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The heavy Fm isotopes (/sup 258/Fm and /sup 259/Fm) so far appear to be unique in exhibiting very symmetric mass distributions and anomolously high fragment total kinetic energies. This effect appears to be associated with the Z = 100 proton configuration of the fissioning nuclide which can fission symmetrically into two fragments having the Z = 50 closed-proton shell configuration; /sup 256/Cf which has the same number of neutrons but only 98 protons does not exhibit these fission properties. Furthermore, /sup 259/Md, also having 158 neutrons but with 101 protons, fissions symmetrically but with a normal total kinetic energy. However, the total kinetic-energy distribution is extremely broad, indicating a range of fragment shapes at scission from spherical to highly distorted. It is extremely important to check more nuclides with Z greater than 100 and N greater than or equal to 158 to check the relative importance of the fragement proton and neutron shells. New methods are needed for
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The heavy Fm isotopes (/sup 258/Fm and /sup 259/Fm) so far appear to be unique in exhibiting very symmetric mass distributions and anomolously high fragment total kinetic energies. This effect appears to be associated with the Z = 100 proton configuration of the fissioning nuclide which can fission symmetrically into two fragments having the Z = 50 closed-proton shell configuration; /sup 256/Cf which has the same number of neutrons but only 98 protons does not exhibit these fission properties. Furthermore, /sup 259/Md, also having 158 neutrons but with 101 protons, fissions symmetrically but with a normal total kinetic energy. However, the total kinetic-energy distribution is extremely broad, indicating a range of fragment shapes at scission from spherical to highly distorted. It is extremely important to check more nuclides with Z greater than 100 and N greater than or equal to 158 to check the relative importance of the fragement proton and neutron shells. New methods are needed for
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