https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024203001
Microscopic Calculation of Fission Fragment Distributions in Actinides
Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
* e-mail: schunck1@llnl.gov
Published online: 28 September 2020
The simulation of independent and cumulative yields requires precise knowledge of the initial conditions of the fission fragments immediately after scission. In this paper, we use a quantum-mechanical description of fission dynamics to extract the initial mass distribution of fission fragments for the neutron-induced fission of the two major actinides 239 Pu and 235 U, both for thermal fission and as a function of the incident neutron energy.
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