Published August 14, 1978 | Version v1
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Isotope distributions in the reaction of 238U with 238U

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Radiochemically determined cross sections sigma (Z, A) were used to construct charge and mass distributions for the reaction of 1785-MeV 238U ions with thick 238U targets. Fission of the colliding nuclei is found to dominate. For the surviving uraniumlike fragments an enhancement of yields compared to the Kr + U and Xe + U reactions is observed. The formation of heavy actinides is shown to be associated with the low-energy tails of the broad excitation energy distributions in damped collisions

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
469-472