Quasi-free (p,2p) reactions in inverse kinematics for studying the fission yield dependence on temperature

R3B Collaboration

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Abstract

Despite the recent experimental and theoretical progress in the investigation of the nuclear fission process, a complete description still represents a challenge in nuclear physics because it is a very complex dynamical process, whose description involves the coupling between intrinsic and collective degrees of freedom, as well as different quantum-mechanical phenomena. To improve on the existing data on nuclear fission,we produce fission reactions of heavy nuclei in inverse kinematics by using quasi-free (p,2p) scattering, which induce fission through particle-hole excitations that can range from few to ten's of MeV. The measurement of the four-momenta of the two outgoing protons allows to reconstruct the excitation energy of the fissioning nucleus and therefore to study the evolution of the fission yields with temperature. The realization of this kind of experiment requires a complex experimental setup, providing full isotopic identification of both fission fragments and an accurate measurement of the momenta of the two outgoing protons. This was realized recently at the GSI/FAIR facility and here some preliminary results are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article number017
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume419
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2023
Event7th Edition Workshop on FAIR Next Generation Scientists, FAIRness 2022 - Pieria, Greece
Duration: 23 May 202227 May 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation under grants PGC2018-099746-B-C21 and PGC2018-099746-B-C22, by the Regional Government of Galicia under the program “Grupos de Referencia Competitiva” ED431C-2021-38 and by the “María de Maeztu” Units of Excellence program MDM-2016-0692. The experiment has been performed at GSI facilities within the framework of FAIR Phase-0. J.L.R.S. thanks the support from Xunta de Galicia under the postdoctoral fellowship ED481D-2021-018.

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Keywords

  • nucl-ex

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