Abstract
A wide variety of observables indicate that maximal fluctuations in the disassembly of hot nuclei with occur at an excitation energy of and temperature of . 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.
- Received 1 April 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.69.031604
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