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Detailed information on the fission process can be inferred from the observation, modeling and theoretical understanding of prompt fission neutron and $\gamma$-ray~observables. Beyond simple average quantities, the study of distributions…

A wide variety of emulators have been developed for nuclear physics, particularly for use in quantifying and propagating parametric uncertainties to observables. Most of these methods have been used to emulate structure observables, such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-26 Karl Daningburg , A. E. Lovell , R. O'Shaughnessy

The Hauser-Feshbach fission fragment decay model, $\mathtt{HF^3D}$, which calculates the statistical decay of fission fragments, has been expanded to include multi-chance fission, up to neutron incident energies of 20 MeV. The deterministic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 A. E. Lovell , T. Kawano , S. Okumura , I. Stetcu , M. R. Mumpower , P. Talou

The Hauser-Feshbach statistical model is applied to the de-excitation of primary fission fragments using input mass yields calculated with macroscopic-microscopic models of the potential energy surface. We test the sensitivity of the prompt…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-21 Patrick Jaffke , Peter Moller , Patrick Talou , Arnold J. Sierk

Measurements of fission fragment mass distributions provide valuable insights into the properties of fissioning systems and the dynamics of the fission process. Pre-neutron emission distributions, essential for fission fragment evaporation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-02 Pierre Nzabahimana , Amy E. Lovell , Patrick Talou

This article describes an original approach to analyze simultaneously cross sections and surrogate data measurements using efficient Monte Carlo extended $\mathcal{R}$-matrix theory algorithm based on unique set of nuclear structure…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-01 O. Bouland , B. Jurado

Over the last decade, there has been significant improvement in the understanding and modeling of the decay of fission fragments by both prompt and delayed emission. These model improvements open the door for performing consistent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-05 A. E. Lovell , T. Kawano , P. Talou

The Hauser-Feshbach Fission Fragment Decay (HF$^3$D) model is extended to calculate the prompt fission neutron spectrum (PFNS) for the thermal neutron induced fission on $^{235}$U, where the evaporated neutrons from all possible fission…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-21 Toshihiko Kawano , Shin Okumura , Amy E. Lovell , Ionel Stetcu , Patrick Talou

The emission of prompt fission $\gamma$ rays within a few nanoseconds to a few microseconds following the scission point is studied in the Hauser-Feshbach formalism applied to the deexcitation of primary excited fission fragments. Neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-12-28 P. Talou , T. Kawano , I. Stetcu , J. P. Lestone , E. McKigney , M. B. Chadwick

Information geometry is a study of applying differential geometry methods to challenging statistical problems, such as uncertainty quantification. In this work, we use information geometry to study how measurement uncertainties in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 M. Imbrišak , A. E. Lovell , M. R. Mumpower

The GEneral description of Fission observables (GEF) model was developed to produce fission related nuclear data which are of crucial importance for basic and applied nuclear physics. The investigation of the performance of the GEF code is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-10-17 C. Schmitt , K. -H. Schmidt , B. Jurado

Static self-consistent methods usually allow to determine the most probable fission fragments mass asymmetry. We have applied random neck rupture mechanism to the nuclei in the configuration at the end of fission paths. Fission fragment…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-02-20 M. Warda , A. Zdeb

Monte Carlo simulations with the CRISP code were conducted to study spallation and fission fragment distributions induced by intermediate- and high-energy protons and photons on actinide and pre-actinide nuclei. The model accounts for…

General Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 Sun Wenming

The emission of neutrons and gamma rays by fission fragments reveal important information about the properties of fragments immediately following scission. The initial fragment properties, correlations between fragments, and emission…

We developed a method superposing two different fission modes calculated in a four-dimensional Langevin model to obtain more accurate fission fragment yield and total kinetic energy (TKE). The two fission modes correspond to the standard I…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-12-10 Kazuki Fujio , Shin Okumura , Chikako Ishizuka , Satoshi Chiba , Tatsuya Katabuchi

Fission fragment yield evaluations are one of the important nuclear data studies. Fission accompanies various physical observables such as prompt fission neutron, prompt fission gamma, and delayed-neutrons. When evaluating fission fragment…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-30 Futoshi Minato , Osamu Iwamoto

The present work concerns two successful models used today: Point by Point (PbP) and the Monte Carlo approaches. The description of the PbP model and of the extended Los Alamos model for higher energies that takes into account the secondary…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-10-17 Cristian Manailescu

We propose a novel method to extract the prompt neutron multiplicity distribution, $P(\nu)$, in fission reactions based on correlations between prompt neutrons, $\gamma$ rays, and fragment kinetic energy arising from energy conservation. In…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-21 A. E. Lovell , I. Stetcu , P. Talou , G. Rusev , M. Jandel

Prompt and $\beta$-delayed fission observables, such as the average number of prompt and delayed neutrons, the independent and cumulative fission product yields, and the prompt $\gamma$-ray energy spectra for the photonuclear reactions on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Toshihiko Kawano , Amy E. Lovell , Shin Okumura , Hirokazu Sasaki , Ionel Stetcu , Patrick Talou

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…

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