Abstract
The properties of the fine structure observed in connection with isobaric analog resonances in the elastic scattering of protons are examined in terms of the damping mechanism for the analog state. The observed asymmetries of the strength function are shown to be associated with phase correlations between damping and escape amplitudes. Correlations of the necessary type will possibly result from the virtual coupling through the open channel between the analog states and the nearby compound-nucleus states of normal symmetry. A brief discussion of the possible role of doorway states in feeding the latter is also given.
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