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View SchemaComment on "Negative heat capacities and first order phase transitions in nuclei" by L.G. Moretto et al
| Authors | F. Gulminelli, Ph. Chomaz |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0304058 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0304058 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.069801 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev. C69 (2004) 069801 |
Abstract
In a recent paper L.G. Moretto et al [nucl-th/0208024] claim that the negative heat capacities presented in our previously published paper \cite{PRL2000} are "artifacts" coming from the use of periodic boundary conditions in the Lattice-Gas calculations. We stress in this comment that this claim is wrong: in ref. \cite{PRL2000} we did not use periodic boundary conditions and anyhow the boundary conditions are irrelevant for the statistical ensemble used in \cite{PRL2000}. The second claim of [nucl-th/0208024] is that, because of the Coulomb repulsion, systems "with A>60 should present no anomalous negative heat capacities". We show that this conclusion is contradicted by exact Lattice-gas simulations including Coulomb forces which present negative heat capacities even for A>200.
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"abstract": "In a recent paper L.G. Moretto et al [nucl-th/0208024] claim that the\nnegative heat capacities presented in our previously published paper\n\\cite{PRL2000} are \"artifacts\" coming from the use of periodic boundary\nconditions in the Lattice-Gas calculations. We stress in this comment that this\nclaim is wrong: in ref. \\cite{PRL2000} we did not use periodic boundary\nconditions and anyhow the boundary conditions are irrelevant for the\nstatistical ensemble used in \\cite{PRL2000}. The second claim of\n[nucl-th/0208024] is that, because of the Coulomb repulsion, systems \"with A\u003e60\nshould present no anomalous negative heat capacities\". We show that this\nconclusion is contradicted by exact Lattice-gas simulations including Coulomb\nforces which present negative heat capacities even for A\u003e200.",
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