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Title: Bivariate-t distribution for transition matrix elements in Breit-Wigner to Gaussian domains of interacting particle systems

Journal Article · · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVE.73.0· OSTI ID:20779250
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  1. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009 (India)
  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 001 (India)
  3. Department of Physics, Berhampur University, Berhampur 760 007 (India)

Interacting many-particle systems with a mean-field one-body part plus a chaos generating random two-body interaction having strength {lambda} exhibit Poisson to Gaussian orthogonal ensemble and Breit-Wigner (BW) to Gaussian transitions in level fluctuations and strength functions with transition points marked by {lambda}={lambda}{sub c} and {lambda}={lambda}{sub F}, respectively; {lambda}{sub F}>>{lambda}{sub c}. For these systems a theory for the matrix elements of one-body transition operators is available, as valid in the Gaussian domain, with {lambda}>{lambda}{sub F}, in terms of orbital occupation numbers, level densities, and an integral involving a bivariate Gaussian in the initial and final energies. Here we show that, using a bivariate-t distribution, the theory extends below from the Gaussian regime to the BW regime up to {lambda}={lambda}{sub c}. This is well tested in numerical calculations for 6 spinless fermions in 12 single-particle states.

OSTI ID:
20779250
Journal Information:
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, Vol. 73, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.047203; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-651X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English