Correlations in Nuclear Masses

H. Olofsson (1) , S. Aberg (1) , O. Bohigas (2) , P. Leboeuf (2)

1 Division of Mathematical Physics
2 LPTMS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques

It was recently suggested that the error with respect to experimental data in nuclear mass calculations is due to the presence of chaotic motion. The theory was tested by analyzing the typical error size. A more sensitive quantity, the correlations of the mass error between neighboring nuclei, is studied here. The results provide further support to this physical interpretation.

H. Olofsson, S. Aberg, O. Bohigas, P. Leboeuf. Correlations in Nuclear Masses. Physical Review Letters, 2006, 96, pp.042502. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.042502⟩. ⟨hal-00018520⟩