Eur. Phys. J. A (2016) 52: 369
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16369-5

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Extraction of potential energy in charge asymmetry coordinate from experimental fission data

¹ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia
² “Babeş-Bolyai” University, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
³ Mathematical Physics Department, Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

^* e-mail: adamian@theor.jinr.ru

Received: 5 July 2016
Accepted: 13 December 2016
Published online: 28 December 2016

Abstract

For fissioning isotopes of Ra, Ac, Th, Pa, and U, the potential energies as a function of the charge asymmetry coordinate are extracted from the experimental charge distributions of the fission fragment and compared with the calculated scission-point driving potentials. The role of the potential energy surfaces in the description of the fission charge distribution is discussed.