Comparing the Parameters of T-odd Asymmetries in Cross Sections of the Ternary Fission of Nuclei by Cold Polarized Neutrons with the Emission of Pre-Scission and Evaporation Third Particles

Abstract

A comparison is made of two theoretical approaches to describing the coefficients of T-odd asymmetries in the angular distributions of prompt γ-quanta and neutrons evaporated from thermalized fragments of the binary fission of non-oriented target nuclei by cold polarized neutrons, and in angular distributions of pre-scission α particles emitted in the same ternary nuclear fission: the classical approach, which is based on trajectory calculations, and the quantum approach, which is based on quantum fission theory. It is shown that the coefficients for all of the considered nuclei are of a quantum nature and vanish in the classical approach when there is no interference from the fission amplitudes of the different neutron resonances of a compound nucleus. The advantages of the quantum approach versus the classical one are demonstrated.