Analyzing Fragmentation of Simple Fluids with Percolation Theory

Xavier Campi (1) , Hubert Krivine (1) , Nicolas Sator (1) , Eric Plagnol (2)

1 LPTMS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques
2 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay

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.

Domaines: Mécanique statistique [cond-mat.stat-mech]

Xavier Campi, Hubert Krivine, Nicolas Sator, Eric Plagnol. Analyzing Fragmentation of Simple Fluids with Percolation Theory. The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, 2000, 11, pp.233-238. ⟨hal-00003673⟩