Randomness and Emerging Order in Nuclear Structure

Abstract

In order to investigate to what extent is the low-lying behavior of even-even nuclei dependent on particular nucleon-nucleon interactions, we consider systems of bosons where these interactions are taken as gaussian random numbers with equal likelyhood of being attractive or repulsive. We find a statistical dominance of L=0 ground states and other correlations, which we analyze in terms of a mean field approach.

12 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, invited talk XXIV Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Mexico, Rev. Mex. Fis., in press