Complex fission phenomena

Abstract

Complex fission phenomena are studied in a unified way. Very general reflection asymmetrical equilibrium (saddle point) nuclear shapes are obtained by solving an integro-differential equation without being necessary to specify a certain parametrization. The mass asymmetry in binary cold fission of Th and U isotopes is explained as the result of adding a phenomenological shell correction to the liquid drop model deformation energy. Applications to binary, ternary, and quaternary fission are outlined.

28 pages, 17 figures

References in corpus (3)

• Deformed two center shell model
• The Quasi-Molecular Stage of Ternary Fission
• Deformation Energy Minima at Finite Mass Asymmetry

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