Reconstruction of fission events in heavy ion reactions with the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy Ion Experiment

Reconstruction of fission events in heavy ion reactions with the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy Ion Experiment 1 corresp first-author † dxy17@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn † dxy17@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn dxy17@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-6809 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-7507 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7110-0277 4 4 1 Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Uniwersytet Marii Curie Skłodowskiej, Katedra Fizyki Teoretycznej, Lublin 20031, Poland Uniwersytet Marii Curie Skłodowskiej, Katedra Fizyki Teoretycznej, Lublin 20031, Poland We report a reconstruction method for fast-fission events in 25 MeV/u 86 Kr + 208 Pb reactions at the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy Ion Experiment (CSHINE). The fission fragments (FFs) are measured using three large-area parallel-plate avalanche counters, which can deliver the position and arrival timing information of the fragments. The start timing information is provided by the radio frequency of the cyclotron. Fission events were reconstructed using the velocities of the two FFs. The broadening of both the velocity distribution and azimuthal difference of the FFs decreases with the folding angle, in accordance with the picture that fast fission occurs. The anisotropic angular distribution of the fission axis also consistently reveals the dynamic features of fission events. Fast fission Heavy ion reactions Parallel-plate avalanche counter CSHINE Introduction 1 One of the purposes of studying heavy ion reactions (HIRs) is to infer the properties of the nuclear equation of state, which is an essential input for modeling and computing the evolution and properties of neutron stars and their merging [ 1 1 - 3 3 1-3 ]. The isovector sector of the nuclear equation of state, namely, the density behavior of the symmetry energy <math id="M1"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> , has been a long-standing open question in nuclear physics. At Fermi energies, some observables have been identified to constrain <math id="M2"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> near normal density, including isospin diffusion, dipole polarizability, and particle emissions [ 4 4 - 10 10 4-10 ]. Very recently, neutron skin thickness has been reported from the PREX II experiment, which yields a stiff <math id="M3"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> in relation to previously existing constraints [ 11 11 , 12 12 ]. At supra-saturation densities, many experiments have been conducted to measure the charged pion ratios or collective flow in heavy-ion collisions to probe <math id="M4"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> [ 13 13 , 14 14 ]. An external-target experiment (the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou CSR External-target Experiment) is under construction in this direction [ 15 15 , 16 16 ]. Nuclear fission is a large-amplitude collective motion mode that involves hundreds of nucleons. Recently, studies on nuclear fission have been revived for their significance in both nuclear physics and astrophysics. In a stellar environment, the abundance of nuclides in the <math id="M5"><mrow><mi>A</mi><mo>≈</mo><mn>160</mn></mrow></math> region is significantly influenced by the recycling of fission products [ 17 17 - 19 19 17-19 ]. Theoretically, statistical fission has been well described by microscopic theories and various phenomenological approaches [ 20 20 - 32 32 20-32 ]. When the excitation energy or angular momentum becomes much higher, as achieved in HIRs well above the Coulomb barrier, the fission barrier tends to vanish. Consequently, the fission time scale becomes shorter by a factor of 10–100, and the variance of the mass asymmetry η increases significantly (where η of the two fragments can be > 0.6), compared to that of statistical fission [ 33 33 - 37 37 33-37 ]. In this case, the dynamic feature of the fission process is significant, and transport models have been successfully applied to describe the fast-fission process [ 38 38 - 46 46 38-46 ]. Time-dependent Hartree–Fock theory can also provide an excellent description of fast fission, starting with large deformations [ 47 47 ]. Fast fission, which is usually termed dynamic fission because of its vanishing fission barrier and short time scale, has been investigated in various systems in the past three decades [ 48 48 - 54 54 48-54 ]. The topic of fast fission with