Geometrical aspects of isoscaling

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Abstract

The property of isoscaling in nuclear fragmentation is studied using a simple bond percolation model with ``isospin'' added as an extra degree of freedom. It is shown analytically,first, that isoscaling is expected to exist in such a simple model with the only assumption of fair sampling with homogeneous probabilities. Second, numerical percolations of hundreds of thousands of grids of diferent sizes and with diferent N to Z ratios confirm this prediction with remarkable agreement. It is thus concluded that isoscaling emerges from the simple assumption of fair sampling with homogeneous probabilities, a requirement which, if put in the nomenclature of the minimum information theory, translates simply into the existence of equiprobable configurations in maximum entropy states.

Authors

  • Alan Davila

  • Christian Escudero

    Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, U.S.A.

  • Jorge Lopez

    Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, U.S.A., Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso

  • Claudio Dorso

    Departamento de Fisica, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Nunez, Argentina, Departamento de Fisica, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires