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From measurements of the laboratory angular distribution and the projected range distribution for each of 26 individual radioactive fission products from the interaction of 135 MeV16O on238U, we have determined for each product quantities including the average velocity,ν, of the parent fissioning system and the anisotropy,ω, of the fission angular distribution. We have interpreted the results in terms of two competing mechanisms: complete fusion and a process involving transfer of anα-particle from projectile to target followed by fission of242Pu. The values ofν lie betweenν cn, the complete fusion value, and 0.3ν cn, and can be taken as a measure of the relative importance of the two processes competing in populating each observed product. These two contributions to each measured product yield can then be separated, and understood using a simple model of the fission process. The data suggest that approximately 24% of the overall fission yield is due to incomplete fusion processes. The anisotropy,ω, is strongly correlated with the value ofν, indicating anisotropies of 1.4 and 2.8 for the two individual processes.
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This work was made possible by grants from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Work described in this paper was undertaken as part of the Underlying Research Programme of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of A. Bruccoleri, A. Wolf and S. Montague in preliminary analysis of the data, and the efforts of Mrs. M. Miller who prepared all the foils used.
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Hogan, J.J., Parker, D.J. & Asher, J. Fission following complete or incomplete fusion of 135 MeV16O and238U. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 338, 325–337 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01288197
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