Determining the average prompt-fission-neutron multiplicity for ${}^{239}$Pu($n$,$f$) via a ${}^{240}$Pu($\alpha$,${\alpha }^{\prime }f$) surrogate reaction

B. S. Wang, J. T. Burke, O. A. Akindele +7

The average prompt-fission-neutron multiplicity $\bar{\nu }$ is of significance in the areas of nuclear theory, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear energy. In this work, the surrogate…