Benchmarking nuclear fission theory

Bertsch, G. F.; Loveland, W.; Nazarewicz, W.; Talou, P.

doi:10.1088/0954-3899/42/7/077001

Title: Benchmarking nuclear fission theory

Abstract

Here, we suggest a small set of fission observables to be used as test cases for validation of theoretical calculations. Our purpose is to provide common data to facilitate the comparison of different fission theories and models. The observables we propose are chosen from fission barriers, spontaneous fission lifetimes, fission yield characteristics, and fission isomer excitation energies.

Authors:

Bertsch, G. F. ^[1]; Loveland, W. ^[2]; Nazarewicz, W. ^[3]; Talou, P. ^[4]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

OSTI Identifier:: 1233545

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1238945; OSTI ID: 1332825; OSTI ID: 1337831

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002574; FG02-00ER41132; o. DE-SC0008511; FG06-97ER41026; NA0002847; SC0008511; AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0954-3899

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; fission; nuclear theory; fission data; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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                    Bertsch, G. F., Loveland, W., Nazarewicz, W., and Talou, P. Benchmarking nuclear fission theory.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Bertsch, G. F., Loveland, W., Nazarewicz, W., & Talou, P. Benchmarking nuclear fission theory.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/42/7/077001

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                    Bertsch, G. F., Loveland, W., Nazarewicz, W., and Talou, P. Thu .  
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  title        = {Benchmarking nuclear fission theory},

  author       = {Bertsch, G. F. and Loveland, W. and Nazarewicz, W. and Talou, P.},

  abstractNote = {Here, we suggest a small set of fission observables to be used as test cases for validation of theoretical calculations. Our purpose is to provide common data to facilitate the comparison of different fission theories and models. The observables we propose are chosen from fission barriers, spontaneous fission lifetimes, fission yield characteristics, and fission isomer excitation energies.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0954-3899/42/7/077001},

  journal      = {Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics},

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  volume       = 42,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Thu May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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