EFFECTS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM ON KINETIC ENERGY RELEASE IN FISSION.

Abstract Values for the most probable kinetic energy release in fission following compound-nucleus reactions between various targets and ions are reproduced. with a standard deviation of 1.5 MeV. by the expression E K 0 ( MeV ) = 0.0042 Z 0 2 /A 0 1 3 + 0.075 E 0 . where Z 0 . A 0 and E 0 are respectively the atomic number. mass number and the excitation energy of the compound nucleus.