Abstract
We obtained an unprecedentedly large number of -wave neutron widths through -matrix analysis of neutron cross-section measurements on enriched Pt samples. Careful analysis of these data rejects the validity of the Porter-Thomas distribution with a statistical significance of at least 99.997%.
- Received 9 June 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.072502
© 2010 The American Physical Society
Synopsis
Order out of chaos
Published 13 August 2010
Experiments point to order in parts of the nuclear spectrum believed to be chaotic in nature.
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