2005/08/23 by X. Campi, Xavier Campi, H. Krivine +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping #Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis #X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography #cond-mat.stat-mech #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.72.057602
published as Phys.Rev. C72 (2005) 057602
arxiv created 2005/08/23 · openalex publication_date 2005/11/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We discuss the meaning of Zipf's law in nuclear multifragmentation. We remark that Zipf's law is a consequence of a power-law fragment size distribution with exponent \ensuremathτ\ensuremath≃2. We also recall why the presence of such a distribution is not a reliable signal of a liquid-gas phase transition.