Excitation-energy dependence of fission-fragment neutron multiplicity in the improved scission-point model

For the neutron-induced fission of nuclei ^235, 238U, the evolution of the shape of fission-fragment neutron multiplicity distribution with increasing excitation energy is explored within the improved scission-point model. For a wide range of incident neutron energies, the dependence of an average number of neutrons emitted per a fission event on the excitation energy is studied.