Evidence of critical behavior in the disassembly of nuclei with A approximately 36

Ma, Y.G.;Keutgen, Thomas;et.al.
(2004) Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics — Vol. 69, p. 31604 (2004)

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(en) A wide variety of observables indicate that maximal fluctuations in the disassembly of hot nuclei with A ~ 36 occur at an excitation energy of 5.6 +- 0.5 MeV/u and temperature of 8.3 +- 0.5 MeV. Associated with this point of maximal fluctuations are a number of quantitative indicators of apparent critical behavior. The associated caloric curve does not appear to show a flattening such as that seen for heavier systems. This suggests that, in contrast to similar signals seen for liquid-gas transitions in heavier nuclei, the observed behavior in these very light nuclei is associated with a transition much closer to the critical point. Comment: v2: Major changes, new model calculations, new figures
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Ma, Y. G., Keutgen, T., & et al. (2004). Evidence of critical behavior in the disassembly of nuclei with A approximately 36. Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, 69, 31604. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.69.031604 (Original work published 2004)