Phys. Rev. C 64, 044608 (2001) [5 pages]

Comparison of canonical and grand canonical models for selected multifragmentation data

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C. B. Das1, S. Das Gupta1, X. D. Liu2, and M. B. Tsang2
1Physics Department, McGill University, Montréal, Canada H3A 2T8
2National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Received 7 June 2001; published 21 September 2001

Calculations for a set of nuclear multifragmentation data are made using a canonical and a grand canonical model. The physics assumptions are identical but the canonical model has an exact number of particles, whereas the grand canonical model has a varying number of particles, hence, is less exact. Interesting differences are found.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.64.044608
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.64.044608
PACS: 25.70.-z, 25.75.Ld, 24.10.Lx

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