A Microscopic Theory of Fission Dynamics Based on the Generator Coordinate Method

• Main Authors: Younes, Walid (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gogny, Daniel Marc (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Berger, Jean-François (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 950
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Nuclear energy.; Physics.; Quantum physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Nuclear Energy.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Quantum Physics.

This book introduces a quantum-mechanical description of the nuclear fission process from an initial compound state to scission. Issues like the relevant degrees of freedom throughout the process, the way of coupling collective and intrinsic degrees during the fission process, and how a nucleus divi...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: Tools for a Microscopic Theory of the Nucleus
• Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov Theory
• Matrix Elements of the Finite-Range Interaction
• The Generator Coordinate Method
• Part II: Application to Low-Energy Fission
• General Concepts
• Numerical Application to 240Pu Fission
• Summary and Outlook for Future Directions in Fission Theory
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• Appendix G.