International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions (FINUSTAR), Kos, Greece, 12 - 17 September 2005, vol.831, pp.421-422, (Full Text)
In order to learn more about the different properties of the nuclei like, e.g., collective motion, thermo-dynamical behaviour and temperature, level density and gamma-ray strength function, it is important to study the effect of internal excitation energy. When approaching major shell gap, nuclear structure changes significantly. This makes an impact on the level densities and gamma-strength function. Around closed shells, effects from the increasing single particle energy spacing can be expected. These will also influence the entropy difference between odd-mass and even-even nuclei. Therefore, statistical description of the transition from closed shells to deformed nuclei is of great interest.