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Limiting temperature for the existence of collective motion in hot nuclei

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (United States)
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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano, Milano (Italy) Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare, Sezione de Milano, Milano (Italy) Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano (Italy) Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (UK) The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DK-2100 O (Denmark)

Experimental evidence testifying to the existence of a limiting temperature for the observation of gamma decay from the giant dipole resonance in hot nuclei is interpreted as indicating a remarkable constancy with temperature of the width with which the giant resonance couples to the compound nucleus.

OSTI ID:
6095031
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 67:24; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English