Phys.Rev. C 79, 064304 (2009)

P.Moller, A.J.Sierk, T.Ichikawa, A.Iwamoto, R.Bengtsson, H.Uhrenholt, S.Aberg

Heavy-element fission barriers

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE Z=90-99, A=225-256; calculated double-humped fission barrier energies, first and second saddle heights, and fission-isomer energies. Z=78-125, N=91-188, A=171-312; calculated fission barrier heights for 1585 nuclides. ²³²Th; calculated proton and neutron single particle levels at saddles for symmetric and asymmetric fission modes. ²²⁸Th, ²³⁶U, ²⁴³Am, ²⁵²Cf, ²⁷⁸Nh, ³⁰⁵125; calculated potential energy surfaces. ²³²Th, ^{238,239,241,242,243}Am; calculated fission-barrier structures and Fermi-gas level density parameters. Macroscopic-microscopic finite-range liquid-drop model.

RADIOACTIVITY ²³⁶U, ^232,240Pu, ^222,224,230Cm, ^224,230Cf, ^226,252,258Fm, ²⁷⁷Cn(α)(SF); calculated α-decay and SF decay half-lives. ¹⁸⁰Tl, ¹⁸⁸Bi, ^192,194,196At, ²²⁸Np, ^232,234Am, ^238,240Bk, ^{242,244,246,248}Es, ^246,248,250Md(EC); calculated Q-values and fission barriers in the daughter nuclides. Macroscopic-microscopic finite-range liquid-drop model calculations. Comparisons with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.064304