precompound

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adjective

Occurring just before the formation of an excited compound nucleus, when an incoming nucleon interacts with nucleons on the surface of the nucleus.

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Meanings

adjectiveprecompound (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenatural sciencesOccurring just before the formation of an excited compound nucleus, when an incoming nucleon interacts with nucleons on the surface of the nucleus.

    We explore the emission of light fragments through each of these mechanisms and demonstrate an improved agreement with experimental data achieved by extending precompound models to include emission of fragments heavier than ⁴He..

    2016, Leslie M. Kerby, Stepan G. Mashnik, Konstantin K. Gudima, Arnold J. Sierk, Jeffrey S. Bull, Michael R. James, “Energetic Light Fragment Production Capability in MCNP6”, in arXiv

Origin

From pre- + compound.

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Chicago

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