1992/12/16 by A. Rapisarda
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th
published as Conf. Proc. vol.38 Ed. Compositori Bologna (1993)p.211 · 12 pages (8 figures not included but available upon request). In plain Tex (version 3.0). Talk presented at the First Joint Italian-Japanese meeting, "Perspectives in Heavy-Ion Physics", LNS, Catania (Italy), September 29-October 2 1992
arxiv created 1992/12/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Cross section fluctuations in nuclear scattering are briefly reviewed in order to show the main important features. Then chaotic scattering is introduced by means of a very simple model. It is shown that chaoticity produces the same kind of irregular fluctuations observed in light heavy--ion collisions. The transition from order to chaos allows a new general framework for a deeper understanding of reaction mechanisms.