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Calculation of the fission products for neutron-induced fission of 235U

  • Changqi Liu (Institute of Advanced Science Facilities) ;
  • Kai Tao (Institute of Advanced Science Facilities) ;
  • Liming Huang (Institute of Advanced Science Facilities) ;
  • Dejun E (Institute of Advanced Science Facilities) ;
  • Xiaohou Bai (School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University) ;
  • Zhanwen Ma (School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University)
  • Received : 2023.08.11
  • Accepted : 2023.12.26
  • Published : 2024.05.25
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Abstract

The fission model, G4ParaFissionModel, was enhanced in this study, mainly focusing on refining the energy dependence of the peak-to-valley ratio in the mass distribution and the energy dependence of the average total kinetic energy (TKE). The enhanced model was employed to investigate the characteristics of fission products from 235U(n, f) reaction. The calculated results, including fission yield, TKE distribution, prompt fission neutron and gamma spectra, were compared with both evaluated and experimental data. The comparison shows that these physical observables related nuclear data, which are of importance for developments of the nuclear power and physics, can be reasonably well reproduced.

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