Circumstantial evidence for critical behavior in peripheral Au+Au collisions at 35 MeV/nucleon

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作者
Mastinu, PF
Belkacem, M
DAgostino, M
Bruno, M
Milazzo, PM
Vannini, G
Bowman, DR
Colonna, N
Dinius, JD
Ferrero, A
Fiandri, ML
Gelbke, CK
Glasmacher, T
Gramegna, F
Handzy, DO
Horn, D
Hsi, WC
Huang, M
Iori, I
Kunde, GJ
Lisa, MA
Lynch, WG
Margagliotti, GV
Montoya, CP
Moroni, A
Peaslee, GF
Petruzzelli, F
Rui, R
Schwarz, C
Tsang, MB
Williams, C
Latora, V
Bonasera, A
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,TRIESTE,ITALY
[3] DIPARTIMENTO FIS,TRIESTE,ITALY
[4] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-70126 BARI,ITALY
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[6] UNIV MILAN,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,MILAN,ITALY
[7] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL LEGNARO,I-35020 LEGNANO,ITALY
[8] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,NATL SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRON LAB,E LANSING,MI 48824
[9] AECL RES,CHALK RIVER LABS,CHALK RIVER,ON K0J 1J0,CANADA
[10] COMIS NACL ENERGIA ATOM,RA-1429 BUENOS AIRES,DF,ARGENTINA
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL SUD,I-95129 CATANIA,ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2646
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The fragmentation resulting from peripheral An + Au collisions at an incident energy of E = 35 MeV/nucleon is investigated. A power-law charge distribution, A(-tau) with tau approximate to 2.2, and an intermittency signal are observed for events selected in the region of the Campi scatter plot where ''critical'' behavior is expected.
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页码:2646 / 2649
页数:4
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