# Effect of Octupole correlations on Fission of Light Nuclei

## TL;DR

This paper investigates how octupole correlations influence the fission fragment mass asymmetry in light nuclei, focusing on shell effects at N=56 and Z=34 through systematic Hartree-Fock calculations.

## Contribution

It provides a systematic analysis of shell effects on fission asymmetry in light nuclei, highlighting the dominant role of N=56 in this process.

## Key findings

- N=56 shell effects determine fission asymmetry in the studied nuclei.
- Deformed shell effects at Z=34 are less influential.
- Systematic Hartree-Fock calculations support the dominance of N=56 in asymmetry.

## Abstract

Fission of $^{180}$Hg produces mass asymmetric fragments which are expected to be influenced by deformed shell-effects at N=56 in the heavy fragment and Z=34 in the light fragment [G. Scamps and C. Simenel, arXiv:1904.01275 (2019)]. To investigate both shell-effects and to determine which one has the main influence on the asymmetry in the region of the $^{180}$Hg, we produce a systematic of Constraint-Hartree-Fock calculations in nuclei with similar N/Z ratio than the $^{178}$Pt. It is found that N=56 determines the asymmetry of systems in this region of the nuclear chart.