Multifragmentation and nuclear phase transitions (liquid-fog and liquid-gas)

Abstract

Thermal multifragmentation of hot nuclei is interpreted as the nuclear liquid-fog phase transition. The charge distributions of the intermediate mass fragments produced in p(3.6 GeV) + Au and p(8.1 GeV) + Au collisions are analyzed within the statistical multifragmentation model with the critical temperature for the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition Tc as a free parameter. The analysis presented here provides strong support for a value of Tc > 15 MeV.

arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures, Submittet to Proc. of NN2003 to be published in Nucl. Phys. A

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