https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136207004
Fission dynamics: The quest of a temperature dependent nuclear viscosity
1 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and Diparimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli 80126, Italy
2 Johannes Gutenberg- Universität Mainz Institut fúr Kernchemie, Mainz, Germany
3 Omsk State University, Mira prospekt 55-A, Omsk 644077, Russia
4 Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Legnaro (Padova) 35020, Italy
5 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) 50019, Italy
6 Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
a e-mail: vardaci@na.infn.it
Published online: 13 December 2013
This contribution presents a journey within the open questions about the current use of a temperature dependent nuclear viscosity in models of nuclear fission and proposes an alternative experimental approach by using systems of intermediate fissility. This study is particularly relevant because: i) systems of intermediate fissility offer a suitable framework since the intervals between the compound nucleus and scission point temperatures with increasing excitation energy are much smaller than in the case of heavier systems, ii) the measurement of observables in the ER channel translates into a larger set of effective constraints for the models.
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