From first to second minimum: Parity-dependent level densities in ${}^{240,242}$Pu

A. Rahmatinejad, T. M. Shneidman, N. Jovancevic

We calculate the parity-dependent level density ratios for ${}^{240,242}$Pu across a broad range of quadrupole deformations, from the spherical configuration up to the superdeformed…