activity
20142026
most citedFuture of Nuclear Fission Theory

180 citations · 684 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

cs.MM2026

Frame Rate, Not the Grid: A Confound in Single-Clip Optical ENF Video Forensics

Ryan Wyton, Bacha Rehman

The optical electric network frequency, the faint mains-driven flicker imprinted on rolling-shutter video, is increasingly proposed for verifying where footage was captured and for…

nucl-th2026

Modelling fission with microscopic input: excitation-energy-dependent fission paths for neutron-induced reactions

Adrián Sánchez-Fernández, Wouter Ryssens, Stéphane Goriely

To calculate transmission coefficients, current Hauser-Feshbach reaction codes assume a one-dimensional fission path that is both independent of excitation energy and universal acr…

nucl-th2026

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: V. The N2LO extension of the Skyrme EDF

G. Grams, W. Ryssens, A. Sánchez-Fernández +6

We present BSkG5, the latest entry in the Brussels-Skyrme-on-a-Grid (BSkG) series and the first large-scale nuclear structure model based on next-to-next-to-leading order (N2LO) Sk…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 4 cited

Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of actinium monofluoride

M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M. Au, A. Kyuberis +39

The apparent invariance of the strong nuclear force under combined charge conjugation and parity (CP) remains an open question in modern physics. Precision experiments with heavy a…

nucl-ex2025

Nuclear Physics Confronts Relativistic Collisions Of Isobars

Giuliano Giacalone, Jiangyong Jia, Vittorio Somà +43

High-energy collisions involving the isobars Zr and Ru have been performed in 2018 at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) a…

nucl-ex2025

Modern approach to muonic x-ray spectroscopy demonstrated through the measurement of stable Cl radii

K. A. Beyer, T. E. Cocolios, C. Costache +25

Recent advances in muonic x-ray experiments have reinvigorated efforts in measurements of absolute nuclear charge radii. Here, a modern approach is presented, and demonstrated thro…

nucl-ex2025

Fingerprints of triaxiality in the charge radii of neutron-rich Ruthenium

Bernhard Maass, Wouter Ryssens, Michael Bender +19

We present the first measurements with a new collinear laser spectroscopy setup at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System utilizing its unique capability to deliver neutron-ri…

nucl-th2024

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: IV. Improved description of the isospin dependence of pairing

Guilherme Grams, Nikolai N. Shchechilin, Adrian Sanchez-Fernandez +3

Providing reliable data on the properties of atomic nuclei and infinite nuclear matter to astrophysical applications remains extremely challenging, especially when treating both pr…

nucl-ex2024★ 4 cited

Discovery of a new long-lived isomer in Rh via Penning-trap mass spectrometry

M. Stryjczyk, A. Jaries, W. Ryssens +8

We report on mass measurements of three long-lived states in Rh performed with the JYFLTRAP Penning-trap mass spectrometer: the ground state and two isomers with estimated…

nucl-ex2024★ 14 cited

Precision mass measurements in the zirconium region pin down the mass surface across the neutron midshell at

M. Hukkanen, W. Ryssens, P. Ascher +19

Precision mass measurements of Y, Zr, Nb, and Mo have been performed with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer at the Ion…

nucl-th2023★ 3 cited

Impact of choices for center-of-mass correction energy on the surface energy of Skyrme energy density functionals

Philippe Da Costa, Karim Bennaceur, Jacques Meyer +2

In the framework of nuclear energy density functional (EDF) methods, many nuclear phenomena can be related to the deformation of intrinsic states. Their accurate modeling relies on…

nucl-th2023

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: III. From atomic nuclei to neutron stars

Guilherme Grams, Wouter Ryssens, Guillaume Scamps +2

We present BSkG3, the latest entry in the Brussels-Skyrme-on-a-grid series of large-scale models of nuclear structure based on an energy density functional. Compared to its predece…

nucl-ex2023★ 11 cited

Binding energies of ground and isomeric states in neutron-rich ruthenium isotopes: measurements at JYFLTRAP and comparison to theory

M. Hukkanen, W. Ryssens, P. Ascher +27

We report on precision mass measurements of Ru performed with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer at the Accelerator Laboratory of University of Jyvä…

nucl-th2023★ 66 cited

Evidence of Hexadecapole Deformation in Uranium-238 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Wouter Ryssens, Giuliano Giacalone, Björn Schenke +1

There is strong evidence of the failure of hydrodynamic simulations of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) to reproduce data on the elliptic flow of particles in relativistic collisions o…

nucl-th2023★ 19 cited

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh. IIb. Fission properties of BSkG2

Wouter Ryssens, Guillaume Scamps, Stephane Goriely +1

Large-scale models of nuclear structure are currently the only way to provide consistent datasets for the many properties of thousands of exotic nuclei that are required by nucleos…

nucl-th2022

Progress in Nuclear Astrophysics: a multi-disciplinary field with still many open questions

S. Goriely, A. Choplin, W. Ryssens +1

Nuclear astrophysics is a multi-disciplinary field with a huge demand for nuclear data. Among its various fields, stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis are clearly the most closely…

nucl-ex2022★ 28 cited

Odd-odd neutron-rich rhodium isotopes studied with the double Penning trap JYFLTRAP

M. Hukkanen, W. Ryssens, P. Ascher +19

Precision mass measurements of neutron-rich rhodium isotopes have been performed at the JYFLTRAP Penning trap mass spectrometer at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL)…

nucl-th2022

The mass of odd-odd nuclei in microscopic mass models

W. Ryssens, G. Scamps, G. Grams +3

Accurate estimates of the binding energy of nuclei far from stability that cannot be produced in the laboratory are crucial to our understanding of nuclear processes in astrophysic…

nucl-th2022

Progress on Brussels-Skyrme atomic mass models on a grid: stiff neutron matter equation of state

Guilherme Grams, Wouter Ryssens, Guillaume Scamps +2

We report here the current developments on the Brussels-Skyrme-on-a-Grid (BSkG) atomic mass models. In comparison with our previous models, BSkG3 improves the infinite nuclear matt…

nucl-th2022★ 46 cited

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D mesh: II. Time-reversal symmetry breaking

Wouter Ryssens, Guillaume Scamps, S. Goriely +1

Models based on nuclear energy density functionals can provide access to a multitude of observables for thousands of nuclei in a single framework with microscopic foundations. Such…

nucl-th2021

Skyrme pseudopotentials at next-to-next-to-leading order Construction of local densities and first symmetry-breaking calculations

Wouter Ryssens, Michael Bender

There is an ongoing quest to improve on the spectroscopic quality of nuclear energy density functionals (EDFs) of the Skyrme type through extensions of its traditional form. One di…

nucl-th2020★ 59 cited

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass models on a 3D Mesh: Effect of triaxial shape

Guillaume Scamps, Stephane Goriely, Erik Olsen +2

The modeling of nuclear reactions and radioactive decays in astrophysical or earth-based conditions requires detailed knowledge of the masses of essentially all nuclei. Microscopic…

nucl-th2020★ 180 cited

Future of Nuclear Fission Theory

Michael Bender, Remi Bernard, George Bertsch +30

There has been much recent interest in nuclear fission, due in part to a new appreciation of its relevance to astrophysics, stability of superheavy elements, and fundamental theory…

nucl-ex2020★ 14 cited

In-beam gamma-ray and electron spectroscopy of Md

R. Briselet, Ch. Theisen, B. Sulignano +40

The odd- Md nucleus was studied using combined -ray and conversion-electron in-beam spectroscopy. Besides the previously observed rotational band based on the $[521]1…