24.—The Origin of the Short-range Alpha Particles of Fission
N. T. Feather
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N. T. Feather
Abstract
Synopsis The suggestion is made, and rendered plausible by detailed calculation, that the short-range α-particles of fission, identified by Kugler and Clarke [1], are emitted, in competition with ‘prompt’ γ-rays, from highly excited post-neutron-emission fragments of even neutron number N and, predominantly, of mass number A in the range 140 ≦ A ≧ 145. A similar process is energetically forbidden in relation to triton emission.
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Synopsis The suggestion is made, and rendered plausible by detailed calculation, that the short-range α-particles of fission, identified by Kugler and Clarke [1], are emitted, in competition with ‘prompt’ γ-rays, from highly excited post-neutron-emission fragments of even neutron number N and, predominantly, of mass number A in the range 140 ≦ A ≧ 145. A similar process is energetically forbidden in relation to triton emission.
Key concepts: Alpha particle, Alpha (finance), Fission, Range (aeronautics), Physics, Nuclear physics, Materials science, Neutron