Abstract
A percolation model of nuclear fragmentation is used to interpret multifragmentation data. Emphasis is put on finding signatures of a continuous nuclear matter phase transition in finite nuclear systems. Based on model calculations, corrections accounting for physical constraints of the fragment detection and sequential decay processes are derived. Strong circumstantial evidence for a continuous phase transition is found, and the values of two critical exponents, and , are extracted from the data. A critical temperature of is found.
- Received 5 July 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.022701
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