Critical Behavior in Peripheral Au + Au Collisions at 35 MeV/u

Bruno, M.; Mastinu, P. F.; Belkacem, M.; D'Agostino, M.; Milazzo, P. M.; Vannini, G.; Bowman, D. R.; Dinius, J. D.; Ferrero, A.; Fiandri, M. L.; Gelbke, C. K.; Glasmacher, T.; Gramegna, F.; Handzy, D. O.; Horn, D.; Hsi, W. C.; Huang, M.; Iori, I.; Kunde, G. J.; Lisa, M. A.; Lynch, W. G.; Margagliotti, G. V.; Montoya, C. P.; Moroni, A.; Peaslee, G. F.; Rui, R.; Schwarz, C.; Tsang, M. B.; Williams, C.; Latora, V.; Bonasera, A.

Critical Behavior in Peripheral Au + Au Collisions at 35 MeV/u

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The signals theoretically predicted for the occurrence of a critical behavior (conditional moments of charge distributions, Campi scatter plot, fluctuations of the size of the largest fragment, power law in the charge distribution, intermittency) have been found for peripheral events in the reaction Au+Au at 35 MeV/u. The same signals have been studied with a dynamical model which foresees phase transition, like the Classical Molecular Dynamics.
6 pages, LaTeX; 4 Postscript figures available upon request at bruno@bo.infn.it. Proceedings of the 1st Catania Relativistic Ion