Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: The problem of cluster formation and growth in the first-order quark-hadron phase transition in heavy-ion collisions is considered. Behaving as Brownian particles, the clusters carry out random walks and can encounter one another, leading to coalescence and breakup. A simulation of the process in a cellular automaton suggests the possibility of a scaling distribution in the cluster sizes. The experimental determination of the cluster-size distribution is urged as a means to find a clear signature of the phase transition.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Rudolph C. Hwa, C. S. Lam, Jicai Pan
Institutions: University of Oregon, McGill University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2080257562