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Title: Fission as diffusion of a Brownian particle with variable inertia

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Physics Group, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700 064 (India)

An expression for stationary fission width is obtained for systems with steep shape-dependent nuclear collective inertia by extending the work of Kramers, which was originally derived for a fixed value of the inertia. The domain of validity of the present expression is examined by comparing its predictions with widths obtained from the corresponding Langevin equations.

OSTI ID:
21420877
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 82, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.82.021601; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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