Event-by-Event Analysis of Proton-Induced Nuclear Multifragmentation: Determination of Phase Transition Universality-Class in System with Extreme Finite-Size Constraints

Abstract

A percolation model of nuclear fragmentation is used to interpret 10.2 GeV/c p+197Au multi-fragmentation data. Emphasis is put on finding signatures of a continuous nuclear matter phase transition in finite nuclear systems. Based on model calculations, corrections accounting for physical constraints of the fragment detection and sequential decay processes are derived. Strong circumstantial evidence for a continuous phase transition is found, and the values of two critical exponents, sigma = 0.5+-0.1 and tau = 2.35+-0.05, are extracted from the data. A critical temperature of T_c = 8.3+-0.2 MeV is found.

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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