Induction of nuclear fission by high-voltage application

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dc.creatorMaruyama, Hirokazu
dc.date2007-11-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:40:59Z
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dc.descriptionIn nuclear power generation, fissile materials are mainly used. For example, $U^{235}$ is fissile and therefore quite essential for use of nuclear energy. However, the material $U^{235}$ has very small natural abundance less than 1 %. We should seek possibility of utilizing fissionable materials such as $U^{238}$ because natural abundance of such fissionable materials is generally much larger than fissile ones. In this paper, we show that thermal neutrons with vanishing kinetic energy can induce nuclear fission when high voltage is applied to fissionable materials. To obtain this result, we use the liquid-drop model for nuclei. Finally, we propose how fissionable materials can be utilized.
dc.description11 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3153
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3153
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161672
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.titleInduction of nuclear fission by high-voltage application
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