The Statistical Theory of Nuclear Reactions

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Abstract
It is pointed out that the discrepancies between experimental results and the predictions of the statistical theory of nuclear reactions can be traced to peculiarities in the energy distribution of particles emitted in the breakup of the compound nucleus. Experimental energy distributions are analyzed, and it is shown that very strange assumptions—susceptible to experimental check—are necessary to explain them in any way without the introduction of a new selection rule in nuclear transitions. Experiments are suggested to clarify these problems.