A classical molecular dynamics study of thermodynamic variables for finite nuclear systems

The classical molecular dynamics model is used for a study of the possible nuclear phase transition in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies. We implemented this model through Monte Carlo techniques. Different kinds of initial configurations are considered, as well as different methods of particles propagation. In order to simulate the canonical ensemble dynamic evolution we investigate two methods of keeping the temperature constant.;We consider a system of 85 nucleons interacting through two-body nucleon-nucleon potential. The calculations are first carried out ignoring Coulomb interaction and then including it. Data on various thermodynamic quantities are obtained and the question of the existence of the phase transition is investigated.;To estimate the effect of a finite particle number on critical parameters we go to a system of 200 nucleons.