TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT LEVEL DENSITYFaculty of Textile Science and Technology Shinshu University, Nagano 386, Japan Sang-Moo Lee Institute of Physics and Tandem Accelerator Center University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan We propose a new empirical formula of temperature dependent level density parameter "α" in which the shell structure energy is evaluated by using the nuclear ground state- and Liquid Drop Model-binding energy. The fission mass distributions populated through heavy ion reactions for the medium mass systems are well accounted for in terms of the Extended Hauser-Feshbach Method using the temperature dependent level density. KEYWORDS: Temperature dependent level density, Shell structure energy, Fission mass distribution, Extended Hauser-Feshbach Method, Liquid Drop Model, Scission-Point Model |