title: Order-to-chaos transition in rotational nuclei.
abstract: We have developed a new method to study the order-to-chaos transition in rotational nuclei. Correlations between successive gamma rays are used to determine the average complexity of the intermediate levels and thereby the ratio of the interaction potential between levels to the level spacing. The measured ratios, 0.15 to 1.5, span the range from nearly fully ordered to nearly fully chaotic.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Deleplanque
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Macchiavelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fallon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cromaz
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Descovich
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Vieitez