In reply to Eric Walker's message of Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:01:00 -0700: Hi, [snip]
Possibly, which is why I tried to word my response cautiously rather than emphatically. ;) IOW there may be some target isotopes where this is the case, and I'm not sure whether or not 232Th would be one of them. >Also, isn't there an electrostatic dimension to the fission cross section? > I.e., under certain circumstances a proton will do the trick where it >would be harder for a neutron at the same energy, because of the existing >balance of nucleons? > >Eric Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
