Wolfgang Bauer
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
Using relativistic projectiles we can compress and heat
atomic nuclei so that they may undergo phase transitions. The two decade
long search for the critical point of nuclei in nuclear fragmentation has
recently come to a successful conclusion. These results will be presented
here. Of particular interest are the modification of the character
of the phase transition due to the extreme finite size effects. Comparison
to other phase transition and fragmentation of buckyballs will be drawn.