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Delayed fission of atomic nuclei (To the 50th anniversary of the discovery)

  • Proceedings of LXVI International Conference on Nuclear Spectroscopy and Atomic Nuclei Structure October 11–14, 2016, Sarov, Russia/Nuclei
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The history of the discovery of delayed nuclear fission is presented, and the retrospective of investigations into this phenomenon that were performed at various research centers worldwide is outlined. The results obtained by measuring basic delayed-fission features, including the fission probability, the total kinetic energy of fission fragments, and their mass distributions, are analyzed. Recommendations concerning further studies in various regions of nuclear map with the aim of searches for and investigation of atomic nuclei undergoing delayed fission are given. Lines of further research into features of delayed fission with the aim of solving current problems of fission physics are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © N.K. Skobelev, 2017, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2017, Vol. 80, No. 5, pp. 455–463.

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Skobelev, N.K. Delayed fission of atomic nuclei (To the 50th anniversary of the discovery). Phys. Atom. Nuclei 80, 858–866 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817050246

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