Published April 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Isospin dependence of the nuclear equation of state near the critical point

  • 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.

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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

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