Latent heat of nuclear matter

Details Latent heat of nuclear matter Latent heat of nuclear matter

2010-12-10

arxiv.org/abs/1012.2333v2

Phys.Rev.C83:024308,2011; Publisher-note C83:039901,2011; Phys.Rev.C83:039901,2011

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

25 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.83.024308 10.11

We study the latent heat of the liquid-gas phase transition in symmetric nuclear matter using self-consistent mean-field calculations with a few Skyrme forces. The temperature dependence of the latent heat is rather independent of the mean-field parametrization and can be characterized by a few parameters. At low temperatures, the latent heat tends to the saturation energy. Near the critical point, the latent heat goes to zero with a well-determined mean-field critical exponent. A maximum value of the latent heat in the range l ~ 25-30 MeV is found at intermediate temperatures, which might have experimental relevance. All these features can be explained from very basic principles.

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