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ABSTRACT FERMI and his collaborators1 have reported that neutrons slowed down by collisions in substances containing hydrogen are captured by many nuclei very much more frequently than are
fast neutrons. In the cases reported, the process is one of pure capture, resulting in the formation of a higher isotope. It is to be expected that slow neutrons may cause a nuclear
transformation with the emission of heavy particles if energy can be released in the process. The probability of such a reaction will depend on the mutual kinetic energy and potential
barrier of the resulting particles, and may be large when these quantities are of the same order of magnitude; this can in general only be expected for elements of low atomic number. Access
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SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS OSCILLATING FEATURES IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE OF THE NEUTRON Article 08 November 2021 ANGULAR MOMENTUM GENERATION IN NUCLEAR FISSION Article 24
February 2021 FIRST OBSERVATION OF 28O Article Open access 30 August 2023 REFERENCES * Fermi, Amaldi, Pontecorvo, Rasetti and Segrè, _Ricerca Scientifica._. V, 2, 282; 1934. Google Scholar
* cf. Fermi, Pontecorvo, Rasetti, _ibid._, 380, 1934. Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge J. CHADWICK & M. GOLDHABER
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