Recoil Studies of Heavy Element Nuclear Reactions. I

Paul F. Donovan; B. G. Harvey; W. H. Wade

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.119.218

Recoil Studies of Heavy Element Nuclear Reactions. I

Paul F. Donovan, B. G. Harvey, and W. H. Wade

Phys. Rev. 119, 218 – Published 1 July 1960

Abstract

Techniques have been developed which permit the accurate measurement of angular distributions of recoil nuclei formed in nuclear reactions.

The angular distributions of recoils from the reactions ${Bi}^{209} (α, 3 n) {At}^{210}$ , ${Bi}^{209} (α, 4 n) {At}^{209}$ , and ${Bi}^{209} (d, 3 n) {Po}^{208}$ are consistent with a reaction mechanism involving the formation of a compound nucleus and subsequent isotropic evaporation of the neutrons, as shown by comparison with Monte Carlo calculations based on an isotropic evaporation model.

Received 15 February 1960

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.119.218

Authors & Affiliations

Paul F. Donovan^*,†, B. G. Harvey, and W. H. Wade^‡

University of California, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California

^*Part of this work was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, California.
^†Present address: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey.
^‡Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

Recoil Studies of Heavy Element Nuclear Reactions. II

B. G. Harvey, W. H. Wade, and Paul F. Donovan

Phys. Rev. 119, 225 (1960)

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