Abstract
We study the thermal properties of 54Fe with the Brown-Richter interaction in the complete 1p0f model space. Monte Carlo calculations show a peak in the heat capacity and rapid increases in both the moment of inertia and M1 strength near a temperature of 1.1 MeV that are associated with the vanishing of proton-proton and neutron-neutron monopole pair correlations; neutron-proton correlations persist to higher temperatures. Our results are consistent with a Fermi gas level density whose backshift vanishes with increasing temperature.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2909-2912 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy