2000/09/11 by S. Das Gupta, Gupta, S. Das, A. Z. Mekjian +3
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure #Crystallization and Solubility Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0009033
63 pages, 27 figures, submitted to Adv. Nucl. Phys. Some typos corrected, minor text changes
openalex publication_date 2000/09/11 · arxiv created 2000/10/23 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The equation of state of nuclear matter suggests that at suitable beam energies the disassembling hot system formed in heavy ion collisions will pass through a liquid-gas coexistence region. Searching for the signatures of the phase transition has been a very important focal point of experimental endeavours in heavy ion collisions, in the last fifteen years. Simultaneously theoretical models have been developed to provide information about the equation of state and reaction mechanisms consistent with the experimental observables. This article is a review of this endeavour.