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Statistical properties of quantum spectra in nuclei

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Some aspects of quantum chaos in a finite system have been studied based on the analysis of statistical behavior of quantum spectra in nuclei. The experiment data show the transition from order to chaos with increasing excitation energy in spherical nuclei. The dependence of the order to chaos transition on nuclear deformation and nuclear rotating is described. The influence of pairing effect on the order to chaos transition is also discussed. Some important experiment phenomena in nuclear physics have been understood from the point of view of the interplay between order and chaos.

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  1. China Institute of Atomic Energy, P. O. Box 275(18), 102413, Beijing, China

    Xizhen Wu, Zhuxia Li, Yingxun Zhang, Renfa Feng & Yizhong Zhuo

  2. Nuclear Theory Center of National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelarator, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Xizhen Wu, Zhuxia Li & Yizhong Zhuo

  3. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China

    Zhuxia Li & Yizhong Zhuo

  4. Center for Nonlinear Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

    Jianzhong Gu

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Wu, X., Li, Z., Zhang, Y. et al. Statistical properties of quantum spectra in nuclei. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 44, 923–931 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02880142

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