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Randomness and collectivity in nuclear structure: Three theoretical puzzles

arXiv:nucl-th/0112014 · doi:10.1142/9789812778383_0026

Abstract

We show and interpret three examples of nontrivial results obtained in numerical simulations of many-body systems: exponential convergence of low-lying energy eigenvalues in the process of progressive truncation of huge shell-model matrices, apparently ordered spectra generated by random interactions, and regular behavior of complex many-body energies in a system with single-particle orbitals in continuum. The possible practical applications and new approaches are suggested.

12 pages, 4 figures