Fission modes of neutron-rich nuclei in the r-process nucleosynthesis.

The fission fragments mass distribution (FFMD) which is the important nuclear information in the study of the r-process nucleosynthesis is estimated for the neutron-rich nuclei (Z>85) according to the theoretical investigation of the potential energy surface. The details for determining FFMD are discussed. In this paper, the network calculation on the r-process nucleosynthesis is also performed including the data of FFMD. The comparison of the results of the network calculation, with and without the fission processes, is shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]