Nuclear Multifragmentation & the Phase Transition

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Apr 2002

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American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American As

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A high statistics exclusive study of 1 GeV/nucleon Au, La and Kr on carbon has been performed, where the size and energy of the fragmenting system is measured for each event. The distributions of projectile fragments are analyzed using the statistical multifragmentation model. The nature of the phase transition has been examined using the caloric curve. For lighter systems a backbending is observed in the caloric curve implying a negative specific heat, while for heavier system there is a positive specific heat. This suggests that the breakup of heavier systems (Au and La) is consistent with a continuous phase transition.

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