Chen Yong-Jing

Prompt neutron multiplicity distribution for 235U(n,f) at incident energies up to 20 MeV

For the n+235U fission reaction, the total excitation energy partition of the fission fragments, the average neutron kinetic energy e(A) and the total average energies Ēγ(A) removed by γ rays as a function of fission fragment mass are given at incident energies up to 20 MeV. The prompt neutron multiplicity as a function of the fragment mass, ν(A), for neutron-induced fission of 235U at different incident neutron energies is calculated. The calculated results are checked with the total average prompt neutron multiplicities and compared with the experimental and evaluated data. Some prompt neutron and γ emission mechanisms are discussed.

Reflection-Asymmetric Shell Model Description of the Neutron-Rich 142,145Ba Nuclei

The reflection asymmetric shell model has been applied to describe the octupole deformed bands in neutron-rich even-even 142Ba and odd-N 145Ba nuclei. The alternating parity bands of 142Ba and the simplex s = −i bands of 145Ba are calculated and compared with the available experimental data. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data. The spin and parity assignments of ground-state of 145Ba are discussed. The results show that the present work is a useful attempt to further explore the nuclear reflection asymmetry in neutron rich region.

Prompt fission neutron spectra of n+235U above the (n,nf) fission threshold

Calculations of prompt fission neutron spectra (PFNS) from the 235U(n, f) reaction were performed with a semi-empirical method for En = 7.0 and 14.7 MeV neutron energies. The total PFNS were obtained as a superposition of (n,xnf) pre-fission neutron spectra and post-fission spectra of neutrons which were evaporated from fission fragments, and these two kinds of spectra were taken as an expression of the evaporation spectrum. The contributions of (n,xnf) fission neutron spectra on the calculated PFNS were discussed. The results show that emission of one or two neutrons in the (n,nf) or (n,2nf) reactions influences the PFNS shape, and the neutron spectra of the (n,xnf) fission-channel are soft compared with the neutron spectra of the (n,f) fission channel. In addition, analysis of the multiple-chance fission component showed that second-chance fission dominates the PFNS with an incident neutron energy of 14.7 MeV whereas first-chance fission dominates the 7 MeV case.

Calculation of prompt fission neutron spectrum for 233U(n, f) reaction by the semi-empirical method

The prompt fission neutron spectra for the neutron-induced fission of 233U for low energy neutrons (below 6 MeV) are calculated using nuclear evaporation theory with a semi-empirical method, in which the partition of the total excitation energy between the fission fragments for the nth+233U fission reactions is determined by the available experimental and evaluation data. The calculated prompt fission neutron spectra agree well with the experimental data. The proportions of high-energy neutrons of prompt fission neutron spectrum versus incident neutron energies are investigated with the theoretical spectra, and the results are consistent with the systematics. The semi-empirical method could be a useful tool for the prompt evaluation of fission neutron spectra.

Calculation of prompt fission neutron spectra for 235U(n,f)

The prompt fission neutron spectra for the neutron-induced fission of 235U at En < 5 MeV are calculated using nuclear evaporation theory with a semi-empirical model, in which the nonconstant and constant temperatures related to the Fermi gas model are taken into account. The calculated prompt fission neutron spectra reproduce the experimental data well. For the n(thermal)+ 235U reaction, the average nuclear temperature of the fission fragment, and the probability distribution of the nuclear temperature, are discussed and compared with the Los Alamos model. The energy carried away by γ rays emitted from each fragment is also obtained and the results are in good agreement with the existing experimental data.

The structure of the spherical tensor forces in the USD and GXPF1A shell model Hamiltonians

The realistic shell model Hamiltonians, USD and GXPF1A, have been transformed from the particle-particle (normal) representation to the particle-hole representation (multipole-multipole) by using the known formulation in Ref. [1]. The obtained multipole-multipole terms were compared with the known spherical tensor forces, including the coupled ones. It is the first time the contributions of the coupled tensor forces to the shell model Hamiltonian have been investigated. It has been shown that some coupled-tensor forces, such as [r2Y2 ⊗ σ]1, also give important contributions to the shell model Hamiltonian.

Search for Double γ-Vibrational Bands in Neutron-Rich 105Mo Nucleus

Levels in the neutron-rich 105Mo nucleus have been investigated by observing prompt γ-rays following the spontaneous fission fragments of 252Cf with the Gammasphere detector array. The yrast band has been confirmed and updated. The other two collective bands with the band head levels at 870.5 and 1534.6 keV are newly observed, and they are suggested as the candidates for one-phonon K = 9/2 and two-phonon K = 13/2 double γ-vibrational bands, respectively. Systematic characteristics of these bands have been discussed.

Triaxial superdeformed band and its formation mechanism in odd-odd nucleus Lu-168

Three-dimensional total Routhian surface calculations are carried out to determine the triaxial superdeformation of odd-odd nucleus Lu-168. One of the new four rotational bands observed in the experiment is identified as a triaxial superdeformed band, in which the neutron shell correction energy plays a key role and the deformation-driving effect of high j intruder orbital plays an additional role in the formation of triaxial superdeformation shape. Its deformation parameters (epsilon(2), epsilon(4), gamma) are derived from the analysis, which can reproduce the experimental assignment.

Theoretical Simulation for Identical Bands

The frequency of occurrence of identical bands is studied by analysing a large number of rotational bands calculated with the reflection asymmetric shell model, and the statistical properties of identical bands indicated in all the experimental observations are reproduced within the mean field approximation and beyond mean field treatment, such as angular momentum projection. The distributions of the calculated J(2), Eγ and the fractional change of J(2) are discussed.

Pairing Field and Moments of Inertia of Superdeformed Nuclei

We have systematically analysed the dynamic moments of inertia of the experimental superdeformed (SD) bands observed in the A = 190, 150 and 60-80 mass regions as functions of rotational frequency. By combining the different mass regions, the dramatic features of the dynamic moments of inertia were found and explained based on the calculations of the pairing fields of SD nuclei with the anisotropic harmonic oscillator quadrupole pairing Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov model.