Dynamical study of spinodal decomposition in heavy ion collisions

Abstract

Nuclei undergo a phase transition in nuclear reactions according to a caloric curve determined by the amount of entropy. Here, the generation of entropy is studied in relation to the size of the nuclear system.

arXiv comment4 pages, 2 figures, Contributed paper for the 5th Latin American Symposium on High Energy Physics: V-SILAFAE (2004)