Preequilibrium decay in the exciton model for nuclear potential with a finite depth

The spectra of preequilibrium particles, taking into account the energy dependence of the single-particle level density, are calculated using the particle-hole (exciton) level density. We demonstrate the significant effect of the finite depth of the potential well (continuum effect) on partial emission spectra for configurations with a small exciton number. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}