Delayed Neutron - Importance in Nuclear Fission Basic Research

Importance in Nuclear Fission Basic Research

The standard deviation of the final kinetic energy distribution as a function of mass of final fragments from low energy fission of uranium 234 and uranium 236, presents a peak around light fragment masses region and another on heavy fragment masses region. Simulation by Monte Carlo method of these experiments suggests that that those peaks are produced by prompt neutron emission. This effect of prompt neutron emission does not permit to obtain primary primary mass and kinetic distribution which is important to study fission dynamics from saddle to scission point.

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