The role of broken Cooper pairs

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The role of broken Cooper pairs in warm
nuclei M. Guttormsen, U. Agvaanluvsan (LLNL), R.
Chankova, A.C. Larsen, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller
(MSU), S. Siem, N.U.H. Syed, and A. Voinov (Ohio)

• Introduction
• Experimental method
• Thermodynamics
• Conclusions

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Z 13 N 16
E 2e E 0
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Entropy in nuclei
How to measure?
S S S S S1
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Cactus Silicon telescopes
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167Er(3He,3He)167Er
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The Brink Axel hypothesis
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Does it work?
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Experimental level densities
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Experimental nuclear entropy
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?S S(oe) - S(ee) n
S(ee) / ?S
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Constant temperature approximation
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Preliminary
Z 50 Only breaking neutron Cooper pairs
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Preliminary
J.Lee and J.M.Kosterlitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65,
137 (1990)
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Summary and conclusions

• Experimental level density -gt entropy
• Extensive single particle (hole) entropy of S
  1.5 - 2.0 k for mid-shell
  nuclei
• Number of excited particles with Ex
• Critical T for various processes

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Thermal single quasiparticles
Degenerate Fermi gas
S S0 S S1
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