Fission in a Plasma
Abstract
A three-year theory project was undertaken to study the fission process in extreme astrophysical environments, such as the crust of neutron stars. In the first part of the project, the effect of electron screening on the fission process was explored using a microscopic approach. For the first time, these calculations were carried out to the breaking point of the nucleus. In the second part of the project, the population of the fissioning nucleus was calculated within the same microscopic framework. These types of calculations are extremely computer-intensive and have seldom been applied to heavy deformed nuclei, such as fissioning actinides. The results, tools and methodologies produced in this work will be of interest to both the basic-science and nuclear-data communities.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1331452
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-TR-706807
TRN: US1700498
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; FISSION; DEFORMED NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; NEUTRON STARS; PLASMA; NUCLEAR SCREENING; NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
Citation Formats
Younes, W. Fission in a Plasma. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.2172/1331452.
Younes, W. Fission in a Plasma. United States. doi:10.2172/1331452.
Younes, W. Wed .
"Fission in a Plasma". United States.
doi:10.2172/1331452. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1331452.
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abstractNote = {A three-year theory project was undertaken to study the fission process in extreme astrophysical environments, such as the crust of neutron stars. In the first part of the project, the effect of electron screening on the fission process was explored using a microscopic approach. For the first time, these calculations were carried out to the breaking point of the nucleus. In the second part of the project, the population of the fissioning nucleus was calculated within the same microscopic framework. These types of calculations are extremely computer-intensive and have seldom been applied to heavy deformed nuclei, such as fissioning actinides. The results, tools and methodologies produced in this work will be of interest to both the basic-science and nuclear-data communities.},
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year = {Wed Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
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