Atomic nucleus: mesoscopic physics, quantum chaos and fundamental symmetries
FUSTIPEN Colloquium
«Atomic nucleus: mesoscopic physics, quantum chaos and fundamental symmetries»
by Vladimir Zelevinsky from the Michigan State University
on June 3, room 105, 2014 GANIL, Caen, France
Nuclear physics entered a new period of tempestuous development with new ideas and new powerful facilities. One of the promising directions is the study of nuclei as part of mesoscopic physics. This class of systems is intermediate between macro- and micro-worlds, combining statistical regularities with studies of individual quantum states.
In the talk, Professor V. Zelevinsky will discuss the problem of quantum chaos in a small many-body system with strong interactions between the constituents and thermalization without any external heat bath. The understanding of regularities typical for such systems leads to new practical tools in experiment, theory and computations. One useful result is the reliable algorithm for calculating shell-model level density for given quantum numbers. It turns out also that there are specific mechanisms of nuclear enhancement of violations of fundamental symmetries (spatial inversion and time reversal), partly based on quantum chaos. Some predictions are well supported by experiments.
Lecture will take place in room 105 of the GANIL main building. All interested physicists are most welcome.
The French-based physicists interested in the topic can get the local support (fustipen@ganil.fr.).
The information to reach GANIL can be obtained in the practical information document
We hope to see you at GANIL at the occasion of this meeting.