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Phase‐coexistence in partially degenerate nuclear matter
Author(s) -
Buchler J. Robert,
Barranco Manuel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560200839
Subject(s) - nuclear matter , degenerate energy levels , line (geometry) , phase (matter) , proton , physics , binary number , neutron , critical line , nuclear physics , chemistry , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics , nucleon , mathematics , geometry , arithmetic
The phase properties of hot, dense bulk nuclear matter with variable proton to neutron ratios are discussed. Such matter has the behaviour typical of a binary mixture and exhibits a line of critical points, a line of equal concentrations and a line of maximum temperatures.