Liquid-gas phase separation in nuclear collisions

N. K. Glendenning; L. P. Csernai; J. I. Kapusta

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.33.1299

Liquid-gas phase separation in nuclear collisions

N. K. Glendenning, L. P. Csernai, J. I. Kapusta

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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The equation of state of nuclear matter at finite temperature and density is calculated in a relativistic field theory of interacting baryons and mesons. At subnuclear densities there exists a liquid-gas phase transition with a critical point at Tc=17.3 MeV, nc=0.052 fm-3. We estimate the critical beam energy in symmetric headon nucleus-nucleus collisions for which the exploding nuclear matter passes through the critical point. The dynamics of phase separation is studied in the extreme limits of no dissipation and maximum dissipation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1299-1302
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review C
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.33.1299
State	Published - 1986

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