EFFECT OF FLOW ON THE CALORIC CURVE FOR FINITE NUCLEI

in a finite temperature Thomas-Fermi theory, we construct caloric curv es for finite nuclei enclosed in a freeze-out volume a feu times the n ormal nuclear volume, with and without inclusion of flow. Without flow the caloric curve indicates a smooth liquid-gas phase transition, whe reas with flow the transition may be very sharp. We discuss these resu lts in the context of two recent experiments, one for a heavy symmetri c system (An + Au at 600A MeV) and the other for a highly asymmetric s ystem (Au + C at 1A GeV) where different behaviors in the caloric curv es are seen.