The even-odd effect in fission-fragment Z yields – a new kind of nuclear clock

A model for the even-odd effect in fission based on statistical mechanics is presented. It reveals that the variation of the even-odd effect with the mass of the fissioning nucleus and the increase towards asymmetric splits is due to the important statistical weight of configurations where the ligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jurado Beatriz, Schmidt Karl-Heinz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136207003