Nuclear level densities: from empirical models to microscopic methods
arXiv:2112.14253 · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58082-7_12
Abstract
The level density is among the most important statistical nuclear properties. It appears in Fermi's golden rule for transition rates and is an important input to the Hauser-Feshbach theory of compound nucleus reactions. We discuss empirical models of level densities and summarize the main experimental methods used to determine them. The microscopic calculation of level densities in the presence of correlations is a challenging many-body problem. We review recent microscopic approaches to calculate level densities. Mean-field and combinatorial methods have been applied across the nuclear chart, but often need to be augmented with empirical collective enhancement factors. The moment method and the auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFMC) method are formulated in the context of the configuration-interaction shell model approach, and include correlations beyond the mean-field approximation.
arXiv comment15 pages, 7 figures
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