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IT now seems fairly well established that in roughly 1 per cent of all fissions an α-particle is liberated at the moment of fission1,2. These secondary A particles are mostly of small energy (< 2 MeV.), but some are found having energies greater than 20 MeV. It is obviously of interest to discuss the conditions in which such 'secondary'emission may occur.
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FEATHER, N. Emission of Secondary Charged Particles in Fission. Nature 159, 607–608 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159607b0
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