Giant Octupole Resonance Simulation
arXiv:nucl-th/9810005 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.60.017301
Abstract
Using a pseudo-particle technique we simulate large-amplitude isoscalar giant octupole excitations in a finite nuclear system. Dependent on the initial conditions we observe either clear octupole modes or over-damped octupole modes which decay immediately into quadrupole ones. This shows clearly a behavior beyond linear response. We propose that octupole modes might be observed in central collisions of heavy ions.