Description of the Fission Process: Nuclear Models for Fission Dynamics

Autor: Verriere M., Mumpower M.R., Kawano T., Schunck N.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 242, p 03005 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202024203005
Popis: Nuclear fission is the splitting of a heavy nucleus into two or more fragments, a process that releases a substantial amount of energy. It is ubiquitous in modern applications, critical for national security, energy generation and reactor safeguards. Fission also plays an important role in understanding the astrophysical formation of elements in the universe. Eighty years after the discovery of the fission process, its theoretical understanding from first principles remains a great challenge. In this paper, we present promising new approaches to make more accurate predictions of fission observables.
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