simultaneous emission of light particles deserves further investigation because the fissioning system provides an appropriate laboratory for probing <math id="M6"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> . The connection between the studies of fast fission and <math id="M7"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> has recently been established by simulations with improved quantum molecular dynamics (ImQMD) [ 55 55 , 56 56 ]. It has been suggested that the fast-fission process following an HIR carries the effect of <math id="M8"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> and provides sensitive probes because of the formation of a low-density and neutron-rich neck and the larger surface of two fragments compared to the non-fission process [ 56 56 , 57 57 ]. The isospin content of light particles emitted from fast-fission events has been used to probe <math id="M9"><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mrow><mtext>sym</mtext></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> experimentally [ 10 10 ]. To conduct experimental studies on fast fission and coincident emission of light charged particles (LCPs) and intermediate-mass fragments (IMFs), the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy Ion Experiment (CSHINE) has been developed [ 58 58 , 59 59 ]. While the LCPs and IMFs are measured using silicon strip detector telescopes (SSDTs) [ 60 60 , 61 61 ], the fission fragments (FFs) are measured using parallel-plate avalanche counters (PPACs) [ 62 62 ]. In this study, we present the measurement of fast fission in 86 Kr + 208 Pb reactions with CSHINE in the second phase. After a brief introduction to the phase-II setup of CSHINE in Sect. 2, the reconstruction of the FF velocity is introduced in Sect. 3, and the dynamic features of fast fission are presented in Sect. 4. Section 5 provides a summary of this study. CSHINE detector system and the experimental setup 1 The beam experiment was conducted on Radioactive Ion Beam Line I (RIBLL1) at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou, China. The 208 Pb target with an areal density of 1 mg/cm 2 was bombarded with a 25 MeV/u 86 Kr beam. The charged reaction products were measured using CSHINE, which was installed in a large scattering chamber located at the final focal plane of RIBLL1. In this experiment, three PPACs were installed for FF measurements to reconstruct the reaction geometry. In addition, four SSDTs were installed for LCPs covering the polar angle range of 10° < θ lab < 60°. The SSDTs are three-layer detectors with a single-sided SSD for Δ E 1 as layer 1, a double-sided SSD for Δ E 2 as layer 2, and a 3×3 CsI (Tl) array for residual energy measurements as layer 3. Both single- and double-sided SSDs are BB7 types (with a 2 mm strip width and 32 strips on each side) from Micron Semiconductor Ltd. Each CsI (Tl) crystal is a square pyramid with dimensions of 23×23 mm 2 on the front side, 27×27 mm 2 on the rear side, and 50 mm in height. A photodiode (Hamamatsu S3204) was used to read out the signal from the CsI. Fig. 1 Fig. 1 presents the detector setup of CSHINE in the experiment that can measure FFs and coincident LCPs simultaneously. Details and performance of CSHINE can be found in [ 59 59 , 58 58 ]. Table 1 Table 1 presents the distance d from the center of each detector to the target, polar angle θ , azimuthal angle ϕ , and sensitive area S of the SSDTs and PPACs in the experiment. The thicknesses of Δ E 1 and Δ E 2 for each SSDT are also listed. 1 1 Detector 1 1 d (mm) 1 1 θ (°) 1 1 ϕ (°) 1 1 S (mm 2 ) 1 1 Δ E 1 ( μ m) 1 1 Δ E 2 ( μ m) 1 1 SSDT1 1 1 315.5 1 1 18 1 1 302 1 1 64×64 1 1 304 1 1 1010 1 1 SSDT2 1 1 275.5 1 1 25 1 1 218 1 1 64×64 1 1 305 1 1 1008 1 1 SSDT3 1 1 275.5 1 1 31 1 1 126 1 1 64×64 1 1 110 1 1 526 1 1 SSDT4 1 1 215.5 1 1 51 1 1 81 1 1 64×64 1 1 70 1 1 306 1 1 PPAC1 1 1 427.5 1 1 50 1 1 0 1 1 240×280 1 1 — 1 1 — 1 1 PPAC2 1 1 427.5 1 1 55 1 1 180 1 1 240×280 1 1 — 1 1 — 1 1 PPAC3 1 1 427.5 1 1 100 1 1 180 1 1 240×280 1 1 — 1 1 — The FF detector (PPAC) is a type of multiwire chamber working in the region of limited proportionality. The signals induced by the incident fragments on an individual wire in the anode plane, either X or Y , were transferred through a delay line to both ends. The time delay of the two signals X 1 and X 2 ( Y 1 and Y 2 ) with respect to the signal collected on the cathode plane, which delivers the timing information, provides the X ( Y ) position of the hit in the sensitive area. Fig. 2 Fig. 2 presents a schematic view of the mechanics of the PPAC. The total thickness of the sensitive gas layer was ∼ 2 cm. The PPACs were operated with 4.5 mbar isobutane at a