The unusual properties of ${}_{}{}^{257}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Fm}$ fission are explained by the statistical theory of fission in the same manner as the usual properties of fission of the other fissioning nuclides are explained.

[NUCLEAR REACTION, FISSION ${}_{}{}^{257}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Fm}\mathrm{}\left(\mathrm{sf}\right)\mathrm{}$, mass and energy distributions, energy dependence. Statistical theory.]

• Received 4 October 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.9.2448