Nuclear Fragmentation and Its Parallels

Abstract

A model for the fragmentation of a nucleus is developed. Parallels of the description of this process with other areas are shown which include Feynman's theory of the $\lambda$ transition in liquid Helium, Bose condensation, and Markov process models used in stochastic networks and polymer physics. These parallels are used to generalize and further develop a previous exactly solvable model of nuclear fragmentation. An analysis of some experimental data is given.

Comments: 40 pages, REVTEX 3.0, 12 figs. (available in ps files upon request), Preprint #RU9341