Nuclear spin-orbit interaction and T-odd angular correlations in ternary fission

Abstract

T-odd angular correlations in ternary fission of 233-U and 235-U nuclei by slow polarized neutrons are not related to TRI (time reversal invariance) violation, but are caused by an effective spin-orbit interaction in the final state.

Comments: 7 pages, 1 figure; talk at the International Seminar on Interaction of Neutrons with Nuclei, Alushta, Ukraine, May 21-26, 2012; PPNL-approved version