Application of the ising model to the study of cluster multiplicities in finite excited systems.

Fragmentation is expected to be an experimental signal which can give some information about the physical characteristics of finite excited systems. We try to investigate the question concerning the mechanism which governs the onset of the disassembly of such systems in connection with their internal dynamics. We restrict this study to the case where the systems are in thermodynamical equilibrium. We use the 2-dimensional Ising model as a generic model in order to calculate the multiplicities for the formation of strongly bound clusters inside the system and analyse their behaviour as a function of the temperature. The calculated observables show features which reflect the role played by the internal dynamics. The evolution of the shape of the cluster multiplicities with temperature obtained in the present study is qualitatively the same as the one which comes out through different nuclear phase space fragmentation models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]