Abstract

A statistical formulation of the multifragmentation of finite nuclei is given. The approach considers the generalization of the liquid-drop model for hot nuclei and allows one to calculate thermodynamic quantities characterizing the nuclear ensemble at the disassembly stage. It is shown how to determine probabilities of definite partitions of finite nuclei and how to apply a Monte Carlo method. The importance of including finite-size effects is shown by comparison with infinite-like systems.