Symmetric and Asymmetric Scission Properties: Identical Shape Elongations of Fissioning Nuclei

Y. L. Zhao,1,2 I. Nishinaka,2 Y. Nagame,2 M. Tanikawa,3 K. Tsukada,2 S. Ichikawa,2 K. Sueki,1 Y. Oura,1 H. Ikezoe,2 S. Mitsuoka,2 H. Kudo,4 T. Ohtsuki,5 and H. Nakahara1 1Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan 2Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan 3Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan 4Department of Chemistry, Niigata University, Niigata 950-21, Japan 5Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University, Taihaku-ku, Sendai 982, Japan (Received 18 August 1998)