Fragment-mass distributions in neutron-induced fission of {sup 232}Th and {sup 238}U at 33, 45, and 60 MeV

We have measured fission fragment-mass yields for neutron-induced fission of {sup 232}Th and {sup 238}U at energies 32.8, 45.3, and 59.9 MeV. The experiments were done at quasimonoenergetic neutron beams of the Cyclotron Research Center at Louvain-la-Neuve. To detect the fission fragments, a multise...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. C, Nuclear physics Nuclear physics, 2011-05, Vol.83 (5)
Hauptverfasser: Ryzhov, I. V., Yavshits, S. G., Tutin, G. A., Kovalev, N. V., Saulski, A. V., Kudryashev, N. A., Onegin, M. S., Vaishnene, L. A., Gavrikov, Yu. A., Grudzevich, O. T., Simutkin, V. D., Pomp, S., Blomgren, J., Oesterlund, M., Andersson, P., Bevilacqua, R., Meulders, J. P., Prieels, R., Petersburg Nuclear Physics Insitute, 188300, Gatchina, Leningrad district, State Technical University, Studgorodok 1, 249020, Kaluga region, Obninsk, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Universite Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la Neuve
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Zusammenfassung:We have measured fission fragment-mass yields for neutron-induced fission of {sup 232}Th and {sup 238}U at energies 32.8, 45.3, and 59.9 MeV. The experiments were done at quasimonoenergetic neutron beams of the Cyclotron Research Center at Louvain-la-Neuve. To detect the fission fragments, a multisection Frisch-gridded ionization chamber was used. The measurement and data analysis techniques are discussed in detail. The obtained mass yields are compared to model calculations with the intermediate-energy nuclear reaction code MCFX. The MCFX code is used to calculate the fraction of fissioning nuclei after cascade, preequilibrium, and statistical reaction stages. The formation of mass distributions is considered as a result of oscillations of the mass-asymmetry degree of freedom in the potential well calculated with the temperature-dependent shell correction method. The experimental results as well as the results of the model calculations demonstrate that the probability of symmetric fission increases with incident neutron energy for both nuclei. The comparison also shows that the symmetric fission is more enhanced for thorium than for uranium with increasing neutron energy. We also compare {sup 238}U results with available experimental data; the {sup 232}Th data were measured for the first time.
ISSN:0556-2813
1089-490X
DOI:10.1103/PHYSREVC.83.054603