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Anderson, H.L., Fermi, E., Hanstein, H.B.: Production of neutrons in uranium bombarded by
neutrons. Phys. Rev. 55, 797–798 (1939)
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Phys. Rev. 55, 418–419 (1939)
Bohr, N., Wheeler, J.A.: The mechanism of nuclear fission. Phys. Rev. 56, 426–450 (1939)
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Frankel, S., Metropolis, N.: Calculations in the liquid-drop model of fission. Phys. Rev. 72, 914–925
(1947)
Gamow, G.: Zur Quantentheorie des Atomkernes (On Quantum Theory of Atomic Nuclei). Z.
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439 (1928)
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Hahn, O., Strassmann, F.: Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans
mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle. Naturwissenschaften 27, 11–15 (1939). An
1 Energy Release in Nuclear Reactions, Neutrons, Fission, and Characteristics …
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
100
200
300
Deformation energy (MeV)
Mass number
Fig. 1.18 Fission barrier vs. mass number: Results of numerical simulation
References
Amaldi, E.: From the discovery of the neutron to the discovery of nuclear fission. Phys. Rep.
111(1–4), 1–332 (1984)
Anderson, H.L., Fermi, E., Hanstein, H.B.: Production of neutrons in uranium bombarded by
neutrons. Phys. Rev. 55, 797–798 (1939)
Bohr, N.: Resonance in uranium and thorium disintegrations and the phenomenon of nuclear fission.
Phys. Rev. 55, 418–419 (1939)
Bohr, N., Wheeler, J.A.: The mechanism of nuclear fission. Phys. Rev. 56, 426–450 (1939)
Brown, A.: The Neutron and the Bomb: A Biography of Sir James Chadwick. Oxford University
Press, Oxford (1997)
Chadwick, J.: Possible existence of a neutron. Nature 129, 312 (1932a)
Chadwick, J.: The existence of a neutron. Proc. R. Soc. London. A136, 692–708 (1932b)
Coster-Mullen, J.: Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man. CosterMullen, Waukesha, WI (2016)
Cranberg, L., Levin, J.S.: Neutron scattering at 2.45 Mev by a Time-of-Flight Method. Phys. Rev.
103(2), 343–352 (1956)
Feather, N.: The time involved in the process of nuclear fission. Nature 143, 597–598 (1939)
Fermi, E.: Nuclear Physics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago (1950; 1974 paperback reprint),
p. 165
Fetisov, N.I.: Spectra of neutrons inelastically scattered on 238 U. At. Energ. 3, 995–998 (1957)
Frankel, S., Metropolis, N.: Calculations in the liquid-drop model of fission. Phys. Rev. 72, 914–925
(1947)
Gamow, G.: Zur Quantentheorie des Atomkernes (On Quantum Theory of Atomic Nuclei). Z.
Angew. Phys. 51, 204 (1928)
Gurney, R.W., Condon, E.U.: Quantum mechanics and radioactive disintegration. Nature 122(3073),
439 (1928)
Hafemeister, D.: Physics of Societal Issues, p. 1. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland
(2014)
Hahn, O., Strassmann, F.: Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans
mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle. Naturwissenschaften 27, 11–15 (1939). An