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American Journal of Physics

Time delays in reactions with intermediate and compound nuclear structure

E. Rosengaus, Pier A. Mello, M. Bauer

Published Nov 1, 1978• 2 citations
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Abstract

We present a simple model, analytically solvable, of the time evolution of the scattering of a wave packet, which exhibits and clarifies the compound nucleus process, and can be easily extended to the study of the time delays involved when intermediate structure is present.
DOI
10.1119/1.11500

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