Eur. Phys. J. A (2006) 30: 579-589
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10145-2

Nuclear Structure and Reactions

Ternary fission within statistical approach

¹ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia
² Institut für Theoretische Physik der Justus-Liebig-Universität, D-35392, Giessen, Germany
³ Institute of Nuclear Physics, 702132, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

^* e-mail: adamian@theor.jinr.ru

Received: 20 March 2006
Accepted: 12 November 2006
Published online: 5 December 2006

Abstract

The ternary system with a light nucleus between two heavy fragments is assumed to appear from the binary configuration near scission. The formation of a third light nucleus in the binary system is considered. The calculated charge distributions in spontaneous ternary fission of ²⁵²Cf and in induced ternary fission of ⁵⁶Ni are compared with the available experimental data. The neutron multiplicity from the fission fragments is described. The fine structures of the TKE-mass distribution are predicted.