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A method for performing basis free self· consistent calculations directly in coordinate space is applied to study rotating nuclei. The method is uniquely suited to accurately describe extremely deformed nuclei such as may be found near scission. Because of technical complications, the present study is limited to light nuclei cranked about a single fixed axis, and pairing and spin-orbit effects are not included. However these limitations are not significant at the high values of angular momentum iIi which we are interested, and we believe that our calculations may significantly be compared with high spin data.' Calculations are presented for a number of bands in 160, .. S and in 24Mg which exhibit a number of different fission modes, most of which seem to have been observed. Correlation with experimental data is found where they exist for very deformed states. )Temperature effects are included in the present work in a natural way. In future work, the inclusion of spin-orbit and pairing will be attempted, but these are t) Chercheur qualifie FNRS. t t) Laboratoire assode au CNRS.

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