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Electrons Cause Fission Less Effectively than Do Photons

FEB 01, 1968
Physics Today

In efforts to understand fission better, at least two groups are measuring cross sections for electron‐induced fission. Their values are considerably smaller than corresponding cross sections for photon‐induced fission as is to be expected.

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