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Interplay of order and chaos across a first-order quantum shape-phase transition in nuclei

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4764230· OSTI ID:22075599
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  1. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel)

We study the nature of the dynamics in a first-order quantum phase transition between spherical and prolate-deformed nuclear shapes. Classical and quantum analyses reveal a change in the system from a chaotic Henon-Heiles behavior on the spherical side into a pronounced regular dynamics on the deformed side. Both order and chaos persist in the coexistence region and their interplay reflects the Landau potential landscape and the impact of collective rotations.

OSTI ID:
22075599
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1491; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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