Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1182–1185 (1998)First-Order Phase Transition in Intermediate-Energy Heavy Ion CollisionsReceived 5 May 1997; published in the issue dated 9 February 1998 We model the disassembly of an excited nuclear system formed as a result of a heavy ion collision. We find that, as the beam energy in central collisions in varied, the dissociating system crosses a liquid-gas coexistence curve, resulting in a first-order phase transition. Accessible experimental signatures are identified: a peak in the specific heat, a power-law yield for composites, and a maximum in the second moment of the yield distribution. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1182
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1182
PACS:
25.70.Pq, 21.65.+f, 24.10.Pa, 64.60.My
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