voltage of 465 V. Under this condition, FFs can be recorded with an efficiency of > 95%, but the LCPs and IMFs are suppressed. Figure 3(b) Figure 3(b) shows a two-dimensional histogram of Y 1 - Y 2 versus X 1 - X 2 for PPAC1 as an example. The projections to X and Y directions are plotted in Figs. 3(a) and 3(c) Figs. 3(a) and 3(c) , respectively. Good timing performance, corresponding to good position resolution, manifests itself in the sharp boundary for the two-dimensional distribution and the well-separated individual peaks on the projections. The distance of the neighboring wires is 4 mm, and there are 61 and 71 peaks in Figs. 3(a) and 3(c) Figs. 3(a) and 3(c) , respectively. A time resolution of σ T = 300 ps and a position resolution of σ r =1.35 mm can be derived from the data. The overall performance of the PPACs can be found in [ 62 62 ]. The SSDTs were used to measure the LCPs and IMFs in coincidence with the FFs. To reduce the total number of electronic components, every two neighboring strips were merged into one channel, and correspondingly, the granularity was reduced. Multi-tracks can fire each SSDT. To reconstruct the tracks in the SSDTs, a novel algorithm was developed with a special focus on the charging sharing effect. More than 80% of the hits in all layers of the SSDTs can be recognized and assigned to certain tracks. For more details, refer to [ 60 60 ]. The CSHINE trigger system was designed for both the beam experiment and calibration. The timing signals of PPACs were discriminated by a Constant-Fraction Discriminator CF8000 and logically calculated using a Quad 4-Input Logic Units CO4020 to generate PPAC inclusive signals and PPAC two-body coincidence signals. The logic hit signals of the SSDTs were extracted by the front side of the double-sided SSD (Δ E 2 ) with the discrimination of MSCF-16, which generates an analog multitrigger signal proportional to the number of fired strips in the same module (16 channels). Both inclusive and exclusive logic signals can be generated by discriminating multi-trigger signals at different threshold settings. In the beam experiment, the trigger signal contained SSD two-body events, PPAC two-body events, and the coincidence of PPAC two-body with SSD one-body events. In addition, an inclusive trigger for every individual detector was also constructed and optionally turned on for detector calibration before or after beam data acquisition. For more details, refer to [ 60 60 ]. Reconstruction of the Velocity 1 We concentrated on the reconstruction of fission events. The flight path of FFs can be determined by PPACs delivering good position information. The velocity of each FF is derived from the timing information. In previous experiments, because the absolute flight time of fragments was not measured, we could obtain only the difference of flight time between fragments. Therefore, we could not directly obtain the velocity of the fragments [ 63 63 , 64 64 ]. It is notable that the starting time information was recorded in this experiment provided by the radio frequency (RF) of the accelerator. The RF signal, usually in sinusoidal form, was discriminated by the CF8000 module and input to the time-to-digital converter (TDC). Generally, for a particle firing a given detector, the time of flight ( TOF ) is written as <math display="block" id="M10"><mrow><mi>T</mi><mi>O</mi><mi>F</mi><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mtext>det</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mtext>RF</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>−</mo><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mtext>det</mtext></mrow></msub><mn>,</mn></mrow></math> where t det and t RF are the time signals of the detector and the RF, respectively, recorded by the corresponding TDC channels, and C det is a constant representing a fixed delay in electronics, the matching of the RF signal, and so on. The units of both time signals were calibrated in nanoseconds using a precise time calibrator. The velocity was then computed as <math display="block" id="M11"><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mi>L</mi><mrow><mi>T</mi><mi>O</mi><mi>F</mi></mrow></mfrac><mn>,</mn></mrow></math> where L is the length of the flight path from the target to the hit position where the fragment fires on the detector. To verify the validity of the above method for measuring the TOF , we use calibrated α particles, where the velocity is alternatively derived from the energy measured in SSDT3. Fig. 4(a) Fig. 4(a) presents the correlation between the α energy and the TOF derived by Eq. (1). The theoretical curve fitting of the E – TOF profile applies a constant C det =431.8 ns. Fig. 