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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 84 No. 3 (1990) pp. 373-376

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Coordinate-Dependent Mass and the Validity of the WKB Approximation in Fission Barrier Penetration Calculations

Krishna Kumar

Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Tanashi, Tokyo 188,
and Physics Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505

(Received March 1, 1990)

Abstract:

It is shown that the quasi-classical condition for the validity of the WKB approximation is satisfied although the mass associated with the spontaneous fission of 240Pu varies by a factor of 12.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/84/373/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.84.373

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