Historical introduction to nuclear fission phenomenon for context and background
Discussion of various models describing fission of hot and cold nuclei for deep understanding
Effect of nuclear shell structure on fission probability and fragment distributions for advanced insights
Coverage of fusion-fission process and synthesis of new isotopes including super heavy elements for broad applicability
Suitable for both theoretical and experimental physicists, as well as graduate and PhD students
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Lecture Notes in Physics: A Textbook Krappe, Hans J.; Pomorski, Krzysztof
This book brings together various aspects of the nuclear fission phenomenon discovered by Hahn, Strassmann and Meitner almost 70 years ago. Beginning with an historical introduction the authors present various models to describe the fission process of hot nuclei as