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Nuclear multifragmentation and phase transitions in hot nuclei

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Nuclear multifragmentation is a new, multibody, decay mode of very hot nuclei. The key properties of this process that were measured are considered, such as the space-time and temperature characteristics. The experimental data for the critical temperature of the nuclear liquid-gas-phase transition are analyzed. Thermal multifragmentation is interpreted as a result of spinodal decomposition, which is actually the specific nuclear liquid-fog-phase transition of the first order.

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Karnaukhov, V.A. Nuclear multifragmentation and phase transitions in hot nuclei. Phys. Part. Nuclei 37, 165–193 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779606020018

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