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On the basis of a nuclear matter model calculation at finite temperature it is shown that at densities of about 1/15 of normal nuclear mattor density a new metastable phase exists which is determined by cluster formation effects. The existence of a low density isomer might be related to the recently observed anomalous short reaction mean free paths from 2 GeV/N heavy ion collisions.
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The authors are indebted, to L. Münchow and V. D. Toneev for discussions.
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Schulz, H., Röpke, G. & Schmidt, M. A new metastable phase in low density nuclear matter and the anomalon problem. Z Physik A 310, 139–140 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433625
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