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Nuclear masses: evidence of order-chaos coexistence

O. Bohigas, P. Leboeuf

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0110025

Abstract

Shell corrections are important in the determination of nuclear ground-state masses and shapes. Although general arguments favor a regular single-particle dynamics, symmetry-breaking and the presence of chaotic layers cannot be excluded. The latter provide a natural framework that explains the observed differences between experimental and computed masses.

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