Fission-Fragment Energy-Correlation Measurements for the Thermal-Neutron Fission ofU233

Abstract

Experimental results, based on double-energy measurements using solid-state detectors, are given for the thermal-neutron-induced fission of ${}_{}{}^{233}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{U}$. Detailed mass and energy distributions and mass-versus-energy correlations have been obtained from experiments containing 1.1×${10}^6$ events. The average total kinetic energy is found to be 172.0±1.8 MeV. Results are compared with other kinetic experiments and with radiochemical measurements.