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Chaos and Order in the Shell Model Eigenvectors

Nuclear Theory 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

The energies and wave functions of stationary many-body states are analyzed to look for the signatures of quantum chaos. Shell model calculations with the Wildenthal interaction are performed in the JTJ-T scheme for 12 particles in the sdsd-shell. The local level statistics are in perfect agreement with the GOE predictions. The analysis of the amplitudes of the eigenvectors in the shell model basis with the aid of the informational entropy and moments of the distribution function shows evidence for local chaos with a localization length reaching 90\% of the total dimension in the middle of the spectrum. The degree of chaoticity is sensitive to the the strength of the residual interaction as compared to the single particle energy spacing.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9405028,
  title  = {Chaos and Order in the Shell Model Eigenvectors},
  author = {Vladimir Zelevinsky and Mihai Horoi and B. Alex Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9405028},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

REVTEX, 8 pages, 3 (essential) figures obtainable from the authors