The Density of States in Light Nuclei

Abstract

The number of states of energy less than 25 Mev is calculated for a simple model of a nucleus of 20 nucleons. Kinetic energy and the effect of symmetry on the potential energy were considered to be the only systematic contributions to the excitation. A method of classification of states by supermultiplets, using mainly their projections on the $S\ensuremath{-}T$ plane, is presented. An empirical formula for level density in light nuclei is deduced.