Published April 2010
| Version v1
Journal article
Isospin dependence of the nuclear equation of state near the critical point
Creators
- 1. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China)
- 2. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
- 3. Cyclotron Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
- 4. Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, via Santa Sofia, 62, 95123 Catania (Italy)
- 5. FNRS and IPN, Universite Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-Neuve (Belgium)
- 6. Institute of Physics, Silesia University, Katowice (Poland)
Description
We discuss experimental evidence for a nuclear phase transition driven by the different concentrations of neutrons to protons. Different ratios of the neutron to proton concentrations lead to different critical points for the phase transition. This is analogous to the phase transitions occurring in 4He-3He liquid mixtures. We present experimental results that reveal the N/A (or Z/A) dependence of the phase transition and discuss possible implications of these observations in terms of the Landau free energy description of critical phenomena.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevC.81.044618;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1002.1738v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 044618-044618.12
- ISSN
- 0556-2813
- CODEN
- PRVCAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41117692
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARYON NUMBER; BINARY MIXTURES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FREE ENERGY; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; ISOSPIN; NEUTRONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PROTONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MIXTURES; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society