Limiting temperature from microscopic equation of state

Abstract

The limiting temperature $T_{lim}$ of a series of nuclei is calculated employing a set of microscopic nuclear Equations of State (EoS). It is shown that the value of $T_{lim}$ is sensitive to the nuclear matter Equation of State used. Comparison with the values extracted in recent phenomenological analysis appears to favour a definite selection of EoS' s. On the basis of this phenomenological analysis, it seems therefore possible to check the microscopic calculations of the nuclear EoS at finite temperature, which is hardly accessible through other experimental informations.

3 Figures. to be published in PRC