Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 4, April 2003, page 2135


Fission of Heavy Nuclei at Low Energy

C. Schmitt, J. Bartel, A. Surowiec, K. Pomorski

Considering fission dynamics at low energy, shell and pairing effects can play a crucial role giving rise in particular to multimodal fission. To follow the evolution of the compound nucleus along its path to fission we solve a 2-dimensional Langevin equation taking explicitly particle evaporation into account. The fragment mass distribution and neutron pre-scission multiplicity obtained in a fusion-fission experiment performed in parallel are compared to the predictions leading to an improved theoretical description.

PACS numbers: 21.10.Gv, 24.60.Dr, 25.85.--w, 29.40.Mc


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