The excitation energy of fragments in nuclear fission

Atomic Energy ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-189
Author(s):  
B. T. Geilikman
Keyword(s):  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Nuclear Fission

scholarly journals Impact of nuclear inertia momenta on fission observables

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
P. Tamagno ◽  
O. Litaize
Keyword(s):  
Rigid Body ◽  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Rotational Inertia ◽  
Neutron Fission ◽  
Fission Fragments ◽  
Rigid Body Model ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
The Impact

Fission is probably the nuclear process the less accurately described with current models because it involves dynamics of nuclear matter with strongly coupled manybody interactions. It is thus diffcult to find models that are strongly rooted in good physics, accurate enough to reproduce target observables and that can describe many of the nuclear fission observables in a consistent way. One of the most comprehensive current modeling of the fission process relies on the fission sampling and Monte-Carlo de-excitation of the fission fragments. This model is implemented for instance in the FIFRELIN code. In this model fission fragments and their state are first sampled from pre-neutron fission yields, angular momentum distribution and excitation energy repartition law then the decay of both initial fragments is simulated. This modeling provides many observables: prompt neutron and gamma fission spectra, multiplicities and also fine decompositions: number of neutrons emitted as a function of the fragment mass, spectra per fragments, etc. This model relies on nuclear structure databases and on several basic nuclear models describing for instance gamma strength functions or level densities. Additionally some free parameters are still to be determined, namely two parameters describing the excitation energy repartition law, the spin cutoff of the heavy and light fragments and a rescaling parameter for the rotational inertia momentum of the fragments with respect of the rigid-body model. In the present work we investigate the impact of this latter parameter. For this we mainly substitute the corrected rigid-body value by a quantity obtained from a microscopic description of the fission fragment. The independent-particle model recently implemented in the CONRAD code is used to provide nucleonic wave functions that are required to compute inertia momenta with an Inglis-Belyaev cranking model. The impact of this substitution is analyzed on different fission observables provided by the FIFRELIN code.

scholarly journals The 4-dimensional Langevin approach to low energy nuclear fission

2018 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 00005
Author(s):  
F.A. Ivanyuk ◽  
C. Ishizuka ◽  
M.D. Usang ◽  
S. Chiba
Keyword(s):  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Mass Number ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Deformation Energy ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Tooth Structure ◽  
Fission Fragments ◽  
Langevin Approach ◽  
Intrinsic Excitation ◽  
Mother Nucleus

We applied the four-dimensional Langevin approach to the description of fission of 235U by neutrons and calculated the dependence of the excitation energy of fission fragments on their mass number. For this we have fitted the compact just-before-scission configuration obtained by the Langevin calculations by the two separated fragments and calculated the intrinsic excitation and the deformation energy of each fragment accurately taking into account the shell and pairing effects and their dependence on the temperature and mass of the fragments. For the sharing of energy between the fission fragments we have used the simplest and most reliable assumption - the temperature of each fragment immediately after the neck rupture is the same as the temperature of mother nucleus just before scission. The calculated excitation energy of fission fragments clearly demonstrates the saw-tooth structure in the dependence on fragment mass number.

scholarly journals Comparing fission-product yields from photon-induced fission of 240Pu and neutron-induced fission of 239Pu as a test of the Bohr hypothesis in nuclear fission

2020 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 01008
Author(s):  
Jack Silano ◽  
Anton Tonchev ◽  
Roger Henderson ◽  
Nicolas Schunck ◽  
Werner Tornow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fission Product ◽  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Compound Nucleus ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Photon Beams ◽  
Fission Process ◽  
Product Yields ◽  
Fission Product Yields ◽  
Induced Fission ◽  
First Time

