Static fission properties of even-even actinides within the Warsaw macroscopic-microscopic model using Fourier-over-spheroid parametrization

Read full text
Authors: A. Augustyn, T. Cap, R. Capote, Michał Kowal, K. Pomorski
Cited by: 0
References: 58

Abstract

A systematic study of fission barrier heights and static properties of even-even actinide nuclei from Th to Cf has been performed within the Warsaw macroscopic-microscopic model using the five-dimensional Fourier-over-Spheroid (FoS) shape parameterization. The use of a large deformation grid, containing about $1.3\times10^{8}$ points for each nucleus, allows for a refined and numerically complete exploration of the potential energy landscape without dividing the configuration space into subregions or applying interpolation. Barrier heights, extracted via the Immersion Water Flow method, show good agreement with empirical evaluations (including the new IAEA RIPL-4 dataset) with mean deviations below 1 MeV. Special attention is given to the long-debated third, hyperdeformed minimum. For Th isotopes, a shallow but distinct third well appears, whereas it's absent in heavier actinides (U, Pu).

Fields of Study & Subjects

Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear Materials and Properties Rare-earth and actinide compounds

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical Review C
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
113
Issue
3
Publication date
9 February 2026
Language
EN