4(b) Fig. 4(b) presents the difference between the TOF measured by the TDC and the value L/v ( E α ), where v is derived from the energy E α and L is the distance from the target to the hit position in SSDT3. A width of 1.3 ns is obtained by Gaussian fitting. By subtracting the contribution of the energy uncertainty, a TOF resolution of ∼ 1.0 ns was obtained for the SSDT. For the FF measured in PPACs, the TOF resolution is comparable because the timing resolution of PPACs is 300 ps, which is much better than that of the SSDT. With the validity of Eq. (1), we can discuss the TOF of the FFs. Because PPACs cannot identify the charge or mass of the FFs, nor the total kinetic energy, one relies on the determination of the velocities, which requires TOF information and the length of the flight path, L . In Eq. (1), the relative difference in the delay constants, C ppac1 - C ppac2 , between the two PPACs can be adjusted to zero using a pulser prior to the experiment, and the systematic uncertainty can be well controlled within ± 2 ns. However, the absolute value of C ppac of each PPAC cannot be determined, as in the SSDT, because the particle type and total energy are unknown. To overcome this difficulty, we use Viola systematics in which the relative velocity of the FFs is on average 2.4 cm/ns [ 65 65 ]. Hence, by tuning the constant C ppac , one can optimize the value of <math id="M12"><mrow><mo><</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><mtext>FF</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>></mo><mo>=</mo><mn>2.4</mn><mi> </mi><mtext>cm/ns</mtext></mrow></math> . Figure 5 Figure 5 presents the distribution of v FF values at different delay constants. It can be observed that the peak position of v FF moves significantly by varying the delay constant by 2 ns. In our experiment, C ppac =115.5 ns was optimized, and the corresponding distribution of v FF values is plotted in Fig. 5(b) Fig. 5(b) . The variation of <math id="M13"><mrow><mo><</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><mtext>FF</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>></mo></mrow></math> is < 0.1 cm/ns based on transport model calculations and a 2 ns systematic uncertainty of the TOF of FFs is estimated, which will not change the conclusion of the following analysis. We recall that the coincident events recorded by PPAC1 with PPAC2 (marked by PPAC 1 × 2) or with PPAC3 (marked by PPAC 1 × 3) are the FFs because the high voltage (HV) condition is set such that the response of PPAC to energetic LCPs and IMFs is completely suppressed, given that the energy loss of these particles is less than that of FFs by more than an order of magnitude. In addition, the correlation between a heavy projectile-like fragment and a target-like fragment (TLF) is beyond the current geometrical coverage. Results and Discussion 1 Before discussing the reconstruction of fission events, we first define the fission kinetics. In incomplete fusion, a heavy TLF is formed in the fusion of a part of the projectile and the target. The fraction of momentum of the projectile transferred to the TLF is called the linear momentum transfer (LMT). With a certain probability, depending on the total angular momentum of the reaction system, the TLF may undergo fission or fast fission in competition with the emission residue channel. Figure 6 Figure 6 presents the kinetic geometry of the TLF fission event. The origin point O is the target nucleus in the laboratory system and the vector OO’ represents the direction of the beam. The velocity vectors <math id="M14"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> and <math id="M15"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> of the two FFs in the laboratory system are represented by OA and OB. <math id="M16"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><mtext>t</mtext><mi>l</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> is the velocity of the TLF, and the velocities of the two fragments in the center-of-mass system of the fissioning TLF are represented by <math id="M17"><mrow><msubsup><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow><mrow><mtext> </mtext><mo>'</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math> and <math id="M18"><mrow><msubsup><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><mrow><mtext> </mtext><mo>'</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math> , sitting back to back collinearly. Here, we define plane OAB as the fission plane, plane OO’A as the projection plane, and plane DOO’ as the reaction plane. Once TOF is determined, the velocity of the FFs can be computed event by event using the hit positions of the FFs in the PPACs. Subsequently, the