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Systematic behavior of the giant dipole resonance in highly excited nuclei

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5508317
Study of the statistical decay of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) built on excited nuclear states provides information on nuclear properties at finite temperature and moderate spin. The results of a systematic investigation of GDR properties at high excitation covering a wide mass range, A approx.40-170 will be presented. The observed resonance strengths and mean resonance energies vary smoothly as a function of mass and are in agreement with the properties of the ground-state GDR. The widths and resonance shapes of the GDR in highly excited nuclei reflect the deformation of the nucleus at finite temperature and spin. 13 refs., 6 figs.
Research Organization:
Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Nuclear Physics Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-81ER40048
OSTI ID:
5508317
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40048-202-L7; CONF-8708101-14; ON: DE88004162
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English