title: Parity dependence of nuclear level densities
abstract: A simple formula for the ratio of the number of odd- and even-parity states as a function of temperature is derived. This formula is used to calculate the ratio of level densities of opposite parities as a function of excitation energy. We test the formula with quantum Monte Carlo shell model calculations in the (pf+g(9/2)) shell. The formula describes well the transition from low excitation energies where a single parity dominates to high excitations where the two densities are equal.
authors.affiliation: Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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authors.lastname: Alhassid
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Bertsch
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakada