Influence of Curvature Energy on Thermodynamic Driving Force

ZHU Qiaodi; CHI Meng; LI Jingke; LI Jiayang; MAO Yingchen

doi:10.11804/NuclPhysRev.35.04.555

In order to study the effect of curvature energy on the thermodynamic driving force (TDF) of nuclear fission, the potential and entropy barrier of ²⁰⁰Pb and ²²⁴Th systems are calculated by using the truncated droplet model including curvature energy, respectively. Compared with the liquid drop model, the results show that curvature energy does not affect the saddle point of ²²⁴Th, but pushes the saddle point of ²⁰⁰Pb backwards the ground state. The stronger the deformation dependence of the level density parameter is, the closer the saddle point of entropy barrier for these systems is to the ground state. In order to further investigate how curvature energy affects TDF through nuclear potential and entropy, respectively, the prescission neutron multiplicity (PNM) is selected as the probe, some simulations based on two schemes are carried out. The results show that curvature energy reduces the potential driving force of ²⁰⁰Pb and ²²⁴Th, and enhances the entropy potential driving force. Combined with the calculations and analyses of PNM, the former effect is more obvious than the latter, so curvature energy weakens TDF of two systems on whole, thus delaying the nuclear fission process of two systems.

Influence of Curvature Energy on Thermodynamic Driving Force

School of Physics and Electronic Technology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, Liaoning, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (11447019, 11505724, 11375080)

Received Date: 2018-10-23

Rev Recd Date: 2018-11-21

Publish Date: 2020-05-03

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Abstract: In order to study the effect of curvature energy on the thermodynamic driving force (TDF) of nuclear fission, the potential and entropy barrier of ²⁰⁰Pb and ²²⁴Th systems are calculated by using the truncated droplet model including curvature energy, respectively. Compared with the liquid drop model, the results show that curvature energy does not affect the saddle point of ²²⁴Th, but pushes the saddle point of ²⁰⁰Pb backwards the ground state. The stronger the deformation dependence of the level density parameter is, the closer the saddle point of entropy barrier for these systems is to the ground state. In order to further investigate how curvature energy affects TDF through nuclear potential and entropy, respectively, the prescission neutron multiplicity (PNM) is selected as the probe, some simulations based on two schemes are carried out. The results show that curvature energy reduces the potential driving force of ²⁰⁰Pb and ²²⁴Th, and enhances the entropy potential driving force. Combined with the calculations and analyses of PNM, the former effect is more obvious than the latter, so curvature energy weakens TDF of two systems on whole, thus delaying the nuclear fission process of two systems.

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Influence of Curvature Energy on Thermodynamic Driving Force

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