Published April 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of neutron shell closure (Nc=126) on prescission particle emission of fissioning systems 216,224Th

Creators

  • 1. Southeast of Univ., Nanjing (China). Dept. of Physics

Description

The effect of neutron shell closure Nc=126 on the prescission-particle emission of 216Th and 224Th nuclei is investigated within the framework of an extensive Smoluchowski equation. It is found that there is a large difference in the prescission neutron multiplicity for the two Th nuclei, indicating a strong shell effect in neutron emission. Moreover, shell effects on particle emission are also investigated as functions of excitation energy, angular momentum and nuclear viscosity. The results show that with increasing excitation energy shell effects in prefission neutron evolve from continual strength to gradual weakness. Both high angular momenta and low viscosity weaken the shell effects on the particle emission

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Physics Letters
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 482-485
ISSN
0256-307X