Heating of nuclear matter and multifragmentation: antiprotons vs. pions

摘要

The 'quest' for the liquid gas phase transition in nuclear matter using heavy ion211u001ecollisions at intermediate energies has been punctuated by heated debates in 211u001erecent years, ranging from the very small cross section for fusion of the two 211u001epartners to the dominance of dynamical effects over thermal equilibrium.