Taking into account  the existence of a correlation between the abundance of the elements in the Universe and the mass distribution of the products obtained with  neutron-induced nuclear  fission of heavy nuclei, and also taking into consideration  the ongoing search for the mechanisms of heavy elements formation  in the Universe, we can develop a hypothesis that:- formation of chemical elements nucleus  that are heavier than ferrum,  especially nucleus  with masses  in intervals  80 <M <105 and 125 <M <160, occurs not only in the s -, r - and  p  -type processes, but also in the process of neutron-induced nuclear fission with masses M = 228. Strong argument for formation of elements that are heavier than ferrum in the neutron-induced fission reactions of actinides is proved by the existence of a correlation between the abundance of chemical elements in the Universe and the mass distribution of the products obtained with neutron-induced nuclear fission of heavy nuclei. The feasibility of a stellar nuclear fission chain process requires additional research;- in the process of stellar evolution the conditions are realized not only for the occurrence of s -, r - ? p -processes, but also for the synthesis of elements nuclei heavier than silicon, including actinides with nuclear masses M = 228, in reactions involving three or more nuclei occurring in ultrastrong (>1013 Gs) magnetic fields.

Neutron-induced nucleus fission in stellar processes

248th National Meeting (2014)

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