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Landau-Ginzburg method applied to finite fermion systems: Pairing in Nuclei

Kruse, M K G, Miller, H G, Plastino, A R, Plastino, A, Shigeji Fujita

Published May 4, 2005• 10 citations
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Abstract

Given the spectrum of a Hamiltonian, a methodology is developed which employs the Landau-Ginsburg method for characterizing phase transitions in infinite systems to identify phase transition remnants in finite fermion systems. As a first application of our appproach we discuss pairing in finite nuclei.

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