2000/02/09 by J. B. Elliott, S. Albergo, the EOS Collaboration +45 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models #Biology #Cluster (spacecraft) #Cluster size #Computer science #Condensed matter physics #Genetics #Molecular dynamics #Phase (matter) #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #Statistical physics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Transition (genetics) #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.62.064603
published as Phys.Rev. C62 (2000) 064603 · 31 pages, two columns with 30 figures
arxiv created 2000/02/09 · openalex publication_date 2000/10/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The cluster distributions of three different systems are examined to search for signatures of a continuous phase transition. In a system known to possess such a phase transition, both sensitive and insensitive signatures are present; while in systems known not to possess such a phase transition, only insensitive signatures are present. It is shown that nuclear multifragmentation results in cluster distributions belonging to the former category, suggesting that the fragments are the result of a continuous phase transition.