Fluctuations of the largest fragment size in percolation and multifragmentation

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that a bond percolation model effectively reproduces experimental fragmentation data of gold nuclei and identifies critical behavior through fluctuations in the largest fragment size.

Contribution

It introduces the use of fluctuations in the largest fragment size as a marker for critical behavior in nuclear fragmentation models.

Findings

Bond percolation model matches experimental data

Critical behavior observed via largest fragment fluctuations

Supports percolation as a framework for nuclear fragmentation

Abstract

Aladin data on fragmentation of 197Au projectiles are remarkably well reproduced by a bond percolation model. A critical behavior is identified on the basis of fluctuations of the largest fragment size.