The decay width of higher multipole giant resonances

The decay width of higher multipole giant resonances is described within the framework of the newly developed Fourier-Bessel random-phase approximation. We calculate the distribution of the isoscalar and isovector multipole strength for electric resonances up to $\text{J}{}^{\mathrm{\pi }}\text{= 7}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$. In our model we find no concentrated multipole strength beyond the hexadecapole.