Particle multiplicities in the fission-like reactions of 340 MeV 28Si on 232Th

Saxena, A. ; Fabris, D. ; Prete, G. ; Shetty, D. V. ; Viesti, G. ; Nayak, B. K. ; Biswas, D. C. ; Choudhury, R. K. ; Kapoor, S. S. ; Lunardon, M. ; Moretto, S. ; Nebbia, G. ; Pesente, S. ; Rizzi, V. ; Samant, A. M. ; Barbui, M. ; Fioretto, E. ; Cinausero, M. ; Brondi, A. ; La Rana, G. ; Moro, R. ; Vardaci, E. ; Gelli, N. ; Lucarelli, F. (2004) Particle multiplicities in the fission-like reactions of 340 MeV 28Si on 232Th Nuclear Physics A, 730 (3-4). pp. 299-315. ISSN 0375-9474

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Abstract

Pre-scission and post-scission multiplicities of neutrons and alpha particles have been simultaneously measured for the fission-like reactions of 340 MeV 28Si on 232Th. Dynamical model calculations using HICOL code predict that about 90% of the observed events are of quasi-fission type while the remaining 10% are from compound nucleus fission decay. Moving source fits were carried out to the observed neutron and alpha particle spectra, measured at different angles with respect to the fragment directions. The pre-scission and post-scission neutron multiplicities are deduced to be 8.7± 2.0 and 9.4± 2.0, respectively. The corresponding multiplicity values for alpha particles are found to be 0.22± 0.08 and 0.1± 0.03. From the measured post-scission neutron multiplicity, it is inferred that about 65±20 MeV of the initial excitation energy remains at scission. This may be compared to the value of 85± 30 MeV estimated from PACE2 statistical model calculations, adjusted to reproduce the measured pre-scission neutron multiplicity. From a comparison of the Statistical Model predictions with the measured pre-scission neutron multiplicity, the fission delay is estimated to be of 5+7-3x10-20 s which overlaps with the average duration of fission-like process from the contact to the scission point (2×10-20 s) as determined from HICOL-based dynamical calculations. For the delay time deduced as above, the pre-scission alpha particle multiplicity calculated by the PACE2 code is about a factor two larger than the experimental one, demonstrating the difficulties in modelling the alpha particle emission from highly elongated shapes that characterize the fissioning system from the contact point to scission.

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Keywords:Fusion-fission Dynamics; Pre- and Post-scission Multiplicities; Fission Delay Time; Dynamical and Statistical Calculations
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