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Theoretical descriptions of compound-nuclear reactions: open problems & challenges

Nuclear Theory 2015-06-19 v1

Abstract

Compound-nuclear processes play an important role for nuclear physics applications and are crucial for our understanding of the nuclear many-body problem. Despite intensive interest in this area, some of the available theoretical developments have not yet been fully tested and implemented. We revisit the general theory of compound-nuclear reactions, discuss descriptions of pre-equilibrium reactions, and consider extensions that are needed in order to get cross section information from indirect measurements.

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@article{arxiv.1403.0923,
  title  = {Theoretical descriptions of compound-nuclear reactions: open problems & challenges},
  author = {Brett V. Carlson and Jutta E. Escher and Mahir S. Hussein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.0923},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Submission to J. Phys. G Focus issue on Open Problems in Reaction Theory, 25 pages, 2 figures

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