New Spontaneous Fission Mode for252Cf: Indication of Hyperdeformed144,145,146Baat Scission

Autor: R. Aryaeinejad, A. V. Ramayya, G. M. Ter-Akopian, F. K. McGowan, N. R. Johnson, G. S. Popeko, J. K. Deng, Witold Nazarewicz, W. C. Ma, J. X. Saladin, A. V. Daniel, B. R. S. Babu, K. Butler-Moore, J. Kormicki, I. Y. Lee, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, J. D. Cole, J. H. Hamilton, M. Morhac, J. Kliman, D. Shi, Q. H. Lu, S. Ćwiok
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 77:32-35
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.77.32
Popis: From {gamma}-ray coincidence studies following spontaneous fission of {sup 252}Cf, direct measurements of yields and neutron multiplicities were made for Sr-Nd, Zr-Ce, Mo-Ba, Ru-Xe, and Pd-Te correlated pairs. A strong enhancement of the 7-10 neutron channels for Mo-Ba pairs is observed. A new fission mode associated with the enhanced neutron yields is identified. These data can be interpreted in terms of one or more of {sup 144,145,146}Ba being hyperdeformed at scission. Mean field calculations predict a hyperdeformed third minimum in {sup 252}Cf and an extremely deformed {sup 146}Ba fragment at scission. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
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