Abstract
The energy, entropy and specific heat of20Ne and24Mg have been calculated within the finite-temperature Hartree-Fock approximation for a variety of model spaces. It is found that the size of the model space has a negligible effect on the thermal properties of these nuclei for temperatures up to a few MeV,i.e. just above the predicted shape transition. In particular the shape transition itself is adequately described within the 1s-0d shell space, enabling comparison with exact canonical-ensemble results for the same space. The success of the calculations in a surprisingly small model space will prove to be of great relevance to calculations in heavier nuclei.
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