Developing a complete understanding of nuclear fission

该项目旨在开发一种可靠的核裂变预测模型。核裂变是基础物理和跨越能源、医学和材料科学的技术中的一个重要过程。最近发现，裂变仍然隐藏着许多秘密，因为现有的模型无法描述比众所周知的铀区更轻的原子核的新裂变测量结果。该项目计划利用世界领先的澳大利亚研究设备，在核图的大片区域绘制出未知的裂变特征，提供对核裂变的完整微观了解。这是为了导致第一个适用于整个核图的预测模型，包括具有天体物理重要性的核。

This project aims to develop a reliable predictive model of nuclear fission. Nuclear fission is an important process in fundamental physics and technologies spanning energy, medicine and materials science. It was recently found that fission still holds many secrets, since existing models fail to describe new fission measurements for nuclei lighter than the well-known uranium region. This project plans to exploit world-leading Australian research equipment to map out unknown fission characteristics in large regions of the nuclear chart, providing a complete microscopic understanding of nuclear fission. This is designed to lead to the first predictive model applicable to the entire nuclear chart, including nuclei of astrophysical importance.