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Charged particle-induced nuclear fission reactions – Progress and prospects

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The nuclear fission phenomenon continues to be an enigma, even after nearly 75 years of its discovery. Considerable progress has been made towards understanding the fission process. Both light projectiles and heavy ions have been employed to investigate nuclear fission. An extensive database of the properties of fissionable nuclei has been generated. The theoretical developments to describe the fission phenomenon have kept pace with the progress in the corresponding experimental measurements. As the fission process initiated by the neutrons has been well documented, the present article will be restricted to charged particle-induced fission reactions. The progress made in recent years and the prospects in the area of nuclear fission research will be the focus of this review.

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The authors were greatly inspired by discussions on nuclear fission with late Dr M K Mehta, Prof. R Vandenbosch, Dr S S Kapoor and Dr V S Ramamurthy. The authors thank collaborators from India and abroad for their inputs. The authors thank Dr A Shrivastava for a careful reading of the manuscript and useful suggestions. SK would like to thank Prof. Rohini Godbole, Chief Editor, Pramana – J. Phys. for the kind invitation to write this review article. The authors also acknowledge the useful suggestions received from the anonymous referees. SK would like to acknowledge DAE for the support through the Raja Ramanna fellowship.

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KAILAS, S., MAHATA, K. Charged particle-induced nuclear fission reactions – Progress and prospects. Pramana - J Phys 83, 851–884 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-014-0871-x

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