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The study of transport and mixing processes in dynamical systems is particularly important for the analysis of mathematical models of physical systems. We propose a novel, direct geometric method to identify subsets of phase space that…
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The phase structure of the layered sine-Gordon (LSG) model is investigated in terms of symmetry considerations by means of a differential renormalization group (RG) method, within the local potential approximation. The RG analysis of the…
We systematically study the nuclear level densities of superheavy nuclei, including odd systems, using the single-particle energies obtained with the Woods-Saxon potential diagonalization. Minimization over many deformation parameters for…
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