Subtle quantum effects within atomic nuclei can dramatically affect how some nuclei break apart. By studying 100 isotopes ...

a physics professor at UW, has conducted the first fully microscopic, quantum many-body simulation of a nucleus's neck rupture to produce the most accurate description yet of its fission dynamics.

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Its two sources of fuel, hydrogen and lithium, are widely available in many parts of the Earth. What’s the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion? Both are nuclear processes, in that ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

Each fission reaction releases a huge amount of ... with most of the attention focused on understanding the plasma physics required to confine and heat a plasma to thermonuclear temperatures ...

IT has recently been shown that the number 1 of neutrons liberated 2 in the nuclear fission of a uranium nucleus is sufficiently high to make the realization of a self-perpetuating reaction chain ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.