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Induced fission of 240Pu

Nuclear Theory 2017-12-14 v1

Abstract

We study the fission dynamics of 240Pu within an implementation of the Density Functional Theory (DFT) extended to superfluid systems and real-time dynamics. We demonstrate the critical role played by the pairing correlations. The evolution is found to be much slower than previously expected in this fully non-adiabatic treatment of nuclear dynamics, where there are no symmetry restrictions and all collective degrees of freedom (CDOF) are allowed to participate in the dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1702.08490,
  title  = {Induced fission of 240Pu},
  author = {A. Bulgac and S. Jin and P. Magierski and K. J. Roche and I. Stetcu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.08490},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

8 pages, 4 figures, talk given at The 6th International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei, Sanibel Island, Florida, November 6-2 (2016)