Phys.Rev. C 85, 024623 (2012); Erratum Phys.Rev. C 85, 039901

H.Naik, T.N.Nathaniel, A.Goswami, G.N.Kim, M.W.Lee, S.V.Suryanarayana, S.Ganesan, E.A.Kim, M.-H.Cho, K.L.Ramakumar

Mass distribution in the 50-, 60-, and 70-MeV bremsstrahlung-induced fission of ²³²Th

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²³²Th(γ, F)⁷⁷Ge/⁷⁸Ge/⁸⁴Br/^85mKr/⁸⁷Kr/⁸⁸Kr/⁸⁹Rb/⁹¹Sr/⁹²Sr/⁹³Y/⁹⁴Y/⁹⁵Zr/⁹⁷Zr/⁹⁹Mo/¹⁰¹Mo/¹⁰⁷Mo/¹⁰³Ru/¹⁰⁵Ru/¹⁰⁴Tc/¹⁰⁵Rh/¹¹²Ag/¹¹³Ag/¹¹⁵Cd/¹¹⁷Cd/^117mCd/¹²⁷Sb/¹²⁹Sb/¹²⁸Sn/¹³¹I/¹³³I/¹³⁴I/¹³⁵I/¹³²Te/¹³⁴Te/¹³⁸Cs/¹³⁹Ba/¹⁴⁰Ba/¹⁴¹Ce/¹⁴³Ce/¹⁴⁴Ce/¹⁴²La/¹⁴⁶Pr/¹⁴⁷Nd/¹⁴⁹Nd/¹⁴⁹Pm/¹⁴⁹Sm/¹⁵³Sm, E=50, 60, 70 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, fission product mass and cumulative yields, and yields of fission products for A=133-134, 138-139, and 143-144 by activation method, average neutron number. ²³²Th(n, F), E*=7.61, 12.61, 19.41 MeV; ²³⁸U(n, F), E*=7.35, 12.45, 19.15 MeV; ²³²Th(γ, F), E*=7.35, 13.22, 21.25 MeV; ²³²Th, ²³⁸U(γ, F), E=10, 40, 70 MeV; analyzed and compared yields of fission products as function of mass, yields of symmetric and asymmetric fission products, peak to valley ratios, average neutron number, average values of light mass and heavy mass as function of excitation energy.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.024623