Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2010-01-14
Rev. Mod. Phys. 82 (2010) 2845
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
50 pages, 26 figures
Scientific paper
The application of random-matrix theory (RMT) to compound-nucleus (CN) reactions is reviewed. An introduction into the basic concepts of nuclear scattering theory is followed by a survey of phenomenological approaches to CN scattering. The implementation of a random-matrix approach into scattering theory leads to a statistical theory of CN reactions. Since RMT applies generically to chaotic quantum systems, that theory is, at the same time, a generic theory of quantum chaotic scattering. It uses a minimum of input parameters (average S-matrix and mean level spacing of the CN). Predictions of the theory are derived with the help of field-theoretical methods adapted from condensed-matter physics and compared with those of phenomenological approaches. Thorough tests of the theory are reviewed, as are applications in nuclear physics, with special attention given to violation of symmetries (isospin, parity) and time-reversal invariance.
Mitchell G. E.
Richter Achim
Weidenmueller Hans A.
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