English

Do phase transitions survive binomial reducibility and thermal scaling?

Nuclear Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

First order phase transitions are described in terms of the microcanonical and canonical ensemble, with special attention to finite size effects. Difficulties in interpreting a "caloric curve" are discussed. A robust parameter indicating phase coexistence (univariance) or single phase (bivariance) is extracted for charge distributions.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/9607015,
  title  = {Do phase transitions survive binomial reducibility and thermal scaling?},
  author = {L. G. Moretto and L. Phair and G. J. Wozniak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/9607015},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, TeX type, psfig, also available at http://csa5.lbl.gov/moretto/ps/lgm.ps, to appear in the Proceedings of the 1st Catania Relativistic Ion Studies: Critical Phenomena and Collective Observables, Acicastello, May 27-31, 1996

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