Atomic nuclei are quantum many-body systems of protons and neutrons held together by
strong nuclear forces. Under the proper conditions, nuclei can break into two (sometimes …

This article reviews how nuclear fission is described within nuclear density functional theory.
A distinction should be made between spontaneous fission, where half-lives are the main …

The GEF (“GEneral description of Fission observables”) model code is documented. It
describes the observables for spontaneous fission, neutron-induced fission and, more …

There has been much recent interest in nuclear fission, due in part to a new appreciation of
its relevance to astrophysics, stability of superheavy elements, and fundamental theory of …

The reaction 54 Cr + 248 Cm was investigated at the velocity filter SHIP at GSI, Darmstadt,
with the intention to study production and decay properties of isotopes of element 120. Three …

An overview is given on some of the main advances in the experimental methods,
experimental results, theoretical models and ideas of the last few years in the field of nuclear …

This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star
merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and …

We describe the discoveries of new superheavy nuclei (a) with Z= 107–112 produced in
cold fusion reactions between 208Pb and 209Bi and beams of A> 50 and (b) with Z= 113 …

During the last decade, six new superheavy elements were added into the seventh period of
the periodic table, with the approval of their names and symbols. This milestone was …

The potential energy surfaces of actinide nuclei in the (β 20, β 22, β 30) deformation space
are obtained from a multidimensional constrained covariant density functional theory. With …