https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00683-0
Special Article - New Tools and Techniques
Monte Carlo simulations of 
-directional correlations and their application on FIFRELIN cascades
1
IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2
CEA, DES, IRESNE, DER, Cadarache, 13108, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
Received:
6
October
2021
Accepted:
8
February
2022
Published online:
17
February
2022
Angular distribution and correlation measurements are an essential tool in nuclear structure experiments, especially when spectroscopic information on a specific nucleus is unknown. In most cases, the experimental determination of the spins and parities of the studied nuclear states, as well as the possible mixing between two electric/magnetic multipoles of a transition are determined using angular correlation measurements. In this work, the full effect of directional correlations is simulated, by using the formal theory of angular correlations. The statistical tensor formalism is employed, enabling to perform a full simulation of the angular correlation effects in a cascade of an arbitrary number of transitions. The present approach was coupled with the Monte Carlo code FIFRELIN, which can simulate the de-excitation of fission fragments or of excited nuclei after neutron capture. It provides a complete description of the spatial distributions of all the rays in the cascade, that can be used for simulation purposes in various applications both in nuclear and particle physics. The potential for a novel approach in data analysis of angular correlation measurements is discussed thoroughly.
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