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Calculation of the spectrum of {gamma} rays connecting superdeformed and normally deformed nuclear states

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/166307· OSTI ID:166307
The decay out of superdeformed states occurs by coupling to compound nuclear states of normal deformation. The coupling is very weak, resulting in mixing of the SD state with one or two normal compound states. With a high energy available for decay, a statistical spectrum ensues. The shape of this statistical spectrum contains information on the level densities of the excited states below the SD level. The level densities are sensitively affected by the pair correlations. Thus decay-out of a SD state (which presents us with a means to start a statistical cascade from a highly-excited sharp state) provides a method for investigating the reduction of pairing with increasing thermal excitation energy.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
OSTI ID:
166307
Report Number(s):
ANL--95/14; ON: DE96000985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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