Speaker
Dr
Walid Younes
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Description
We propose a framework to calculate the dynamics at the scission
point of nuclear fission based as far as possible on a discrete
representation of orthogonal many-body configurations. Assuming
axially symmetric scission shapes we use the $K$ orbital quantum number
to build a basis of wave functions. In this first exploratory
study, we examine how close to the scission point co
nfigurations
exist that are eigenstates of self-consistent mean-field
Hamiltonians, and thus stable against decay. These configurations,
which we call cliff states, connect to configurations which we call
gliders, that fission into fragments purely by mean-field dynamics.
Primary authors
George Bertsch
Dr
Walid Younes
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
