The nuclear density of states and the role of the residual interaction

2005/12/02 by Calvin W. Johnson, Johnson, Calvin W., Edgar Teran +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0512008

8 pages, 4 figures; contribution to "Perspectives on Nuclear Data for the Next Decade," Bruyeres-le-Chatel, Sept 2005

arxiv created 2005/12/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We discuss the role of mean-field and moment methods in microscopic models for calculating the nuclear density of states (also known as the nuclear level density). Working in a shell-model framework, we use moments of the nuclear many-body Hamiltonian to illustrate the importance of the residual interaction for accurate representations.

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