{
  "id": "nucl-th/9710018",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1997-10-07T09:42:47.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-10-07T09:42:47.000Z",
  "title": "Liquid-gas phase transition in finite nuclei",
  "authors": [
    "J. N. De",
    "S. K. Samaddar",
    "S. Shlomo"
  ],
  "comment": "Proc. of 6th Int. Conf. on N-N Collisions (Gatlinburg); Nuclear Physics A (in press)",
  "journal": "Nucl.Phys. A630 (1998) 192-199",
  "doi": "10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00756-2",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "In a finite temperature Thomas-Fermi framework, we calculate density distributions of hot nuclei enclosed in a freeze-out volume of few times the normal nuclear volume and then construct the caloric curve, with and without inclusion of radial collective flow. In both cases, the calculated specific heats $C_v$ show a peaked structure signalling a liquid-gas phase transition. Without flow, the caloric curve indicates a continuous phase transition whereas with inclusion of flow, the transition is very sharp. In the latter case, the nucleus undergoes a shape change to a bubble from a diffuse sphere at the transition temperature.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1997-10-07T09:42:47.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "liquid-gas phase transition",
      "finite nuclei",
      "caloric curve",
      "finite temperature thomas-fermi framework",
      "normal nuclear volume"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "Elsevier",
      "journal": "Nucl. Phys. A"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 449453
    }
  }
}