The Nuclear Liquid-Gas Phase Transition: Q.E.D
arXiv:nucl-ex/0311010 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2004.01.091
Abstract
For the past decade, intense experimental effort has been devoted to the search for a liquid-gas phase transition in highly excited nuclei. Now, synthesis of the large body of existing multifragmentation data provides a strong case for identification of this phenomenon. In this presentation we discuss several salient features of the data that support their interpretation in terms of a spinodal liquid-gas phase transition.
Invited paper for the Proceedings of the 8th Intl. Conf. on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Moscow Russia, 17-21 June 2003
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