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Fission fragments' charge and mass distribution is an important input to applications ranging from basic science to energy production or nuclear non-proliferation. In simulations of nucleosynthesis or calculations of superheavy elements,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Marc Verriere , David Regnier , Nicolas Schunck

For understanding the biological effects of neutrons, predictions of the secondary charged particle distributions by neutron irradiation are needed in biophysical models. We have performed detailed Monte-Carlo simulations using the PHITS…

Biological Physics · Physics 2022-01-17 Sungmin Pak , Francis A. Cucinotta

Several sources of angular anisotropy for fission fragments and prompt neutrons have been studied in neutron-induced fission reactions. These include kinematic recoils of the target from the incident neutron beam and the fragments from the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-09-02 A. E. Lovell , P. Talou , I. Stetcu , K. J. Kelly

Proton-neutron, neutron-neutron and proton-proton momentum correlation functions ($C_{pn}$, $C_{nn}$, $C_{pp}$) are systematically investigated for $^{15}$C and other C isotopes induced collisions at different entrance channel conditions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-11-30 X. G. Cao , X. Z. Cai , Y. G. Ma , D. Q. Fang , G. Q. Zhang , W. Guo , J. G. Chen , J. S. Wang

Motivated by forthcoming experiments at RHIC and LHC, we study event-by-event fluctuations in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions in participant nucleon as well as thermal models. The calculated physical observables, including…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Baym , H. Heiselberg

Upon increasing significantly the nuclear elongation, the beta-decay energy grows. This paper investigates within a simple yet partly microscopic approach, the transition rate of the beta decay of the 252Cf nucleus on the way to scission…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-13 K. Pomorski , B. Nerlo-Pomorska , P. Quentin

\textbf{Background} In ternary fission, bremsstrahlung photons are emitted but those have never been studied yet theoretically and experimentally. In other reactions, bremsstrahlung has been studied for a long time. \textbf{Purpose} To…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-03 Sergei P. Maydanyuk , Ju-Jun Xie , Sergei O. Omelchenko

Several computer codes based on phenomenological models are being developed with the aim of obtaining fission observables, such as neutron and gamma multiplicities and product yields. Key points in these calculations, which are handled…

We present new NLO pQCD predictions for the inclusive photoproduction of dijets in ultra-peripheral (UPC) lead-lead collisions at 5.02 TeV with a realistic impact-parameter dependent effective photon flux obtained through the Woods-Saxon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-03 Kari J. Eskola , Vadim Guzey , Ilkka Helenius , Petja Paakkinen , Hannu Paukkunen

We present the first measurement of fluctuations from event to event in the production of strange particles in collisions of heavy nuclei. The ratio of charged kaons to charged pions is determined for individual central Pb+Pb collisions.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Afanasiev , NA49 collaboration

A possibility of formation of the three reaction products having comparable masses at the spontaneous fission of $^{252}$Cf is theoretically explored. This work is aimed to study the mechanism leading to observation of the reaction products…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-10-28 A. K. Nasirov , W. von Oertzen , R. B. Tashkhodjaev

Correlations of $\alpha$-particles are studied on statistics of 400 events of splitting $^{12}$C $\rightarrow$ 3$\alpha$ in nuclear track emulsion exposed to $14.1 MeV$ neutrons. The ranges and emission angles of the $\alpha$-particles are…

A consistent framework for treating the energy dependence of fission-fragment neutron multiplicities is presented. The shape evolution of the compound nucleus towards scission is treated in the strong damping limit using the Metropolis walk…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-09-16 M. Albertsson

The CGMF code implements the Hauser-Feshbach statistical nuclear reaction model to follow the de-excitation of fission fragments by successive emissions of prompt neutrons and $\gamma$ rays. The Monte Carlo technique is used to facilitate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-09 P. Talou , I. Stetcu , P. Jaffke , M. E. Rising , A. E. Lovell , T. Kawano

We discuss a method to obtain the true event-by-event net-charge multiplicity distributions from a corresponding measured distribution which is subjected to detector effects such as finite particle counting efficiency. The approach is based…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-12 P. Garg , D. K. Mishra , P. K. Netrakanti , A. K. Mohanty , B. Mohanty

We show that the method of partial covariance is a very efficient way to introduce constraints (such as the centrality selection) in data analysis in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions. The technique eliminates spurious event-by-event…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-10-18 Wojciech Broniowski , Adam Olszewski

A rapidly converging 4-dimensional Fourier shape parametrization is used to model the fission process of heavy nuclei. Potential energy landscapes are computed within the macroscopic-microscopic approach, on top of which the…

We have studied the fission-neutron emission competition in highly excited $^{274}$Hs (Z=108) (where the fission barrier is due to shell effects) formed by a hot fusion reaction. Matching cross bombardments ($^{26}$Mg + $^{248}$Cm and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-19 R. Yanez , W. Loveland , L. Yao , J. s. Barrett , S. Zhu , B. B. Back , T. L. Khoo , M. Alcorta , M. Albers

Present study is an attempt to have a detailed look into event-by-event(e-by-e) pseudorapidity fluctuations of the relativistic charged particles produced in $^{28}$Si-nucleus interactions at incident momenta 4.5A and 14.5A GeV/c.The method…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-01-28 M. Mohisin Khan , Danish F. Meer , Tahir Hussain , Nazeer Ahmad

We reinvestigated the neutron multiplicity yields of Ba-Mo, Ce-Zr, Te-Pd, and Nd-Sr from the spontaneous fission of $^{252}$Cf; by (i) using both $\gamma$-$\gamma$-$\gamma$-$\gamma$ and $\gamma$-$\gamma$-$\gamma$ coincidence data, (ii)…