Saddle Point Properties

Abstract

For reasonable shapes {α} described by a set of dimensionless deformation parameters the liquid drop deformation energy B_Def exhibits a barrier for each value of the fissility x, cf. Eq. (1.75), for instance the configuration of two tangent spheres for x = 0 and a single sphere for x = 1. The deformation energy at the saddle deformation {$\hat \alpha$} is called BBar(x, $\hat \alpha$) and corresponds, if multiplied by Eg, to the LDM fission barrier height. The symbol ξ is sometimes also used for B_Bar instance in [Wilets 64].