https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2007-10415-5
Regular Article - Heavy Ion Physics
A new formula for the saddle-to-scission time
1
Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP 55027, F-14076, Caen cedex, France
2
CENBG, CNRS/ IN2P3, Univ. Bordeaux I, Le Haut Vigneau, B.P. 120, 33175, Gradignan, France
3
GSI, Planckstraße 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
* e-mail: boilley@ganil.fr
Received:
14
February
2007
Accepted:
27
June
2007
Published online:
31
July
2007
We propose a new formula for the saddle-to-scission time that is more general that the one based on Kramers' approach. Its validity and applicability is then studied in detail. Such a formula is useful for the evaluation of the fission time of very heavy nuclei.
PACS: 02.50.Ey Stochastic processes – / 05.10.Gg Stochastic analysis methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) – / 24.75.+i General properties of fission – / 25.70.Jj Fusion and fusion-fission reactions –
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2007
