Theoretical comparison of different thermometers for the determination of the nuclear caloric curve

1997
18 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 615 (1997) 117-134
  • Published: 1997

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The problem of the experimental determination of a nuclear temperature in heavy ion collisions is addressed within an extended Quantum Statistical Model which includes secondary evaporation from continuum states and an effective excluded volume interaction in the freeze-out configuration. The comparison to experimental data from the INDRA Collaboration suggests that thermodynamical equilibration can actually be reached even at excitation energies as high as 25 MeV/u, however final state interactions and side feeding can strongly deform the response of the different thermometers.
  • 25.70 Pq
  • Multifragmentation
  • Liquid-gas phase transition
  • Caloric curve
  • Nuclear temperature
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