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arXiv:1410.3618 · AIP conference proceedings

Understanding chaos via nuclei

Pavel Cejnar, Pavel Stránský

Published Jan 1, 2014• 5 citations
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Abstract

We use two models of nuclear collective dynamics-the geometric collective model and the interacting boson model-to illustrate principles of classical and quantum chaos. We propose these models as a suitable testing ground for further elaborations of the general theory of chaos in both classical and quantum domains.
DOI
10.1063/1.4861698

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