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Properties of 226Th, 256Fm, 258Fm and 260Fm nuclei in the scission region are described using a full-microscopic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach with the effective Gogny nucleon-nucleon interaction. In a first step, the Potential Energy Surfaces are computed in the (q 20, q30) plane, the scission lines are found, fulfilling a given criterion on the density in the nuclear neck. Finally a few properties of the fragments along this line are presented. © 2007 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent microscopic studies devoted to fission are presented. First, potential energy surface properties are extracted using the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory with constraints. Then, dynamical properties of the fission process are studied by use of the time-dependent Generator Coordinate Method based on self-consistent intrinsic nuclear wave functions calculated with the Gogny force. The influence of fission dynamics on fragment mass distributions is discussed. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]