Determination of nuclear level densities from experimental information

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.50.1913· OSTI ID:7170135

Cole, B J ^[1]; Davidson, N J ^[2]; Miller, H G ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050 (South Africa)
2. Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD (United Kingdom)
3. Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002 (South Africa)

A novel information theory based method for determining the density of states from prior information is presented. The energy dependence of the density of states is determined from the observed number of states per energy interval, and model calculations suggest that the method is sufficiently reliable to calculate the thermal properties of nuclei over a reasonable temperature range.

• OSTI ID: 7170135
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 50:4; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ENERGY-LEVEL DENSITY
INFORMATION THEORY
NUCLEI
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
663110* - General & Average Properties of Nuclei & Nuclear Energy Levels- (1992-)