1301.7587 (J. McDonnell et al.)

Microscopic Description of Nuclear Fission: Fission Barrier Heights of
Even-Even Actinides    [PDF]

J. McDonnell, N. Schunck, W. Nazarewicz

We evaluate the performance of modern nuclear energy density functionals for predicting inner and outer fission barrier heights and energies of fission isomers of even-even actinides. For isomer energies and outer barrier heights, we find that the self-consistent theory at the HFB level is capable of providing quantitative agreement with empirical data.

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