Published January 6, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

The nuclear liquid-gas phase transition

Creators

  • 1. Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada). Dept. of Physics

Description

The temperature and density regions where the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition is expected to occur are reviewed. By means of numerical simulations of the reaction trajectories of both proton and heavy ion induced reactions, it is shown that the mechanical instability region should be easily accessible. The change in entropy expected in crossing the isentropic spinodal at low initial entropy per nucleon is estimated and shown to be in agreement with that observed experimentally. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Phys., A
Journal Volume
447
Series
Nucl. Phys., A.
Journal Page Range
479-488
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPAB

Conference

Title
2. international conference on nucleus-nucleus collisions.
Dates
10-14 Jun 1985.
Place
Visby (Sweden).