Nuclear Level Densities in the Static-Path Approximation

19 December 1988

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 61 (25) , 2835-2838
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.2835

Abstract

We propose a unified theory of nuclear level densities, encompassing both spherical and deformed nuclei, using the static-path approximation. The theory appears numerically tractable for a pairing-plus-quadrupole Hamiltonian.

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