Fission product yields (FPYs) are a uniquely sensitive probe of the fission process, with well established dependence on the species of nucleus undergoing fission, its excitation energy and spin. Thus FPYs are well suited for testing Bohr’s hypothesis in the context of nuclear fission, which states that the decay of a compound nucleus with a given excitation energy, spin and parity is independent of its formation. Using FPYs, we have performed a new highprecision test of the combined effects of the entrance channel, spin and parity on the fission process from two of the most commonly used particles to induce fission neutrons and photons. The 239 Pu(n,f) reaction at En = 4.6 MeV and the 240 Pu(γ,f) reaction at Eγ = 11.2 MeV were used to produce a 240 Pu∗ compound nucleus with the same excitation energy. The FPYs from these two reactions were measured using quasimonoenergetic neutron beams from the TUNL’s FN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator and quasimonenergetic photon beams from the High Intensity γ-ray Source (HIγS) facility. The FPYs from these two reactions are compared quantitatively for the first time.

scholarly journals Validating the Bohr hypothesis: Comparing fission-product yields from photon-induced fission of 240Pu and neutron-induced fission of Pu

2020 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Jack Silano ◽  
Anton Tonchev ◽  
Roger Henderson ◽  
Nicolas Schunck ◽  
Werner Tornow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fission Product ◽  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Photon Beams ◽  
Fission Process ◽  
Product Yields ◽  
Fission Product Yields ◽  
Consistent Manner ◽  
First Results ◽  
Induced Fission

The Bohr hypothesis, one of the most fundamental assumptions in nuclear fission theory, states that the decay of a compound nucleus with a given excitation energy, spin and parity is independent of its formation. Using fission product yields (FPYs) as a sensitive probe, we have performed new high precision test of the combined effects of the entrance channel, spin and parity on the fission process. Two different reactions were used in a self-consistent manner to produce a compound 240Pu nucleus with the same excitation energy: neutron induced fission of 239Pu at En = 4.6 MeV and photon-induced fission of 240Pu at Eγ = 11.2 MeV. The FPYs from these two reactions were measured using quasimonoenergetic neutron beams from the TUNL's FN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator and quasimonenergetic photon beams from the High Intensity γ-ray Source (HlγS) facility. The first results comparing the FPYs from these two reactions will be presented. Implications for validating the Bohr hypothesis will be discussed.

scholarly journals The description of the excitation energy sharing in nuclear fission within the Langevin approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 00007
Author(s):  
F.A. Ivanyuk ◽  
S. Chiba
Keyword(s):  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Mass Number ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Deformation Energy ◽  
Langevin Equations ◽  
Excitation Energies ◽  
Tooth Structure ◽  
Fission Fragments ◽  
Langevin Approach ◽  
Energy Sharing

We apply the four-dimensional Langevin approach to the description of fission of 235U by neutrons and calculate the dependence of the excitation energy of fission fragments on their mass number. For this we run the Langevin equations until the compound nucleus splits into two separated fragments. This is possible since the we used in this work two-center shell model shape parametrization that describes well both compact and separated shapes. The excitation energies of each fragment are calculated assuming that the temperatures of both fragments are the same. The deformation energy of the fragment immediately after scission is added to its excitation energy. The saw-tooth structure of the dependence neutron multiplicity on the fragment’s mass number in reaction 235U + n at En = 5 Mev is qualitatively reproduced.

FRAGMENT EXCITATION, KINETIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS AND NEUTRON EVAPORATION IN NUCLEAR FISSION CALCULATED FROM A RANDOM EXCITATION MODEL

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
HERBERT R. FAUST
Keyword(s):  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Nuclear Fission ◽  
Random Excitation ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Q Value ◽  
Energy Distributions ◽  
Fission Process ◽  
Energy Neutron ◽  
Neutron Evaporation ◽  
Excitation Model

We present a model which allows for the calculation of fragment excitation energy, fragment kinetic energies and neutron evaporation in nuclear fission. The model is based on the assumption that, at the end of the fission process, fragments are excited to a temperature which is proportional to the reaction Q-value. Starting from this assumption the distribution functions of fragment excitation can be formulated and the distribution functions for the kinetic energies can be derived by a Monte Carlo method. From the distribution functions for the excitation energy neutron evaporation characteristics are calculated.

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