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II.—Spontaneous Fission Rates and the Role of the “Excess” Neutrons in Heavy Nuclei*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

N. Feather
N. Feather
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
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Synopsis

Empirical regularities are sought amongst the experimental data relative to the spontaneous fission rates and the nucleon-pair binding energies of the heavy even-even nuclei. Certain regularities are found which have not hitherto been noted; in particular it appears that the isotopic number D is a significant parameter in relation to these various quantities. The speculation is made that possibly the saddle-point deformation of the protons in the nucleus is greater than that of the neutrons. Predictions are made concerning the spontaneous fission rates of the even-even isotopes of thorium.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , 1962 , pp. 20 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1962

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