First Order Phase Transition in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions

Preprint

1 November 1997

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.nucl-th/9711001

Abstract

We model the disassembly of an excited nuclear system formed as a result of a heavy ion collision. We find that, as the beam energy in central collisions in varied, the dissociating system crosses a liquid-gas coexistence curve, resulting in a first-order phase transition. Accessible experimental signatures are identified: a peak in specific heat, a power-law yield for composites, and a maximum in the second moment of the yield distribution.

Keywords

ORDER PHASE TRANSITION
HEAVY ION COLLISIONS
INTERMEDIATE ENERGY
PHASE TRANSITION
ION COLLISIONS
ENERGY HEAVY

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Version 1, 1997-11-01, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 80 (6), 1182.

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