Multifragmentation reactions and properties of hot stellar matter at subnuclear densities
arXiv:nucl-th/0506061 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.72.048801
Abstract
We point out similarity of thermodynamic conditions reached in intermediate energy nuclear collisions and in supernova explosions. We show that a statistical approach, which has been previously applied for nuclear multifragmentation reactions, can be very useful for description of electro-neutral stellar matter. Then properties of hot unstable nuclei extracted from analysis of multifragmentation data can be used for construction of a realistic equation of state of supernova matter.
10 pages, 3 figures