They were the first to observe ternary fission in Californium-252.
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Pyatkov and Kamanin et al . in JINR Dubna are pursuing experiments on collinear ternary fission.
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More powerful, long range alpha particles from ternary fission are three times as energetic, and penetrate proportionately farther in air.
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However, so-called long range alpha particles from ternary fission are three times as energetic, and penetrate three times as far.
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He extended the binary fission theory to more complex phenomena such as ternary fission ( particle-accompanied fission ) and multicluster fission was predicted.
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The two larger charged particles from ternary fission, particularly when alphas are produced, are quite similar in size distribution to those produced in binary fission.
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Thus, the larger fragments in ternary fission are each less energetic, by a typical 5 to 10 MeV, than they are seen to be in binary fission.
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He investigated ternary fission, a comparatively rare type of nuclear fission in which the nucleus breaks into three pieces instead of two, and the photodisintegration of light nuclei by gamma rays.
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Most fissions are binary fissions ( producing two charged fragments ), but occasionally ( 2 to 4 times per 1000 events ), " three " positively charged fragments are produced, in a ternary fission.
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In anywhere from 2 to 4 fissions per 1000 in a nuclear reactor, the alternative ternary fission process produces three positively charged fragments ( plus neutrons, which are not charged and not counted in this reckoning ).