Thermodynamics of nuclei in thermal contact
Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Beatriz Jurado
TL;DR
This paper investigates the thermodynamics of nuclei in thermal contact, demonstrating that statistical mechanics can be applied to describe energy exchange and define nuclear temperature in strongly correlated di-nuclear systems.
Contribution
It provides a theoretical justification for using thermodynamical methods and defining nuclear temperature in strongly paired di-nuclear systems.
Findings
Thermal averaging supports thermodynamical descriptions of nuclear systems.
Nuclear temperature can be meaningfully defined in strongly correlated di-nuclear systems.
Statistical mechanics effectively models energy exchange in nuclei in contact.
Abstract
The behaviour of a di-nuclear system in the regime of strong pairing correlations is studied with the methods of statistical mechanics. It is shown that the thermal averaging is strong enough to assure the application of thermodynamical methods to the energy exchange between the two nuclei in contact. In particular, thermal averaging justifies the definition of a nuclear temperature.
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