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Classical and quantum molecular-dynamics simulations are used to investigate a new class of cluster-catalyzed reactions induced via collisions between reactants embedded in clusters, and the energetics and dynamics of fission of doubly charged sodium clusters, exhibiting shell- closing effects, double-hump barriers, and a precursor fission mechanism.
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Landman, U., Barnett, R.N., Cleveland,, C.L., Kaukonen, H.P., Rajagopal, G. (1992). Reactions and fission of clusters. In: Schmidt, R., Lutz, H.O., Dreizler, R. (eds) Nuclear Physics Concepts in the Study of Atomic Cluster Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 404. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55625-7_17
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