Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu

Sandhukhan, Jhilam; Nazarewicz, Witold; Schunck, Nicolas

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304

Title: Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of ²⁴⁰Pu

Journal Article · Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304· OSTI ID:1235385

Sandhukhan, Jhilam ^[1]; Nazarewicz, Witold ^[2]; Schunck, Nicolas ^[3]

Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata (India); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Here, we propose a methodology to calculate microscopically the mass and charge distributions of spontaneous fission yields. We combine the multidimensional minimization of collective action for fission with stochastic Langevin dynamics to track the relevant fission paths from the ground-state configuration up to scission. The nuclear potential energy and collective inertia governing the tunneling motion are obtained with nuclear density functional theory in the collective space of shape deformations and pairing. Moreover, we obtain a quantitative agreement with experimental data and find that both the charge and mass distributions in the spontaneous fission of ²⁴⁰Pu are sensitive both to the dissipation in collective motion and to adiabatic fission characteristics.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002574; AC52-07NA27344; NA0002847; SC0008511; DOE-DE-NA0002574

OSTI ID:: 1235385

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1235765; OSTI ID: 1258522

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-678675; PRVCAN

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9985

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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