Estimating angular momenta of fission fragments from isomeric yield ratios
Abstract: Purpose: To deduce the angular momenta of fission fragments based on the observed isomeric yield ratios (IYR) in 25-MeV proton-induced fission of 238U and to compare these using Wilson's model. Method: A surrogate model of GEF has been developed to generate properties of primary fission fragments. Based on the excitation energy and angular momentum of fission fragments from GEF, an energy versus angular momentum matrix is reconstructed using a set of parameters. With such matrices as input, TALYS is used to calculate the de-excitation of the fission fragments, from which the IYRs are obtained. By varying one of the parameters, the root-mean-square angular momentum (Jrms), which determines the angular momentum distribution of the matrix, Jrms-dependent IYRs are obtained. Considering all primary fission fragments contributing to the IYR for a given fission product, the average angular momentum of those fragments is estimated. Results: Data of 31 IYRs in proton-induced fission of 238U were analysed. As a result, the average Jrms, equivalent to average angular momentum Jav, with uncertainties of 24 fission products, are presented. Considering the neutron emissions of the primary fission fragments, the Jav as a function of the primary fission fragment is presented. A mass dependency of Jav is observed in the proton-induced fission of 238U. Moreover, the Jav for A larger than 131 could be described by the parameterisation proposed by J. Wilson. In general, higher Jav are observed in the present work compared to those from Wilson et al. This is likely due to the higher excitation energy of the fissioning nuclei in this work compared to Wilson's. Furthermore, systematic measurements of the Jav of fission products in the symmetric mass region are presented for the first time. A decreasing trend with mass numbers is observed, which can not be explained by the proposal in Wilson's paper.
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