paper

Phase space characteristics of fragmenting nuclei described as excited disordered systems

arXiv:nucl-th/9609015 · doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(96)00468-X

Abstract

We investigate the thermodynamical content of a cellular model which describes nuclear fragmentation as a process taking place in an excited disordered system. The model which reproduces very well the size distribution of fragments does not show the existence of a first order phase transition.

14 pages, TeX type, 7 figures