| Abstract: | The average kinetic energy of the fission fragments,
, the distribution width at half the height,  Ek = 24.8 ± 2.5 MeV, and the average number of prompt neutrons per fission,
= 2.71 ± 0.04, are found for the spontaneous fission of Cm244. The variation of
and
as functions of the nucleonic composition of the fissionable nucleus is considered in connection with the experimental results. Attention is drawn to the correlation of anomalies in these functional relationships as the most probable fragment mass varies. The assumption that the observed effects are related to a variation in the  elastic properties of the fragments produced is discussed.Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 28–34, July, 1964 |
