The microscopic theory of fission

Abstract

Fission-fragment properties have been calculated for thermal neutron-induced fission on a ${}^{239}\text{Pu}$ target, using constrained Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations with a finite-range effective interaction. A quantitative criterion based on the interaction energy between the nascent fragments is introduced to define the scission configurations. The validity of this criterion is benchmarked against experimental measurements of the kinetic energies and of multiplicities of neutrons emitted by the fragments.

Comments: 8 page, 4 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Fission and Fission Product Spectroscopy