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Ternary and quaternary fission produced in silver and bromine nuclei have been studied withK5 nuclear emulsion exposed to 1.8 GeV/cK − beams. The frequency of the ternary events is found to be ∼0.08 of that of the binary events produced in the same volume of the emulsion. The range ratio and range distribution of the fission fragments are studied and the angles between each pair of the fragments are determined. Ranges are found to vary from 5 to 40µ with a maximum number lying between 5 and 10µ. The angles between the fission fragments are found to form a broad distribution extending from 40° to 180°. A few of the events have also been analysed to give them a possible identity. A possible case of quaternary fission has also been reported.
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This paper was presented at the Symposium on 3rd High Energy Physics held at Bhubaneswar during November 1976.
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Bhattacharya, K., Goswami, T.D. A search for rare types of fission induced in silver and bromine nuclei. Pramana - J. Phys. 12, 439–446 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872116
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