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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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The development of approaches briefly discussed in this mini-review was possible due to the active participation of many colleagues. We are especially thankful to N. Auerbach, B.A. Brown, G.L. Celardo, Ya.S. Greenberg, M. Horoi, F.M. Izrailev, L. Kaplan, R.A. Sen’kov, V.V. Sokolov, A. Tayebi, H.A. Weidenmueller, and A. Volya. The support from the National Science Foundation (USA) and Binational Science Foundation US-Israel is gratefully acknowledged.
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Zelevinsky, V., Karampagia, S. Physics of thermalization and level density in an isolated system of strongly interacting particles. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 230, 755–769 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00079-z
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