Zipf's law in multifragmentation

X. Campi and H. Krivine
Phys. Rev. C 72, 057602 – Published 30 November 2005

Abstract

We discuss the meaning of Zipf's law in nuclear multifragmentation. We remark that Zipf's law is a consequence of a power-law fragment size distribution with exponent τ2. We also recall why the presence of such a distribution is not a reliable signal of a liquid-gas phase transition.

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  • Received 22 August 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.72.057602

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

X. Campi* and H. Krivine

  • Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques† Bât. 100, Université de Paris XI, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France

  • *Electronic address: campi@ipno.in2p3.fr
  • Unité de Recherche de l'Université de Paris XI associée au CNRS (UMR 8626).

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Vol. 72, Iss. 5 — November 2005

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