https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00079-z
Review
Physics of thermalization and level density in an isolated system of strongly interacting particles
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824-1321, East Lansing, MI, USA
2
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory/Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, 48824-1321, East Lansing, MI, USA
3
Department of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 49401, Allendale, MI, USA
Received:
13
May
2020
Accepted:
5
January
2021
Published online:
7
June
2021
Here, we present a short review of ideas, methods and results for understanding the evolution of an excited mesoscopic system of strongly interacting constituents. We discuss the process of thermalization with its characteristic time dependence different from what is known in classical mechanics, the resulting state of quantum chaos, enhancement of sensitivity to weak perturbations including violation of fundamental symmetries in nuclei, problem of the level density, and effects of continuum and superradiance.
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