Nuclear multifragmentation, its relation to general physics : AA rich test ground of the fundamentals of statistical mechanics

European Physical Journal A

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-302

  Gross, D H E ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

04.40. b Self gravitating systems; continuous media and classical fields in curved spacetime; 05.20.Gg Classical ensemble theory; 25.70.Pq Multifragment emission and correlations; 64.60. i General studies of phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750938306     PISSN: 14346001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10317-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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