Determination of fragment isotopic yields in the fission of 252Cf accompanied by light charged particles

Abstract

High resolution measurements of prompt γ-rays emitted from fission fragments accompanied by light charged particles (LCP) and those emitted from normal binary fission fragments in 252Cf fission were simultaneously carried out using a 30 cm 3 Ge(Li) detector. A “sandwich” type of arrangement in the source-detector assembly was used to eliminate Doppler broadening of the γ-ray lines in both cases. About thirty γ-ray lines were assigned to specific fission fragments by comparison with the published results for binary fission, and the ratios of intensities of these γ-ray lines in LCP fission and binary fission were determined. Assuming that 2 + → 0 + transition intensities of doubly even isotopes are a measure of their yields, the yields of several such isotopes in LCP accompanied fission relative to that in binary fission were obtained.