Analyzing Fragmentation of Simple Fluids with Percolation Theory

X. Campi, H. Krivine, E. Plagnol, N. Sator

Published 1999-11-26Version 1

We show that the size distributions of fragments created by high energy nuclear collisions are remarkably well reproduced within the framework of a parameter free percolation model. We discuss two possible scenarios to explain this agreement and suggest that percolation could be an universal mechanism to explain the fragmentation of simple fluids.