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We describe the fissioning dynamics of Pu240 from a configuration in the proximity of the outer fission barrier to full scission and the formation of the fragments within an implementation of density functional theory extended to superfluid…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-30 Aurel Bulgac , Piotr Magierski , Kenneth J. Roche , Ionel Stetcu

We describe the fission dynamics of $^{240}$Pu 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, which…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-29 Aurel Bulgac , Shi Jin , Piotr Magierski , Kenneth J. Roche , Ionel Stetcu

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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-14 A. Bulgac , S. Jin , P. Magierski , K. J. Roche , I. Stetcu

The saddle-to-scission dynamics of the induced fission process is explored using a microscopic finite-temperature model based on time-dependent nuclear density functional theory (TDDFT), that allows to follow the evolution of local…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-27 B. Li , D. Vretenar , Z. X. Ren , T. Nikšić , J. Zhao , P. W. Zhao , J. Meng

Energy dependence of fission observables is a key issue for wide nuclear applications. We studied real-time fission dynamics from low-energy to high excitations in the compound nucleus $^{240}$Pu with the time-dependent Hartree-Fock+BCS…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-31 Yu Qiang , Junchen Pei , Paul Stevenson

We will cover briefly the time-dependent density functional theory approach, extended to include pairing correlations, to induced fission of $^{238}$U(n,f), $^{241,243}$Pu, and $^{238}$Np, and also results on scission neutrons and a number…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-24 A. Bulgac , M. Kafker , I. Abdurrahman , I. Stetcu

In nuclei with an odd nucleon number the non-vanishing spin number density is the source of a pseudo-magnetic field, which favors the splitting of the nucleon Cooper pairs. Such an pseudo-magnetic field is generated always in the dynamics…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-12 Aurel Bulgac , Ibrahim Abdurrahman , Matthew Kafker , Ionel Stetcu

This work presents a microscopic study of dissipation in fission dynamical evolutions with the time-dependent Hartree-Fock+BCS method in terms of energy dependence and pairing dependence. The friction coefficients and dissipation energies…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-24 Yu Qiang , Junchen Pei

We have extended significantly the microscopic description of the fission process by examining a larger set of observables. We extract neutron and proton numbers of fission fragments, their spins and fission fragment relative orbital…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-12 Aurel Bulgac

Accurate knowledge of fission fragment yields is an essential ingredient of numerous applications ranging from the formation of elements in the r-process to fuel cycle optimization for nuclear energy. The need for a predictive theory…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-25 D. Regnier , N. Dubray , N. Schunck , M. Verriere

In this letter, we outline a methodology to calculate microscopically mass and charge distributions of spontaneous fission yields. We combine the multi-dimensional minimization of collective action for fission with stochastic Langevin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Jhilam Sadhukhan , Witold Nazarewicz , Nicolas Schunck

The number and properties of the neutrons and photons emitted in nuclear fission are directly related to the excitation energy of the fission fragments when they are formed at scission. Though not observable experimentally because of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-09 Antonio Bjelčić , Nicolas Schunck , Marc Verriere

Collective inertia is strongly influenced at the level crossing at which quantum system changes diabatically its microscopic configuration. Pairing correlations tend to make the large-amplitude nuclear collective motion more adiabatic by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-09 Jhilam Sadhukhan , J. Dobaczewski , W. Nazarewicz , J. A. Sheikh , A. Baran

Selected aspects of the description of neutron-induced fission in 240Pu in the framework of the nuclear energy density functional theory at finite temperature are presented. In particular, we discuss aspects pertaining to the choice of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-04-18 N. Schunck

The dynamics of fission has been studied by solving Euler-Lagrange equation with dissipation generated through one and two body nuclear friction. The average kinetic energies of the fission fragments, prescission neutron multiplicities and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Asish K. Dhara , Kewal Krishan , Chandana Bhattacharya , Sailjananda Bhattacharya

A notable issue, the proper description of mass and charge distributions of fission fragments within nonadiabatic descriptions of fission dynamics, is investigated by performing double particle number projection on the outcomes of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-15 Yun Huang , Xiang-Xiang Sun , Lu Guo

Background: Nuclear fission is a complex large-amplitude collective decay mode in heavy nuclei. Microscopic density functional studies of fission have previously concentrated on adiabatic approaches based on constrained static calculations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-18 P. M. Goddard , P. D. Stevenson , A. Rios

We study the consequences of the constant-temperature behaviour of nuclei in the superfluid regime for the exchange of excitation energy between two nuclei in thermal contact. This situation is realized at the scission configuration of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Karl-Heinz Schmidt , Beatriz Jurado

We study slow collective motion of isoscalar type at finite excitation. The collective variable is parameterized as a shape degree of freedom and the mean field is approximated by a deformed shell model potential. We concentrate on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Helmut Hofmann , Fedor A. Ivanyuk , Shuhei Yamaji

The large body of experimental data on nuclear fission is analyzed with a semi-empirical ordering scheme based on the macro-microscopic approach and the separability of compound-nucleus and fragment properties on the fission path. We apply…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Karl-Heinz Schmidt , Aleksandra Kelic , Maria Valentina Ricciardi
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