Nuclear condensation

TY - JOUR

T1 - Nuclear condensation

AU - Jaqaman, H.

AU - Mekjian, A. Z.

AU - Zamick, L.

PY - 1983

Y1 - 1983

N2 - This work draws an analogy between a heated nucleus breaking up into clusters and a liquid undergoing a phase transition to a gas in which droplets appear. The critical temperature and density in the nucleus are investigated using a Skyrme effective interaction and finite temperature Hartree-Fock theory. The energy and pressure as a function of density are calculated. The effects of compressibility, effective mass, and binding energy per particle on the critical temperature and critical density of nuclear systems is developed. In some cases, analytic expressions for these quantities can be obtained. NUCLEAR REACTIONS Phase transitions in hot nuclear matter.

AB - This work draws an analogy between a heated nucleus breaking up into clusters and a liquid undergoing a phase transition to a gas in which droplets appear. The critical temperature and density in the nucleus are investigated using a Skyrme effective interaction and finite temperature Hartree-Fock theory. The energy and pressure as a function of density are calculated. The effects of compressibility, effective mass, and binding energy per particle on the critical temperature and critical density of nuclear systems is developed. In some cases, analytic expressions for these quantities can be obtained. NUCLEAR REACTIONS Phase transitions in hot nuclear matter.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.27.2782

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.27.2782

M3 - Article

SN - 0556-2813

VL - 27

SP - 2782

EP - 2791

JO - Physical Review C

JF - Physical Review C

IS - 6

ER -