THE PROMINENT ROLE OF THE HEAVIEST FRAGMENT IN MULTIFRAGMENTATION AND PHASE TRANSITION FOR HOT NUCLEI

2010/03/22 by Bernard Borderie, B. Borderie, É. Bonnet +25 · 2 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Biochemistry #Charge (physics) #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Diverse Scientific and Engineering Research #Fragment (logic) #Mathematics #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear physics research studies #Phase (matter) #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Statistical physics #Transition (genetics) #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218301310015928

published in International Journal of Modern Physics E 19(08n09), 1523-1533 (World Scientific) · 11 pages, Proceedings of IWND09, August 23-25, Shanghai (China)

arxiv created 2010/03/22 · openalex publication_date 2010/09/01 · arxiv updated 2011/11/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The role played by the heaviest fragment in partitions of multifragmenting hot nuclei is emphasized. Its size/charge distribution (mean value, fluctuations and shape) gives information on properties of fragmenting nuclei and on the associated phase transition.

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