Huh, the subject line sounds like a pun, it's even-even so it's a photon fission. And it's nickel 62 by a neutron! I didn't expect it to be serious.
All the dumb money in that race was on too hot to trot and donut daze On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > When a nuclear reaction occurs in only even-even nuclei, the nuclear > reaction is a result of photo fission. > > Remember, Rossi states at his reaction is centered on the Ni62 and Ni64 > nickel isotopes. > > DGT states that all even isotopes of nickel react but Ni61 does not. This > is a possible indication that a low spin nuclear reaction based on photo > fission is occurring. > > > https://user.physics.unc.edu/research/nuclear/photonuclear_phys/photofission.php > > > > “The absorption of a photon by a heavy, even-even causes an excitation to > an unstable, low-spin state. The states will subsequently undergo a nuclear > reaction or decay to reach a more stable configuration. One likely reaction > available to heavy nuclei is fission, the splitting of the original nucleus > into two distinct nuclei, also known as fragments. Fission occurs when the > nuclear shape deforms to the point when the Coulomb repulsion overcomes the > nuclear surface tension; the nucleus is then unbound and splits into two > nuclei, referred to as fragments.” > > > > >
