title: Evidence for multiphonon giant resonances in electromagnetic fission of 238U.
abstract: Differential cross sections for electromagnetic fission of 238U projectiles (500 MeV/u) in C, Sn, and Pb targets are measured and analyzed in terms of single- and multiphonon giant resonance excitations as doorway states to fission. A novel experimental method exploits the linear relationship between neutron multiplicity and the primary 238U excitation energy. Multiphonon states contribute up to 20% of the cross section; a component at high excitation energies is indicated that may arise from three-phonon dipole and two-phonon GDR x GQRiv giant resonance excitations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, D-60486 Frankfurt, Germany.
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