entire fission event can be reconstructed. Figure 7 Figure 7 presents the velocity distributions of the FFs in PPAC 1 × 2 and PPAC 1 × 3 events, respectively. Here, <math id="M19"><mrow><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> is the FF recorded in PPAC1 and <math id="M20"><mrow><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> is the FF in PPAC2 (PPAC3) in PPAC 1 × 2 (PPAC 1 × 3) events. The figure shows that the distributions of <math id="M21"><mrow><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> and <math id="M22"><mrow><msub><mi>v</mi><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> are very similar for PPAC 1 × 2 events, because the two PPACs are nearly symmetric with respect to the beam. Meanwhile, a high-velocity tail is evident in PPAC 1 × 2 events, and the velocity spectra are wider than those in PPAC 1 × 3 events. This component is mainly due to events with smaller folding angles, corresponding to larger LMTs, as will be discussed below. After the velocities of the two FFs are determined, the folding angle method is applied to calculate the LMT of the reaction. By recalling the definitions in Fig. 6 Fig. 6 , the folding angle Θ FF is defined as the angle <math id="M23"><mrow><mo>∠</mo><mi>A</mi><mi>O</mi><mi>C</mi></mrow></math> , spanned by the projection of the velocity vectors of the FFs on the projection plane [ 66 66 ]. Given velocities <math id="M24"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> and <math id="M25"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></math> , the folding angle depends on the velocity of the TLF, v tl ; that is, the larger the value of v tl , the smaller Θ FF will be. Figure 8 Figure 8 presents the distribution of the folding angle Θ FF . The coincident events of PPAC 1 × 2 are distributed in the range of 70°-120° with a peak situated at ∼ 95°, corresponding to a larger LMT (red), whereas the PPAC 1 × 3 events sit in the range of 120°–170°, corresponding to a smaller LMT (blue). The valley between the two components is simply due to the deficiency caused by the gap between PPAC2 and PPAC3, and the efficiency arising from incomplete azimuthal coverage is not corrected in the plot. As the fission geometry is determined by the two velocity vectors, it is of interest to examine the planarity of fission events. Figure 9(a) Figure 9(a) presents the azimuth correlation of the two FFs by a scattering plot between the azimuthal angle difference Δ ϕ and the folding angle Θ FF . It is clear that, for the FFs from both central and peripheral reactions, the most probable value is Δ ϕ =180°, following the situation in which the system undergoes a binary decay. Here, we note that Δ ϕ is a directly measurable quantity that relies on no assumptions. The inset shows the projection distribution of Δ ϕ , and a standard deviation of <math id="M26"><mrow><mi>σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>Δ</mi><mi>ϕ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>≈</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></math> was derived. This broadening suggests that the emission of LCPs or IMFs may change the flight direction of the FF and smear the back-to-back feature of the fission event. To investigate its evolution with the violence of the reaction, we plotted in Fig. 9(b) Fig. 9(b) the standard deviation of the azimuthal angle, σ (Δ ϕ ), as a function of the folding angle Θ FF . The figure shows that σ (Δ ϕ ) decreases with Θ FF over the entire range, except for <math id="M27"><mrow><msub><mi>Θ</mi><mrow><mtext>FF</mtext></mrow></msub><mo>≈</mo><msup><mrow><mn>130</mn></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></math> , where a discontinuity appears owing to the gap between PPAC2 and PPAC3. To exclude the possible reason that this trend originates from the asymmetry of the geometrical locations of the PPACs, we restrict further analysis of the events with the two FFs flying symmetrically in the beam direction, that is, with the condition of θ 1 = θ 2 , where θ i is the polar angle of the i th fragment. The results are depicted by black squares, where the bin width of each Θ FF is ± 2.5°. This condition is applicable only for PPAC 1 × 2 fission events because these two PPACs are placed in an approximate left–right symmetry with respect to the beam line. It is evident that the data points with the symmetry condition are sitting on top of those without the condition, suggesting that the decreasing trend of σ (Δ ϕ ) as a function of Θ FF is truly due to reaction violence. Because the post-scission particle emission changes the velocity of the FF owing to the recoil effect, the trend suggests that, in the fission following the