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Fission Isomers

Fission Isomer is a type of nuclear isomer characterized by a metastable state arising from a deformed nuclear configuration that significantly delays fission decay relative to the ground state, primarily due to a potential barrier in the fission pathway.

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Shape Isomers

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Table of Superdeformed Nuclear Bands and Fission Isomers

Balraj Singh, Roy Zywina, R. B. Firestone · Nuclear Data Sheets · 2002 · 221 citations

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Identification of a rotational band in the 240Pu fission isomer

J. Weber, E. Konecny, D. Heunemann · Physics Letters B · 1972 · 142 citations

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Systematics of fission barriers in superheavy elements

T. Bürvenich, M. Bender, J. A. Maruhn et al. · Physical Review C · 2004 · 142 citations

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Spontaneously fissioning isomers in U, Np, Pu and Am isotopes

N.L. Lark, G. Sletten, Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen et al. · Nuclear Physics A · 1969 · 137 citations

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Spectroscopic properties of fission isomers

V. Metag, D. Habs · Physics Reports · 1980 · 114 citations

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Authors

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  1. VM
    V. Metag

    Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

    5 publications · 236 citations

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  2. HC
    H. C. Britt

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 270 citations

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  3. GS
    G. Sletten

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 publications · 336 citations

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  4. MH
    M. Hies

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    4 publications · 90 citations

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  5. HB
    H. Backe

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    4 publications · 90 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    919 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

    Heidelberg, Germany

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    473 citations

  4. Argonne National Laboratory

    Lemont, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    642 citations

  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  6. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    5 h-index

    46 publications

    1K citations

  7. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

    Dubna, Russia

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    251 citations

  8. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    336 citations

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  1. Nuclear Physics A

    20 publications · 695 citations

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  2. Physics Letters B

    9 publications · 406 citations

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  3. Physical Review C

    PRC · 8 publications · 525 citations

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  4. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry

    4 publications · 48 citations

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  5. Physical Review

    4 publications · 125 citations

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