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Gilbert and Cameron 1965

Gilbert, A., and A.G.W. Cameron, 1965: A composite nuclear-level density formula with shell corrections. Can. J. Phys., 43, 1446-1496, doi:10.1139/p65-139.

At low excitation energies a "constant nuclear temperature" representation of nuclear-level densities is used, and at high excitation energies the regular Fermi gas formula is adopted. A method is developed for determining the parameters of the Fermi gas formula by using both the pairing and the shell-correction energies found by Cameron and Elkin for their semiempirical atomic mass formula in its exponential form. This procedure determines level densities at neutron-binding-energy excitations subject to an average factor error of 1.8. Methods are also developed for determining the parameters for the lower-energy formula in such a way that it best fits the lower-energy levels and joins smoothly to the Fermi gas formula. Correlations of the resulting parameters with shell and pairing effects are found. A composite prescription is given for calculating level densities in nuclei for which no experimental information is known. Tables give level density parameters for a wide variety of nuclei for which some experimental information is known. Some of the derivations of the Fermi gas formula in the literature were found to be slightly incorrect, so new derivations are presented in Appendixes.

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@article{gi09000a,
  author={Gilbert, A. and Cameron, A. G. W.},
  title={A composite nuclear-level density formula with shell corrections},
  year={1965},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Physics},
  volume={43},
  pages={1446--1496},
  doi={10.1139/p65-139},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - gi09000a
AU  - Gilbert, A.
AU  - Cameron, A. G. W.
PY  - 1965
TI  - A composite nuclear-level density formula with shell corrections
JA  - Can. J. Phys.
JO  - Canadian Journal of Physics
VL  - 43
SP  - 1446
EP  - 1496
DO  - 10.1139/p65-139
ER  -

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