Super-short fission mode in fermium isotopes
Abstract
The so-called super-short fission mode, in which a nucleus divides nearly symmetrically into two unusually energetic fragments, competes favorably with the standard asymmetric fission mode for spontaneous fission of a limited number of nuclei near Fm264 but it quickly fades away at finite excitations. We investigate the energy-dependent competition between those two fission modes for even fermium isotopes from Fm254 to Fm268, using the Metropolis method to simulate the strongly damped fission dynamics being driven by shape- and energy-dependent level densities. The origin of the super-short mode is discussed and its effects on the fragment mass distribution, the total fragment kinetic energy, and the neutron multiplicity are calculated. Generally good agreement with the available data is obtained.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1837475
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- OSTI ID: 1860231
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- AC02-05CH11231
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Volume: 104 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; fission; nuclear structure; nuclear decays
Citation Formats
Albertsson, M., Carlsson, B. G., Døssing, T., Möller, P., Randrup, J., and Åberg, S. Super-short fission mode in fermium isotopes. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.104.064616.
Albertsson, M., Carlsson, B. G., Døssing, T., Möller, P., Randrup, J., & Åberg, S. Super-short fission mode in fermium isotopes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.064616
Albertsson, M., Carlsson, B. G., Døssing, T., Möller, P., Randrup, J., and Åberg, S. Mon .
"Super-short fission mode in fermium isotopes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.064616.
@article{osti_1837475,
title = {Super-short fission mode in fermium isotopes},
author = {Albertsson, M. and Carlsson, B. G. and Døssing, T. and Möller, P. and Randrup, J. and Åberg, S.},
abstractNote = {The so-called super-short fission mode, in which a nucleus divides nearly symmetrically into two unusually energetic fragments, competes favorably with the standard asymmetric fission mode for spontaneous fission of a limited number of nuclei near Fm264 but it quickly fades away at finite excitations. We investigate the energy-dependent competition between those two fission modes for even fermium isotopes from Fm254 to Fm268, using the Metropolis method to simulate the strongly damped fission dynamics being driven by shape- and energy-dependent level densities. The origin of the super-short mode is discussed and its effects on the fragment mass distribution, the total fragment kinetic energy, and the neutron multiplicity are calculated. Generally good agreement with the available data is obtained.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.104.064616},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 6,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Mon Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2021}
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.064616
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