Proceedings of the International Workshop Fission Dynamics of Atomic Clusters and Nuclei : Luso, Portugal, 15-19 May 2000

In this volume, the main results of the last sixty years of research in nuclear fission are summarized, showing how ideas advanced from the beginning, for nuclei have also found useful applications in the new area of atomic clusters. The present status of the physics of fission is discussed in depth, and perspectives for further research are outlined. Contents: Fission Studies with Large Detector Arrays (J K Hwang et al.); Fission, Decay of Nuclei and the Extension of the Periodic System (W Greiner); Neutron Halo of Fissile Nuclei (V I Serov et al.); Decay Channels of Hot Nuclei and Hot Metali Preface; CONTENTS; Fission kills nuclear ropes loops and chains; Semiclassical calculation of shell effects in deformed nuclei; 1 Introduction; 2 Semiclassical explanation of the onset of mass asymmetry; 3 Inclusion of spin-orbit interaction in POT; Acknowledgment; References; Coupling of the collective pairing vibrations with the fission mode; 1 Introduction; 2 The model; 3 Coupling of the pairing vibrations with the fission mode; 4 Conclusions:; Acknowledgments; References; Fission studies with large detector arrays; 1 Introduction; 2 A new determination of the Ba-Mo yield matrix for 252Cf The diverse manifestations of fission of classical and quantal droplets1 Introduction; 2 Classical droplets; 3 Quantal effects around scission; 4 Conclusions; References; Energy-density functional approach to fission and half-lives of superheavy elements; 1 Introduction; 2 The EDF Theory of Fission; References; Decay channels of hot nuclei and hot metalic clusters; 1 The decay of hot nuclei; References; Cluster radioactivity; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 NEW RESULTS AND CURRENT EXPERIMENTAL SITUATION; 3 MASS DISTRIBUTIONS OF COLD DECAYS; 4 TRANSITION BETWEEN CLUSTER- AND FISSION-LIKE TYPES OF DECAYS 5 CONCLUSIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Static and dynamical properties of simple metal clusters: Analogies with atomic nuclei; 1 Introduction; 2 Electronic shell and supershell effects; 3 Shape deformations; 4 Fragmentation of charged clusters; 5 Optical response along the fission path; 6 From fission to fragmentation and Coulomb explosion; Acknowledgments; References; The role of exotica in studying nuclear fission; 1 Introduction; 2 Radiationless excitation; 3 Prompt-to-delayed fission ratio.; 4 Muon attachment probabilities; References; Particle-acompanied fission; 1 Introduction 3 Derivation of the baryonic string force4 Nuclear liquid systems 5; 5 Phases of nuclear liquid state; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Statistical modeling of nuclear systematics; 1 Introduction; 2 Global Models of Atomic-Mass Data; 3 Global Models of B~ -Decay Halflives; Acknowledgments; References; Toroidal structures in light nuclei; 1 Introduction; 2 The Nonrelativistic Framework; 3 The Nuclear Structures; References; Neutron Halo of Fissile Nuclei; References; Search for possible isomer 232Pa; REFERENCES; Broken symmetry in nuclear matter; References 3 Cold Binary Spontaneous Fission4 Light Charged Particle Ternary Fission; 5 Identification of the cold 10Be ternary SF pairs of 252Cf; 6 Acknowledgment; References; Adiabatic and non-adiabatic dynamics of ions in the formation of electron excitation widths in metal clusters; 1 Introduction.; 2 Dynamical jellium model.; 3 Conclusions.; Acknowledgments; References; Fission decay of nuclei and the extension of the periodic system; Fission in (the light of) a quark-gluon liquid theory of the nucleons; 1 Introduction; 2 The baryonic string force in the nuclear bag