Macroscopic description of the interaction between two complex nuclei

The interaction of compound nuclei is considered within the framework of the macroscopic approach, when the number of particle A in the nucleus is large (A-1 < < 1) and the discreteness of nucleons can be neglected. An important problem in such a description of nuclear interaction is taking into account the evolution of the shape or configuration of the nuclear system. In describing various types of collisions, scattering, and production of a complex nuclear system on nuclear fusion or on capture of one nucleus by another, one of the basic characteristics is the potential energy as a function of the system configuration. Charts of the potential energy for different shapes of a two-nuclei system are presented. In explaining the nuclear system dynamics the author draws as analogy between vibrations of a nucleus (or a system of nuclei) and of a viscous liquid