A new formula for the saddle-to-scission time

D. Boilley (1, 2) , A. Marchix (1) , B. Jurado (3) , K.-H. Schmidt (4)

1 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
2 UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie
3 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
4 GSI - Helmholtz zentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

We propose a new formula for the saddle-to-scission time that is more general that the one based on Kramers' apporoach. Its validity and applicabilty is then studied in detail. Such a formula is useful for the evaluation of the fission time of very heavy nuclei.

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]

D. Boilley, A. Marchix, B. Jurado, K.-H. Schmidt. A new formula for the saddle-to-scission time. European Physical Journal A, 2007, 33, pp.47-52. ⟨10.1140/epja/i2007-10415-5⟩. ⟨in2p3-00151809⟩