Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- 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 Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235385
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1235765; OSTI ID: 1258522
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-678675
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002574; AC52-07NA27344; NA0002847; SC0008511; DOE-DE-NA0002574
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- APS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 97 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Sandhukhan, Jhilam, Nazarewicz, Witold, and Schunck, Nicolas. Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304.
Sandhukhan, Jhilam, Nazarewicz, Witold, & Schunck, Nicolas. Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304
Sandhukhan, Jhilam, Nazarewicz, Witold, and Schunck, Nicolas. Wed .
"Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235385.
@article{osti_1235385,
title = {Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu},
author = {Sandhukhan, Jhilam and Nazarewicz, Witold and Schunck, Nicolas},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 1,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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