Delivery D3: Fission models - Validation and improvement of codes report

Neutron-rich nuclei in the mid-mass region are best produced by fission of a heavy neutron-rich nucleus like 238U. The fission characteristics sensitively depend on the entrance channel, e.g. kind and energy of projectile. Fission is such a complex process that calculations of the nuclide production in fission must at least partly rely on empirical information. Semi-empirical models, however, have only a limited predictive power, especially far from regions covered by experiment. Therefore the benchmarking of fission models against available data and their improvement was a major task.