intermediate-energy HIRs, there is sufficient excitation energy left at the scission point depending on the LMT. In the reactions with a larger LMT, more excitation energy is left and released through particle emission in the post-scission stage. This is consistent with fast fission, instead of statistical fission in which the excitation energy is nearly depleted at the scission point. The dynamic features of fast fission can be further explored based on the velocity distribution of the FFs. Figures 10(a) Figures 10(a) presents the average of the velocities of the FFs recorded in the PPACs as a function of folding angle. From Fig. 10(a) Fig. 10(a) , one can observe that the average velocity value <math id="M28"><mrow><mo><</mo><msub><mi>v</mi><mtext>f</mtext></msub><mo>></mo></mrow></math> decreases with the folding angle. Figure 10(b) Figure 10(b) presents the standard deviation of the velocity, σ ( v f ). It is also clear that the broadening of the velocity of the FFs decreases with the folding angle. This result is consistent with the trend in σ (Δ ϕ ) in Fig. 9 Fig. 9 . The scission point is reached early when the excitation energy of the fissioning TLF is still high; thus, the statistical fluctuation (corresponding to the left excitation energy) enhances the variance in the velocity of the FF. This is consistent with earlier experimental observations of <math id="M29"><mrow><mtext>Ar</mtext><msup><mo>+</mo><mrow><mn>209</mn></mrow></msup><mtext>Bi</mtext></mrow></math> reactions at 25 MeV/u [ 67 67 - 69 69 67-69 ]. Finally, the dynamic features of fast fission may also cause anisotropy in the angular distribution of the fission axis. Here, the fission axis is defined as the vector of the relative velocity, <math id="M30"><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>v</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mrow><mtext>FF</mtext></mrow></msub></mrow></math> , from f 2 to f 1 , where f 1 and f 2 are fragments. Λ FF is the angle of the fission axis with respect to the beam axis as defined in [ 55 55 ]. Usually, the experimental measurement of the distribution of Λ FF requires fine correction of the geometric efficiency; hence, it is more feasible to use a 4 π detection system. In our experiment, PPACs cover only part of the entire space, and we fix the direction of the first FF in PPAC1 to introduce less ambiguity to the geometry efficiency correction. In this case, we only need to correct the efficiency of the second FF on PPAC2 and PPAC3, and the trend of the angular fission axis can be inferred. Figure 11 Figure 11 presents correlation plots of the parallel and transverse velocities of the FFs. Here, the transverse velocity of the FFs recorded in PPAC1 is defined as positive and that in the other two PPACs is defined as negative. It is clear that there was a dead area of < 20° between PPAC2 and PPAC3. The dashed lines define a narrow range of <math id="M31"><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>40</mn></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup><mo><</mo><msub><mi>θ</mi><mrow><msub><mtext>f</mtext><mn>1</mn></msub></mrow></msub><msup><mrow><mo><</mo><mn>45</mn></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></math> , which was fixed in the investigation of the distribution properties of the fission axis as described in the following. The distribution of d σ /d cos (Λ FF ) is shown in Fig. 12 Fig. 12 . The geometric efficiency arising from the incomplete azimuth coverage of PPAC2 and PPAC3 is corrected for each Λ FF bin. The events of PPAC 1 × 2 and PPAC 1 × 3 are represented by symbols, whereas the curve represents the sum. The figure clearly shows that the deficiency in the gap between PPAC2 and PPAC3 causes a kink in a wide range of 63° < Λ FF < 80°. Regardless of the kink area and the uncovered region within Λ FF < 50°, the distribution of d N /d cos (Λ FF ) increases steadily with cos(Λ FF ) and tends to peak at a forward angle, which is at variance with the expectation of an isotropic distribution for statistical fission. This trend is in qualitative agreement with previously reported experimental results for HIRs at Fermi energies [ 48 48 , 49 49 ]. Summary 1 In summary, FFs in 25 MeV/u 86 Kr + 208 Pb reactions were measured using the CSHINE detection system. In the current phase, three PPACs and four SSDTs were mounted to measure the FFs and coincident LCPs and IMFs, respectively. Using the timing and position signals of the PPACs and the start timing from the RF of the accelerator, we can measure the velocities of the FFs and reconstruct the fission events, where LMT can be derived from the folding angle. 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