Energy Released in Ternary Fission

Deformation effects in the alpha accompanied cold ternary fission of even-even 244-260Cf isotopes

“…Based on the three cluster model (TCM) proposed by Manimaran et al [29][30][31], the authors had also studied the possibilities of the ternary fragmentation into three nearly equal sized fragments in the case of 252 Cf isotope and came to the conclusion that the true ternary fission was energetically possible only for the fragment combinations with minimum fragmentation potential and high Q value. For the first time, the effects of deformation and orientation of fragments were included by Manimaran et al [32] in the three-cluster model for the study of 4 He and 10 Be accompanied ternary fission of 252 Cf isotope.…”

“…Carstoiu et al [11] evaluated the lifetime of trinuclear molecules with two deformed fragments and an alpha particle, and the lifetimes of such trinuclear molecules were found to be of the order of one second. The dynamics for the distribution of ternary cluster preformation probability for the alpha and 10 Be accompanied ternary fission of 252 Cf isotope along the fission trajectory were studied by Florescu et al [12].…”

“…The yields of both ternary and binary spontaneous fission of 252 Cf isotope were found out and the results were compared with the theoretical calculations using M3Y nucleon-nucleon potential and WKB approximation for barrier penetration. In addition to alpha particle, 10 Be and 14 C accompanied spontaneous ternary fission was also studied by Hamilton et al [17][18][19] using the Gammasphere technique for 252 Cf isotope. Based on the theoretical model of Carjan [20], the characteristics of long range alpha particles were studied in the spontaneous ternary fission of 244 Cm, 246 Cm, 248 Cm, 250 Cf, 252 Cf and even-even [238][239][240][241][242][243][244] Pu isotopes [21][22][23].…”

“…We have calculated the relative yield for 242 Cm isotope with 4 He, 10 Be and 14 C as light charged particle and the long range alpha emission probability for the various ternary fragmentations of 242 Cm using UTFM [33]. With 34 Si as light charged particle, the ternary fission of 242 Cm [34] has been studied in equatorial and collinear configurations.…”

“…The cold alpha accompanied ternary fragmentation of 248 Cm isotope was studied by Sandulescu et al [9] using double folding potential generated by Coulomb plus M3Y nucleon-nucleon forces. The energy released from the cold ternary fission of heavy and superheavy nuclei with Z=90-116 was calculated by Poenaru et al [10], in which the Q values were calculated for the cold ternary fragmentation of nearly equal sized fragments and also for the different light charged particle accompanied fission processes. Carstoiu et al [11] evaluated the lifetime of trinuclear molecules with two deformed fragments and an alpha particle, and the lifetimes of such trinuclear molecules were found to be of the order of one second.…”