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The sideways-peaked angular distribution of fragments from neutron-induced fission of Th²³² near threshold, measured by Brolley and Henkel, is found to be consistent with the model of A. Bohr. It is assumed that the saddle-point states through which the fissioning nucleus passes include primarily only a few members of a particular rotational band. Indications are adduced that this band has K=3/2 and odd parity.
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