Liquid-gas phase transition and its order in finite nuclei
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
The liquid-gas phase transition in finite nuclei is studied in a heated liquid-drop model where the drop is assumed to be in thermodynamic equilibrium with the vapour emanated from it. Changing pressure along the liquid-gas coexistence line of the systems, symmetric or asymmetric, suggests that the phase transition is a continuous one. This is further corroborated from the study of the thermal evolution of the entropy at constant pressure.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0210021,
title = {Liquid-gas phase transition and its order in finite nuclei},
author = {Tapas Sil and S. K. Samaddar and J. N. De and S. Shlomo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0210021},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
11 pages (ReVTeX), 4 figures (PS); Submitted to Phys. Rev. C