Non-Equilibrium Aspects of Fission Dynamics within the Time Dependent Density Functional Theory

TL;DR

This paper discusses the application of an extended time-dependent density functional theory to study the complex dynamics of nuclear fission, including pairing effects, scission neutrons, and specific isotopic cases.

Contribution

It introduces an extended TDDFT approach incorporating pairing correlations to analyze non-equilibrium fission processes in various actinides.

Findings

Analysis of fission dynamics in $^{238}$U, $^{241,243}$Pu, and $^{238}$Np

Results on scission neutron emissions

Insights into nontrivial aspects of induced fission

Abstract

We will cover briefly the time-dependent density functional theory approach, extended to include pairing correlations, to induced fission of $^{238}$U(n,f), $^{241,243}$Pu, and $^{238}$Np, and also results on scission neutrons and a number of very nontrivial aspects of induced fission.