Liquid-gas phase transition in nuclei in the relativistic Thomas-Fermi theory
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چکیده
The equation of state (EOS) of finite nuclei is constructed in the relativistic Thomas-Fermi theory using the non-linear σ − ω − ρ model. The caloric curves are calculated by confining the nuclei in the freeze-out volume taken to be a sphere of size about 4 to 8 times the normal nuclear volume. The results obtained from the relativistic theory are not significantly different from those obtained earlier in a non-relativistic framework. The nature of the EOS and the peaked structure of the specific heat Cv obtained from the caloric curves show clear signals of a liquid-gas phase transition in finite nuclei. The temperature evolution of the Gibbs potential and the entropy at constant pressure indicate that the characteristics of the transition are not too different from the first-order one. PACS number(s): 25.70.Pq, 21.10.-K, 21.60.-n, 21.65.+f e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]
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