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Xavier Campi

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arXiv2005

Zipf's law in Multifragmentation

We discuss the meaning of Zipf's law in nuclear multifragmentation. We remark that Zipf's law is a consequence of a power law fragment size distribution with exponent $τ\simeq 2$. We also recall why the presence of such distribution is not a reliable signal of a liquid-gas phase transition.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗

arXiv2004

Partial energies fluctuations and negative heat capacities

We proceed to a critical examination of the method used in nuclear fragmentation to exhibit signals of negative heat capacity. We show that this method leads to unsatisfactory results when applied to a simple and well controlled model. Discrepancies are due to incomplete evaluation of potential energies.

nucl-th↗