Nuclear reactions induced in tantalum by protons.
Nuclear reactions induced by energetic particles in complex nuclei are chiefly spallation or fission. Spallation is a phenomenon in which nucleons or clusters of nucleons are chipped off from the target nucleus. When a division of the target nucleus into two or more roughly comparable masses occurs,...
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McGill University
1963
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| Summary: | Nuclear reactions induced by energetic particles in complex nuclei are chiefly spallation or fission. Spallation is a phenomenon in which nucleons or clusters of nucleons are chipped off from the target nucleus. When a division of the target nucleus into two or more roughly comparable masses occurs, it is called a fission reaction. A study of the spallation or fission reactions helps in understanding the mechanisms which guide a nuclear reaction process. The present study is concerned with the nuclear reactions of tantalum with protons in the energy range 10-90 Mev. In this energy region, it is understood that a predominant compound nucleus mechanism (1) at low energies gradually merges into a Serber mechanism (2) at high energies. |
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