Published April 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase Transitions in Highly Excited Nuclei

  • 1. The H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow (Poland)
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 3. University of Technology, Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

Phase transition in highly excited nucleus is treated in terms of thermodynamics of microensembles. The emission of intermediate mass fragments from pure thermally excited heavy nucleus 197Au is an indication of the liquid to fog phase transition. Evidence of the spinodal decomposition of the heavy nuclear system is found and its relation to the multisaddle transition configuration and freeze-out state is presented. (author)

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Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
PACS numbers: 21.65.+f, 24.10.-i, 25.70.Gh, 25.75.-q

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series B
Journal Volume
B36
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1203-1211
ISSN
0587-4254

Conference

Title
39. Zakopane School of Physics - International Symposium ''Atomic Nuclei at Extreme Values of Temperature, Spin and Isospin''
Dates
31 Aug - 5 Sep 2004
Place
Zakopane (Poland)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant 032-02-17263
Notes
16 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.
Funding organization
Russian foundation for Basic Research (Russian Federation)