Theoretical description of Long Range Alpha particles emitted during spontaneous fission

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Serot ◽  
C. Wagemans ◽  
N. Carjan
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 11642-11650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan N. Tazhigulov ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Gurunathan ◽  
Yongbin Kim ◽  
Lyudmila V. Slipchenko ◽  
Ksenia B. Bravaya

We present a computational protocol exploiting polarizable embedding hybrid quantum-classical approach and resulting in accurate estimates of redox potentials of biological macromolecules. A special attention is paid to fundamental aspects of the theoretical description such as the effects of environment polarization and of the long-range electrostatic interactions on the computed energetic parameters.


Author(s):  
N. Feather

It is generally agreed that the long-range alpha particles of fission are set free before the fragment nuclei have acquired more than a small fraction of their final energy of separation, but whether the alpha particle is liberated before the instant of scission, at that instant, or from one of the fragment nuclei very shortly thereafter, has remained an open question. Each of these views has been seriously advocated. These various hypotheses are examined in relation to recently published information regarding the distribution of mass in low-eneigy ternary fission, and other considerations, and it is suggested that the hypothesis having the strongest claim to attention is that which assumes that the alpha particles originate in the heavy fragments exclusively, being liberated, very shortly after the instant of scission, with probability not much less than unity, from fragment nuclei of low yield and small neutron excess. Conclusions which would follow, if this hypothesis were accepted, are indicated, and possible experimental tests of these conclusions are suggested.


1964 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Z. Malkin ◽  
I. D. Alkhazov ◽  
A. S. Krisvokhatskii ◽  
K. A. Petrzhak ◽  
L. M. Belov

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250052
Author(s):  
ZAFAR YASIN ◽  
KURT HANSEN ◽  
MAGNUS LUNDIN ◽  
ROGER RASSOL ◽  
LENNART ISAKSSON ◽  
...  

The construction and performance of the parallel plate avalanche counters (PPACs) using a spontaneous fission source 252 Cf is described in this paper. The parallel plate circular electrodes are made of aluminum foils having a thickness less than ten microns. After fabrication, the detectors and the source are mounted inside a reaction chamber, the source between the two detectors. A low pressure is created inside the chamber using isobutane ( C 4 H 10) and a high voltage is applied to the electrodes. The detectors are first operated at different pressures and voltages to find the optimum values of the pressure and the voltage. This is necessary to avoid the sparking threshold, to achieve a good time resolution and to keep the gain of the detectors high and constant. The PPACs are operated in 2π- and 4π-geometries. In 4π-geometry the detectors are allowed to function in coincidence and noncoincidence mode. The resulting pulse height and the time spectra are studied using the computer code ROOT and some conclusions are drawn from these analyses. The pulse height spectrum shows a clear separation between the fission fragments and the alpha particles and the time spectrum indicates a good intrinsic time resolution, 0.76 ns.


1967 ◽  
Vol 154 (4) ◽  
pp. 1193-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Cosper ◽  
J. Cerny ◽  
R. C. Gatti

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