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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130744403321

Autore

Krappe H. J (Hans Jurgen), <1933->

Titolo

Theory of nuclear fission : a textbook / / Hans J. Krappe, Krzystof Pomorski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg ; ; New York, : Springer, c2012

ISBN

3-642-23515-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 320 p. 101 illus.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 838

Altri autori (Persone)

PomorskiKrzysztof

Disciplina

539.762

Soggetti

Nuclear fission

Nuclear physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the contents: Introduction -- Potential Energy Surfaces -- Statistical Decay Model -- Scission Point Models -- Fission Dynamics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together various aspects of the nuclear fission phenomenon discovered by Hahn, Strassmann and Meitner almost 70 years ago. Beginning with an historical introduction the authors present various models to describe the fission process of hot nuclei as well as the spontaneous fission of cold nuclei and their isomers. The role of transport coefficients, like inertia and friction in fission dynamics is discussed. The effect of the nuclear shell structure on the fission probability and the mass and kinetic energy distributions of the fission fragments is presented. The fusion-fission process leading to the synthesis of new isotopes including super-heavy elements is described. The book will thus be useful for theoretical and experimental physicists, as well as for graduate and PhD students.