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Evidence for spinodal decomposition in nuclear multifragmentation.

B Borderie¹, G Tăbăcaru, P Chomaz

¹Institut de Physique Nucléaire, IN2P3-CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France.

Physical Review Letters

|May 1, 2001

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Central collisions of 129Xe and Sn nuclei revealed multifragmentation. Analysis of charged products suggests a "fossil" signal of spinodal instabilities in nuclear systems.

Area of Science:

Nuclear Physics
High-Energy Physics
Quantum Mechanics

Background:

Nuclear multifragmentation is a key process in heavy-ion collisions.
Understanding the dynamics of nuclear systems at the limits of stability is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the multifragmentation of a fused system formed by 129Xe and Sn collisions.
Search for evidence of spinodal instabilities in finite nuclear systems.

Main Methods:

Central collisions of 32 MeV/nucleon 129Xe with (nat)Sn were performed.
The INDRA 4pi array was used for high-performance charged product identification.
Experimental higher-order charge correlations were analyzed.

Main Results:

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Multifragmentation of the fused system was observed.
A weak but nonambiguous enhancement of events with nearly equal-sized fragments was detected.
Dynamical calculations simulated spinodal decomposition.

Conclusions:

The observed enhancement is interpreted as a "fossil" signal of spinodal instabilities.
This finding provides insights into the behavior of finite nuclear systems under extreme conditions.