Determination of critical exponents from the multifragmentation of gold nuclei

M. L. Gilkes; S. Albergo; F. Bieser; F. P. Brady; Z. Caccia; D. A. Cebra; A. D. Chacon; J. L. Chance; Y. Choi; S. Costa; J. B. Elliott; J. A. Hauger; A. S. Hirsch; E. L. Hjort; A. Insolia; M. Justice; D. Keane; J. C. Kintner; V. Lindenstruth; M. A. Lisa; U. Lynen; H. S. Matis; M. McMahan; C. McParland; W. F.J. Müller; D. L. Olson; M. D. Partlan; N. T. Porile; R. Potenza; G. Rai; J. Rasmussen; H. G. Ritter; J. Romanski; J. L. Romero; G. V. Russo; H. Sann; R. Scharenberg; A. Scott; Y. Shao; B. K. Srivastava; T. J.M. Symons; M. Tincknell; C. Tuvé; S. Wang; P. Warren; H. H. Weiman; K. Wolf

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1590

Determination of critical exponents from the multifragmentation of gold nuclei

M. L. Gilkes, S. Albergo, F. Bieser, F. P. Brady, Z. Caccia, D. A. Cebra, A. D. Chacon, J. L. Chance, Y. Choi, S. Costa, J. B. Elliott, J. A. Hauger, A. S. Hirsch, E. L. Hjort, A. Insolia, M. Justice, D. Keane, J. C. Kintner, V. Lindenstruth, M. A. LisaU. Lynen, H. S. Matis, M. McMahan, C. McParland, W. F.J. Müller, D. L. Olson, M. D. Partlan, N. T. Porile, R. Potenza, G. Rai, J. Rasmussen, H. G. Ritter, J. Romanski, J. L. Romero, G. V. Russo, H. Sann, R. Scharenberg, A. Scott, Y. Shao, B. K. Srivastava, T. J.M. Symons, M. Tincknell, C. Tuvé, S. Wang, P. Warren, H. H. Weiman, K. Wolf

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Using reverse kinematics, we have studied the breakup of 1.0A GeV gold nuclei incident on a carbon target. The detector system permitted exclusive event reconstruction of nearly all charged reaction products. The moments of the resulting charged fragment distribution provide strong evidence that nuclear matter possesses a critical point observable in finite nuclei. We have determined values for the critical exponents γ, β, and τ. These values are close to those for liquid-gas systems and clearly different than those for 3D percolation and the liquid-gas mean field limit.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1590-1593
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	73
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1590
State	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Gilkes, M. L., Albergo, S., Bieser, F., Brady, F. P., Caccia, Z., Cebra, D. A., Chacon, A. D., Chance, J. L., Choi, Y., Costa, S., Elliott, J. B., Hauger, J. A., Hirsch, A. S., Hjort, E. L., Insolia, A., Justice, M., Keane, D., Kintner, J. C., Lindenstruth, V., ... Wolf, K. (1994). Determination of critical exponents from the multifragmentation of gold nuclei. Physical Review Letters, 73(12), 1590-1593. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1590

Gilkes, ML, Albergo, S, Bieser, F, Brady, FP, Caccia, Z, Cebra, DA, Chacon, AD, Chance, JL, Choi, Y, Costa, S, Elliott, JB, Hauger, JA, Hirsch, AS, Hjort, EL, Insolia, A, Justice, M, Keane, D, Kintner, JC, Lindenstruth, V, Lisa, MA, Lynen, U, Matis, HS, McMahan, M, McParland, C, Müller, WFJ, Olson, DL, Partlan, MD, Porile, NT, Potenza, R, Rai, G, Rasmussen, J, Ritter, HG, Romanski, J, Romero, JL, Russo, GV, Sann, H, Scharenberg, R, Scott, A, Shao, Y, Srivastava, BK, Symons, TJM, Tincknell, M, Tuvé, C, Wang, S, Warren, P, Weiman, HH & Wolf, K 1994, 'Determination of critical exponents from the multifragmentation of gold nuclei', Physical Review Letters, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 1590-1593. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1590

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