Dependence of Nuclear Level Density on Vibrational State Damping
  The response function approach is proposed to include vibrational state in calculation of level density. The calculations show rather strong dependence of level density on the relaxation times of collective state damping. 
V.A. Plujko, A.N. Gorbachenko (Taras Shevchenko National University;   Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine)