Semiclassical interpretation of the mass asymmetry in nuclear fission

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1817-1820

  Brack, M ^a   Reimann, S M ^b   Sieber, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; SURFACES; TOPOLOGY;

LIQUID DROP MODEL; MASS ASYMMETRY; PERIODIC ORBIT THEORY; SEMICLASSICAL INTERPRETATION;

FISSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0031559835     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1817     Document Type: Article

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