Chaos and Quantum Chaos in Nuclear Systems

Abstract

The presence of chaos and quantum chaos is shown in two different nuclear systems. We analyze the chaotic behaviour of the classical SU(2) Yang--Mills--Higgs system, and then we study quantum chaos in the nuclear shell model calculating the spectral statistics of $A=46$--$50$ atomic nuclei.

8 pages, LaTex, presented at 6th workshop "Perspectives on Theoretical Nuclear Physics", Cortona (Italy), 12--14 October 1995