5 papers
On the fragmentation of multiply charged sodium clusters
I. Hidmi, D. H. E. Gross, H. R. Jaqaman
The fragmentation of multiply charged atomic sodium clusters of mass 200 is investigated using the Micro-canonical Metropolis Monte Carlo (MMMC) statistical technique for excitatio…
What can nuclear collisions teach us about the boiling of water or the formation of multi-star systems ?
D. H. E. Gross
Phase transitions in nuclei, small atomic clusters and self-gravitating systems demand the extension of thermo-statistics to ``Small'' systems. The main obstacle is the thermodynam…
Fragmentation Phase Transition in Atomic Clusters IV -- Liquid-gas transition in finite metal clusters and in the bulk --
D. H. E. Gross, M. E. Madjet
Within the micro-canonical ensemble phase transitions of first order can be identified without invoking the thermodynamic limit. We show for the liquid-gas transition of sodium, po…
Fragmentation Phase Transition in Atomic Clusters II -----Symmetry of Fission of Metal Clusters----
M. E. Madjet, P. A. Hervieux, D. H. E. Gross +1
We present a statistical fragmentation study of doubly charged alkali (Li, Na, K) and antimony clusters. The evaporation of one charged trimer is the most dominant decay channel (a…
Fragmentation phase transition in atomic clusters I --- Microcanonical thermodynamics
D. H. E. Gross, M. E. Madjet, O. Schapiro
Here we first develop the thermodynamics of microcanonical phase transitions of first and second order in systems which are thermodynamically stable in the sense of van Hove. We sh…