Signals of bimodality in the fragmentation of Au quasi-projectiles
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Signals of bimodality have been investigated in experimental data of quasi-projectile decay produced in Au+Au collisions at 35 AMeV. This same data set was already shown to provide several signals characteristic of a first order, liquid-gas-like phase transition. Different event sortings proposed in the recent literature are analyzed. A sudden change in the fragmentation pattern is revealed by the distribution of the charge of the largest fragment, compatible with a bimodal behavior.
17 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Nuclear Physics A
17 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Nuclear Physics A