayed neutron observables, in a consistent framework. Here, we describe the implementation of multi-chance fission into the HF3D model, and show an example of prompt and delayed quantities beyond first-chance fission, using the example of neutron-induced fission on 239Pu. This expansion represents significant progress in consistently modeling the emission of prompt and delayed particles from fissile systems.},
doi = {10.1051/epjconf/202328404015},
journal = {EPJ Web of Conferences (Online)},
number = ,
volume = 284,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Fri May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
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