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Fission Reactions

Fission Reactions is a nuclear process in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits into two or more lighter nuclei, accompanied by the release of a significant amount of energy and typically initiated by neutron absorption.

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A numerical approach to the testing of the fission hypothesis

L. B. Lucy · The Astronomical Journal · 1977 · 6.1K citations

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JENDL-4.0: A New Library for Nuclear Science and Engineering

Keiichi SHIBATA, Osamu Iwamoto, Tsuneo NAKAGAWA et al. · Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology · 2011 · 2K citations

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The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission

Niels Bohr, John Wheeler · Physical Review · 1939 · 2K citations · Full text

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Funny Hills: The Shell-Correction Approach to Nuclear Shell Effects and Its Applications to the Fission Process

M. Brack, A. S. Jensen, H.C. Pauli et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1972 · 1.6K citations

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Improved predictions of reactor antineutrino spectra

Th. A. Mueller, D. Lhuillier, M. Fallot et al. · Physical Review C · 2011 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. WG
    Walter Greiner

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    33 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. KS
    K.‐H. Schmidt

    Research Association for Combustion Engines, Germany

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. DJ
    D. J. Hinde

    Australian National University, Australia

    19 publications · 2K citations

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  4. YT
    Yu. Ts. Oganessian

    Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia

    25 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. PA
    P. Armbruster

    Research Association for Combustion Engines, Germany

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    43 h-index

    489 publications

    27.7K citations

  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    40 h-index

    219 publications

    12.1K citations

  3. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    581 publications

    28.1K citations

  4. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    39 h-index

    346 publications

    16K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    37 h-index

    180 publications

    10.1K citations

  6. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

    Dubna, Russia

    35 h-index

    424 publications

    16.8K citations

  7. Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    266 publications

    9.8K citations

  8. Japan Atomic Energy Agency

    Tōkai Mura, Japan

    29 h-index

    288 publications

    36.5K citations

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  1. Nuclear Physics A

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  2. Physical Review C

    PRC · 166 publications · 9.1K citations

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  3. Physical Review

    143 publications · 9K citations

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  4. Journal of Nuclear Materials

    121 publications · 5.2K citations

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  5. Physics Letters B

    119 publications · 3.9K citations

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