State-of-the-art theoretical models try to explain the observed fission properties, like how much energy is released, the number of neutrons emitted and the masses of the fission fragments.

In a breakthrough that could pave the way for more efficient and cleaner energy, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have discovered a rare phenomenon that changes what we know ...

Third, the rupture is the fastest stage of fission dynamics, starting from the capture of the incident neutron and formation of the compound nucleus, until all fission fragments have been emitted.

An international team of researchers, including scientists from Science Tokyo, has developed a five-dimensional ...

Hence, fission is a form of elemental transmutation. The by-products include free neutrons, photons usually in the form gamma rays, and other nuclear fragments such as beta particles and alpha ...

A five-dimensional (5D) Langevin approach developed by an international team of researchers, including members from Science Tokyo, accurately reproduces complex fission fragment distributions and ...

Energy is released when two hydrogen nuclei combine to produce a helium nucleus and a neutron. Unlike fission, fusion produces no radioactive fragments.

Nuclear fission is a substantial part of the world’s energy mix, but out in the broader universe, fission is much harder to come by. Until now.

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric ...

This was observed during an examination of fission fragment tracks produced in Ilford photographic emulsions by a method which we have previously described1.

THE fission process can be briefly described as follows. A neutron is captured by a nucleus of uranium 235, forming a nucleus of uranium 236 in a highly excited state. This immediately divides ...