Statistical signatures for critical behavior in small systems
Abstract
The fragment distributions of various systems are examined in an attempt to find signatures of a continuous phase transition. In systems known to possess such a phase transition, the detailed (fine) signatures are present while in systems known not to possess a phase transition, only coarse signatures are present. It is shown that nuclear multifragmentation produces fragment distributions belonging to the former category, suggesting that the fragments are produced as the result of a continuous phase transition.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 1998
- Bibcode:
- 1998APS..APR.H1503E