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SINCE the phenomenon of neutron-induced fission of the uranium and thorium nuclei is now indisputably established, attention may be turned to the possible efficacy of other bombarding particles in this respect. An outline is here presented of evidence suggesting that high-energy deuterons are, in fact, capable of producing fission in uranium.
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GANT, D. Fission of Uranium under Deuteron Bombardment. Nature 144, 707 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144707a0
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