https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070088
Analyzing fragmentation of simple fluids with percolation theory
1
LPTMS (UMR 8626, CNRS Université de Paris XI) , Université Paris-Sud,
bâtiment 100, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
2
IPN, Université Paris-Sud, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
Received:
26
October
1999
Revised:
4
January
2000
Published online: 15 August 2000
We show that the size distributions of fragments created by high energy nuclear collisions are remarkably well reproduced within the framework of a parameter free percolation model. We discuss two possible scenarios to explain this agreement and suggest that percolation could be an universal mechanism to explain the fragmentation of simple fluids. Experiments with atomic clusters would help to confirm this hypothesis.
PACS: 36.40.Ei – Phase transitions in clusters / 36.40.Qv – Stability and fragmentation of clusters / 25.70.Mn – Projectile and target fragmentation
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
