Published April 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-axial octupole deformation of a heavy nucleus

  • 1. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Gora, Szafrana 4a, 65516 Zielona Gora (Poland)
  • 3. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00681 Warsaw (Poland)

Description

The effect of the non-axial octupole deformation a32(Y32 + Y3-2) of heavy nuclei on their potential energy is studied. The study is performed within a macroscopic-microscopic approach. It is found that the largest effect appears for the nucleus 238Fm and consists in a lowering of the energy by more than 3 MeV with respect to the energy at the spherical configuration. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218301309013300

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
International Journal of Modern Physics E
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1088-1093
ISSN
0218-3013

Conference

Title
70 years of nuclear fission
Acronym
15. Nuclear Physics Workshop #Quotation Mark#Marie and Pierre Curie#Quotation Mark#
Dates
24-28 Sep 2008
Place
Kazimierz Dolny (Poland)

INIS

Country of Publication
Singapore
Country of Input or Organization
Singapore
INIS RN
46113393
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
HEAVY NUCLEI; NUCLEAR DEFORMATION; OCTUPOLES; POTENTIAL ENERGY
Descriptors DEC
DEFORMATION; ENERGY; MULTIPOLES; NUCLEI