  Mass distribution of fission products has been determined in (alpha+232Th)
reaction at Elab=36.2 MeV using alpha particles from the cyclotron at the
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata. Yields of 69 fission products
having half-lives in the range of about ~1 min to several days have been
measured using gamma ray spectrometry of fission products. The mass
distribution obtained on the basis of the yields shows a clear triple humped
structure showing the contribution from both asymmetric and symmetric modes of
fission. Comparison of the experimental mass distribution with the prediction
based on the GEF code, which takes into account multi-chance fission, shows
that the simulation based on GEF reasonably reproduces asymmetric component
arising from standard I mode of fission, but underestimate the contribution
from Standard II fission mode. Also, the peak like structure in the symmetric
region could not be reproduced.
