Using only the close connection between the bound-state properties of a potential and its scattering phase shifts, a limiting excitation energy of a finite nucleus is predicted. Calculations for Z~ give its value as 8.2MeV/A. The excitation-energy dependence of the level-density parameter is also discussed and the connection with astrophysical calculations of stellar collapse rates is indicated.
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